Riverfront Poetry Crawl

Peter Jickling

Peter Jickling grew up in Whitehorse, Yukon and received an honours degree in philosophy from the University of Lethbridge in 2005. He became Associate Editor of Up Here Magazine in 2011. That same year, his first play, Syphilis: A Love Story, was produced in Whitehorse by Ramshackle Theatre and subsequently toured western Canada, winning Best Comedy at the Victoria Fringe Festival. Later, he edited What's Up Yukon, where he wrote a weekly column, "Jickling's Jabberings." In winter 2016 he went to Toronto to write. This resulted in Downtown Flirt.

kjmunro

Originally from Vancouver, kjmunro moved to the Yukon Territory in 1991. She is Membership Secretary for Haiku Canada, a member of the League of Canadian Poets, the Federation of BC Writers, the Haiku Society of America. In 2014, she founded ‘solstice haiku’, a monthly haiku discussion group in Whitehorse that she continues to facilitate. Since 2018, she has curated a weekly blog feature for The Haiku Foundation, now managed with guest editors. She is the recipient of the 2023 Borealis Prize – The Commissioner of Yukon Award for Literary Contribution, her work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, her debut poetry collection is contractions (Red Moon Press, 2019).

Nicole Bauberger

Nicole Bauberger is an artist of settler heritage who has made her home in the territories of the Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Ta’an Kwachan council since 2003. She attended Concordia University for Creative Writing back when dinosaurs roamed St. Catherine’s St. Her multi-disciplinary practice includes visual art and performance. As Candle Ice Press, she publishes handmade books of poetry in small editions, which you can find at Yukon Artists At Work Gallery and Well Read Books.

Susie Anne Bartch, the maker of Nakai’s chip bag sun and Puppet Path, will join Nicole with Claire Ness’ jellyfish puppet during her performance.

Rebecca Reynolds

Rebecca (a.k.a. “Legs”) moved to Yukon in 2000 for a summer contract as a cancan dancer with the Frantic Follies. Little did she know the territory would become her home from then on. She was raised in the dance studio by her mother, a ballet teacher who loved all things art and dance. Rebecca soon followed in her mother’s footsteps, expanding her dance horizons as she grew older. Eventually she fell in love with all things vaudeville and showgirl. Rebecca wrote her first Poem backstage at the Guild out of the need to make a friend with a broken heart laugh.

Michael Eden Reynolds

Michael Eden Reynolds has published widely in Canada, and also in Ireland and the US. Michael was a recipient of the Ralph Gustafson Award, and the John Haines Prize. His book, Slant Room was published by Porcupine’s Quill in 2009.

LOCATION

Old Fire Hall

1105 Front St
Whitehorse, Yukon Y1A 5G4

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