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Page Fright: A Poetry Podcast106. Towards a Final Form w/ Marc PerezMarc Perez comes on the show to talk about chapbooks, form, and his debut full-length poetry collection, Dayo. Andrew asks about finding the right form for your poem. It's a great time!--Chapbook launch info: Featuring Marc Perez , Andrew French, and Kevin Spenst! See you on Saturday, April 19, 5pm at the Teck Gallery SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver.--Marc Perez is the author of Dayo (Brick Books, 2024) and the chapbook, Domus (Anstruther Press, 2025). His work has appeared in The Fiddlehead, EVENT, CV2, PRISM international, and Vallum, among others. In his free time, he likes to wan...2025-04-1653 min
Der 6-Minuten-Podcast – Hör dich glücklich!#146 Ab ins Grüne: Wie die Natur Körper & Geist verwandeltPersönlichkeitsentwicklung to go. Hör dich glücklich!
Bist du regelmäßig in der Natur? Also so richtig im Wald, im Park oder einfach irgendwo im Grünen? Fakt ist: Wir Erwachsenen sind oft viel zu wenig draußen. Dabei wirkt Natur besser als so manches Medikament: Zeit im Grünen beruhigt, baut Stress ab, das Herz-Kreislauf-Risiko sinkt und das Immunsystem wird gestärkt. Ach so und glücklich macht es auch noch!
Du erfährst:
Was mit dir passiert, wenn du nicht rausgehst und zu wenig Natur um dich hast
Warum es auch in Deut...2025-04-0207 minPage Fright: A Poetry Podcast105. Getting Uncomfortable in Your Poems w/ MA|DE (Mark Laliberte and Jade Wallace)MA|DE (Mark Laliberte & Jade Wallace) pop by to talk about their debut collaborative full-length poetry collection, ZZOO. Andrew tries to wrap their head around writing with another person. It's a fun one!--Subscribe to get Andrew's 3rd chapbook, Buoyhood, at this link and come to the launch alongside chapbooks from Marc Perez and Kevin Spenst! April 19, 5pm, Teck Gallery SFU Harbour Centre, Vancouver.--MA|DE (est. 2018) is a collaborative writing entity, a unity of two voices fused into a single, poetic third. It is the name given to the joint authorship of Mark L...2025-03-1959 minDer 6-Minuten-Podcast – Hör dich glücklich!#111 Wut tut gut: Aber nur, wenn du 2 Tipps beachtestPersönlichkeitsentwicklung to go. Hör dich glücklich!
Wann warst du zuletzt wütend? Und was hat dir geholfen, dich wieder zu beruhigen? Hast du die Tür laut zugeknallt? Oder den Ärger einfach runtergeschluckt? Warum laut der Wissenschaft beide Strategien nicht optimal sind und was wirklich hilft, darum geht es in dieser Folge.
Du erfährst:
Wie du deine Wut in die richtigen Bahnen lenken kannst
Warum ein einfaches Seufzen eine große Wirkung haben kann
Warum Zerreißen besser als Zerschlagen ist
Dieser Podcast atmet dein Feedback und deine Erkenntnisse. Lass mir...2024-10-0908 min
Writers RadioP091 Writers Gambit, part 02Gambit, a word from chess, struck our producer, Ingrid Rose, as appropriate to the daring and wide-ranging work created recently by authors from our growing Writers Radio community.Each program in this two part series is scheduled for three weeks instead of two while our producers take a summer break: Ingrid is off to France and Carole is getting a new hip.PART 2Elizabeth Cunningham, Look to This Day, Poems for Doris McCarthy“ Look to This Day: Poems for Doris McCarthy is a rich ekphrastic dialogue between poet Elizabeth Cunningham and pa...2024-08-1946 minPage Fright: A Poetry Podcast91. Writing in New Directions w/ Kevin SpenstKevin Spenst is back to talk about his latest poetry collection, A Bouquet Brought Back from Space. Andrew celebrates 5 years of Page Fright. Everyone's thinking about words!--
Kevin Spenst is the author of sixteen chapbooks and three full-length books of poetry plus his newest collection A Bouquet Brought Back from Space (Anvil Press, 2024). He is one of the organizers of the Dead Poets Reading Series, has a chapbook review column for subTerrain magazine, occasionally co-hosts Wax Poetic on Vancouver Co-op Radio, and teaches poetry through The Writer’s Studio at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver on...2024-07-1257 minDer 6-Minuten-Podcast – Hör dich glücklich!#51 Vergebung lernen in 4 Schritten: So verzeihst du dir selbstPersönlichkeitsentwicklung to go. Hör dich glücklich!
