My OperaOutLoud - Wednesday 1st November, 2006
Wednesday, November 1, 2006 12:00:00 PM
A great chance to hear poets attending the
HK Baptist University International Writers' Workshop -
from Nigeria, the Bahamas, Ireland, the USA, New Zealand and Taiwan
MC: Madeleine Marie Slavick
Click here for photos of the event.
Additional readers included Zheng Danyi, Xu Xi, Jennifer Wong, Eddie Tay, Madeleine Marie Slavick, Kate Rogers, Dave McKirdy, Viki Holmes, Jatinder Bhatia, Joy Al-Sofi and Martin Alexander.
Funso AIYEJINA (Nigeria, 1949- ), a poet, short story writer, playwright. Born in Ososo, Nigeria. Presently teaching at the University of the West Indies. Publications: A Letter to Lynda and Other Poems (1998), The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories (1999) and I, The Supreme & Other Poems (2004). Winner of the “Association of Nigerian Authors’ Poetry Prize” and “Best First Book (Africa), Commonwealth Writers' Prize”.
Marion BETHEL (Bahamas, 1953- ), poet, short story writer, playwright. Born and lives in Nassau, the Bahamas. Poetry collection: Guanahani, My Love (in English/ Spanish)(1995). Winner of the “Casa de Las Americas Prize”.
Rita Ann HIGGINS (Ireland, 1955- ), poet, playwright. Born in Galway, Ireland, and still lives there. Poetry collections: Goddess & Witch (1990), Philomena’s Revenge (1992), Higher Purchase (1996), Sunny Side Plucked: New & Selected Poems (1996) An Awful Racket (2001); plays: Face Licker Come Home (1991), God of the Hatch Man (1992), Colie Lay Doesn’t Live in a Bucket (1993) and Down All the Roundabouts (1999). Winner of the “Peadar O’Donnell Award”.
Tim MCNULTY (USA, 1949- ), poet and nature writer. Poetry collections: Pawtracks (1978), Tundra Songs (1982), Reflected Light (1990), In Blue Mountain Dusk (1992) and Through High Still Air, a Season on Sourdough Mountain (2005); nature history books: Grand Canyon National Park: Window on the River of Time (1986), Olympic National Park: A Natural History (2003). Winner of the “Governor’s Writers Award” and the “National Outdoor Book Award”.
Mike O’CONNOR（USA, 1944-）poet, translator of Chinese poetry; engaged in horse-logging and tree planting in the Olympic Mountains, Washington State, and lived years in Taiwan; MFA in writing, Naropa University; poetry collections: The Basin, Life in a Chinese Province (1988) and When the Tiger Weeps (2004); English translations by Chinese poet Chia Tao (779-843) and Buddhist poet-monks in the past, and a novel by Tong Nien (1950- ) from Taiwan.
Vivienne PLUMB (New Zealand, 1955- ), poet, playwright, fiction writer. Born in Sidney; lived in New Zealand since 1974. MA in writing, Victoria University. Poetry collections: Salamanca (1998), Avalanche (2000), Nefarious (2004); plays and short stories: The Wife who spoke Japanese in Her Sleep (1993), Love Knots (1994), Secret City (2003), Fact or Fiction: Meditations on Mary Finger (2003). Winner of the “Hubert Church Prose Award” and the “Bruce Mason Playwrighting Award”.
LIU Ka-shiang (Taiwan, 1957- ), nature writing, poet, fiction writer. BA in Journalism, Wen-Hua University, Taipei. Poetry collections: The Views of a Little Flying Squirrel (1988), The Most Beautiful Moments (2001); prose: Grand Tours in Formosa (1999), A Day Astray in a Small Town (2002), Vegetables and Fruits, Forgotten (2006); fiction: Helianmama the Humpback Whale (1993). Winner of the “Taiwan Poetry Award”, the “Wu San-lian Award” and the “Wu Lu-ching Prose Award”.
Poetry OutLoud - first Wednesday of every month, in the downstairs bar of the Fringe Club, at 8pm
Contact PoetryOutLoud@GMail.Com if you'd like to read, MC, or be webmaster, -mistress or -person....
