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City of Victoria Poets Laureate

VICTORIA NEWS

CITY OF VICTORIA
The City of Victoria welcomes Kyeren Regehr as the new Poet Laureate and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson as the Youth Poet Laureate. They will serve as literary ambassadors, sparking creativity and meaningful conversation across the city in 2025 and 2026.

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BC YUKON BOOKPRIZE PODCSAST
Kyeren Regehr and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson have been named the City of Victoria’s new poet laureate and youth poet laureate

Interview: Malahat Lite
Elizabeth Adilman talks with me about the line break as a magical device, taking time between the experience and the writing, and the incongruities between our words and our hearts.

WINNER: Eavesdrop Magazine Poetry Contest
First Place in the 2024 Poetry Contest

Liminal Review of Books
Stunning review by Leila Lois, Australian writer-dancer-poet in Liminal Review of Books

FOCUS: Worth More Standing
Review of Worth More Standing by Amy Reiswig for FOCUS On Victoria

Periodicities: A Journal of Poetry and Poetics
Kim Fahner's Review of Disassembling A Dancer

Dance International Magazine
Feature Article: Disassembling A Dancer

Rochford St Review
LEILA LOIS Review: Disassembling A Dancer

YOUTUBE The Butler Book Prize Gala
Reading from Cult Life

BC Bookworld
The Who's Who editorial!

BUTLER BOOK PRIZE 2021
Cult Life: Finalist

ReLit Awards
Shortlist: Cult Life

Poet's Corner: The One Minute Poem
"Am the lyrics of your love ditty" by Kyeren Regehr

ARC POETRY MAGAZINE
Review of Cult Life by James K. Moran

Quill & Quire
Reveiw of Cult Life

Victoria Festival of Authors
Interview by Caley Byrne

Raven Chapbook Award
Winner: Disassembling A Dancer

A Cornucopia of Local Writers
A Reading of Cult Life

All Lit Up: National Poetry Month
Interview and Poem

CBC Spring Poetry List
Cult Life

CBC Literary Awards
Longlist: "Acceptance is a Kind of Dying"
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