Poetry lovers, mark June 3 on your calendar for the next Poetic Justice event at the Heritage Grill.
The poetry reading session features three guest poets and an open mike.
Featured at this months event is Vincent Gnitt, a New Westminster Secondary School student who's been making waves for his slam poetry. He has been featured at Lit Fest New West, Mouths of Fury, Pandora's Collective Summer Dreams Festival and Rivers Day.
He's also captured many cash prizes at Slam Central for his spoken word poetry. A press release describes his poems as "both tender and tough, with a seam of raw emotion stitched throughout."
Also featured is Eileen Kernaghan, whose speculative poetry collection Tales From the Holograph Woods draws themes from science fiction, myth and magic, dark fantasy and fairy tales.
She is also the author of eight historical fantasy novels and has been shortlisted for both the Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic and the Sheila Egoff Prize for Children's Literature.
The third featured poet is Sue McIntyre, a founding member of Vancouver Poetry House and a director of Shoreline Writers' Society. She has been featured at Vancouver Poetry Slam, Poets' Corner at Word on the Street and Thundering Word, as well as in the CBC Poetry Face Off.
The Poetic Justice event takes place in the back room of the Heritage Grill at 447 Columbia St. It runs from 3 to 5 p.m.
