The artistic director of the Verses Festival of Words Jillian Christmas discusses this year’s festival (19-29 April 2018), the headliners and various events celebrating poetry, slam poetry, and more, with Joseph Planta.

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, at TheCommentary.ca.

Jillian Christmas joins me again. She is artistic director of the upcoming Verses Festival of Words, Canada’s largest alternative literary festival. Running from 19-29 April 2018, at various venues through Vancouver, I’ll get Jillian to let us know what’s upcoming, the notable talents appearing, and more. Jillian Christmas is an acclaimed spoken word artist, who has served on the board of Spoken Word Canada. She also founded the Peace Pipe Poetry Sessions in Toronto. Visit www.versesfestival.ca for more information. She joined me from Victoria, last week. Please welcome back to the Planta: On the Line program, Jillian Christmas; Ms. Christmas, good morning.

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