SheLa-Nefertiti Morrison – Surrey Muse

nefertiti-main(SheLa E.) Nefertiti Morrison is an award-winning writer and poet who has published poetry, journalism, interviews and essays in various publications including Aesthetica, Room, On SPEC, The Toronto Star, Georgia Straight and Reader’s Digest. She has presented her poems at Poetic Justice, Surrey Muse and Poetry In the Park. She earned her Post-Graduate Diploma in Creative Writing for her memoir/fiction manuscript from Humber School for Writers, completed a poetry workshop at Banff School of Fine Arts, and has a Diploma in Counselling. Nefertiti is an apprentice member of ACTRA/Union of B.C Performers, a bub (pet rat) enthusiast, and a Literary Advisor to Surrey Muse. She has volunteered in maximum security women’s prison for five+ years, and has donated blood over fifty times, and more than anything, she loves to laugh.

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At the Third virtual Gathering of Surrey Muse, Nefertiti will begin the Open Mic session. More about the Gathering: third-virtual-gathering

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Kyle McKillop – Surrey Muse

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Kyle McKillop is a poet and teacher who has an MFA in creative writing from UBC. He is the president of the BC Teachers of English Language Arts, a past president of the Surrey English Teachers’ Association and the Royal City Literary Arts Society. His writings have appeared in CV2, English Practice, and the Sustenance anthology of BC food writing from Anvil Press, among others. Kyle lives on the traditional and unceded territories of the Katzie, Kwantlen, Stó:lō, Stz’uminus, and W̱SÁNEĆ.

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At the April 22 gathering of Surrey Muse, Kyle will be the Featured Poet. More information about the event is here: april-22-2022-gathering

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Janet Fretter – Surrey Muse

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Janet Fretter writes short fiction and narrative nonfiction while working to finish her first novel. She is the managing editor of emerge an annual anthology produced by the students of the Writer’s Studio (TWS), and she provides mini-manuscript consults at Vancouver Public Library for TWS.

A graduate of Simon Fraser University’s inaugural Southbank Writers’ Program (2012), Janet continued on as a member of the fiction cohort in TWS 2013, and then as fiction mentor apprentice In 2014.

Janet is a member of Federation of BC Writers, an avid reader of books, and a vibrant contributor to some of Vancouver Lower Mainland’s writing communities where she supports all things ‘literary and local’.

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At the November 27 gathering of Surrey Muse, Janet will present a selection from her published and unpublished work. More about the event is here:
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November 27-2015 Gathering of Surrey Muse

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November 27, 2015
Author Janet Fretter
Poet Nefertiti SheLa Morrison
Performer Larry Nicholson
Open Mic Opener Kyle McKillop
Booksigning Author Lucas Crawford
Host David Macilwain

Room 418 – City Centre branch
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Phone: (604) 598-7420
(Surrey Central skytrain)

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Jillian Christmas – Surrey Muse

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Jillian Christmas is a stunning performer who delivers with ease her poetics of depth, awareness and protest. An innovator, a firebrand community developer, and a musician with her own band, she won Grand Poetry-Slam Championship titles at both the Vancouver BedRocc poetry-slam (2011) and the Vancouver Poetry Slam (2012, 2014). She represented Vancouver at the Women of the World Poetry Slam in Minneapolis, Minnesota (2013) and Austin, Tx (2014).

Jillian’s work has been published in a number of collections including Matrix New Queer Writing (issue 98), and The Great Black North (anthology). She has held spots on five Canadian slam teams, and she has competed in nine North American national poetry slams.

From 2011-2014, Jillian served as a member of Spoken Word Canada’s board of directors, with duties regarding the development of national policy to improve political dynamics within the spoken word community, and to increase anti-oppression initiatives. She has facilitated spoken word workshops for youth and adults across the country.

Born and raised in Markham ON, Jillian now lives in Vancouver BC where she works as the Artistic Director of Versəs Festival of Words, and, she is preparing to go back on the road with her band Late Night Ruckus.

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