“How rare such honesty is, and how hard-won, and radical, and beautiful.”
Join Lorna Crozier for an evening of poetry and prose, sure to delight and amuse, as well as to give cause for poignant reflection. Honest, radical, and beautiful, to borrow a turn of phrase.
After the reading, enjoy a gourmet dinner from the Wintergreen kitchen in the company of new and old friends.
Lorna will read select pieces from her newest book of poetry, coming out this fall, as well as from past collections of prose and poetry, such as The Blue Hour of the Day, The Book of Marvels, God of Shadows, Small Beneath the Sky, Small Mechanics, and The Wrong Cat.
ABOUT LORNA CROZIER
An Officer of the Order of Canada, Lorna Crozier has been acknowledged for her contributions to Canadian literature, her teaching and her mentoring with five honorary doctorates, most recently from McGill and Simon Fraser Universities. Her books have received numerous national awards, including the Governor-General’s Award for Poetry. The Globe and Mail declared The Book of Marvels: A Compendium of Everyday Things one of its Top 100 Books of the Year, and Amazon chose her memoir as one of the 100 books you should read in your lifetime. A Professor Emerita at the University of Victoria, she has performed for Queen Elizabeth II and has read her poetry, which has been translated into several languages, on every continent except Antarctica. Her book, What the Soul Doesn't Want, was nominated for the 2017 Governor General's Award for Poetry. In 2018, Lorna Crozier received the George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award. Steven Price called Through the Garden: A Love Story (with Cats), her latest nonfiction book, “one of the great love stories of our time.” Lorna Crozier lives on Vancouver Island.
Lorna’s previous teaching at Wintergreen, in the summers of 2010, 2011, and 2013, in the cold of winter in 2014, in the spring time of 2015, 2016, and 2017, and in the fall of 2018, 2021, and 2022, has been most joyfully received. Called “a poet to be grateful for” by Margaret Laurence, she has been an ambassador for poetry wherever she goes.
COST & REGISTRATION
$65 + HST includes poetry reading and gourmet dinner.
This event is limited to 25 guests.
HST will be added at checkout.
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