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Poetry and Art Salon 5X5 Special Event

📌SUNDAY  NOVEMBER 29, 2026
📌ANVIL CENTRE | STUDIO 417
777 Columbia St. New Westminster
📌2:00-4:00 pm     
📌Drop-in. No registration required.

Featuring poetry readings by
Kevin Spenst, Jessica Lee McMillan, Rob Taylor, Aidan Chafe and Janet Kvammen

Each poet will read one of their own poems, plus one poem by each of the other four poets!

Join Janet Kvammen, Poet Laureate of New Westminster, for a free afternoon of poetry readings, and more!

Bridging the Gap 2025
RCLAS Co-operative Poem, National Poetry Month, April 2025
© 2025 by the poets
Compiled by Janet Kvammen, New Westminster Poet Laureate  

18 contributing poets in order of appearance: 

  Candice James   Alan Girling
   Jerena Tobiasen
   Susan McCaslin
   Jessica Lee McMillan
   Angus Pratt
   Karen McLaughlin Freeborn
   Cynthia Sharp
   Isabella Mori
   Julia Schoennagel
   Chelsea Comeau
   Emily Molinari
   Jude Neale
   Jennifer Getsinger
   Angela Kenyon
   H.W. Bryce
   Alan Hill
  Janet Kvammen



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