Author: Anna Yin

Thanks Mississauga Arts Council for inviting me to speak and read my poems. I was glad to meet young talented artists, mentors and wrote some haiku for this event. Photos/videos please check MAC facebook.

It is a great idea to bring artists together and mentor young artists and show case their works.  Click to read my speech and haiku that I shared with them at the event.  I hope you join the event next year!

 

The Culture Division of Mississauga has received a request for me to do a reading at the Para-Pan Am Torch Relay event on Wednesday August 5^th at Lakeside Park. So I wrote a new poem for the event: Light Through Fog and read it there.

Here is Mississauga Culture e_News for the summer.

The League of Canadian Poets made the Map of The Poets Laureate of Canada, Great!  Thanks.  Check all poets laureat on http://poets.ca/poet-laureate-map/

The League of Canadian Poets is the professional organization for established and emerging Canadian poets. Founded in 1966 to nurture the advancement of poetry in Canada, and the promotion of the interests of poets, it now comprises some 700 members. The League serves the poetry community and promotes a high level of professional achievement through events, networking, projects, publications, mentoring and awards. It administers programs and funds for governments and private donors and encourages an appreciative readership and audience for poetry through educational partnerships and presentations to diverse groups. As the recognized voice of Canadian poets, it represents their concerns to governments, publishers, and society at large, and maintains connections with similar organizations at home and abroad. The League strives to promote equal opportunities for poets from every literary tradition and cultural and demographic background.