CIVL Radio Host Releases Book of Poetry!
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
CIVL Radio is very proud to announce the release of “Colours of My Heart”, a book of poetry by Apni Awazz Host Surjeet Kalsey.
Apni Awazz is CIVL 101.7 FM’s longest concurrent multi-cultural program, a springboard from which CIVL was able to accept the Abbotsford Community Services’ Cultural Diversity Award for Outreach in March of this year.
Two events will be celebrating the release of this work:
May 15 between 2-4 pm at Renaissance Books, 43 6th St. in New Westminster
May 16 from 6 - 8 pm at the UFV Abbotsford Campus, Building F, Room 125, at the Centre for Indo-Canadian Studies
Surjeet has received a plethora of awards on behalf of her own literary works, as well as translating the work of others, and has been recognized on local, regional, provincial, national, and international platforms. Read more about these impressive achievements here.
CIVL is truly thankful to be able to have such a valuable contributor to cultural development and sustainability as one of our own volunteer programmers, and is excited about the release of this new piece of literature.
Read the following review of “Colours of My Heart”:
Surjeet Kalseys Book of Poems Colours of My Heart is an introspective perspective of the plight of all women. Kalseys selection and placement of words weaves a poetic pathway that awakens and heightens the readers senses. Her use of colour as a definition for emotion paints from a palette all women can identify with a world where men and women betray each other, ie: Jealousy: so they prey on other womens partners; with exotic lingerie and vodka, they hunt their prey, and suck on male vulnerabilities… Her writing is provocative, hopeful and empowering. – Valerie B.-Taylor President/Facilitator New West Writers Co-ordinator/Facilitator Renaissance Book Writers