Emeralds of Eire

An evening of music, dance, poetry and more!  

Featuring:

Tanis MacDonald

Tanis MacDonald (she/they) is the author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female, Mobile: poems, The Daughter’s Way, and four other books. With Ariel Gordon, Tanis co-edited the special “Moving on Land” issue of The Goose (2023). Tanis serves as the General Editor of the Laurier Poetry Series, hosts the podcast Watershed Writers, and has twice been longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize. Tanis is a Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, situated on traditional Haudenosaunee territory in the Grand River watershed.

Tara Mondou

Growing up, Tara fell in love with the stories she was told about her mother, grandmother and great-grandmother. As the women she loved passed away, she knew she had to keep their memories alive for her own daughters, by putting pen to paper and writing their stories. In…