Keith Garebian – Surrey Muse

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Keith Garebian is an award-winning Canadian poet living in Mississauga, Ontario. He has published twenty-two books with eight poetry collections including: ‘Poetry is Blood‘ (Guernica), William Hutt: Soldier Actor (Guernica), Blue: The Derek Jarman Poems (Signature), and ‘Frida: Paint Me As a Volcano‘. One of his Derek Jarman poems has been set to music by Gregory Spears in the United States. His reviews and articles have appeared in over a hundred publications. Keith holds a doctorate in Canadian and Commonwealth Literature from Queen’s University. His work has been translated into French, Armenian, German, Chinese, Romanian, Bulgarian, and Hindi. In 2000, he became the first critic-at-large to be appointed by a public library. Keith runs ‘Garebian on the Arts’, a review website on WordPress.

Visit Keith’s web page
garebian.wordpress.com
Contact Keith
kgarebian@rogers.com

At the November 23 gathering of Surrey Muse, Keith will be the Featured Poet, visiting us from Ontario (thank you, Keith). More information about the event is here:
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November 23-2018 Gathering of Surrey Muse – 7th Anniversary Celebration

77th Gathering


November 23, 2018
Author Giles Slade
Poet Keith Garebian
7th Anniversary Celebration of Surrey Muse
Open Mic Opener (SheLa) Nefertiti Morrison
Booksigning Author Heidi Greco
Featured Art by Christi Belcourt
Host Mariam Zohra D.

5:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 405 – City Centre branch
Surrey Public Library
Phone: (604) 598-7420
(Surrey Central skytrain)

Open Mic
Book Table
Refreshments

Free event
Donations welcome

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Craig Wilson Ruttle – Surrey Muse

A portrait of Craig Wilson Ruttle by Tyrone (at age 5)

My first book of poems was written while raking leaves
on Thetis Island. Many of the poems in my latest book came
into being while walking alone in the forest after dark
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Craig Wilson Ruttle is the author of two collections of poems. His latest book titled ‘In Praise of Bombast‘ was launched by Silver Bow Publishing in 2018. His first collection ‘So if I built a bird’s nest in the middle of the light‘ was published by Ekstasis Editions (Palimscest Press) in 1986.

At the January 25 gathering of Surrey Muse, Craig will be the Featured Poet. More on the event is here: january-25-2019-gathering

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October 26-2018 Gathering of Surrey Muse

76th Gathering


October 26, 2018
Author Fauzia Rafique
Poet Jónína Kirton
Performer Larry Nicholson
Open Mic Opener Katheren Szabo
Booksigning Author Craig Wilson Ruttle
Featured Art by Christi Belcourt
Host Sonja Grgar

5:30 – 8:30 PM
Room 405 – City Centre branch
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Phone: (604) 598-7420
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Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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Shazia Hafiz Ramji – Surrey Muse

Shazia Hafiz Ramji is a poet, fiction writer and editor who won the 2021 Poetry and Prose prize hosted by Southern Alberta Art Gallery (SAAG). She is a finalist for the 2021 National Magazine Awards, and her writing has been shortlisted for the 2020 Bridport Prize for International Creative Writing (UK), and it has been nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Prizes. Shazia’s first book of poems, Port of Being, received the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, was named by the CBC as a best Canadian book of poetry, and was shortlisted in 2019 for several awards including the City of Vancouver Book Award and the British Columbia and Yukon Book Prizes. Shazia grew up in Kenya, England, and the UAE, and moved with her family to Vancouver, BC, at the age of fifteen. She now lives between Vancouver, Calgary, and Toronto, where she is at work on a novel and a second book of poems about faith, addiction, and her South Asian, Iranian, and Irish ancestry. As an editor, she is currently accepting submissions for Ahvaz, a chapbook anthology of poems by South Asian-Canadian poets.

More on Shazia is here
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shaziahafizramji@gmail.com

At the August 27 gathering of Surrey Muse, Shazia Hafiz Ramji will be the Featured Author. More information about the event is here: august-27-gathering

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