Wednesday, Oct. 14, 7 pm, Alberni Valley Words on Fire Open Mic/Spoken Word, featuring Lozan Yamolky and Haley Healey.
Register and sign up for a 5-minute spot at the open mic at charslanding.com
Lozan Yamolky is the author of three poetry books, I'm No Hero & Counting Waves through Silver Bow Publishing and Dreamers Needed, was self-published through McNally Robinson in 2019. Lozan was one of the recipients of the Distinguished Poet Award from Writer International Network Canada in 2018 & the 1st Prize winner of the 2019 Rabindranath Tagore Poetry Contest (Peace Treaty). She was also commissioned by the DaCapo Chamber Choir in 2017 to write about the refugee experience. Lozan is Kurdish, born and raised in Baghdad; she immigrated to Canada in 1995. She is a freelance interpreter living in Vancouver.
Haley is a high school counsellor, registered clinical counsellor, and the author of On Their Own Terms: True Stories of Trailblazing Women of Vancouver Island. A self-proclaimed trailblazing woman herself, she has taught in isolated fly-in communities, guided whitewater canoe expeditions, and plays the violin. She has an avid interest in wild places and unconventional people. She has appeared on Into the Wild, an outdoor adventure radio show on CHLY, Nanaimo’s campus-community radio station.
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