Planet Earth Poetry
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September—June (break in December) We host the LONGEST RUNNING all-poetry open mic in Victoria! The Planet Earth Poetry reading series in Victoria, BC, is a launching pad for the energies of writers and poets. It is a place where words are most important. Friday nights begin with Open Mic, followed by one or more featured readers. For all the details and a schedule of upcoming readers, visit our website planetearthpoetry.com
06/02/2026
Discover the poetry of Jónína Kirton on Friday, June 5 at Russell Books. Jónína will be joined by our other featured poet, Susan Musgrave. The event will be hosted by Kyeren Regehr. We will have an open mic at 7:30. Doors at 7 pm, featured readers at 8:00 pm.
Jónína Kirton River Métis/Icelandic poet, author, and facilitator, was born in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba (Treaty One). She currently lives in the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Sḵwxwú7mesh, and Tsleil-Waututh Peoples. Kirton graduated from the Simon Fraser University’s Writer’s Studio in 2007 where she now teaches a workshop titled Pen & Sword. She is a longstanding member of their Advisory Board. A late-blooming poet, she was sixty-one when she received the 2016 Vancouver’s Mayor’s Arts Award for an Emerging Artist in the Literary Arts category.
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