Posts Tagged ‘penn kemp’
Sageing, Wider and Deeper: Penn Kemp in Conversation with Jane Munro
by Penn Kemp. The Words Festival has been one of London ON’s liveliest cultural events, presented annually since 2014. But this year, “WordsFest.ca 2020 was presented online in the belief communities need the transformative power of the literary and creative arts now more than ever.” Through Zoom, the event reached an online audience with an…
Read MoreReview: We Are Malala: poems and art by Katerina Vaughan Fretwell
Review by Penn Kemp A Canadian artist muses on Malala Yousafzai in poetic dialogue Katerina Vaughan Fretwell, We Are Malala: poems and art. Inanna Press “We realize the importance of our voices only when we are silenced.” —Malala Yousafzai On the day I read Katerina Vaughan Fretwell’s We Are Malala, a photo appears on my…
Read MoreReview: River Revery by Penn Kemp
Reviewed by Bill Arnott London Ontario’s my home. In part. Lived there two years. Important years. Growth years. It’s why I feel kinship, connection with the community and the meandering multi-named river that sews it together. I feel the same for the Laureate Emerita that truly calls this place her home, living in the house…
Read MoreReview: Local Heroes by Penn Kemp
Reviewed by Jennifer Wenn Local Heroes by Penn Kemp is an “eclectic collection” (from the introduction) of pieces celebrating a range of fascinating people from London, Ontario, and the wider Southwestern Ontario region (or Souwesto, a term popularized by James Reaney, one of those honoured in the Tributes section). A key common thread, in addition…
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