Vancouver Poetry Slam is Back!
Monday, September 27, 8pm PST
Featuring Charlie Petch
Come share your words & magic and as a bonus, compete for cash prizes. Also compete for a chance to battle a Slam legend head to head live (details on this coming soon) If you’re like me you’ve missed this gathering of community terribly, so let’s get together once again. Speaking of legends, our first feature for this fall series is the one & only Charlie Petch!! Bio linked below:
Charlie Petch (they/them, he/him) is a disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisciplinary artist who resides in Tkaronto/Toronto. A poet, playwright, librettist, musician, lighting designer, and host, Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for SpeakNorth national festival, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets (2020), and founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam. Petch is a touring performer, as well as a mentor and workshop facilitator. In 2021, they are launching “Daughter of Geppetto”, a multimedia/dance/music/performance poetry piece with Wind in the Leaves (TBA), their first full length poetry collection “Why I Was Late” in Sept with Brick Books, and their libretto “Medusa’s Children” with Opera QTO. Find out more at https://linktr.ee/sawpoet