Palabra Flamenco
@palabraflamenco.bsky.social
Traditional flamenco meets English-language poetry. Members include dancer Denise Yeo, guitarist Gareth Owen, and poets Garth Martens and Jan Zwicky. Ongoing performances on Vancouver Island. Upcoming performance in Vancouver.
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Praise from poet Brian Bartlett. Though don't be misled, the performance is TODAY and not tomorrow. 2/2
January 9, 2026 at 8:04 PM
Praise from poet Brian Bartlett. Though don't be misled, the performance is TODAY and not tomorrow. 2/2
Jan and Garth, both members of Palabra Flamenco, are performing TODAY via zoom in a pre-recorded film of Jan's new long poem SAY IT. Don't miss it.
Jan Zwicky and I perform her long poem SAY IT today on Zoom. After, poet Tim Lilburn will host a talk with us.
TODAY: Friday, January 9
4:00 PM Pacific
5:00 PM Mountain
6:00 PM Central
7:00 PM Eastern
8:00 PM Atlantic
8:30 PM Newfoundland
WATCH HERE:
usask-ca.zoom.us/j/9563747590... 1/2
TODAY: Friday, January 9
4:00 PM Pacific
5:00 PM Mountain
6:00 PM Central
7:00 PM Eastern
8:00 PM Atlantic
8:30 PM Newfoundland
WATCH HERE:
usask-ca.zoom.us/j/9563747590... 1/2
January 9, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Jan and Garth, both members of Palabra Flamenco, are performing TODAY via zoom in a pre-recorded film of Jan's new long poem SAY IT. Don't miss it.
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Order your copy of SAY IT here: deermountainpages.com/product/say-... 8/8
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Order your copy of SAY IT here: deermountainpages.com/product/say-... 8/8
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Want to learn more about SAY IT? Check out this recent review by Steven Ross Smith at The British Columbia Review:
thebcreview.ca/2025/12/23/2... 7/8
thebcreview.ca/2025/12/23/2... 7/8
January 8, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Want to learn more about SAY IT? Check out this recent review by Steven Ross Smith at The British Columbia Review:
thebcreview.ca/2025/12/23/2... 7/8
thebcreview.ca/2025/12/23/2... 7/8
Our producer and poet @garthmartens.bsky.social
features in a short coast-to-coast performance and conversation with poet Jan Zwicky tomorrow. Details below!
features in a short coast-to-coast performance and conversation with poet Jan Zwicky tomorrow. Details below!
Tomorrow, I join Jan Zwicky for a 20-minute pre-recorded performance of Jan’s new long poem, SAY IT, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm. After, poet Tim Lilburn will lead a conversation with me and Jan.
Please join us!
The event's on Zoom. Details below. 1/8
Please join us!
The event's on Zoom. Details below. 1/8
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 PM
Our producer and poet @garthmartens.bsky.social
features in a short coast-to-coast performance and conversation with poet Jan Zwicky tomorrow. Details below!
features in a short coast-to-coast performance and conversation with poet Jan Zwicky tomorrow. Details below!
Our producer and principle poet Garth Martens (@garthmartens.bsky.social) is featured here in Publisher Weekly's 2026 industry lookahead for his upcoming new book, Who Else in the Dark Headed There... 👇 1/2
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Poetry
Alongside collections confronting political upheaval and technological acceleration are works that celebrate place, art, and the enduring power of literature.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Our producer and principle poet Garth Martens (@garthmartens.bsky.social) is featured here in Publisher Weekly's 2026 industry lookahead for his upcoming new book, Who Else in the Dark Headed There... 👇 1/2
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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Fantastic news!⭐️ if: prey, then: huntress has made the 2026 Publishers Weekly Poetry longlist! Even better that I get to share this honour with @garthmartens.bsky.social and Karen Solie! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social
If: prey, then: huntress by New Westminster poet Christina Shah made Publishers Weekly’s most notable poetry list in the Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview:
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Spring 2026 Fiction & Nonfiction Preview: Poetry
Alongside collections confronting political upheaval and technological acceleration are works that celebrate place, art, and the enduring power of literature.
www.publishersweekly.com
December 15, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Fantastic news!⭐️ if: prey, then: huntress has made the 2026 Publishers Weekly Poetry longlist! Even better that I get to share this honour with @garthmartens.bsky.social and Karen Solie! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social @publisherswkly.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social
Two members of Palabra Flamenco, Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens, perform tomorrow 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Open Space in downtown Victoria. Free to attend.
