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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS
Be
sure to introduce yourself in the Federation
online forums, and check out the
member biography
section to find out more about each.
New Members:
John
Ambury - Toronto, ON
Aline Soules - Danville, CA, USA
Cecilia Burcescu - Vancouver, BC
Kerry Lynn Parsons - Lakefield, ON
Dannabang Kuwabong - Hamilton, ON
Lois MacDonald - Whitby, ON
Michael Dyet - Brampton, ON
David MacLean - North Van, BC
Suzanne Hunter - Calgary, AB
Poetry for Life Project
Marilyn Edwards - Langley, BC
Darla
Fisher-Odjig - Acton, ON
Raymond Miot - Verdun, QC
Michael Morris - Burnaby, BC
John Corvese - Burlington, ON
Irving
Miller - Chicago, IL
Fotios Panos - Greece
Her Excellency the
Right Honourable Michaelle Jean
C.C, C.M.M., C.O.M., C.D.
Governor General of Canada
Renewed
Members:
Susan Tearoe
Glenda Walker Hobbs
Judith Black
Krow Fischer
David Brydges
Michael Cotterell
John Jansen in de
wal
Najah Shuqair
Paul Hartal
Mary Anne Lonergan
Josie Di
Sciascio-Andrews
Marlene Laplante
Neil Harding
MacAlistair
Raymond Fenech
Maria Pia Marchelletta
Jodie Lindley
Rosa Hong Chen
Geneva Neale
Nikhil Parekh
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POETRY CANADA
LAST EDITION
COMING SOON
The next
and last issue of Poetry Canada is coming
shortly.
It has the interview with Priscila Uppal - Griffin Poetry Short List
finalist.
This will the last edition, and I
will come up with easier ways to get the word out through article
distribution in the newsletter, and teleseminar recordings of
interviews you'll find interesting.
It will contain the Priscila Uppal interview, Spirit Youth Award
Winners, Book Review, articles and poetry.
Back issues are available, once
they're gone that's it.
Here is the link to any that are
left.
Poetry
Canada Archives
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CONTESTS & CALLS
CALLING All Artists -
How would you like your art on the cover of our
anthologies Credit and 2 free copies plus get free promoted.
Send a .jpg or .gif for review - even better is if you have a link to a
gallery.
We promote FREE contests, if you
have one, let us know and we'll let everyone else know.
SPREAD THE WORD
Proudly display the CFP logo on your site, and let us know,
and you'll be automatically entered into a contest where you can
win a free ad in Poetry Canada. Link to:
http://www.federationofpoets.com
CHECK OUT THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CALENDAR COORDINATOR
Maurus Cappa
is the NEW Calendar Coordinator!
Email him at:
Maurus@federationofpoets.com
If you are a CFP member, this is a great way to promote your book
launches, appearances,
and check out contest calls and events.
If you are a CFP member, or a CFP Affiliate Organization feel
free to submit your events to us. It is a great way to easily increase
attendance.
CFP MEMBERSHIP
BENEFITS
Over 20 benefits including a great community of friends.
JOIN
TODAY!
UNITING TO CREATE ONE VOICE
FEDERATION OF POETS
Canadian Federation of Poets
We are always looking for help, if you would like to join our
volunteer team, go here and check out our list of positions.
Become
a CFP Volunteer
AFFILIATE PROMOTION
A great organization that is a Federation affiliate is:
The
Emily Isaacson Institute
Have you checked them out?
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Sept 2010 - What a great
summer - hope yours was wonderful too. I did a cross country tour in
the USA on a coast to coast drive with my family - visiting the Grand
Canyon, Washington DC, Ocean City (where I was speaking at the
convention center), and many great places along the way. Then up to
Canada for a last visit home - as my parents are now moving to Halifax,
Nova Scotia. Then back across the USA - spent a whole month just
cruising.
Then September kicks in and
it's back in high gear - and I can see the Federations and groups are
busy creating wonderful poetry and sharing it with the world. This
October I am going to be the Master of Ceremony of the Artists for a
Better World Festival - so looking forward to getting my artistic side
fed.
Caleb currently has a National
Walmart commercial on the air (we even saw it when we were in Canada)
and last night we were at a Film Festival with Director Eric Burdett at
the premier of a movie he is in called Grace Bedell. Then you can
check out what I am up to at:
http://www.ThePowerof3WorldTour.com
as I head to UK, Scotland,
Ireland, Geneva Switzerland, Denver, Calgary, Hollywood, Bahrain,
Dubai, Phoenix, UK, and Las Vegas - so I am pretty well gone for over 2
months. Glad my family will be joining me on much of it. :)
Remember we have lots of
activity happening with local Federations so
be sure to check the calendar for dates and times.
