Horsefly promotes new event in advance of new publication
By Nelson Daily Staff
A new editorial board, a new issue and now a new event.
On the heels of appointing a new editorial board, Horsefly Magazine will be hosting an event at the SelfDesign High Commons on Friday, Dec. 10 to help propel the publication on its way to publication in spring of 2011.
It’s An Evening of Spoken Words and Music at the Self Design High (located on the second floor of the Royal Canadian Legion building at 402 Victoria St.) this Friday from 7-9:30 p.m.
Included in the lineup is the fiction of Jenny Craig, whose novel Yes Sister, No Sister recently spent more than five weeks near the top of the U.K. paperback best seller list, as well as readings from Jane Hicks and Kristene Perron, whose stories earned first and second places in last year’s Kootenay Literary Competition.
On the poetry side, the evening will feature readings from 2009 Horsefly contributors, Jane Byers, Don Law, Ellen Burt and Doug Wilton, as well as slam poet, Solona Armstrong.
Musical interludes through the night will be provided by a number of talented local singer-songwriters, including Darcy Hula, Lindsay-Ann Wheatley and Amos Tanguay.
Tying the evening together with charisma and style will be emcee Sam Stevenson of the Nelson Poetry Slam.
Admission to the event will be $5 for those 13 and over, with free admission for children under the age of 12.
Copies of the current issue of Horsefly will be on sale for the reduced price of $10. Half the proceeds from Horsefly sales go directly to the Nelson Food Cupboard and the rest supports the magazine.
Refreshments will be available for purchase and door prizes will be drawn for at the intermissions.
As the Horse Flies
Formerly known as Horsefly Literary Magazine, the publication launched its seventh edition in January of 2010, after being started a decade ago by a group of Selkirk College students.
The name has been changed to Horsefly Magazine to represent its content that will now run the gamut of arts in the West Kootenays: from visual art to music, literature and slam poetry.
A new editorial board that includes local writers, Pippa Bowley, Brian D’eon, Margaret Hornby, and Amos Tanguay along with former Nelson Daily News reporter, Colin Payne, now steering the Horsefly ship.
“It’s great to have such a great group of people on board, who are keen to help steer Horsefly down a new path to help make it an even better resource for the West Kootenay arts community,” said Payne, who edited the previous issue with the late Richard Carver.
Horsefly is in the process of incorporating as a non-profit society and should be able issue tax receipts for donations and more easily qualify for appropriate grants, said d’Eon.
For more information about the event or Horsefly Magazine, e-mail horseflymagazine@gmail.com.
