I'm featuring at the Slamlandia Poetry Slam, in Portland, Oregon on Thursday Jan 18th. It's probably been 6 six years since I've been in Portland. It'll be fun to see some familiars FACES and hopefully make some new Friends https://www.facebook.com/slamlandia https://www.facebook.com/LiteraryArts

In 2024 Mashed Poetics celebrates its 15th putting shows on in Vancouver. Venues have come and gone but Mashed Poetics remains. We're thrilled to be kicking off our 15th season at a new venue on Commercial Drive in Vancouver...Vivace on the Drive. https://vivaceonthedrive.ca/ Doors are at 7pm. Show at 8:30. There will be a special Mashed Poetics "happy hour" during that time. You can get $12 advance tickets by emailing me at rcarcee2@gmail.com. Tickets will be $15 at the door.

Coming up soon: Sunday, March 10th, 3pm, at Massy Arts Gallery at 23 East Pender Street in Chinatown, Vancouver. Please register for this free event here. Here is the lineup: Rahat Kurd reads Parveen Shakur (1952-1994) Devon Rae reads Ikkyū Sōjun (1394-1481) RC Weslowski reads Ian Ferrier (1954-2023) Estlin McPhee reads Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) The gallery is wheelchair accessible and a gender-neutral washroom is on-site. Please refrain from wearing scents or heavy perfumes. For more on accessibility including parking, seating,…

A very distinguished and talented lineup of poets, prose writers and artists will gather on the day of the event, each of whom will read a five-minute (or shorter) excerpt from my poetry and fiction. They are: Dana Cromie Marc Lindy George McWhirter Donal O’Hanlon (appearing by video from Newry, Co Armagh, Northern Ireland) Shauna Paull Louise Schwarz Kevin Spenst John Swanson RC Weslowski Sangeeta Wylie Emcee for the event will be Marc Lindy—musician, radio show host and general bon…

I'll be hosting an online writing workshop focusing on comedic writing in spoken word. We'll look at some examples of funny poems and examine the tools used in writing funny poems, stories and more. I hope you can join us.

I'll be featuring live and in person at the UBC Poetry Slam on March 27th. They're located on the UBC Campus at 5970 University Boulevard at Boulevard Coffee Roasting Company. You'll also have a chance to read/perform so I hope I get to see and hear you there.

Thanks to the League of Canadian Poets, I'll be featuring at the Saltspring Island Public Library's monthly event. I'll be featuring poems from my book, "My Soft Response to the Wars" from Write Bloody Publishing. www.writebloodynorth.ca

Myself along with Jillian Christmas, Tawahum and Johnny D. Trinh will be sharing poems with the Coastal Jazz Society folks. We'll be performing two 40 minute sets together along with some improvised jazz to our pieces. The poems will all be on the theme of City Poems. We're running from 9-11 pm at Tyrant Studios (which is located right above the Penthouse Cabaret on Seymour Street)