Berton House Writer in Residence

Reading and talk with poet Jesse Butler (and musical guest)

Yukon Public Libraries and the Writers' Trust of Canada present outgoing Berton House Writer in Residence Jesse Keith Butler.

Yukon Public Libraries and the Writers' Trust of Canada present outgoing Berton House Writer in Residence Jesse Keith Butler with country music playing guest Roxx Hunter.

Jesse Keith Butler is an award-winning poet and the outgoing Writer in Residence at Berton House. He won First Prize in the 2024 ESU Formal Verse Contest and Third Place in the 2023 Kierkegaard Poetry Competition. His poems have been published in many journals in Canada, the US, and overseas. His first book, The Living Law, was published by Darkly Bright Press in 2024.

Roxx Hunter is an international recording artist and multi-instrumentalist from the Yukon. A songwriter, adept on guitar, bass, and keys, weaving lush chords, flowing rhythms and lyrics born from a life of travel, love, loss, and living life as a full-time musician. Roxx has worked with Grammy winning and multi-platinum artists, been on national/international TV, and hosts a weekly radio show, heard round the world, featuring 2 hours of live music and chat.

Book sales available.

This event is presented in partnership with The Writers’ Trust of Canada, Yukon Public Libraries and The Friends of Whitehorse Public Library.

Thursday, May 7 at 6:45 to 8 pm (musical opener from 6:45 - 7 pm)
Whitehorse Public Library, 1171 Front St.
Free. Call 667-5239 for more information.

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