Schuld kann wie ein ziemlich schwerer Rucksack sein, den wir mit uns herumtragen. Schuldgefühle haben die Macht, uns auszubremsen und zum Stillstand zu bringen. Weil Fehler zum Menschsein jedoch dazu gehören, entdeckst du in dieser Folge vier Schritte, mit denen du jedes noch so belastende Päckchen nach und nach ablegen kannst.
Du erfährst:
Wie Schuldgefühle regelrecht die Gesundheit gefährden können.
Warum es unverzichtbar ist, dass du deine Gefühle zulässt.
Wie du ohne deine Gedanken groß zu ändern, einfach...2023-09-1308 min
All Write in Sin CityKevin Spenst Chuffed for Chapbooks TourIn a special summertime "minisode" of All Write in Sin City, we connect with our friend and poet Kevin Spenst to find out what can happen on a no-holds-barred poetic romp across Canada. When he visited Windsor, he performed at the City of Windsor's birthday celebrations with our Poets Laureate, at the Art Windsor-Essex Gallery, and at Biblioasis bookstore. He was recorded live by Kim Conklin and interviewed by Irene Moore Davis. Kim Conklin and Sarah Jarvis did the editing (Kim did most of the editing - sj). Kevin Spenst, a Pushcart Poetry nominee, is the author of...2023-08-1312 min
Ms. Lyric's Poetry OutlawsSeason 8: Episode 1: Kevin Spenst- a mini interview on poetry and performance with poems!It’s a snippet today of one of my rare and relished 94th street Trobairitz series in which i do a three question live interview with Vancouver poet Kevin Spenst on how he started performing, what are some of his techniques and why is performance important for poetry. Then he recites with some preamble two pieces that have mélanges of lexicons and even backwards masking with culminating screams. And there are birds. Enjoy!2023-06-0510 minDer 6-Minuten-Podcast – Hör dich glücklich!#23 Stress loswerden, wenn du schon gestresst bist: Ein Tipp, den du noch nie gehört hast.Persönlichkeitsentwicklung to go. Hör dich glücklich!
Ein Leben ganz ohne Stress ist eine Wunschvorstellung. Wir alle kennen Situationen, in denen einfach alles zu viel wird. In dieser Folge lernst du die vielleicht beste wissenschaftlich fundierte Methode kennen, mit der du Stress in jeder noch so akuten Situation abbauen kannst – sie ist kinderleicht zu lernen und funktioniert sofort.
Du erfährst:
Warum Stress nicht immer besorgniserregend ist
Welchen Einfluss wir wirklich auf die Stressreaktionen unseres Körpers haben
Welche erstaunliche Technik sogar Tiere nutzen, um sich zu beruhigen und was du dir von ihn...2023-03-0108 min
Eh Poetry Podcast - Canadian poems read 3 times, each with a slight difference.In the Boxcar of Surrey around Guildford Castle by Kevin SpenstWelcome to Eh Poetry Podcast's first episode.
In today's episode, I read "In the Boxcar of Surrey around Guildford Castle." by Kevin Spenst. Kevin is a Pushcart Poetry nominee, is the author of Ignite, Jabbering with Bing Bong, and Hearts Amok: a Memoir in Verse (all with Anvil Press), and over a dozen chapbooks including Surrey Sonnets (JackPine Press), Upend (Frog Hollow Press) and a holm with the Alfred Gustav Press coming out at the end of 2022. In 2019, he was writer-in-residence at the Joy Kogawa House. His work has won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry, been n...2022-05-2306 min
thecommentary.caLeanne PrainThe writer, designer, and maker Leanne Prain discusses her new book The Creative Instigator’s Handbook: A DIY Guide to Making Social Change Through Art (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022), with Joseph Planta.
The Creative Instigator’s Handbook: A DIY Guide to Making Social Change Through Art by Leanne Prain (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: The Creative Instigator’s Handbook
Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Leanne Prain joins me again...2022-04-2729 minthecommentary.caLeanne PrainThe writer, designer, and maker Leanne Prain discusses her new book The Creative Instigator’s Handbook: A DIY Guide to Making Social Change Through Art (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022), with Joseph Planta.
The Creative Instigator’s Handbook: A DIY Guide to Making Social Change Through Art by Leanne Prain (Arsenal Pulp Press, 2022).
Click to buy this book from Amazon.ca: The Creative Instigator’s Handbook
Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:
I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.
