Haven at Home Returns – A Message from the President

The Stroll’s Haven Committee has been in touch with our friends at the Upper Crust Cafe and we’re all looking forward to having us back there. But with rising COVID-19 Variant numbers and spacing at the restaurant, we’re just not comfortable with the parameters of safety for our members at this time. So, the board has chosen to stay online for our 2021 Haven Reading Series this fall.

We’re hopeful things will improve and we will review the status again in November with a possible return to Havens at the Upper Crust Cafe in the new year.

Keep your fingers crossed that we shall see each other in person in 2022!

Stay well,

Janis Dow
President

2021/2022 POETS’ HAVEN ONLINE SIGN UP IS NOW OPEN!

Welcome back, poets!

As you know your membership entitles you to an 8-minute reading slot at one of our 2021/22 “Haven at Home” online Reading Series.

By following this link, you may go directly to the sign-up page on SignUp Genius. From the calendar, simply pick and click the date that works for you and put your full name in the sign up slot under “Comments.”  Mic Host spots are also available at the same place.

Please consider signing up sooner rather than later as this popular reading series tends to fill quickly!

ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY TO PICK UP YOUR 2021 ANTHOLOGY

For those Stroll members who weren’t able to pick up their anthologies on the first distribution date (May 22), we have scheduled a second pick-up date. We will also have a limited number of Parkland Poets anthologies on hand, as well as the three chapbooks edited for the Stroll by Markus Eymann.

Here are the details:

Pick-up Date:     Saturday, August 14, 2021
Time:                  1:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location:            See below «

« In order to maintain privacy, rather than publishing the location in a publicly accessible newsletter, this information will be sent only to those who request it. Please send an email to the anthology editor, Deborah Lawson, at strollantho@writersguild.ab.ca. Location and other details will be sent to you.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Before coming to pick up your anthology, please make sure you are feeling well and have not had any exposure to COVID-19. Even though, as of this date, the City of Edmonton has relaxed or removed some of the COVID–19 restrictions, the safety of all our members and their loved ones is still paramount. Our distribution day volunteers will have access to gloves and masks, and will don them upon request. We want everyone to feel safe and comfortable as they come to pick up their anthologies. Your copy will be always be ready and waiting for you to pick it up in the future, when you are well and/or when the situation has stabilized.

2021 Stroll Anthology Cover Winner Announced!

Congratulations to Audrey Brooks, whose winning entry, “Symphony of Trees,” is a detail from the painting by Edmonton artist Sharon Abbott (used with permission), who is pleased that her painting, owned by Audrey, was chosen for the anthology cover.

Audrey has a particular affection for trees, for they intertwine roots to form a communication network. She says, “We could learn a lot from trees. They are sentient beings, an essential part of life on this planet.”