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
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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
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John Lent: October, Vernon and Kelowna​​
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Spring 2024
Michael V. Smith: April, Summerland. With workshops by Christine McPhee, Slava Bart, Amy Wang
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Harold Rhenisch and Matt Rader: April, Kelowna. With workshops by Vivek Sharma, Tosh Sherkat and Ronan Fraser
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Michael V. Smith and Clare Thiessen: April, Vernon.
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Emelia Symington-Fedy: March, Kelowna.
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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.
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Kerry Gilbert and Virginia Dansereau: November, Vernon.
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Frances Greenslade and Natalie Appleton, October, Vernon.
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Spring 2023
Corinna Chong and Hannah Calder, May, Vernon
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Corinna Chong and Kevin Chong, May, Kelowna
Sharon Thesen, Michelle Doege, Natalie Rice, April, Kelowna
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Michelle Poirier Brown and Michelle Doege, April, Summerland
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Michelle Poirier Brown, Nancy Holmes, Sharon Thesen, April, Vernon
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Judy Piercey, April, Kelowna and May, Summerland​​