WESTERN FRONT – Dear Friends &: D.M. Bradford, Danielle LaFrance, Jane Shi

A graphic that reads "Shit its about time/ We got together" - Roy Kiyooka, "Der Peter D." (1/ 13/ '72)" in black serif font on a light grey background.

Western Front and The Capilano Review are pleased to invite you to the third event in our new monthly reading series, Dear Friends &. Please join us for an evening of poetry by D.M. Bradford, Danielle LaFrance, and Jane Shi.

The evening will be hosted by Deanna Fong.

About the Artists

Darby Minott Bradford is a poet and translator based in Tio’tia:ke (Montréal). He is the author of Dream of No One but Myself (Brick Books, 2021), which won the A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry and was a finalist for the Griffin Poetry Prize and Governor General’s Literary Awards. Bottom Rail on Top, their second book, will be published on September 1, 2023.

Danielle LaFrance is a writer of the poetry-research-theory books #postdildo (Talonbooks, 2022), JUST LIKE I LIKE IT (Talonbooks, 2019), Friendly + Fire (Talonbooks, 2016), and species branding (Capilano University Editions, 2010). Other poetry and critical writing have appeared in such magazines and journals as ASAP/Journal, The Capilano Review, LESTE, Tripwire, and Organism for Poetic Research. The intertextual sound project Yes, Sydo (with Josh Rose) has recently commenced with a reading + listening group, which invites all to collectively critique the cultural significance of Homer’s Odyssey as it is intervened by other texts and sounds and presently unfolding contexts.

Jane Shi lives on the occupied territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. She is the author of the chapbook Leaving Chang’e on Read (Rahila’s Ghost, 2022). Her debut poetry collection, echolalia echolalia, comes out fall 2024 with Brick Books.

Jane Shi stands outside and looks over her shoulder to smile at the camera. She wears a denim jacket with text embroidered on the back. In the background lush grass and green foliage can be seen out of focus.

Accessibility

The Grand Luxe Hall is located on the second floor of Western Front, which is accessed by a flight of 26 stairs. While plans for a full building upgrade to facilitate access for wheelchair and scooter users are still underway, events in the Grand Luxe Hall are made available virtually via high-quality livestream (see link above). Further details about accessibility at Western Front can be found here.

Acknowledgements

Produced in partnership with The Capilano Review and with support from Kootenay School of Writing.

Extract from Roy Kiyooka, Transcanada Letters, (Talonbooks, 1975).

Extract from Roy Kiyooka, Transcanada Letters, (Talonbooks, 1975).
Portrait of Darby Minott Bradford. Photo by Annie France Noël.

Portrait of Darby Minott Bradford. Photo by Annie France Noël.
Portrait of Danielle LaFrance.

Portrait of Danielle LaFrance.
Portrait of Jane Shi. Photo by Joy Gyamfi.

Portrait of Jane Shi. Photo by Joy Gyamfi.

Western Front is a non-profit
artist-run centre in Vancouver.

We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.