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strange places strange places where imagination takes us and invents us skip to main navigation skip to content main navigation home about publications events workshops awards reviews the book of it my books scar city 2025 the broken boat mother tongue publishing 2020 milk tooth bane bone leaf press 2013 introduction by aislinn hunter you can buy a copy from me the weight of dew mother tongue publishing 2012 introduction by aislinn hunter the book of it 2011 the book of it is available for the kindle device as well as for the free kindle app for mac pc ipad iphone ipod touch android blackberry and window phone7 also you can get it as a print on demand paperback 10 19 from lulu com as well as a pdf version 2 99 or i could mail you a copy 4 poets mother tongue publishing 2009 crow morphologies a 30 min audio cd collaboration between myself poems recitation and soressa gardner vocals and soundscapes interviews interview with the peak 2009 ogov interviews 2009 2010 journals blueprintreview 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2012 4 january 2012 2 december 2011 2 november 2011 1 october 2011 4 september 2011 2 august 2011 7 july 2011 9 june 2011 6 may 2011 3 april 2011 6 march 2011 6 february 2011 5 january 2011 7 december 2010 5 november 2010 4 october 2010 7 september 2010 5 august 2010 9 july 2010 5 june 2010 6 may 2010 8 april 2010 8 march 2010 7 february 2010 8 january 2010 3 december 2009 5 november 2009 4 october 2009 6 september 2009 5 august 2009 4 july 2009 3 june 2009 3 may 2009 2 april 2009 3 march 2009 5 february 2009 5 january 2009 3 december 2008 5 november 2008 10 october 2008 4 september 2008 4 august 2008 2 july 2008 1 may 2008 1 april 2008 1 march 2008 4 february 2008 2 december 2007 1 november 2007 1 october 2007 1 july 2007 3 april 2007 3 march 2007 8 poetry in the harbour june 10th nanaimo posted by daniela elza on jun 03 2026 comment now looking forward to reading on june 10th poetry in the harbour reading series hosted by nanaimo poet laureate neil surkan i will be reading from scar city and other poems along side special guests matthew falk and mariana mcdonald more information in the poster below art poetry in the gallery posted by daniela elza on jun 02 2026 comment now tonight i will be reading at this event details in poster below dead poets reading series may 17 posted by daniela elza on may 10 2026 comment now i will be joining three new to me writers to read poems from poets who are alive in our lives and minds even if they have left this mortal plane looking forward to seeing some friends there and making some new ones please help spread the word to those who might find this of interest thank you to the team who organizes and runs this series you can find more about the reading series here featuring daniela elza reads lyubomir levchev 1935 2019 yilin wang reads qiu jin 1895 1907 cristina holman reads federico garcia lorca 1898 1936 annie lafleur reads danielle collobert 1940 1978 translated by norma cole scar city makes the 2026 george ryga award shortlist posted by daniela elza on may 01 2026 comment now scar city makes the 2026 george ryga award shortlist an annual literary prize for a bc writer who has achieved an outstanding degree of social awareness in a new book published in the preceding calendar year i am rooting for this little book that almost gave up three times to be written keeping fingers crossed for the april 11th winner reveal reading at gibsons district public library bc on may 28 posted by daniela elza on apr 27 2026 comment now i do not remember the last time i was on the sunshine coast i will be visiting gibsons for a reading on may 28th to read from my latest books with cat herine mcneil maybe i ll see some friends i have not seen for a while maybe we will share some food drinks laughter gibsons district public library 470 south fletcher road thursday may 28 2026 time 2 00 pm 3 00 pm the library requests people register here there is qr code on the poster below as well and also at this direct link to the event scroll down to the bottom for the registration button do help us spread the word if you know people who would like to come to this event poetry open mic reading series the salt spring library on april 9th posted by daniela elza on mar 19 2026 comments off on poetry open mic reading series the salt spring library on april 9th hello salt spring island next up i will be in your neck of the woods on april 9th and will feature at the salt spring island library i will be reading from scar city mqup 2025 the book was going to come out last year in april but got delayed so this will be its poetry month appearance this might be my only reading for poetry month here is the poster thank you brian day for hosting this event and for welcoming me to salt spring island and thank you to the salt spring island public library for making the space for this event and for the poster and funding hope to see some friends there and make some new ones april 9 2026 community program room 129 mcphillips avenue salt spring island bc under construction blog post posted by daniela elza on mar 06 2026 comments off on under construction blog post on the occasion of scar city coming home to where it began i wrote a guest blog post for the mcgill queen s university press blog you can read it here under construction i will be reading from the book at place mattering matters salon 06 on march 18th 7pm in the common room on my co op in enclave six sitka square after five salons and couple of years of hiatus we are back with salon 6 the book began there and now it will feature at it coming full circle in the neighbourhood posted by daniela elza on mar 05 2026 comments off on in the neighbourhood i went up to broadway to run some errands and go to the medical building that was not supposed to take more than an hour two and a half hours later i make it home after stopping by the book warehouse on broadway and impromptu chatting with booksellers signing books and taking photos my book was right between mary oliver and crushed wild mint here is the impromptu photo that happened half a block later i ran into a neighbour drinking coffee outside elysian coffeeshop on the corner of broadway and ash and we talked about scar city our co op and bulgarian literature ate for the first time a triangular snack of rice and bbq eel wrapped in sea weed like sushi but to go got brita filters and chocolates at london drugs they still did not have tea lights then ran into a few more people before i got home that is what good neighbourhoods do that is why it is worth fighting for them puncturing holes in social norms posted by daniela elza on feb 12 2026 comments off on puncturing holes in social norms puncturing holes in social norms is the first review of is this an illness or an accident it just came out in the british columbia review this week i read it with trepidation as this is my debut foray into prose i appreciate how the reviewer pulled through various threads and picked up on unifying themes this is one of the questions that sat in the back of my mind i know the unifying themes and intuit them i wanted to trust the reader they will pick up on them too did not want to be too obvious the gifts reviews give are exactly answers to such quandaries and questions you are left with after the book is published i hope the book is also funny in ways that one can be funny about very serious things elza s essay collection is this an illness or an accident is a wide ranging introspective essay collection that punctures holes in capitalism small talk and social norms elza writes about the nebulousness of belonging from the perspective of a third culture kid she was born in bulgaria grew up in nigeria attended school in america and now lives in canada the financial precarities and social interpretations of working mothering volunteering writing that isn t recognized as work the relationship between trees and language the absurd impact of bureaucratic forms the over romanticization of travel the lack of affordability in vancouver the evolution of her marriage the vagaries of online dating and the glorious superiority and family legacy of homemade yogurt daniela elza puts everyday assumptions into a scrutinizing light is this an illness or an accident is a deep hearted memoir full of uncomfortable reflections and questions and while hardly overwhelmingly optimistic there are grounded practical ideas for local improvement and involvement perhaps starting with your gut best read under a tree if you can thank you jessica poon for your engagement with this close to my heart book thank you caitlin press for the work you put into bringing this book out into the world and thank you british columbia review for your dedication to the good work of engaging and connecting readers with books lunch poems 12 1pm on january 21st posted by daniela elza on jan 19 2026 comments off on lunch poems 12 1pm on january 21st you are invited to lunch poems on january 21st 12noon 1pm i will be reading from scar city mqup 2025 during the lunch hour i will be sharing the stage with daniel cowper at the teck gallery sfu vancouver 515 w hastings main floor hope to see you there xhtml css top old forest by headsetoptions based on design by six shooter media daniela elza