Dina Del Bucchia's blog

At VIWF event #56, Possibilities of Hope, four authors converged to discuss their new works of fiction, books written about troubled, working class men trapped in cycles of struggle. Whether pushed to violence, forced into uncomfortable scenarios or unable to access their own feelings these men are held by forces that prohibit them from moving forward.

During the ensuing conversation and question and answer period issues of violence, poverty, education and emotional communication were addressed and the words redneck and rural punctuated many a sentence.

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I should admit up front that I’m a huge fan of school related storytelling. I may in fact be a sucker for it. Election, Heathers, the Harry Potter books, Degrassi, Pretty Little Liars, I cant get enough of them.

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Not one, but two big time, awesome literary events are blowing up our city this week and on Thursday night the Vancouver 125 Poetry Conference and the Vancouver International Writers Festival converged on the Revue Stage where the first night of The Poetry Cabaret went down.  It would be hard to do justice to such an eclectic evening, so I’ll merely lay out the highlights so those of you who weren’t there to sample the flavors can get a little taste for yourselves.

Our adorable (cuteness was not in short supply and so I might have

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