Excerpts of emergent local poetry will soon be plastered all over Vancouver buses, SkyTrains, and other modes of TransLink and BC Transit in and around the city.
Metro Vancouver commuters have been treated to the works of BC-authored and Canadian-published poets since 1996 when the first collection of poetry car cards were launched.
This year’s selections, made by the Association of Book Publishers of BC, include 10 literary works by poets in the province – the majority, who live in Vancouver.
The works include:
Dominique Bernier-Cormier, Vancouver – Correspondent
Susan Buis, Knutsford – Gatecrasher
Francine Cunningham, Vancouver – On/Me
Ruth Daniell, Kelowna – The Brightest Thing
Adrienne Drobnies, Vancouver – Salt and Ashes
Cornelia Hoogland, Hornby Island – Cosmic Bowling
Kyla Jamieson, Vancouver – Body Count
Fiona Tinwei Lam, Vancouver – Odes & Laments
John Pass, Madeira Park – This Was the River
Russel Thornton, North Vancouver – The Broken Face
We are thrilled to announce the 2020/21 Poetry in Transit selections! Tag your #PoetryInTransit sightings on TransLink...
Posted by Read Local BC on Thursday, August 27, 2020
In the upcoming year, when commuters share a photo of the prose on Twitter or Instagram using the #poetryintransit hashtag they will be automatically entered to win one of three book prize packs.
Learn more details about the selections, HERE.
