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UBC Okanagan presents poet Jordan Scott at a public reading

June 30, 2016

Canadian poet Jordan Scott will host a public reading Friday, July 8 at 7 p.m. at the Alternator Gallery.

Canadian poet Jordan Scott will host a public reading Friday, July 8 at 7 p.m. at the Alternator Gallery.

Who: Poet Jordan Scott, UBC’s Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies
What: Public reading
When: Friday, July 8. Doors open at 7 p.m., reading begins at 7:30
Where: Alternator Gallery, Rotary Centre for the Arts, 421 Cawston Ave, KelownaAward-winning Canadian poet Jordan Scott is hosting a public reading next week, as part of UBC Okanagan’s summer writing intensive program.

Award-winning Canadian poet Jordan Scott is hosting a public reading next week, as part of UBC Okanagan’s summer writing intensive program.

Scott is a visiting author with the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies (FCCS) and is taking part in the Bodies of Knowledge Summer Writing Intensive program chaired by UBC assistant professor, author and poet Matt Rader.

Nominated for the 2009 Dorothy Livesay Prize for Poetry, Scott is the current Writer in Residence at Simon Fraser University. His book titles include Silt, blert, DECOMP, and Clearance Process and his long poem Night & Ox will be published this fall.

This reading, free and open to the public, is presented by the FCCS Visiting Author Series. For more information about this event, contact FCCS research assistant Clayton McCann at: bwgreview@gmail.com

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