Word Vancouver in Conversation with Evelyn Lau

In our final episode of Word Vancouver's In Conversation series we got to speak with Evelyn Lau!

Evelyn Lau is the Vancouver author of thirteen books, including eight volumes of poetry. Her memoir Runaway:  Diary of a Street Kid (HarperCollins, 1989), published when she was eighteen, was made into a CBC movie starring Sandra Oh in her first major role. Evelyn’s prose books have been translated into a dozen languages;  her poetry has received the Milton Acorn People’s Poetry Award, the Pat Lowther Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman, and a National Magazine Award, as well as nominations for a BC Book Prize and a Governor-General’s Award. Her poems have been chosen numerous times for inclusion in the Best Canadian Poetry series, and she has been writer-in-residence at UBC, Kwantlen College and Vancouver Community College, as well as Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Calgary. From 2011-2014, Evelyn served as Poet Laureate for the City of Vancouver.

Subscribe and stay tuned to see Evelyn Lau in Poetic Transitions September 24th at 11AM and as host for the Launch of Poetry in Transit on September 25th at 1PM!

Word Vancouver Online runs from Sept 19-27, 2020. Register for all events at https://www.wordvancouver.ca/2020fest...

You can find Evelyn’s new book of poetry here:

https://www.anvilpress.com/books/pineapple-express

Editor: Becca Denno (becca.denno@gmail.com)

Intro Graphic Designer: Amanda Hartley (mans.hartley@gmail.com)

Video Producer: Ali Denno