Crafted Reading Salon series

Leanne Praine and Kim Werker are joining forces to unite two communities here in Vancouver BC: makers who write, and writers who make in the Crafted Reading Series. They are hoping to have an audience full of listeners who make be entertained by writers who will read about all kinds of making. 

If you live in the area, you are invited to apply to participate. They would love to have a diverse line up of experienced and inexperienced readers.

the ongoing series is hosted by Iron Dog Books, an Indigenous-owned bookshop and booktruck dedicated to bringing low cost reading to Tsleil-Waututh, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Musqueam territories (metro Vancouver).

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SAVE THE DATES 2020:
Launch Date Wednesday, May 13, 2020, 7-9 pm (doors 6:30)
Iron Dog Books – 2671 East Hastings, Vancouver, BC
Wednesday, September 23, 2020 (doors 6:30)
Location TBA
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 doors 6:30)
Iron Dog Books – 2671 East Hastings, Vancouver, BC

Curatorial themes

• Craft as Camouflage (hiding behind or amongst craft)
• What We Talk About When We Talk About Craft (love stories can go many ways)
• Ravelled / Unravelled (on coming undone or remade)
• Crafted Fictions (creating new realities with what we make)

YOUR HOSTS:
Leanne Prain helps communities and people connect through creative ideas. She is the author of three books, Strange Material: Storytelling Through Textiles (2014); Yarn Bombing: The Art of Crochet and Knit Graffiti  (2009 & 2019) co-authored with Mandy Moore; and Hoopla: The Art of Unexpected Embroidery (2014), all published by Arsenal Pulp Press. When she’s not writing, Leanne organizes art and design events in the city, and acts as the co-artistic director of The Imprint, a literary collective that she founded with Laura Farina to explore participatory acts of writing in public spaces.
leanneprain.com | @leanneprain
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Kim Werker is a creative community builder who’s like a camp counsellor for grownups, helping folks to connect with and explore their creativity and have more fun making crafts and art. She is the author of six crochet books and Make It Mighty Ugly (2014), and she leads workshops on creative experimentation and slaying creative demons. She is a writer, editor and podcaster, and she hosts an online community of creative adventurers. An avid reader, compulsive craft dabbler and climate activist, Kim lives in Dunbar with her family and their mutt who’s named after a tree.
kimwerker.com | @kpwerker


Please direct your Reading Salon questions to Leanne and Kim at [email protected]

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