Past Events and readings
Valley Voices was launched in April 2023. The following is a list of the readings and events we have hosted.
Fall 2024
Anne Fleming: December, Summerland and Kelowna
Fiction Festival: November, Summerland and Kelowna, featuring: Umar Turaki, Joanna Cockerline, Shelley Wood, Corinna Chong, Glenna Turnbull, Debbra Mikaelsen, and UBC undergraduate student writers; workshops by Nils Donnelley and Niki Pezeshkzad Pesantes
John Lent: October, Vernon and Kelowna
Spring 2024
Michael V. Smith: April, Summerland. With workshops by Christine McPhee, Slava Bart, Amy Wang
Harold Rhenisch and Matt Rader: April, Kelowna. With workshops by Vivek Sharma, Tosh Sherkat and Ronan Fraser
Michael V. Smith and Clare Thiessen: April, Vernon.
Emelia Symington-Fedy: March, Kelowna.
Harold Rhenisch and Brian Thomas Isaac, February, Vernon.
Fall 2023
Poetry Festival: November, Kelowna. Featuring Kerry Gilbert, Lesley Anne Evans, Virginia Dansereau, Margo Tamez and Sarah De Leeuw, as well as MFA students from UBCO. With workshops led by Virginia Dansereau, Heather Clay, Erin Scott, Michelle Doege, and MFA students from UBCO.
Kerry Gilbert and Virginia Dansereau: November, Vernon.
Frances Greenslade and Natalie Appleton, October, Vernon.
Spring 2023
Corinna Chong and Hannah Calder, May, Vernon
Corinna Chong and Kevin Chong, May, Kelowna
Sharon Thesen, Michelle Doege, Natalie Rice, April, Kelowna
Michelle Poirier Brown and Michelle Doege, April, Summerland
Michelle Poirier Brown, Nancy Holmes, Sharon Thesen, April, Vernon
Judy Piercey, April, Kelowna and May, Summerland