CFUV Speaks brings spoken word to UVic airwaves September 12, 2017September 13, 2017 Sarah Lazin There’s one thing you need to know about CFUV’s spoken word department: no, it’s not poetry. Beginning this spring, and continuing strong through the next nine months, the on-campus radio...
Victorious Voices festival champions spoken word talent April 12, 2016 Sarah Lazin No props, no musical instruments, no costumes. Those rules aside, anything can happen onstage at Victorious Voices, a spoken word festival taking place right now. From April 11–13, the festival will...
Tongues of Fire still burning ten years later September 24, 2015September 23, 2015 Annie Lepage On Sept. 29, 2005, four writers sat in a café in downtown Victoria, wondering if anyone would come to the Tongues of Fire spoken word night they had organized for...
Spoken word with Shane Koyczan April 2, 2015April 1, 2015 Sarah Allan Only groundbreaking Canadian spoken-word artist Shane Koyczan can turn a fart into an insightful slam piece about being human. In fact, this was one of my favorite pieces that he...
Slam poetry epiphanies October 23, 2014October 22, 2014 Dylan Much The Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) is a five-day annual competition of slam poetry for national glory, which took place this year in Victoria on Oct. 13-Oct. 18.
