I’m thrilled to share that I’ll be taking the stage at the Victoria Festival of Authors this October for Speak—Poetry in Performance—an electrifying evening celebrating the raw power of spoken word. There’s nothing quite like the alchemy that happens when poetry leaps off the page and into the air, carried by breath, body, and voice. This is where the ancient meets the now, where words become living things.
Event at a Glance
Date: Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Langham Court Theatre, Victoria, BC
Admission: Sliding scale pricing (free tickets available)
Register: Get your tickets on Eventbrite
Learn more: Victoria Festival of Authors
What to Expect
Long before printing presses, there were poets. This evening honors that lineage—the euphonic continuation of oral traditions that hold what matters most.
You’ll experience:
- Diverse voices from across Canada including Tharani Balachandran, Shauntelle Dick Charleson, Jeremy Loveday, Alessandra Naccarato, Brandon Wint, and myself, curated by the brilliant Marie Metaphor Specht
- Genre-bending performances spanning hybrid bodies, diasporic landscapes, Indigenous resilience, speculative sci-fi verse, and intimate reckonings with our shared humanity
- The transformative power of performance poetry—live, visceral, and utterly unforgettable
From crown of sonnets to tender reckonings with colonization’s ongoing harm, this is poetry that dares to breathe, to witness, to transform.
Why You Should Attend
At its heart, poetry is the intimacy of one human witnessing another. In a world that moves too fast, this evening offers something rare: the chance to slow down and truly listen. To feel small joys and expansive aches cradled by voice. To be changed by language that pulses with life.
Performance poetry reminds us that we’re not alone in our wonder, our grief, our joy. It’s communion. It’s ceremony. It’s coming home to ourselves.
Join Us
Don’t miss this celebration of spoken word artistry. Whether you’re a longtime poetry lover or curious about experiencing performance for the first time, this evening promises to move you.
Register now and be part of something extraordinary. Seats are filling up, and this is one night you won’t want to experience through words on a screen later—you’ll want to be there, breathing the same air as the poets.
See you in Victoria. Let’s make some magic together.
