What: Kate reading from her newest poetry book, Elemental
When: 7 pm (open mic), Monday May 28, 2018
Where: Tin Town Cafe, 2456 Rosewall Crescent
Cost: Free admission.
May 29, 2018: Reading in Surrey
What: Kate reading from Elemental, with Cornelia Hoogland and Mercedes Eng. Hosted by Surrey Poet Laureate Renee Sarojini Saklikar
When: 6:30 pm, Tuesday, May 29, 2018
Where: Surrey City Centre Public Library, Room 120 (ground floor)
Cost: Free admission.
For further information, contact Monica Miller, Coordinator, at 604.684.0228.
June 6, 2018: Book Launch in Vancouver
What: Official launches of Elemental and of Gypsy Fugue, by Marlene Schiwy
When: 6:30 pm, Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Where: Massy Books, 229 E Georgia St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1Z6
Cost: Free admission.
For further information, call 604.721.4405.
July 6, 2018: Reading in Victoria
What: Kate will be reading from her new book, Elemental, along with John Terpstra, from Hamilton, reading from his new book, Mischief
When: 7pm, Friday, July 6, 2018
Where: Planet Earth Poetry Series, Hillside Coffee and Tea House, 1633 Hillside Avenue (across from Bolen Books)
Cost: Free admission
For further information, contact the host Daniel Scott at pepoetry2@gmail.com
July 8, 2016: Reading on Pender Island
What: Kate will be reading from her new book, Elemental, along with John Terpstra, from Hamilton, reading from his new book, Mischief
When: 1pm, Sunday, July 8, 2018
Where: Talisman Bookstore, #4 – 4605 Bedwell Harbour Road (Driftwood Shopping Centre)
Cost: Free admission
For further information, contact Melanie at 250.629.6944
Kate’s Newest Book of Poetry: Elemental
Listen
It is night. Outside
a light across the blind
and the wet rubber sound
of a car passing.
Bamboo sings a long song
to the wind
and the house sighs.
Rain drops like a shawl.
Usually, we take for granted or plain ignore the Earth we walk on, Sky above us, Water we drink and bathe and swim in or that falls as rain, the Fire we assume for heat, and the Wood that’s our landscape and our building material. But over fifteen years as a construction carpenter, Kate Braid began to pay more attention to the elemental materials she worked with and depended upon. Out of these she has crafted an intimate picture not only of what it is like to be wholly engaged with the building materials of the earth, but of living in and upon it every day.
March 1, 2018: Reading and Launch of New Poetry Book “Elemental”
Date: Thursday, March 1, 2018
Time: 7pm
Event: Open Poetry Mic, with Featured Poet Kate Braid
Location: Salt Spring Island Public Library, 129 McPhillips Avenue, Salt Spring Island, BC
Signup for open poetry mic starts at 6:45. Open mic starts at 7:00. Kate reads at 7:30.
For further information contact the library or Karen Hudson, khudson@saltspringlibrary.com.
April 21, 2018: Reading
Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018
Time: TBA
Event: Reading
Location: Nanaimo Harbourfront Library, 90 Commercial Street, Nanaimo, BC
Kate Braid will be reading with Betsy Warland.
Further details TBA
For more information, contact Tina Biello
April 22, 2018: Vancouver Book Launch
Date: Sunday, Earth Day, April 22, 2018
Time: TBA
Event: Official launch of Kate’s book Elemental (poems)
Location: Vancouver, BC
Further details TBA
October 22: Reading
Date: Sunday, October 22, 2017
Time: 2pm
Event: “That 70s Show” (Poetic Justice Poetry Reading Series)
Location: Vancouver Public Library, 350 West Georgia Street downstairs
The series is relocating from New Westminster to downtown Vancouver with a celebratory event, “That 70s Show”
Kate Braid reading with poets Heidi Greco, Tom Konyves, Hannah Main-van der Kamp, and Susan McCaslin, all born in 1947 and turning 70 this year.
Sponsored by Poetic Justice.
For more information see www.poeticjustice.ca.