June Readings, Winning! and Family!
After a rather demanding move from the countryside back to Quebec City in May, I headed for the Southwest on June 2nd to celebrate the first anniversary of Steady. Against the Absurd. Kinship at the Core‘s publication with my New Mexico community, followed by a wonderful, and huge, family reunion in Colorado! Generous friends and […]
2025 Late Winter, Early Spring
March 5th, (yes that’s still somewhat winter in Quebec!) Hamac Editions -Somme Toute launched our anthology, ARRACHER LES FRONTIÈRES at the beautiful Librairie La Liberté in Quebec City. For the anthology 12 immigrants to Quebec, were asked to write poems (in French) relating our struggles and joy in adapting to our adoptive culture. A time […]
Montmarte!
Violoncelle et Voix. Une soirée de beauté pour la paix. Mon poème “Silence turquoise” voyage, en performance. Grand merci à des collègues parisiennes, Poètes du 7 octobre. The New Year came..to Montmartre, Paris! I am so pleased that my poem “Turquoise Silence” was performed by poet and musician colleagues in Montmartre on January 18th!, the […]
Interview/“causerie” with Le Cercle Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Quebec City at La Maison de la Littérature Le Cercle Gabriel Garcia Marquez was founded 20 years ago by Victor H. Ramos (Columbia) to bridge Latino cultures with Quebec City artists, thinkers and writers. A few years ago Sebastián Ibarra Guttiérrez (Chile) arrived and joined Victor. Whether lecture or interview format, the evenings are most […]
BORDERS, a Poetry Symposium
The theme of BORDERS was intriguing so I was looking forward to being part of this poetry symposium on November 1st and 2nd, taking place In Stanstead, Quebec and Derby Line, Vermont. Yes, directly on the border! I was not disappointed! The Fall weather was fine, the company even better!! The two day event was […]
Festival international de la poésie
What a delight and enriching few days it was being among the 100 poets invited to participate at the 40th International Poetry Festival in Trois-rivières, Québec! To get a glimpse of us all, our countries and “stories”, where and when we read, the prize winners, as well activities for kids, go to fiptr.com! The 2024 program […]
LAUNCHINGS, Québec and Montréal
Oui! Nous avons célébré, Steady. Against the Absurd. Kinship at the Core / Sans relâche. Contre l’absurde. Corps et âmes, en premier le 29 août à la belle et accueillante Librairie La Liberté à Québec. Nous sommes très reconnaissante à Monika et à Julie Collin, et leur personnel pour l’appui que la Librairie nous donnait […]
2024 Events and Festivals
Celebrating Rae Marie’s new bilingual poetry book, Steady. Against the Absurd. Kinship at the Core / Sans relâche. Contre l’absurde. Corps et âmes Launchings with readings by the author, Rae Marie and the translator Hélène Lépine! Occurred Thursday, August 29th,at Librairie LaLiberté, Ste-Foy, Québec, QCTéléphone : 418 658-3640info@librairielaliberte.comwww.librairielaliberte.com and on Thursday September 12th, at La librairie Bertrand, […]
2023 Le Mois de la poésie multi-lingue! et Bonheur au Mexique
FESTIVAL PERFORMANCES May 2023. MOIS DE LA POÉSIE, Quebec. Co-director, Laetitia Beaumel.L’ARBRE À LANGUES’ ARBRE DE VIE, Multi-lingual Poetry event at Nouaisons Cultural Center, and la Maison de la Littérature, Québec, QC. with Poets: RAE MARIE TAYLOR (COLORADO/NOUVEAU MEXiQUE), SEBASTIÀN IBARRA GUITERREZ (CHILI), DARINE HOUMANI (LIBAN), RODRIGUE BARBE (CENTRE AFRIQUE) Vendredi le 12 mai, au NOUAISONS, […]