NEWS | TUESDAY JULY 2, 2024
bill bissett Appointed to the Order of Canada!
Legendary pioneer of sound, visual, and performance poetry bill bissett has been appointed to the Order of Canada! bill is the author of over 60 books of poetry including its th sailors life / still in treetment, breth, and inkorrect thots and co-founded the Secret Handshake Gallery, a peer-support facility for people with schizophrenia. A huge congratulations to bill for this well-deserved honour!
Read all about it here.
from Talonbooks website
Subject: a loveing n gentil ask on behalf uv th secret handshake peer support group network 4 peopul with schizophreniaDate: July 4, 2024 at 10:08:49 AM EDTTo: bill bissett <centralianwings@gmail.comFrom: bill bissett <centralianwings@gmail.com>Subject: a loveing n gentil ask on behalf uv th secret handshake peer support group network 4 peopul with schizophreniaDate: July 2, 2024 at 1:58:11 AM EDTa loveing and gentle ask on behalf of the secret handshake peer support group network 4 peopul with schizophreniayou can dew direkt deposit recipient the secret handshake email thesecrethandshake3@gmail.comor you can send a chek if yu like 2 the secret handshake c/o bill bissett 60 homewood ave apt #219 toronto ontariothe secret handshake peer support network group 4 people with schizophrenia is looking 4 donaysyuns n help withth rising costs wud you like 2 help no amount is 2 small wud yu lke 2 help out th secret handshake a wundrfulgroup network n its club hous 4 manee hours uv peer support sessyuns pr week 4 people with schizophrenia a place2 go without stigma condescensyun or creating mor problems thn it solves heer we sort out our lives ourselvspeople with schizophrenia ar also oftn artists painters n writers poets novelists dansers singers and we have a galleryshowing the works of members friends fellow travelers and supportiv allies and likewise many poetry readings similarleeput 2gether IAM is wun uv our biggest donors and sum private donors also big time but we are always needing 2 rais moresew we are opn six dayze a week monday 2 friday 1-4 and saturday 2-5 pm drop in n see our art shows ask 2 be on ourmailing lists and we will b abul 2 let yu know evreething that's going on in our club house at 360 college st #301 third floorelevator from th ground only a few bloks west of spadinaevry second monday of evry month honey novick teeches vois yoga relees of pent up paradigms thru singingn if yu ar on our mailing list yu will reseev epostrs uv all our publik eventsthanks sew much 4 tuneing in here n if you donate you will receave very quiklee a charitabul donaysyun receipthelpful 4 yr incum tax deductions and if you’ve already given cud you 4ward this ask on to other people friends and allies
I'll always be indebted to bill for publishing my first non-selfpublished poetry collection, Unacknowledged Legislator, with his blewointmentpress in 1981
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