For centuries, poetry has been the literary form that has told the stories of our times. Poets have been the chroniclers of our battles, the heralds of our celebrations and the ones who have offered us solace in times of need. Join me and my co-host (poet, spoken word artist, organiser) Anjalica Solomon as we take you from Vancouver to Mumbai to Abu Dhabi for a series of intimate readings by outstanding poets from around the world, offering us literature as shelter, medicine and mirror.
We’ve turned our original two hour event into three separate episodes for the purposes of this podcast, with each episode featuring poems grouped around a common theme.
The first episode of our three part ‘It Could be Verse’ series features poems that broadly speak about ancestors, inheritance and the stories we remember. To start us on our journey is Christie Lee Charles, a poet from the Musqueam Nation who is the current ‘Poet Laureate of Vancouver’.
Poetry for a Pandemic is presented by SFU Library.
Indian Summer Festival is made possible thanks to the wonderful support of:
- Founding Partner: Simon Fraser University
- Major Partners: Langara College, University of British Columbia
- Emerging Artist Sponsor: RBC
- Festival Supporting Partners: TELUS, Hari Sharma Foundation
- Music Series Partner: Creative BC
- Event Presenting Partners: SFU Library, Odlum Brown Community, Nature's Path Organic Foods, Concord Pacific - Canada
- Event Supporting Partners: SFU David Lam Centre, Nature's Path Organic Foods, Fasken, The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent On Recordings (FACTOR), SoundON BC
-Government Funders: Government of Canada, Government of British Columbia, British Columbia Arts Council, City of Vancouver - Local Government, Vancouver Foundation
- Event Community Partners: SFU Publishing, Kahn Zack Ehrlich Lithwick LLP
- Premier Media: The Georgia Straight, CBC Vancouver, Spice Radio 1200AM
- Promotional Partners: Daily Hive Vancouver, Drishti Magazine, kipling media, Curiocity Vancouver
- Founding Cultural Partners: SFU Woodward's, Canada India Network Society
- Cultural Partners: Vancouver Biennale, Museum of Vancouver, 5x15stories, Granville Island, The Ismaili, Surrey Art Gallery