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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

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