Liars of Orpheus is a kids show for adults where writers produce small lectures on strange topics. This month, writers will be creating fun work on Fantasy/Science Fiction Planets. They will be writing on Vulcan and Ferenginar, Panet Spaceballs and Planet Druidia, Dune and Dagobah, Hoth and Bedpan. They win points from bootlegging their truths past their opponents or having their lies mistaken for truths. You can call it literary comedy or an excuse to eat chocolate outside of the house. You can say it’s a slapstick slam where the points don’t matter, if you wish. What you can never say is that its tepid or plain.
This episode of Liars of Orpheus features Clint “Father Goose” Wilson, Dina Del Bucchia, Erika Thorkelson and Johnny MacRae
Bios
Clint “Father Goose” Wilson is a writer, musician, artist, poet, antique dealer, auctioneer, actor, and raconteur who lives in a cabin of wonder next to his auto salvage yard in Chilliwack BC, creating things to instil joy and amazement in the general populous. Clint’s 4 piece instrumental band Fusionstein has released 3 studio albums to date.
Dina Del Bucchia is a writer, podcaster, literary event host, editor, creative writing instructor and otter and dress enthusiast living in Vancouver on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh people. She is the author of the short story collection, Don’t Tell Me What to Do, and four collections of poetry: Coping with Emotions and Otters, Blind Items, Rom Com, written with Daniel Zomparelli, and, It’s a Big Deal! She is the Artistic Director of the Real Vancouver Writers’ Series, hosts the podcast, Can’t Lit, with Jen Sookfong Lee and is on the editorial board of fine.press. Her chapbook, Douche Process, is available online at ryanfitzpatrick.ca/modelpress/. You can check out her website at dinadelbucchia.com.
Erika Thorkelson is a writer who grew up on the prairies on a steady diet of Star Trek: The Next Generation. She’s currently stationed at Emily Carr University of Art + Design where she’s a lecturer in humanities but her essays, criticism, journalism and short stories have appeared throughout the galaxy.
Johnny MacRae (he/him) is a spoken word poet living on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations. A winner of regional and national slam titles, he has toured widely as a featured performer at poetry series and arts festivals, both solo and with collaborative acts such as 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac, Travelin’ Word Circus and The Dambassadors. In 2013, he was named Poet of Honour for the Victoria Spoken Word Festival, and in 2017, received the Zaccheus Jackson Nyce Memorial Award.