{"id":686,"date":"2023-03-12T09:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T16:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/?post_type=mec-events&p=686"},"modified":"2023-04-14T17:18:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-15T00:18:19","slug":"authors-talk-the-essay-as-carrier-bag-as-gathering-basket-with-theresa-kishkan-2-926","status":"publish","type":"mec-events","link":"https:\/\/canadianauthors.org\/bc\/events\/authors-talk-the-essay-as-carrier-bag-as-gathering-basket-with-theresa-kishkan-2-926\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Talk – Poems Line By Line – with Ren\u00e9e Sarojini Saklikar"},"content":{"rendered":"

This month’s topic, with Ren\u00e9e Sarojini Saklikar:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9e Sarojini will share with us the secrets of her writing, and the rewards and challenges she has encountered. She will read and walk us through one or two of her poems line by line, explain how to experience these poems and their images, and examine their construction \u2013 pointing to the language, the line breaks, the themes, the mood, and the overall effect. After her presentation you will have a better appreciation of the art of poetry, and may even want to write some poetry of your own.<\/p>\n

Date: <\/strong>Wednesday,\u00a0<\/strong>April 12th, 2023
\nTime: <\/strong>7pm PST – The program will be approximately 1 hour.
\nLocation: <\/strong>Zoom meeting – link will be sent to registrants (see below for link to online\u00a0registration form).<\/p>\n

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Saklikar portrait session, 28 July 2017.<\/p><\/div>\n

Ren\u00e9e Sarojini Saklikar<\/strong> is the author of five books, including the award -winning Children of Air India and Listening to the Bees. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in literary magazines and anthologies, such as Exile Editions, Chatelaine, The Capilano Review, and Pulp Literature.<\/p>\n

The latest volume of her epic fantasy in verse, Bramah\u2019s Quest, is forthcoming with Nightwood Editions in 2023. She was the poet laureate of the City of Surrey (2015-2018). She teaches creating writing and editing, including law and ethics for writers at universities and colleges in Metro Vancouver. She is the\u00a0co-founder and curator of the poetry series\u00a0Lunch Poems at SFU<\/a>,<\/em>\u00a0Her work has been adapted for\u00a0opera<\/a>,\u00a0and for\u00a0visual art<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0dance<\/a>.\u00a0She serves on the boards of\u00a0Turning Point Ensemble<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>Poetry Canada<\/a>,\u00a0<\/em>the Surrey International Writers Conference<\/a>\u00a0and on the advisory board of\u00a0Event\u00a0<\/em>magazine.\u00a0\u00a0@reneesarojini (Twitter) @saklikartartyone (Instagram)<\/p>\n

Ren\u00e9e’s website at:\u00a0thotjbap.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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