Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm
Event: The March Hare Literary Festival, Newfoundland Tour. Kate with Joe Byrne, Tom Dawe, Andy Jones, Vladimir Lucien, Kevin Major, Pamela Morgan Craig Francis Power, Trevor Smith, Dave Moriarity and Linda Byrne.
Emcee: Jim Brown
Location: Freshwater, Newfoundland, Canada
UC Community Centre, Freshwater, NL, Canada
For details see https://themarchhare.ca/2017-programme/
Date: Thursday, March 9, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm
Event: The March Hare Literary Festival, Newfoundland Tour. Kate with Anita Best, Mark Callanan, Andy Jones, Vladimir Lucien, Dave Paddon, Baxter & Leeland Wareham and Paul McKenna.
Emcee: Stephanie McKenzie
Location: Dear Lake, Newfoundland, Canada
Deer Lake Motel, Dear Lake, NL, Canada
For details see https://themarchhare.ca/2017-programme/
Date: Friday, March 10, 2017
Time: 8:00 pm
Event: The March Hare Literary Festival, Newfoundland Tour. Kate with Mark Callanan, J.R.Carpenter, Paul Dean, Andy JOnes, Al Pittman’s poems (Stephanie McKenzie), Craig Francis Power, Baxter & Leeland Wareham, Paul McKenna and Betsy Warland.
Emcee: Jim Brown
Location: Corner Brook, Newfoundland, Canada
Swirsky’s Theatre and Music Hall, 7 Broadway, Corner Brook, NL, Canada
For details see https://themarchhare.ca/2017-programme/
Date: Saturday, April 1, 2017
Time: TBA
Event: Kate reading with Carole Glasser Langille (from Halifax) and Alexandra Thurman (from Seattle).
Location: Pender Island, B.C.
Talisman Books
Date: April 20, 2017
Time: 7:00 pm
Event: In keeping with this year’s National Poetry Month theme of “Time,” a reading with Heidi Greco, John Pass and Susan McCaslin, all born in 1947:
Threescore and Ten: Time to Celebrate!
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue
For further information contact: 604.897.7438
Date: Friday, June 23, 2017
Time: 4:00-6:00 pm
Event: Launch of The Summer Book (Mother Tongue Publishing), non-fiction from 25 BC writers, on summer. Kate plus other writers, TBA
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Pendrell Room, Sylvia Hotel, 1154 Gilford Street
For further information contact publisher Mona Fertig, 250.537.4155
Recording of ‘Tree Song’ by Kate Braid, at an evening of “Jazz and Poetry”organized by Gayle Raphanel and Guy Immega. Other poets: Adrienne Drobnies, Jane Munro and Daniela Elza.
Date: Saturday, November 19, 2016
Time: 4:00 pm
Event: “Memoirs that Trigger Change.” Kate will read from Journeywoman, Sonja Larsen will read from Red Star Tattoo, Christine Lowther will read from Born Out of This.
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue Vancouver
Free. All are welcome. And later that night Chris will lead an optional birthday outing to a world beat DJ!
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2016
Time: 11:30 – 1:30
Event: Poetic Justice Reading Series: Reading with Richard Therrien
Location: New Westminster, B.C.
Boston Pizza, 1045 Columbia
More information at poeticjusticenewwest.org.
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2016
Time: 6:00 – 8:30 pm
Event: Pandora’s Collective presents A Night to Give: Christmas Fundraiser for Youth in Need, Music and Poetry
Location: Vancouver, B.C.
The Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street
Poets: Kate Braid, Rachel Rose, Kevin Spenst, Karen Shklanka, Fiona Tinwei Lam, Heidi Greco, Timothy Shay
Musicians: Roger Holdstock on guitar, with Michael Burnyeat on fiddle Samuel Louis, pianist, Bob Walker (saxophone accompaniment)
Host: Bonnie Nish