Please read the ABOUT section of this website for details of reading at OutLoud
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HK Baptist University International Writers' Workshop -
from Nigeria, the Bahamas, Ireland, the USA, New Zealand and Taiwan
MC: Madeleine Marie Slavick
Click here for photos of the event.
Additional readers included Zheng Danyi, Xu Xi, Jennifer Wong, Eddie Tay, Madeleine Marie Slavick, Kate Rogers, Dave McKirdy, Viki Holmes, Jatinder Bhatia, Joy Al-Sofi and Martin Alexander.
Funso AIYEJINA (Nigeria, 1949- ), a poet, short story writer, playwright. Born in Ososo, Nigeria. Presently teaching at the University of the West Indies. Publications: A Letter to Lynda and Other Poems (1998), The Legend of the Rockhills and Other Stories (1999) and I, The Supreme & Other Poems (2004). Winner of the “Association of Nigerian Authors’ Poetry Prize” and “Best First Book (Africa), Commonwealth Writers' Prize”.
Marion BETHEL (Bahamas, 1953- ), poet, short story writer, playwright. Born and lives in Nassau, the Bahamas. Poetry collection: Guanahani, My Love (in English/ Spanish)(1995). Winner of the “Casa de Las Americas Prize”.
Rita Ann HIGGINS (Ireland, 1955- ), poet, playwright. Born in Galway, Ireland, and still lives there. Poetry collections: Goddess & Witch (1990), Philomena’s Revenge (1992), Higher Purchase (1996), Sunny Side Plucked: New & Selected Poems (1996) An Awful Racket (2001); plays: Face Licker Come Home (1991), God of the Hatch Man (1992), Colie Lay Doesn’t Live in a Bucket (1993) and Down All the Roundabouts (1999). Winner of the “Peadar O’Donnell Award”.
Tim MCNULTY (USA, 1949- ), poet and nature writer. Poetry collections: Pawtracks (1978), Tundra Songs (1982), Reflected Light (1990), In Blue Mountain Dusk (1992) and Through High Still Air, a Season on Sourdough Mountain (2005); nature history books: Grand Canyon National Park: Window on the River of Time (1986), Olympic National Park: A Natural History (2003). Winner of the “Governor’s Writers Award” and the “National Outdoor Book Award”.
Mike O’CONNOR（USA, 1944-）poet, translator of Chinese poetry; engaged in horse-logging and tree planting in the Olympic Mountains, Washington State, and lived years in Taiwan; MFA in writing, Naropa University; poetry collections: The Basin, Life in a Chinese Province (1988) and When the Tiger Weeps (2004); English translations by Chinese poet Chia Tao (779-843) and Buddhist poet-monks in the past, and a novel by Tong Nien (1950- ) from Taiwan.
Vivienne PLUMB (New Zealand, 1955- ), poet, playwright, fiction writer. Born in Sidney; lived in New Zealand since 1974. MA in writing, Victoria University. Poetry collections: Salamanca (1998), Avalanche (2000), Nefarious (2004); plays and short stories: The Wife who spoke Japanese in Her Sleep (1993), Love Knots (1994), Secret City (2003), Fact or Fiction: Meditations on Mary Finger (2003). Winner of the “Hubert Church Prose Award” and the “Bruce Mason Playwrighting Award”.
LIU Ka-shiang (Taiwan, 1957- ), nature writing, poet, fiction writer. BA in Journalism, Wen-Hua University, Taipei. Poetry collections: The Views of a Little Flying Squirrel (1988), The Most Beautiful Moments (2001); prose: Grand Tours in Formosa (1999), A Day Astray in a Small Town (2002), Vegetables and Fruits, Forgotten (2006); fiction: Helianmama the Humpback Whale (1993). Winner of the “Taiwan Poetry Award”, the “Wu San-lian Award” and the “Wu Lu-ching Prose Award”.
Poetry OutLoud - first Wednesday of every month, in the downstairs bar of the Fringe Club, at 8pm
Contact PoetryOutLoud@GMail.Com if you'd like to read, MC, or be webmaster, -mistress or -person....
Please read the ABOUT section of this website for details of reading at OutLoud
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