UBC Locution Reading Series.  Pulp Fiction Books, 2422 Main Street (at Broadway). 7 a.m.  With Clyde Reed, jazz bassist.  Also UBC student readers.  Free.  All welcome.

WordStorm Reading Series.  At Nanaimo Centre Stage, 25 Victoria Street, Nanaimo, BC.  Doors open at 6:30, readings start at 7 with open mic competition and ”lightning readers.”  Kate will be reading with Allannah Dow playing cello.

Words and Music at Presentation House, 333 Chesterfield Avenue (3 blocks up from Lonsdale Quay), 8:30 p.m..  Kate will read with Clyde Reed, jazz bassist.  Second set will include Clyde, guitarist Jared Burrows and spoken word performers Viviane House and Carol Sawyer.  An $8 donation is requested at the door to cover rent and payment to performers.  All welcome.

A 3 hour workshop on Saturday, November 26, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. sponsored by the Federation of BC Writers.   ”When Old Becomes New Again: Writing Poetry in Traditional Forms” will be an afternoon of talking a little about the history of formal poetry (think sonnets and glosas, metre and rhyme) but mostly we’ll be writing it, trying several different forms.  Sandy Shreve and I co-edited In Fine Form, the first book of Canadian form poetry.  At Alliance for Arts & Culture, 100-938 Howe Street, Vancouver.  $50 for non-members of the Federation, $40 for members.

For more information or to register, see http://www.bcwriters.com