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The Cooked and Eaten International Poetry Month Twelve Hour Poetry Marathon
Friday, April 13, 2007 - 9am to 9pm
The Spill, 2pm to 4pm (broadcast live on Trent Radio)
Outside the MNR in Peterborough, 4:15 to 5:15
Evening event starting at 7pm at Sadlier House
Bands at 9:30pm

Over 80 poets are poised to participate in The Cooked and Eaten International Poetry Month Twelve Hour Poetry Marathon.

Across Canada poets will be standing up and reading their poetry out loud in celebration of Poetry Month. People are reading in Peterborough, Toronto, Ottawa, Calgary, Salt Spring Island, Lund, Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Montreal, Hamilton and many places in between.

Poets are presenting themselves in bookstores and schools, at bus stops, under trees in forests, by beaches, on the bus, under public monuments and in sculpture parks, maybe a poet is reading somewhere near you.

Poets will begin reading at 9am on Friday, April 13, 2007 and will read for fifteen minutes each, every fifteen minutes on the fifteen minute mark.

There is a group, Writers & Company, in Kingston who are filling their own eight hours at their local Chapters. There are several small groups reading together including Peterborough's chapter of the Canadian Authors Association who will be at the Spill in Peterborough from 2 'till 4pm. There's even a poet reading in Cuba.

For a complete schedule, go to www.cookedandeaten.com/archives/events/20070413.html.

The evening will culminate with a night of lyricists and their bands, organized by the intrepid Jill Staveley and presented at Sadlier House. If you are in Peterborough, come by at 7:00pm on April 13th and catch the last eight poets and then rock out to our poetic bands.

The poets will be recording their activities on the day and we hope to set up a spot here on the radiofreepeterborough site where these recordings, photos, comments, etc. will be posted.

What is this all about? This is an opportunity for you to take a moment out of your day to notice the poetry all around you. The poetry of everyday life. On April 13th poetry will be brought to life across the country. The day after? It will still be there, perhaps more silent, but still there. Take time to look for it, when you can.

For more information contact Esther Vincent
readings@cookedandeaten.com
days: (705) 745-1788
www.cookedandeaten.com