Where Are They Now: James McAuliffe

If you were a poet in Vancouver in the mid-90's, James P. McAuliffe will be a familiar name to you. His deep, resonating voice (both literally and metaphorically speaking) was unmistakable and unforgetable. Leaving Ontario to settle here, he immediately hit the ground running and began producing several poetry readings around East Vancouver.
I call him the grand daddy of slam poetry because, along several other poets like Graham Olds and Justin McGrail (and myself), he was instrumental in building and sending the first slam team down to Portland, Oregon back in the mid 90's.
The success of the recent Individual World Poetry Slam, shows that McAuliffe was on the right path.
Currently he lives back East, where he is the Creative director for Hideout Press (http://hideoutpress.ca/) - A publication dedicated to helping independent writers.
His work is currently spotlighted on the blog Hammered Out.
McAuliffe is married and the father of 4 children.

Keep an eye out on this blog for a profile on Alexandra Oliver, a member of the first team that went down to Portland, back in 1996.

Workshop on Publishing Begins April 9

Join the editorial board of the Republic of East Vancouver and learn the ins and outs of newspaper production, with Britannia Community Centre's Introduction to Small Publishing workshop.
Publisher Kevin Potvin leads the 10 week workshop which will produce the paper's special supplement which this time around will focus on energy - nuclear, geopolitics, and peak oil. The focus of articles will be on information and public policy choices, and a little bit of opinion too.
Participants will be expected to learn about the larger issues, discuss article ideas around the table, research those ideas during the week, write articles, edit each other's articles, design the supplement, help lay it out, raise funds for it's printing, and contribute to its distribution.
On a larger level, participants will learn firsthand what is involved in a plan to launch their own small independent newspaper.
Classes start April 9 and meet from 7-9pm. Call 6o4-718-5800 to register or visit www.britanniacentre.org.