Michael Gravel Edmonton Writer

The Fast Places Chapbook Launch

I‘m usually giving shouts to the work of other people around here, but this time I figure I gotta blow my own trumpet. I’ve got a chapbook coming down the pipe. It’s called “The Fast Places”. It’s being published by the very fine lasses down at Red Nettle Press – editors Patti Sinclair and Trisia Eddy. Twelve poems packaged in a beautiful jacket. Of course, there’s a party to celebrate. It’s not all my party, though. Red Nettle is a new press, and the launch is their “coming alive” clambake, complete with readings from four authors, refreshments, and lots of good ‘ol fashioned tom foolery – the kind that used to be kosher, before Radiohead showed up and ruined everything. Here are the deets:

Red Nettle Press – Launch Party and Champagne Bottle Smashing Ceremony
Thursday, May 29, 2008
The ARTery
9535 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton
Time TBA
Featuring readings and booksellings by Michael Gravel, Jenna Butler, Julie Robinson, and Patti Sinclair.
Book prices TBA

I’m pretty pumped about this. It’s always good to get work in print, and it’s something that I haven’t devoted enough time to as of late. I think it’s pretty damn awesome to stage a launch of several authors at once. It’s a brilliant stroke, because everyone brings their friends and one’s work gets exposed to a new audience. It’ll be great to jam with some fellow writers. Mark it on your calendar. Come down and buy a book or two. Come on man, support the poet.

Entry #82 · April 24, 2008 in