Last Sunday, we had a great turnout to hear the men. This Sunday it’s the women’s turn. Once again, Poetic Justice will be bringing you a debut feature! Why don’t you come out and show that the women can outdraw the men?!
Featured Poets: Sonja Grgar and Aline LaFlamme (Debut!)
Host: Franci Louann
Sonja Grgar
Sonja Grgar is a freelance journalist and creative writer with a passion for the complex and the profound. Most recently she was published in the Family Ties Anthology (Hidden Brook Press, 2014), and was the recipient of the 2014 Writers International Network Canada Literary Ambassador Award.
Sonja’s writing has also appeared in the Globe and Mail and has been broadcast on CFRC 101.9 FM Radio in Kingston, ON as well as on Vancouver’s Co-Op radio. She has also created several magazine-style television stories and documentaries for Shaw TV.
When she is not writing she can be found salsa dancing or waxing poetic about Cuba.
Aline LaFlamme
Aline LaFlamme is a Métis traditional healer and storyteller who only turned to creative writing eight years ago. She is the Founder and Past Executive Director of the Aboriginal Front Door Society, providing traditional healing and culture to Aboriginal street people. She is also an accomplished drum-maker and has helped others create over 1,300 native hand drums.
With a degree in Criminology, Aline designed, developed and delivered culturally-based healing workshops and ceremonies in our penitentiary system. She is also a seasoned workshop presenter and facilitator and continues to participate in numerous multicultural, spiritual and environmental events, often providing opening ceremonies and songs with her Daughters of the Drum group.
In 2007, she was honoured to be asked to light the ceremonial flame for Vancouver’s World Peace Forum. In 2010, Aline was bestowed with another prestigious honour by being named one of Vancouver’s Remarkable Women.
Relatively new to creative writing, she has turned to the genres of short-story writing and poetry. Aline is now working towards her MFA in Creative Writing at UBC as well as completing her first full-length novel.
