WHEN: Sunday, 17 May, 2026. The afternoon will begin at 2:00 pm.
Doors open at 1:30 pm.
WHERE: in the main floor bookshop at Main & Station Nonesuch, 168 Main Street, Parrsboro, NS
WHAT: Performances by Honey Novick and bill bissett plus OPEN MIC. To participate in the Open Mic portions of the day, sign up on arrival.
COST: By Donation / Pay What You Can
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Novick’s newest collection of poems and stories called “Voice Yoga Now” is published by One Thousand Trees, in Guelph, Ontario.
Honey Novick is a singer/songwriter/voice teacher/poet. A member of the League of Canadian Poets, Writer’s Union of Canada and Poetry in Voice. Nominated by her MPP for Poet Laureate of Ontario, Novick has had 8 recordings and 10 chapbooks published. The Stop Community Centre awarded her 2024 Outstanding Neighbor. Novick earned her 5th Gerstein Legacy Fund award in teaching Voice Yoga. She is an artist in residence for the Friendly Spike Theatre Band and directs Liter-art-I and Womanvoice.
To learn more about Honey Novick, visit her website here www.honeynovick.com
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bill bissett is one of our great poets and we are delighted to welcome him back to Parrsboro this May for the maritime launch of his newest book from Talonbooks th book uv lost passwords 1 which was long-listed for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize…https://talonbooks.com/authors/bill-bissett
You can find out more about bissett and his work here http://www.billbissett.com and here https://canlit.ca/canlit_authors/bill-bissett/ and here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Bissett and here https://bcbookawards.ca/george-woodcock/winners/bill-bissett and many other places besides.
