Hi there Quill fans! If you’re out in BC and are hoping for some PQL action, here’s your chance.

Shane Neilson will be in Victoria and Vancouver over the next few days to talk to UBC creative writing students about the art of the poem, and to promote his latest collection of poetry, Dysphoria.

Dysphoria is a powerful collection that considers the experience, treatment and perception of mental illness both now and in the past. It is a raw and emotional book and shows a great degree of technical prowess as well.

Shane will be joined by Quill friend Jim Johnstone, who recently published his latest book, The Chemical Life, with Véhicule Press. (He is also the editor of two volumes in our Essential Poets series: The Essential Earle Birney and The Essential D. G. Jones.)

If you want to mark your calendars, here’s the agenda below. Many of these events are for UBC and UVic students, but there are a few public events (in bold, below) just for you!

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

STUDENT EVENT: Poetry Reading
4:30 p.m – 6:00 p.m
Canadian Poetry Class
UVic

PUBLIC EVENT: Book Launch
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Bolen Books
#111-1644 Hillside Ave.
Victoria, BC

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

STUDENT EVENT: UBC Visiting Writers Talk
12:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m
Intermediate Poetry Class
UBC

STUDENT EVENT: UBC Visiting Writers Talk
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m
Intro to Creative Writing Class
UBC

Thursday, October 26, 2017

STUDENT EVENT: UBC
Visiting Writers Poetry Reading
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.Advanced Poetry Class
UBC

STUDENT EVENT: UBC Visiting Writers Talk
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m
Intro to Poetry Class
UBC

PUBLIC EVENT: Tonic Reading Series
7:00 p.m.
The Drive Coffee Bar
1670 Commercial Dr.
Vancouver, BC

Friday, October 27, 2017

STUDENT EVENT: UBC Visiting Writers Talk
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Careers in Writing Class
UBC

We hope you can make it to say hello to these wonderful authors. You’ll be guaranteed to have fun, learn something, and experience all the feels!

Cheers,