MAY 24th 2007 Edward Nixon and Phoebe Tsang
(with a special performance by the Wu Tsang Nixons!)
Phoebe Tsang
was born in Hong Kong, grew up in England, and has been resident in Toronto, Canada since 1998. A collection of eight of her poems will appear in the forthcoming edition of Atlas magazine (India), in a special focus feature on Canada. Her first chapbook, Solitaires (LyricalMyrical Press, 2006), is also reviewed in this issue. Her poetry currently appears in Canadian publications High Altitude Poetry, Words On Paper, Inscribed, and UK journal family FourVolts. Her second chapbook will be published by PressOn in the fall of 2007.
Phoebe began the journey of writing poetry in September 2004, and is grateful for the mentorship of Robert Priest and Allan Briesmaster. She received a BSc in Architecture from the Bartlett School in London (UK), and was a journalist for Building Design Newspaper. A professional violinist, she has performed worldwide and on MTV and CBC radio. http://www.phoebetsang.com.
Edward Nixon,
originally from Victoria, has spent time in Toronto since 1981 and lived here permanently since the summer of 1984. He has been reading regularly at venues across the city since early 2005. His work equally focussed on page-based poetry, short form texts and performance. Since October 2006 Edward has hosted and coordinated the Diamond Cherry Reading Series held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month at the Renaissance Café (1938 Danforth Ave just west of Woodbine).
His most recent chapbook is Nights in the City of Dead from Aeolus House and he has recently had poems accepted for publication in Jones Avenue, and was published in Aeolus House’s anthology: Renaissance Reloaded. When not writing or performing his work, Edward volunteers in the co-op housing sector and is a volunteer director of the community WiFi initiative Wireless Toronto. Edward is also the principal consultant for EN Consulting a public outreach and marketing practice.