A look at the coming year ...

January, participated in the online launch of The Nuances of Love, the 40th year anthology put together by the Association of Italian Canadian Writers.

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Book Launch Party, an online reading through The Moon and All Her Faces  publisher Read or Green Books.

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​Also in January, I started work on my next initiative, a collection of multi-lingual poetry for a Calgary publisher!  I am also working on a poetry and photography collection from my travels in Portugal, 2024.

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In the mail, copies of Fixed and Free, out of Albuquerque New Mexico, featuring some of my poetry:  Another Lullabye for Insomniacs, the setting of the old sun, and Mosterio de Santa Clara-a-Velha; also The Patron Saint of Lost Words, and Mater Dolorosa, A Basket of Roses, Stories in Stone, and Kaleidoscope.  The Volume 2, Issue 4 anthology also includes a review of The Moon and All Her Faces by editor Billy Brown.

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​In February, I travelled to read as part of Books & Biscotti in Toronto with fellow writers Silvia Falsaperla, Bruce Hunter, Josie Di Sciascio Andrews, and Mary Ferlisi Cicci.

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Starting a new tradition at the Single Onion Open Mic Poetry Night, Featuring ... a group photo with the feature reader, in this case, Dorothy Bentley, Single Onion board members president Kirk Miles and co-host Paul Marshall, and the open mic readers.  Every first Thursday! 

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I was thrilled to be asked to host the Open Mic at the c-Space for the February 12 Showcase, with the theme of Love Letters.  

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February 13, as a member of the national program Poetry in Voice / Les Voix de la poésie, I went into a Calgary school to present a workhop to students on Des mots d'amour ... Love Notes

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February 19, I had the honour of being the  feature poet at CAPS, Calling All Poets Reading Series.  

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February 23, I learned that my submission to GutPunch poetry had been accepted.  Issue 2, Lost Child. I also had a poem accepted to the Caffe Beano Anthology.  Publication dates to be announced.

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The power of the word:  I was invited to submit to this anthology, Where Words Defeat Bullets and am humbled to have been accepted ... in such fine company.

Concurrently, I am working on a committee to organize a poetic tribute to Calgary's Josh Forbes, who passed away in December 2025.

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The March Single Onion Open Mic Poetry Night, Featuring .... Lisa Murphy Lamb.  Group photo of all the poets that spectacular night! 

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On March12, I will feature at Parkland Poetry, and later this month I will travel to read as part of the Haven at Home series in Edmonton.  Additionally, I will be reading at Audrey's Books with poets Saraswoti Lamichhane and Susanne von Rennenkampff.

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I will start off April, Poetry Month, with a feature at the Single Onion.

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In addition, I am looking forward to the publication of my next collection, a collaboration with poet Charles S. Cobean, Late to the Sky, published by Gold Wake Press.  We have yet to establish a launch and reading schedule ... stay tuned!

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Also in April, I will travel to Ireland to participate in the launch of the Titanic Anthology with Salmon Press , two weeks across eight cities.

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At the end of April, I will be in Paris, and I will be reading at Le Chat Noir.

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In May, I will travel to Italy to participate in the Association of Italian Canadian Writers conference in Viterbo.  I will be reading from The Moon and All Her Faces, and presenting an academic paper entitled Trecce, Braidings, on how we use poetry to create legacy.  

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Speaking of academic papers, I found this on the list of Fulbright Scholars website, the paper I delivered on Nino Ricci at the 2024 conference: 

 

Fulbright Canadian Scholars 2024-25

Josephine LoRe 
Independent /  Bridgewater State University
“Creating and Elaborating Mythologies in a New World”

 

In June, I will feature at the Oakville Literary Cafe' in Ontario.

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In August, I will be presenting at Calgary's annual literary festival, When Words Collide.

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In October, I will feature at Brownstone Reading Series out of New York.

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In November, I will feature at the Single Onion Reading Series with Tesoro founder, Stacy Ardis Dyson from New Mexico.

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There may be a US tour to promote recent and upcoming publications ... fingers crossed ...

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