The 2015 Envoi Book Fair takes place May 29-31, Richardson Hall, Manitoba Theatre For Young People (MTYP) at the Forks. .Admission is included with our Envoi’s Events Super Pass, and $5.00 or pay what you can at the door. The list of vendors just keep getting longer, and if you don’t have time to visit
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Envoi Festival Gets Ready to Rock! Festival Launch May 27th.
I will be putting up a post everyday now leading up to the Envoi Poetry Festival. Gregory Scofield will launch the Envoi Poetry Festival at Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum on Wednesday, May 27 at 4:00 p.m. with a reading from Louis: The Heretic Poems. Published in 2011 by Nightwood editions, this collection challenges traditional
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ENVOI POP-UP BOOKSHOP
EPF is thrilled to announce our partnership with Tim Brandt, an old friend from the legendary Heaven Art & Book Café. Tim will be handling book and magazine sales at our Envoi Pop-Up Book Shop. Tim just stopped by to pick-up some posters as he makes his rounds today, encouraging people to attend a unique
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Dead Poets Society Envoi Fundraising Dinner Coming Up!
The Envoi Literary Foundation is planning to raise $1,000 by hosting a “Dead Poets Society” Dinner. It is a lot of fun, and Saturday evening April 18th is the most likely date. The food is provided, and byob. Water, soft drinks, coffee, and tea, are available for free. In return you come with a cheque
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FIRST FRIDAY – At ACI, 300-245 McDermot
THE MAN WITH TOO MANY HATS! I’ll be flogging myself , (will self-flagellate for cash) my books, Rhubarb magazine, the Manitoba Magazine Publishers’ Association, and the Envoi Poetry Festival. Free stuff, good deals, see you there! Will read (Language Warning) from Afghanistan Confessions. http://victorenns9.com/work/afghanistan-confessions/
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Envoi Get Poetry Book Club
The Envoi Poetry Festival is organizing a poetry book club that will meet 6 – 8 times before the Festival (May 29 – June 5 in Winnipeg). We will begin to meet in the first week of April (Canada Poetry Month) where up to ten participants will discuss poetry, focusing on the work of the poets and
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Sponsorship (Dream)
Last night I dreamed that Great West Life donated $132,000 to start the Envoi Literary Foundation capital endowment campaign, and provided $40,000 for operations in 2015, and $22,000 in 2016. “In dreams begin responsibilities” – Delmore Schwartz. Keep pace with the Envoi Poetry Festival here. V
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Getting paid for writing
Writers in traditional publishing models receive 10% of the cover price. 5000 copies sold is a best seller, cover price is $30.00 = $150,000 (by the way this almost never happens to more than a handful of Canadian writers, but we’ll use the maximum rather than the minimum)= $150,000 in royalties for a book that
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