Single Onion is proud to present the 2012 Single Onion Lecture Series. The Lecture Series is a three-part program featuring three critical poetry topics plus entertainment and enlightenment.

The event will feature an introductory lecture by Jeramy Dodds, the current Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary, followed by featured poet Joshua Trotter, Brecken Hancock, and Sandy Pool.

The Participants:

Jeramy Dodds grew up in Orono, Ontario. His first book, Crabwise to the Hounds (Coach House, 2008) was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize and won the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. He is currently the Canadian writer-in-residence of the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program.

Brecken Hancock is a poet and essayist originally from Saskatchewan. Her work has appeared in Grain, CV2, The Fiddlehead, PRISM, Arc, and Studies in Canadian Literature. Over the past two years, she's lived in Kyoto, Japan and Reykjavik, Iceland; but she's also been home to hold an artist's residency at The Bruno Arts Bank, a converted historical building in rural Saskatchewan. Her chapbook Strung appeared with JackPine Press and she's currently finishing her first full-length manuscript of poems, Broom Broom.

Sandy Pool is a poet and multi-disciplinary artist who lives in Calgary. Sandy holds a degree in Theatre Performance and English from the University of Toronto, as well as a Masters of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University Guelph. Currently, she is a doctoral student at the University of Calgary, where she is the editor of Dandelion Magazine. Sandy has been published in various international literary journals and was most recently anthologized in The Best Canadian Poems in 2011, published by Tightrope Books. Her first book Exploding Into Night published by Guernica Editions, was recently longlisted for the 2010 re-lit award and short-listed for the 2010 Governor General’s Award for poetry. Sandy also works as a librettist and voice work artist, and is the Writer-In-Residence at Tapestry New Opera Works.

Joshua Trotter lives and cooks in Montreal. All This Could Be Yours is his first book.

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