Leanne Prain joins me again...2022-04-2729 min
Writers RadioP018 Town CrierHost, Ingrid RoseTowne Crier, TroubadourIn conversation, Ingrid Rose and Vancouver poet Kevin Spenst explore the territory of poem as performance, not on a stage but beyond cultural venues, in city and forest, from park benches and on poetry walks as reader's words interact with listeners in life. During Covid, Kevin performed over thirty physically distanced pop-up readings in person while most of the world was on Zoom.And then he reads: surprising, hilarious, heart stopping poems with lines such as "...you can blame my tin...2022-04-1721 minMs. Lyric's Poetry OutlawsEpisode 14: Dream song 14 by John BerrymanHerewith Kevin Spenst reciting his Listener’s Choice selection, me trying to chat about it while people move boxes behind me (hence forgetting the significance of the last line’s colon), and then hey I read it to. What an obsession this world was for Mr Berryman indeed.2022-01-2407 minMs. Lyric's Poetry OutlawsEpisode 13: Kevin Spenst In ConversationIn which (in a Vancouver coffee shop with its background music) he reads his amazing poem The Geology of a Moment and we talk about the 70s, the 90s, Roy Miki, the sounds of words, border blurs, the academy, love, the importance of venues for poetry, and how to chill. And we giggle or guffaw a lot too. Enjoy!2022-01-2329 min
Writers RadioP018 Town Crier TroubadourTowne Crier, TroubadourKevin SpenstHost, Ingrid RoseTowne Crier, TroubadourIn conversation, Ingrid Rose and Vancouver poet Kevin Spenst explore the territory of poem as performance, not on a stage but beyond cultural venues, in city and forest, from park benches and on poetry walks as reader's words interact with listeners in life. During Covid, Kevin performed over thirty physically distanced pop-up readings in person while most of the world was on Zoom.And then he reads: surprising...2021-10-0421 minAll Write in Sin CityRunning Amok with Kevin SpenstKevin Spenst, a Pushcart Prize nominee, is the author of Ignite, Jabbering with Bing Bong (both Anvil Press), and over a dozen chapbooks including Pray Goodbye (Alfred Gustav Press), Ward Notes (serif of nottingham), Flip Flop Faces and Unexpurgated Lives (JackPine Press), and Upend (Frog Hollow Press: Dis/Ability series). His work has won the Lush Triumphant Award for Poetry, been nominated for both the Alfred G. Bailey Prize and the Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry, and has appeared in dozens of publications including Prairie Fire, CV2, BafterC, Lemon Hound, Poetry is Dead, and the Best Canadian Poetry 2019...2020-11-0830 min
Crownsmen ProductionsTCS 52: Mainland Construction Materials - Aggregates & Asphalt Materials, Paving Operations, & Construction with Kevin Spenst40,000,000 upgrades to a crushing facility, dredging in the Fraser River, and what happens when the big corporation takes over the small family run business. These are just a few of the topics covered with Mainland Construction Material President, Kevin Spenst.
Mainland Construction Materials (https://mainlandcm.com/) and their companies, Mainland Sand & Gravel (https://mainlandcm.com/mainlandsg/) and Winvan Paving (https://mainlandcm.com/winvan/) offer aggregates and asphalt materials, paving operations, construction services, logistics, and recycling all across Canada. Their parent company Summit Materials ( http://summit-materials.com/) is an industry leading materials-based company that supplies aggregates, cement, ready-mix...2020-07-3141 minPage Fright: A Poetry Podcast36. "Hearts Amok" w/ Kevin SpenstKevin Spenst returns to talk Hearts Amok: A Memoir in Verse. Andrew celebrates a year of Page Fright. It's a fun episode for all!
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Kevin Spenst, a Pushcart Poetry nominee, is the author of Hearts Amok, Ignite, Jabbering with Bing Bong (both with Anvil Press), and over a dozen chapbooks including Pray Goodbye (the Alfred Gustav Press), Ward Notes (the serif of nottingham), Flip Flop Faces and Unexpurgated Lives (JackPine Press), and most recently Upend (Frog Hollow Press). His work has...2020-06-2544 minPage Fright: A Poetry Podcast20. Kevin Spenst (Live at Massy Books!)Happy holidays! Kevin Spenst jumps gracefully from style to poetic style. Andrew is thrilled to chat about idiotic idioms. It's a blast.
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Kevin Spenst is the author of Ignite, Jabbering with Bing Bong (both with Anvil Press), and over a dozen chapbooks including Pray Goodbye(the Alfred Gustav Press), Surrey Sonnets (JackPine Press), and most recently Upend (Frog Hollow Press: Dis/Ability series). In 2020, his third book of poetry will be coming out: Hearts Amok: a Memoir in Verse (Anvil Press...2019-12-1837 min