A Day of Haiku and Renku
with the poets William J. Higginson & Penny Harter
on Saturday, August 26 at The Morrin Centre,
in Old Quebec
Haiku expert William J. (Bill) Higginson and his partner Ms. Penny Harter, will be in Quebec City on Saturday, August 26. They will offer you the unique opportunity to experience this very popular genre of poetry. Higginson and Harter will be the guests of Abigail Friedman, who was herself introduced to haiku by Momoko Kuroda, in 2001-2003, while she was living in Japan.
Program
14 :00 - 15 :45 |
Talk by William Higginson entitled "The different contexts of the Japanese poem : haiku, tanka and renga."The author is also going to answer questions of participants. A murmured translation service in French will be offered on demand. |
19 :00 - 21 :45 |
Renku Session (French & English) directed by M. Higginson and Ms. Harter. To sign up please confirm via email to haikuquebec AT hotmail.com |
Note : At the renku session, participants may write in French or in English. Bill Higginson is experienced in multicultural renku and has proposed a bilingual renku session. When you enroll, please provide your name and whether you prefer to write in French or in English.
Location
The Morrin Center, 44, Chaussée des Écossais, Québec (Québec), G1R 4H3. A map is available at: lieu de reunion The Morrin Center is located in Old Quebec, off of the rue St-Jean (near the Château Frontenac) or rue Ste-Anne.
Also note the launch of L'Erotique poème court / haïku -- publisheb by Biliki - http://www.biliki.com/ (Belgium); June 2006 --, the first erotic haiku collection in French and the signing of The Haiku Apprentice - Memoirs of Writing Poetry in Japan by Abigail Friedman at Café Bistro Le Petit Coin Latin at 8 ½ rue Ste-Ursule (corner of St-Jean) in Québec, from 16:00 to 18:30. Weather permitting the event will be outside and inside if it rains. To reserve please call 418 692-2022.
To make a reservation for the talk and/ or the renku session please contact: haikuquebec AT hotmail.com . Please find attached the announcement of the book launch of the Haiku Apprentice by Abigail Friedman on T hursday, August 24.
Media attendance is more than welcome.
William Higginson is a well-known expert for haiku and renku (poetry is composed by two or more poets). He is also a translator, writer, communicator and creative writing professor. He is a master of traditional haiku. His writing forces the reader to see more than just the simple words. Higginson is author of a number of publications including the concise reference book The Haiku Handbook: How to Write, Share, and Teach Haiku, that he wrote together with Penny Harter. http://renku.home.att.net/bios.html#Higginson
Ms. Penny Harter is a poet, writer and workshop instructor, editor and professor. For 30 years she has published over 15 poetry and haiku books like Stages and Views and Shadow Play: Night Haiku (1994); Turtle Blessing (1996); Lizard Light: Poems from the Earth (1998); Buried in the Sky (2001). http://penhart.home.att.net/