For this, the 15th year of The Scream, we’re going with a thematic approach, investigating how contemporary poets and writers respond to living in an age of science. Though a publicist’s nightmare, the concept has proved to be a rich vein to mine, with a range of poetic responses coming to the surface– aesthetic, intellectual, and paranoid to name a few. The Scream is looking at the issue from a number of angles. On opening night, Dennis Lee’s fractured syntax provides an angered reflection of our post-rational age. Our Matrix night explores the issues directly, with a panel hosted by Clive Thompson and featuring Christian Bök, Ken Babtock, and angela rawlings, followed by a reading of poets engaging with science. This year’s Toronto Women’s Bookstore reading features a trio of writers hovering around science fiction. Thursday’s midnight madness Fantasia evening considers the aesthetics of fascination – a cage match between the scientists and the surrealists. The Literary Walking Tour shows poets in their natural habitat, an anthropological expedition into the worlds of these strange creatures. And this year’s book-length reading features Christopher Dewdney reading The Natural History.

Phosphorescence!: The Launch of Scream 15

Tuesday JULY 3rd
Gladstone Hotel
Ballroom 8 pm
PWYC

Dennis Lee, Souvankham Thammavongsa films by Shapour Shahidi interactive science textbook zining

Strange Alchemy: The Science and  Poetry Panel

Wednesday JULY 4th
Supermarket 7 pm
PWYC

Moderated by Clive Thompson
Discussion with a.rawlings
Ken Babstock
Christian Bök

Matrix Launch Reading

Wednesday JULY 4th
Supermarket 9 pm
PWYC

a.rawlings
Christian Bök
Ken Babstock
Karen Solie
Jim Johnstone

Scream at TWB

Thursday JULY 5th
Toronto Women's Bookstore, 7PM
$5

Nalo Hopkinson
Daniel Heath Justice
Tara-Michelle Ziniuk

Decibels and Accretions: The Scream Archive Project

Thursday JULY 5th
AWOL Gallery, 8PM
Free, Donations Welcome

Short performance with
the installation

Fantasia

Thursday July 5th
Type Books, Midnight
Free, Donations Welcome

Participants read scientific fantasias old and new while strange movies are  projected on the walls.

The Dewdney Principle: A Book-Length Dinner Reading

Friday JULY 6th
Don Valley Brickworks
7: 30 pm

Christopher Dewdney book length reading of The Natural History $35 Dinner and free shuttle bus to site included in ticket. Co-sponsored by NOW Magazine and Evergreen

Ephebiphobia: The Scream Youth Reading

Saturday JULY 7th
Location TBA
Free, Donations Welcome

Workshop led by
Sonnet L’Abbe
readings by
Nashira Dernesh,
Jap Nanak Makkar
and other youth readers

Spontaneous Combustion: The Scream Gala

Saturday JULY 7th
Hugh's Room, 7PM
$10

Reception with  hors d'oeuvres followed by music

Under the Microscope: The State of Poetry Criticism

Sunday JULY 8th
Tinto, 3PM
Free, Donations Welcome

David Orr
Elizabeth Bachinsky
Damian Rogers
Carl Wilson

Behold what we  have wrought: Welcome to  the Laboratory

Sunday JULY 8th
Type, 8PM
Free, Donations Welcome

Have we learned nothing from poor  Dr. Frankenstein?

scream mainstage

MONDAY JULY 9th
HIGH PARK, 7PM
Free, Donations Welcome

Elizabeth Bachinsky
Sean Dixon
Shane Koyczan
Naila Keleta Mae
David McGimpsey
Roy Miki
A.F. Moritz
Steven Price
Priscila Uppal
Zoe Whittall
Rachel Zolf
and more!

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dsendecki said:

Thanks for posting this, Jenny. Let's hope for good weather this year ? Weather Canada says July will be dry. THere's usually about 10 days of rain, but they are expecting less. Anyway , a good festival and great venue always. Looking forward to it.

May 31, 2007

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