Talks

Poet's Hour: Britta Badour, Aaron Boothby, EVA H.D.

Book covers of Continent by Aaron Boothby, the natural hustle by eva h.d., and Wires that Sputter by Britta Badour

Book Covers courtesy of Penguin Random House

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Talks

Poet's Hour: Britta Badour, Aaron Boothby, EVA H.D.

Wednesday, March 22, 7 PM
Walker Court, Art Gallery of Ontario

Join us and McClelland & Stewart in Walker Court as we celebrate three debut poets and their new poetry collections, with readings and book signings: Wires that Sputter by Britta Badour, Continent by Aaron BoothbyThe Natural Hustle by EVA H.D.

Britta Badour, better known as Britta B., is a Toronto-based award-winning artist, poet and educator. As a spoken word performer, she has featured at notable events such as The Walrus Talks, TEDx, as well as international literature festivals like Women of the World Poetry Slam and LitFest Bergen. Britta holds an MFA in creative writing from University of Guelph and teaches spoken word performance at Seneca College.

Aaron Boothby is a poet from Riverside, California, now living in Tiohtià:ke/Montréal. His work has appeared in carte blanche, PRISM and The Puritan, as well as two chapbooks: Reperspirations, Exhalations, Wrapt Inflections (2016, Anstruther Press) and Wave Fields (2020, Skyebound Press).

EVA H.D. is the author of the poetry collections Rotten Perfect Mouth and Light Wounds, a book of haiku-photo hybrids (co-authored with Kendall Townend) and the short film Jackals & Fireflies.

 

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