2007 Festival
The schedule for the 2007 Whitehorse Poetry Festival is below. For participating poets, please view our Poets page.
Friday, June 22
8 pm Poetry Bash featuring all festival poets
Westmark Hotel
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Saturday, June 23
9:30 - 10:30 am Craft Talk – Sharon Thesen
Yukon College Library
11 am - 12 noon Poetry Reading – John Haines and Barry McKinnon
Yukon College Library
12 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 pm Panel Discussion
Changing Concepts of North
Moderated by Hal Wake featuring festival poets and Yukon College faculty
Canadians have defined themselves as a northern people, particularly in art and literature . How have concepts of North changed in poetry, particularly in light of the electronic era where our worlds are smaller and we are better connected?
Yukon College Library
2:45 - 3:45 pm Poetry Reading – Donna Kane and Gillian Wigmore
Yukon College Library
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Sunday, June 24
9:30 - 10:30 am Trade Talk – Hal Wake
Yukon College Library
10:45 am - 12 noon Panel Discussion
Voices in the wilderness: the nature poet today
Moderated by Hal Wake featuring festival poets and Yukon College faculty
In light of current ecological concerns--global warming, vanishing wild spaces, dwindling resources, urban sprawl--what is the role of the nature poet? Is nature poetry environmental activism or does it serve other functions? moderated by
Yukon College Library
12 noon - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 pm Poetry Reading – Sharon Thesen and Jan Zwicky
Yukon College Library
8 pm Yukon Poetry Night featuring Erling Friis-Bastaad
MacBride Museum
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Contact Information:
Whitehorse Poetry Collective
20 Mossberry Lane
Whitehorse, Yukon
Canada
Y1A 5W4
