We’re pleased to announce Dave Eso as the People’s Poetry Festival 2013 Poet of Honour! Dave has been an active poet with the PPF since we launched in 2011. At last year’s festival, he and colleague, Chris Masson, dazzled festival-goers as Death By Pedestrian, and so it’s with great joy that we welcome Dave back as this year’s Poet of Honour.
Bio: Dave Eso writes instructional manuals by day, poems by night. His work unites Canadian literary heritage with it’s impending renaissance. He is a curator of letters, a community-builder and literary imp-ass-aria of the rocky mountains. He is wanted on 13, 492 counts of jaywalking and wants to meet you.
Each year, the PPF invites a local poet to be Poet of Honour–an honorary designation similar to an artist in residence. As the featured poet each year, the Poet of Honour (PoH) headlines the PPF kickoff and various events during throughout the weekend. Watch for Dave at the 2013 festival kickoff Friday, August 16; on the outdoor mic Saturday, August 18 and Sunday, August 19; and hosting theĀ ANCHORS AND BOOTSTRAPS workshop Sunday, August 19.
For additional information and a complete schedule of events, visit our 2013 Festival page.