Tomorrow, I join forces with Jan Zwicky to read Jan’s new long poem, Say It, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Two members of Palabra Flamenco, Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens, perform tomorrow 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Open Space in downtown Victoria. Free to attend.
Whoa.
We go on.
We do not turn back.
The world becomes so small we can fit it into a handshake,
into a glance cast across the room,
a finger raised to the lips.
Everyone’s fingers are crossed behind their backs.
‘Then the Fog’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
We do not turn back.
The world becomes so small we can fit it into a handshake,
into a glance cast across the room,
a finger raised to the lips.
Everyone’s fingers are crossed behind their backs.
‘Then the Fog’, a poem by @joriegraham.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Jorie Graham · Poem: ‘Then the Fog’
www.lrb.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Whoa.
We're thrilled to bring our series Dark Sounds to Vancouver this September! Our show features dancer Denise Yeo and guitarist Gareth Owen, alongside poets Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens, in a deeply improvisatory experience.
Get your tickets below 👇
Get your tickets below 👇
On Wednesday, September 24, the VWF is proud to partner with the Vancouver International Flamenco Festival on a presentation of Dark Sounds by Palabra Flamenco—an unforgettable fusion of flamenco and spoken word, coming to Vancouver for the first time.
Tickets at vancouverflamencofestival.org
Tickets at vancouverflamencofestival.org
August 15, 2025 at 5:00 PM
We're thrilled to bring our series Dark Sounds to Vancouver this September! Our show features dancer Denise Yeo and guitarist Gareth Owen, alongside poets Jan Zwicky and Garth Martens, in a deeply improvisatory experience.
Get your tickets below 👇
Get your tickets below 👇
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June 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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The great Alfred Brendel once gave a piano lesson devoted to Schubert’s G-major sonata D894; the entire lesson was spent on the opening tonic chord. Or so I was told. RIP maestro. Your Schubert and Haydn will never die.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBis...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBis...
Schubert Piano Sonata No 18 D 894 G major Alfred Brendel
YouTube video by Sonorum Concentus Haydn & Schubert
www.youtube.com
June 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The great Alfred Brendel once gave a piano lesson devoted to Schubert’s G-major sonata D894; the entire lesson was spent on the opening tonic chord. Or so I was told. RIP maestro. Your Schubert and Haydn will never die.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBis...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBis...
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Happy pub day to Alice Chadwick's novel DARK LIKE UNDER! 🎉🎉
This luminous debut captures the promise and risk of late adolescence in a profound exploration of resilience and connection, frustration and grief, renewal and the legacies we leave.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
This luminous debut captures the promise and risk of late adolescence in a profound exploration of resilience and connection, frustration and grief, renewal and the legacies we leave.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
June 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Happy pub day to Alice Chadwick's novel DARK LIKE UNDER! 🎉🎉
This luminous debut captures the promise and risk of late adolescence in a profound exploration of resilience and connection, frustration and grief, renewal and the legacies we leave.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
This luminous debut captures the promise and risk of late adolescence in a profound exploration of resilience and connection, frustration and grief, renewal and the legacies we leave.
www.biblioasis.com/shop/fiction...
Our first performance of Dark Sounds in Vancouver is set for Wednesday, September 24. More to come!
June 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Our first performance of Dark Sounds in Vancouver is set for Wednesday, September 24. More to come!
Hello, Bluesky!
June 3, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Hello, Bluesky!