Veronika Gorlova – Surrey Muse

Veronika Gorlova is a queer, autistic, Jewish poet and writer living on the unceded territories of the Musqueum, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations, also known as Vancouver. She immigrated to Canada from Ukraine when she was 5 years old and has lived across many parts of the country. She received an Honorable Mention for the 2022 Susan Crean Award for Non-Fiction and her work can be found in Emerge 22.

At the January 28, 2023 gathering of Surrey Muse, Veronika will be the featured Emerging Writer. More about the event is here: saturday-january-28

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Surrey Muse Gathering – Saturday January 28 / 2023

121st Gathering

1-28-2023

Featured Artists

Author Marian Dodds
Poet Kevin Spenst
Artist Omokanye Adetona
Emerging Musician Hayley Verrall
Emerging Writer Veronika Gorlova
Featured Art by Omokanye Adetona
Host Mariam Zohra D

Saturday, January 28, 2023
1:00 – 4:00 PM (PT)
Room 418, City Centre branch, Surrey Libraries
10350 University Drive, Surrey BC V3T 4B8
Phone: (604) 598-7426

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Masks Recommended
Donations welcome

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Surrey Muse Program – January-May 2023

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Featured art by Shehan Madawela, Surrey Muse, April 2022

  Session 23
January-May 2023

January 28
Author Marian Dodds
Poet Kevin Spenst
Artist Omokanye Adetona
Emerging Musician Hayley Verrall
Emerging Writer Veronika Gorlova
Host Mariam Zohra D

February 25
Author Dorothy Palmer
Poet Manolis Aligizakis
Artist Kenzie Housego
Emerging Writer Diary Marif
Emerging Poet Hya Sheikh
Host Michael Stark

March 25
Author Cynthia Sharp
Poet Daniela Elza
Musician Tamar Haytayan
Emerging Poet Carol Neuman
Emerging Writer K.R. Byggdin
Host Sana Janjua

April 22
Author Anne Murphy
Poet Franz Seachel
Musician Myrtle Thomas
Emerging Writer Lucy E.M. Black
Emeging Poet Samantha Krilow
Host Michael Stark

May 27
Author Hasan Namir
Poet Wayde Compton
Musician Janel Rae
Emerging Poet Eimear Laffan
Emerging Artist Elyse Longair
Host Mariam Zohra D

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Surrey Muse program is put together twice a year, in Nov/Dec for January-May session, and in May/June for June-November session. Dates are chosen by the participants through an invitation. Participants are invited from a recommendations list that stays open throughout the year. To recommend authors, poets and artist/performers to be featured at Surrey Muse, please use the online recommendations form.

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Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.

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