Apr. 16, 8:00 p.m. / Le 16 avril, 20 h YouTube | Centre des arts et de la culture de Dieppe Dieppe, 331 Av Acadie, Dieppe, NB E1A 1G9, Canada Link/Lien An evening celebrating great successes in Atlantic Canadian literature over the past year. Be there as the 2021 Atlantic Book Awards finalists are revealed, and enjoy readings by winners of the Atlantic Book Awards, New Brunswick Book Awards, and Éloizes. Afterward,

I am happy to announce that my book ‘Perspectives’ is now available! The texts in this poetry collection have been influenced by memory, experience, conjecture, and through the vicarious life gleaned from media reported events. Launch announcements will come

Three of my texts, Freedom to Think Clearly, Dawn, and Remembering the Questions not Answered, have been included in the Musings During a Time of Pandemic: A World Anthology of Poems on COVID-19. About the book For those who have gone before us, the dead, those swept away by the flapping wings of the bat, we wish them well in their travel! and, in their sojourn in the cleansing waters of purgatory, let their flawless

I am delighted to have been included in the ‘Poems from the Interior’. A heartfelt thanks to editors Catherine Parayre and Nicholas Hauck as well as the Research Centre in Interdisciplinary Arts and Creative Culture at Brock University for instigating this project. Since the beginning of 2020, the ongoing epidemic has forced us to into prolonged confinement and caused us to re-examine our own interiors—physical,

Starting the day at the Multiverse Poetry Festival Singapore via virtual tools was great! Hearing Christopher Okemwa singing his first poetry selection was really special and resounded with memories of choral groups in Kenya. Although the connection was interrupted, Okembwa’s words were not lost and in his second work, he carried strong comments focusing on the Black Lives Matter movement and the state of current affairs in

Happy to participate in this Poetry Festival Singapore event! SCHEDULE Multiverse Poetry Festival Singapore August 29, 2020 | 08.30PM – 10.00PM (+8 GMT) 08.30PM: Opening of the show 08.31PM: Latha 08.41PM: Catherine Candano 08.51PM: Sarvin Afarinesh 09.01PM: Christopher Okemwa 09.11PM: Unmesh Mohitkar 09.21PM: Eric Tinsay Valles 09.27PM: LKN 09.31PM: Marikit 09:41PM: Daniel Dugas & Valerie Le Blanc 09.51PM: Tan

Je suis très contente de faire partie de ce numéro de la Revue Ancrages. Mon texte s’est dévoilé au coin de la Rue Botsford et du Boulevard Wheeler entre 10h et 11h. Merci à Rachel Duperreault et à Sonya Malaborza! Thanks to Rachel and Sonya for their work on Ancrages #21. Thanks to Ancrages for the gift of time to get out and write! Text + photos: http://ancrages.ca/edition/no-21-acadie24/valerie-leblanc/ Video:

Je suis très contente de faire partie de cette 22e édition ! Activités APÉRO-POÉSIE AVEC LES ÉDITIONS PRISE DE PAROLE 2 AOÛT 2018 – 17 H 00 – 18 H 00 Foyer du Centre culturel de Caraquet Gratuit Ouvert à tous Si elles se disent “ancrées dans le Nouvel-Ontario”, les éditions Prise de parole ne s’empêchent pourtant pas de larguer les amarres pour une virée en Acadie. Question de vous

My video Cultural Floatsam is part of the FILE São Paulo 2018. Here is the program: FILE ONLINE VIDEOART 1.Alejandro Thornton – Deriva – Argentina 2.Alejandro Thornton – Jumping – Argentina 3.Andrea Familari – Untitled – Germany 4.Toni Mitjanit – AAAC: An Autonomous Agent Choreo – Spain 5.Anuar Elías – Quehuaya – Bolivia 6.Bittler Bernard – Materia Obscura – France 7.Brit Bunkley – Godzone – New

Flags as markers of existence – While no one was obviously present during a visit to the wharfs in Caraquet, the noise of the flags struck me as standing in for the voices of everyone who had stood there before me. Le drapeau est un symbole d’un territoire, d’une existence, d’une présence. Alors que j’étais seule sur un quai à Caraquet au Nouveau-Brunswick, le bruit des drapeaux qui claquaient au vent m’a