Last year CBC had a Teen Angst contest for Canada Reads their annual literature competition between books chosen by well-known Canadian personalities. These were the contest rules: You can either write up a short description of one of your worst teenage moments. Or you can send in a diary entry
In December I produced a Teen Angst night in London at the Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club – a fantastic venue in East London- we got some great footage of the event. If you want to check it out I recommend viewing it all at http://www.teenangst.ca/video Here’s a clip of
Well, my year in the UK is coming to a close (but I may be back!). I’m up to my neck in MA scrambling but I managed to book a last minute spot at Spoken Space next Wednesday. Woohoo! I’ll be doing 10 min of my solo show F.O.A.D. next
UPCOMING SHOWS: POETRY READINGS (it’s angsty she’s just older now) April 2, 2009 Tall Lighthouse Poetry Presents: Canadian Poets in London 7pm £5/4 plus OPEN-MIC The poetry cafe, betterton street, london WC2 April 21, 2009 Network Canada Presents: 3rd Annual Haliburton Literary Evening 7pm The Pembroke Pub, 261 Old Brompton
Nathaniel is one of my favorite “Teen Angst” readers. This includes the poem with the line “you make love to my corpse.” The back-story to the poem is also pretty awesome. The next Teen Angst show is July 8 at the Railway Club (7:30 – 9pm, as always). Our theme
Teen Angst is an open mic comedic reading series where everyday people read from their embarrassing old journals, poems, songs, essays (and more), in front of an audience. Tuesday June 10 – Show 7:30-9pm (sharp!)- at the Railway Club, 579 Dunsmuir Street, Vancouver. $7 at the door or FREE if
Sara Bynoe 