This new issue includes Anna Yin’s two poems, Don Gutteridge’s three poems, Terry Barker’s review of “Starlight Tapestry” (Poetry by Don Gutteridge, Chinese translation by Anna Yin) and other international fine poets and writers. Thank Mark Ulyseas and edictal team for the beautiful magazine (Live Encounters Poetry & Writing 14th anniversary)
Congratulations to all!
A night of poetry in the heart of Toronto at Art Bar. Anna Yin performed Poetry and Music with Mark Harry and showcase “Starlight Tapestry” by Don Gutteridge with Chinese Translation by Anna. The other featured poet: Kelly Rose Pflug Back and Open mic graced the event as well. Thanks Art Bar Poetry Series, the League of Canadian Poets and Canada Council for the Arts.
Wound Turned to Light, CD launch concert at Heliconian club, Toronto on Oct 13/14 2023
The CD features 19 tracks (incl. 16 songs commissioned by George Elliott Clarke) by poets: Al Moritz, Andrea Tompson, Louise Bernice Halfe, Leonard Cohen, Choucri Paul Zemokhol, Boyd Warren Chubbs, Amatoritsero Ede, Luciano Iacobelli, Giovanna Riccio, Ayesha Chatterjee, Banoo Zan, Richard Sanger, Astrid Brunner (twice), Anna Yin, and GEC (twice). Produced by Redshift Records (TK540), the CD comes with a beautiful booklet, featuring liner notes, the poems-now-lyrics, bios, photos.
“Awakening”, a poetry film inspired by public art in Mississauga now has been released. The short film was produced and directed by Anna Yin with her film crew members Sarah Hei and Roy Marques. The film covers more than 10 pieces of public art in Mississauga and reveals the city’s unique history and culture with beautiful natural scenes. This project won a 2023 Micro Matchmaker grant from Mississauga Arts Council and was supported by local art groups and businesses. Here is the film link for you to enjoy:
Special thanks to the Mississauga Arts Council, the Mississauga Nation, Triple J Canada, and Kaideed Education. Congratulations on this exciting release! Check more about this project.
Zoom Meeting hosted by MAC with featured poets: Armand Garnet Ruffo and Anna Yin
Date/time: July 13,2023 19:00-20:00 (ET)
(free zoom meeting will be provided after registration though [email protected] or Eventbrite
Thank you all and our sponsors: MAC, AGM, WUC, Triple J Canada, Kaideed Education !
Mississauga is home to Indigenous peoples and diverse ethnic groups. Public art is vital to connect communities and showcase cultural identities. When I was Mississauga’s inaugural poet laureate, I envisioned a project that would link poetry and public art in a collaborative film. In March 2023, I wrote a poem “Reflecting on Public Art in Mississauga” inspired by this idea and submitted it with my film project, together these won MAC’s 2023 spring Matchmaker MicroGrant.
Now we are ready to begin our project and plan to finish a film based on it in Oct, 2023. We would like to invite you to participate in our upcoming film-making activities. Click the link to read the poem!
There are several ways to support us: submit your creative photos or poems, or be our sponsors or directly participate! Thank our sponsors: MAC, AGM, WUC, Triple J Canada, Kaideed Education etc for making the project to take form!
We also want to extend our congratulations on the publication of Don’s new poetry collection, “Starlight Tapestry,” with Anna Yin’s translations! Anna brought copies of the book to the Mitchell Poetry Festival in Ontario on June 17, 2023 and donated one to the library.
Epoch Poetry Quarterly (Taiwan) has more than 60 years history. Luo Fu was one of the founders and was a renown Chinese poet in the world. Anna has translated his poems in Mirrors and Windows (Guernica Editions 2021) Epoch Poetry Quarterly #215 published Anna Yin’s translations of poems by three Canadian poets: Liz Howard, Don Gutteridge, Armand Garnet Ruffo (in both original text and translations)
As always, in National Poetry Month there are many great ways to celebrate poetry. Here we share a few Anna Yin’s Poetry Alive at schools and other Poetry events. Please feel free to check more.
This month the City of Mississauga is offering a variety of poetry contests, calls for submissions, workshops, poetry slam & more! Check out the full list of programs. All are free.
