I'm about to embark on month long spoken word tour of Canada and the U.S.
I'm beyond excitement about it all and can't wait to be in the air, which I shall be in less than 24 hours!
All the dates are below, if you live anywhere near these places, please come say hello!

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Vancouver

Wednesday Feb 4
2pm Wax Poetic 102.7FM

Co-op radio

Then at
7.45pm

The Spillious Speak n Sing

Cottage Bistro
4468 Main street



Ottawa

Friday February 6

11:30am

An invitation from The Australian High Commissioner!
His Excellency Justin Brown
the High Commissioner's Residence,
407 Wilbrod Street.


Then the next night:




06 Feb 2009, 7:30PM, Hear from Melbourne - National Arts Centre - Fourth Stage

53 Elgin Street
Ottawa, Ontario


Hear from Melbourne.

Four of Australia’s Hottest Performance Poets!
The A B Series in association with Kevin Matthews presents four acclaimed Australian performance poets,
Alicia Sometimes,
Emilie Zoey Baker,
Justin Ashworth and
Sean M Whelan,
on The National Arts Centre’s Fourth Stage.
The evening’s program will be hosted by CBC Radio’s Alan Neal. Cash bar Reception and book/CD signing to follow
Tickets
$18 available at The National Arts Centre Box Office and online through
Ticketmaster
http://www.facebook.com/ext/share.php?sid=42371229108&h=H4tjO&u=O8XB0
also check the website here at
http://abseries.org/node/63




Toronto
Feb 7th, 08:00 PM @ Cervejaria
842 College.
Toronto, Ontario

Cost:$5

:A night of Poetry and Poets slammin, reading and jazzin Emilie Zoey
Baker, Sean M Whelan and Alicia Sometimes along with Toronoians David
Silverberg and crew plus American poet Christian Drake $5







Montreal

February 8-13, 2009
Festival Voix d’Amériques
FVA showcase February 10, 8.30pm

MEL versus YUL ou Melbourne meets Montréal
Casa Del Popolo

4873, Boulevard Saint-Laurent

with Emilie Zoey Baker, Sean M Whelan, Justin Ashworth and Montrealers
Corey Frost, Puggy Hammer and The Capital of Plastic Daffodils. Hosted
by David McGimpsey



Going Down Swinging #27 launch

Lancement de la revue

Wednesday February 11, 5 – 7pm
Casa Del Popolo

4873, Boulevard Saint-Laurent
with Emilie Zoey Baker, Sean M Whelan, Justin Ashworth, David Prater
and Montrealers Ian Ferrier, Victoria Stanton and Fortner Anderson.



New York City

15 Feb 2009, 06:00 PM - The Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery Street (Between Houston and Bleecker) New York City, New
York
Emilie Zoey Baker, Cristin Aptowitz O’keefe, Shappy, Sean M Whelan and
Justin Ashworth Three of Australia’s top performance poets battle it
out with New York’s finest, a night of spoken word, sass, vagina’s,
spacemen, music and the word moist. mail@bowerypoetry.com

212-614-0505


Chicago

22 Feb 2009, 08:00 PM - The Green Mill Bar in Chicago.
Green Mill Jazz Club 4802 N. Broadway Ave.
Chicago, Illinois 60640,


Best Slam in Illinois! the Uptown Poetry Slam. Sean M Whelan and Emilie Zoey Baker book: 773.878.5552

email: greenmill@comcast.net

web: http://www.greenmilljazz.com/poetryslam.html