March 26, 2010 - 6:31am
Philip Kevin Paul, Vancouver Island University’s short-term
writer in residence, will be giving a feature reading on the Nanaimo campus 7 pm
to 8:30 pm, Tuesday, March 30 in Building 200, Room 203.
Paul is a member of the WSÁ,NEC Nation on Saanich Peninsula.
His work has been published in BC
Studies, Literary Review of Canada, Breathing Fire: Canada’s New Poets and An Anthology of Canadian Native Literature
in English. Paul has worked with the University of Victoria's linguistics
department to ensure the preservation of the SENCOTEN language.
Paul’s second book of poetry, Little Hunger, was shortlisted for a 2009 Governor General’s
Literary Award. His first book of poetry, Taking
the Names Down from the Hill, won the 2004 Dorothy Livesay Award for
Poetry. The reading and book signing is
open to the public with no admission charge.
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For more information about this and other upcoming events at VIU, visit:
www.viu.ca/events
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