rain shadow poetry festival
language and the land
Cumberland BC
august 22 – 24, 2025
The primary goal of rain shadow poetics lab is to foster the poetic continuum of the Cascadian bioregion by ‘doing the work’: scratching our marks in the trailside and greeting fellow travellers. With this in mind, we have made great efforts to keep the festival accessible and affordable.
While each of this year’s events is priced individually below, we are also proud to offer the cedar and copper festival passes, which provide a 20% discount over individual ticket prices.
festival passes
Festival Pass – Cedar (excludes workshops and Watershed Press Writers Night [sold out])
Access to all festival events excluding Watershed Press Writers Night (Fri) and workshops. Cedar pass includes: Robert Bringhurst lecture, Bioregional panel, Keynote reading+Cascadia 2025, closing reading. Limited number of Cedar passes available. $90 = 20% discount over individual ticket prices ($110)
CA$90.00
events
Robert Bringhurst – Cascadian Languages and Literatures
Join translator, typographer and poet Robert Bringhurst for an exclusive talk bringing together the strands of the Cascadian language web.
CA$30.00
Panel – What is a Bioregional Poetic Practice?
Poets Garry Gottfriedson, Jan Zwicky and Harold Rhenisch discuss the bioregional ethic in Cascadian poetry. Panel includes readings by the poets. Moderated by poet and broadcaster Paul E Nelson.
CA$30.00
Keynote Reading – Cascadian Spacetime
Join us for a keynote reading by Robert Bringhurst and new work by poets from Cascadia Poetics Lab’s youth initiative, Cascadia 2050.
CA$30.00
Closing Reading – Paul E Nelson
We are honoured that friend of rain shadow poetics lab and vital force for an integrated Cascadian poetry community, Paul E Nelson, will provide our closing reading.
CA$20.00
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