Poetry at Caversham: Shah, Colman, Bloom
To celebrate National Poetry Month, Caversham presents an evening of readings by three powerhouse Canadian poets.
Christina Shah lives in New Westminster and works in heavy industry, where she drinks from the firehose of knowledge. rig veda, her first solo chapbook (Anstruther Press), received an honourable mention for the bpNichol Chapbook Award in 2024. if: prey, then: huntress (Nightwood Editions) is her first full-length poetry collection.
Robert Colman is a poet, essayist and critic based in Newmarket, Ont. His fourth and most recent book of poems is Ghost Work (Palimpsest Press 2024).
Ronna Bloom is the author of eight books of poetry. She has led initiatives to bring poetry into health care settings, specifically developing the Poet-in-Residence program at Sinai Health. Her most recent book is In a Riptide (Brick Books, 2025.)