Reminder we have to
have all members move to an automated payment system - ie.
paypal - no more cheques can be processed. If you haven't
already registered to pay via paypal - it is time to renew/join using
this method so you can continue to be a part of a great
organization
www.Federationofpoets.com/paypal.htm
Thanks
Enjoy the month and keep on
creating :)
Tracy Lynn Repchuk
President and Founder of the Canadian Federation of Poets
Join
the Canadian Federation of Poets
www.FederationofPoets.com
Because Now You're Family!
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CULTURE DAY AT COURTNEY PARK
September 25th opens the door to
poetry as the Canadian Federation of Poets and the Mississaugua Library
system celebrate the spoken word. This event was due to the
stellar efforts of Cheryl Xavier - our own National Coordinator.
Participants include:
- Linda Dowd
- Trevor Trower
- Flavia Cosma
- Darla Fisher-Odjig
There are many organizations being represented in addition to the
Canadian Federation of Poets such as Tower Poetry Society, The Ontario
Poetry Society, and Positive Xpressions.
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Are
you a CFP member and write articles? Send them in too.
They can be considered for this newsletter or posted to the CFP blogl.
That is free publicity and promotion whether you are a poet, editor or
publicist. The articles should be how to, tips and tricks, getting
published type. Anything that helps a poet take their craft to the next
level.
CFP EVENTS
Oakville Federation
Timothy's World Coffee
321 Lakeshore Rd. E, Oakville, ON
Contact: Saskia Maddock
Saskia@federationofpoets.com
Open mic event for all members, non members
and Federation Affiliate members to participate in.
Third Thursday of
Every Month -
7pm
New Brunswick Federation
Pizza Delight
9362 Main St. Richibucto, NB
Contact:
Rebecca Cuevas De Caissie
Rebecca@federationofpoets.com
Admission: Free
Open mic
event where poets and performers can get together and share both poetry
and short stories.
Federation Peel Region
(Brampton/Mississauga).
Last Friday of every
month starting at 6:00p.m. at the Courtneypark Library Branch (upper lounge reading
area) at Mavis and the 401,
Mississauga.
ON
730 Courtneypark Dr. W
Contact: Cheryl Xavier
CherylX@federationofpoets.com
Admission: Free
The
Toronto Bayview Chapter
5791
Yonge St. (short walk from Finch Subway Station)
Held in the Conference Room
of the Condo Building
Free Parking at Newtonbrook
Plaza.
Come and read your poetry
or short story or have it critiqued.
Contact: Maria Pia
Marchelletta
Maurus@federationofpoets.com
The Albanian Writers Federation
222
Lansdowne Ave. Toronto, ON
10am - noon
Find out more:
Albanian
Writers Federation
Halifax Federation of Poets
Mollyz Diner
2104 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS
Every third Wednesday of each month
Contact: Donelda Kent at doneldak@federationofpoets.com
Last
Thursday of Every Month - 7pm
Language
Federations
Flavia Cosma the Language Federations
Coordinator
If
you would like to start a Federation in your own language - contact
Flavia
Find out more.
Durham
Region Federation of Poets
contact Stella Ducker at
StellaCD@federationofpoets.com
Italo-Canadian
Federation of Poets
contact Maria Pia Marchelletta at
www.FederationofPoets.com/Italian.html
Calgary,
Alberta Federation of Poets
contact Wei Yin
at: weiyin@federationofpoets.com
NEW**
India Federation of Poets
contact Nikhil Parekh
at: nikhilp@federationofpoets.com
Check out
all the details on the calendar
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CFP
MEMBER NEWS
If you are a CFP member with exciting news,
let us know. Send
an email with the news in it, and a subject line of CFP Member News.
Tracy
Repchuk -
* Spoke at Entrepreneurial Success Summit in Ocean City,
MD
Nikhil
Parekh -
* Listed
his books in the Free ebook site - and one book alone that has over
5000 pages has reached over 12,000 downloads! Now that is getting your
poetry out there - Well done Nikhil!
Here is the link to his site - you can do it too.
Nikhil eBook Link
Stella Ducker:
* Held her incredibly successful 4th Annual Stellar
Literary Festival where Saskia Maddock, Chair,Oakville CFP.
Stella Ducker, Chair of Durham Region (and Festival Producer) and
others participated.
Cheryl Antao-Xavier
Publisher Cheryl Antao-Xavier has just released two books through her company -
I too Hear the Drums by Peta-Gaye Nash
Giving in to Gravity by Elizabeth Barnes
CFP Members ONLY
Send
me your news, it must be in point form, but more importantly it must
have the subject line CFP news
(I get
over 1000 emails every day, so I have to be able to search by that
subject line to put them in here :)
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CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!
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