City of Nanaimo’s outgoing Poet Laureate Kamal Parmar has become a new addition to the City’s Poetry Walk.
Located outside the Port Theatre, the Poetry Walk showcases the poetry of Nanaimo’s past poet laureates. After years in the position, Parmar is the third poet laureate to be honoured in the Poetry Walk.
CHLY attended the unveiling of Parmar’s stone outside the Port Theatre on Aug. 29 and spoke with Parmar about her position and what it means to have a permanent memory of her time showcased in Nanaimo.
As well, CHLY spoke with Jaime-Brett Sine, cultural services coordinator for the City of Nanaimo, about the Poetry Walk and why having a poet laureate for the city is so important.
