Upcoming Gigs with Penn
Wednesday, August 16, 2023, 7:30pm. Launch of ORDERBLUR POETICS: INTERMEDIA AND AVANT-GARDISM IN CANADA, 1963-1988 (University of Calgary Press) by Eric Schmaltz. The evening will feature short readings by ERIC SCHMALTZ, BILL BISSETT, BRIAN DEDORA, PENN KEMP (virtual), PAUL DUTTON, & DANI SPINOSA. Sun Room at 918 Bathurst Centre for Culture, Arts, Media & Education, 918 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5R 3G5
Friday, August 18, 2023. Launch, the text of Incrementally. Angry Starlings, Hempress. https://www.hempressbooks.com/authors/penn-kemp
https://bandcamp.com/pennkemp/
Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 6pm. Supper benefit for Ukraine with nine poets reading from the anthology, Poems in Response to Peril and "Cheremshyna", a Ukrainian song played by Mary Ashton.
Grace Restaurant, 215 Dundas St., London!
Our host is Angela Murphy, angie@gracelondon.ca. Grace is elegant, charming, and spacious: https://www.gracelondon.ca/. The lineup of poets: co-editors Penn Kemp and Richard-Yves Sitoski; Andreas Gripp, Karl Jirgens, Patricia Keeney, Tanis MacDonald, Ola Nowosad, Shelly Siskind, and Jennifer Wenn.
$120 includes Dinner, Performances, the Anthology, HST & Gratuity.Sunday, September 10, 3-5 pm. Reading Among the Alpacas", with Robyn Israel. The Timbuktu Alpaca & Eco-Tourism Farm, 2211 Egremont Drive, RR5 Strathroy ON, N7G 3H6. Register soon as seating is limited. Contact Thandi, info@timbuktufarm.com. See https://www.timbuktufarm.com/. I'll read poems from Fox Haunts and A Baker's Dozen and poem for peace in many voices. Join us for readings of new work at Timbuktu Eco-tourism Farm as alpaca roam about! A happy, peaceful place to meet and mingle with these sweet, curious and friendly animals! Kid friendly!
Saturday, October 21, 11:00am-1:00pm. Words Aloud, Community Poetry Workshop at M’Wikwedong Indigenous Friendship Centre, Owen Sound ON. Sounding the Muse:
"Calling in the Muse, sound poet Penn Kemp presents the three stages of writing a poem: invocation, expression, and communication. This workshop explores new ways of reaching the source of creativity, evoking your Muse through sound to give form to poetry. Participants will experience the innovative power of sound poetry. Through sounding, we will tap the energy and source of inspiration. Then we will explore finding language to shape the inklings of your poem. Participants will develop an abundance of ideas and images, an enhanced awareness of structure, and more ease and delight in showing or performing work." Contact: Richard Sitoski <r_sitoski@yahoo.ca>. See https://wordsaloud.caSunday, October 22, 2023. 12:00pm-2:00pm. Performance, Words Aloud, Owen Sound ON. Main stage event, Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound. Featuring Barry Dempster, Kim Fahner, Penn Kemp and D.A. Lockhart. Contact: Richard Sitoski <r_sitoski@yahoo.ca>. https://wordsaloud.ca
April 29, 2024, 7pm. Art Bar, Free Times Café, e320 College Street. Toronto, ON M5T 1S3. On College w. of Markham· (416) 967-1078. Feature, artbarpoetry@gmail.com
Recent Publications 2023
Review: "The Ridge by Robert Bringhurst", Contemporary Verse 2, Vol 46, No. 1, Summer 2023, p.66. https://contemporaryverse2.ca/reviews/.