Literary Reading Series

To register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/literary-reading-series-nilofar-shidmehr-tickets-114610735796

Once you register, you will receive clear instructions for accessing the livestream on the day of the event.

Iranian-born Nilofar Shidmehr is the author of two collections of short fiction and four books of poetry in English and Persian. Her novella in verse, Shirin and Salt Man, was a finalist for the BC Book-Prize. Divided Loyalties, Nilofar’s most recent publication is a collection of short stories described by The tEmz Review as reflecting “decades of Iranian women’s experiences, spanning from 1978 – through and beyond the 1979 revolution – to 2008. These nine stories highlight aspects of women’s lives which are often overlooked…” subverting “traditional expectations in both small and large ways”.

How to access the reading and to register for the programme of readings:
The Fall 2020 readings will take place on Zoom. You need to have access to a computer with video and sound, and a stable internet connection. Zoom also works with a smartphone or tablet. We encourage you to sign up early so that you can test out the link to make sure it works well for you.

Registration is free and space is limited. Register for only one link per household, even if you will have multiple people join. Once you register on Eventbrite, you will receive a link to the Zoom livestream for the event. On the day of the event, click on the link provided in your registration confirmation. This will take you directly to the reading livestream.

To register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/literary-reading-series-raoul-fernandes-tickets-114611658556

Once you register, you will receive clear instructions for accessing the livestream on the day of the event.

The SCAC Fall 2020 Literary Series begins with online reading with authors Deborah Campbell and Ronald Wright.

Raoul’s poems are based in everyday reality, the things we touch and observe, but the poems raise them to a new realm of awareness, of intimacy and empathy. Objects and events are filled with mystery. Thus, a bunch of old walkmans becomes the vehicle that lifts him to “something approaching grace”. Everything, in this world, has a message if we are ready to receive it. In the title poem the delivery of a pizza is transformed into an intimate moment of understanding between strangers. As Raoul has said: “I write a poem to see how things look ‘poemed”; and the world looks a lot better, more alive and human than it did before, even in the midst of Covid.

How to access the reading and to register for the programme of readings:
The Fall 2020 readings will take place on Zoom. You need to have access to a computer with video and sound, and a stable internet connection. Zoom also works with a smartphone or tablet. We encourage you to sign up early so that you can test out the link to make sure it works well for you.

Registration is free and space is limited. Register for only one link per household, even if you will have multiple people join. Once you register on Eventbrite, you will receive a link to the Zoom livestream for the event. On the day of the event, click on the link provided in your registration confirmation. This will take you directly to the reading livestream.