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Laurie MacFayden
Award-winning writer and visual artist based in Edmonton, Alberta

Edmonton Poetry Festival

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poetry immersion 101

Posted on 10 April 201024 November 2017by Laurie MacFayden

it’s national poetry month — and what a month it is! on april 3, i had the pleasure of sharing the stage with michelle boudreau, mary pinkoski and jasmine whenham at a music & poetry shindig at the axis cafe. on april 10, edmonton’s raving poets celebrated 10 years of spoken word wonderfulness with a […]

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mamas, don’t let your babies grow up to be poets

Posted on 14 September 2008by Laurie MacFayden

if you missed it … too bad. we can’t get it back. you’ll just have to trust me that it was freakin’ awesome. we’re now living in a post-po-fest world … and those of us who stopped by the ARTery last night are all the better for it.

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About Me

I’m an award-winning writer, visual artist and journalist who has lived in Edmonton since 1984. My writing has appeared in The New Quarterly, FreeFall, Queering the Way and Alberta Views. My short story, Haircut, won the Howard O’Hagan prize at the 2017 Alberta Literary Awards. My work has been performed in Edmonton’s Loud & Queer Cabaret, the Skirts Afire Festival, and Calgary’s Q the Arts cultural festival. My latest book, Walking Through Turquoise (Frontenac House, September 2017), continues to explore the flirtations and secrets mined in my first two titles, White Shirt and Kissing Keeps Us Afloat.

Visual arts exhibition highlights include Fighting Normal, a multi-discipline installation with Amy Willans exploring the stigma of mental illness (Winter 2013, Visual Arts Alberta Gallery; September, 2019, St Albert Library) and The Poetry of Water (August 2012; solo exhibition, Kaasa Gallery, Jubilee Auditorium, Edmonton). My paintings have shown in other public spaces in Edmonton including Harcourt House; the Gallery at Milner; Woodcroft Library, Walterdale Playhouse; Enterprise Square; Blue Plate Diner; Grant MacEwan Gray Gallery; and Bohemia Cafe.

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