Thursday, June 25 was one of our best ever livewords evenings @ Cervejaria. Thanks no small measure to our large and appreciative audience!

A decorous and appreciative bow to our readers Jacob Scheier, Rocco De Giacomo and Nashira Dernesch. In the admittedly bias opinion of host Edward Nixon, they each gave the best readings he has heard them do to-date. In particular Rocco seemed to have the ‘holy burn’ about him. Nashira had an emotional hold on the audience that became stronger through her reading. Jacob read favourites from More to Keep Us Warm along with new pieces to a closely listening audience that responded with warm applause. He also seemed, in some of his newest work, to prove the adage that one can indeed become ‘more Canadian’ when one lives outside the country.

Congratulations to Pelayo Matute who won our Poetry in Translation open mic with a reading of his own translation of Frederico Garcia Lorca. Our volunteer contest judges Lisa Young, Yorgos Stamatopoulos and Josh Stewart were enthusiastically unanimous.

And grateful shout-out to Charlie Huisken & This Ain’t the Rosedale Library for donating our door prize Poets in the Peaks by John Suiter, won by audience member Laurie Fredheim.