"Buoy Girls" by Catie Bursch
2021 Special Events: Workshops
recorded Wednesday, February 24, 8 a.m. PST
The Sea's the Boss with Katrina Porteous
The FisherPoets Gathering is lucky to be invited to Northumbrian fisherpoet Katrina Porteous's presentation for the University of Leeds's Centre for Endangered Languages, Cultures and Ecosystems.
"(I've) memories of a number of Northumbrian fishing families, particularly Charlie and the Douglases of Beadnell, Redford Armstrong (1919-2000) and his sister Cathy from Amble (both born in Newbiggin), and Bill Smailes of Craster (1920-2002). These people were my friends. I left the academic world in 1987 to live as a freelance writer in a Northumbrian fishing village, and all the people in my talk fully understood why I valued their way of life so highly and why I wanted to know so much. For the best part of a decade the rhythms of the fishing year were a way of life for me, too. It was never an academic study. I was closely involved with these families in a very practical way, taking turns to row the Douglas’s ‘townie’ (small boat) along the trouting nets, and helping to mend gear in their huts. My talk deals with the language spoken by their generation; how and why I have used it in my poetry; and above all why I believe that language and way of life encode important lessons for us all about sustainability."
- Katrina Porteous author of Two Countries and The Lost Music.
Katrina's presentation was recorded and can be viewed here
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQpIKbS_dh0
Saturday, February 27, 10 a.m. - noon PST
Protecting the Waters with Brad Warren and guests
"Learn three ways you can help protect the Columbia River, Puget Sound and the ocean itself from pollution. Potent new strategies are in play to protect the waters that make fish and your voices count."
- Brad Warren, Global Ocean Health
Protecting the Waters with Brad Warren and guests
"Learn three ways you can help protect the Columbia River, Puget Sound and the ocean itself from pollution. Potent new strategies are in play to protect the waters that make fish and your voices count."
- Brad Warren, Global Ocean Health
Saturday, February 27, 2 - 3:30 p.m. PST
Fishersongwriters Notorious and Anonymous: Songwriter Support with John Palmes and guests
"We seem to meet each year to talk, demonstrate, ask questions and encourage similarly affected people. There's plenty of time, so come with your issues, understandings..."
- John Palmes
Saturday, February 27, 4 - 5:30 p.m. PST
Seaworthy: Translating Strong Emotions into Compelling Poems with Sierra Golden
“As fishermen, we all know the emotional ups and downs of life on the water. As a writer, how can you translate those big emotions into compelling poems for the page and stage? Join me to learn strategies for approaching your most challenging topics with confidence. We’ll study landlubbing masters like Sharon Olds, Dorianne Laux, and Ellen Bass, write our own poems, and learn to build everyday details into seaworthy poems.”
- Sierra Golden, author of The Slow Art
Seaworthy: Translating Strong Emotions into Compelling Poems with Sierra Golden
“As fishermen, we all know the emotional ups and downs of life on the water. As a writer, how can you translate those big emotions into compelling poems for the page and stage? Join me to learn strategies for approaching your most challenging topics with confidence. We’ll study landlubbing masters like Sharon Olds, Dorianne Laux, and Ellen Bass, write our own poems, and learn to build everyday details into seaworthy poems.”
- Sierra Golden, author of The Slow Art
