Meet one-on-one with award-winning spoken word artist Johnny MacRae.
Make an appointment or drop-in and visit Johnny in the Rotary Makerspace during his regular office hours: Thursdays 1:00 – 3:00 pm, or Saturdays, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm, September 21 to October 26 (except Saturday, October 14th).
To book your consultation or find out more about submission criteria email wir@prpl.ca. Pre-booked consultations will take priority over drop-ins.
PRPL’s 2023 Writer in Residence – Johnny MacRae
Residency Dates: September 15th, 2023 – October 27th, 2023
Johnny MacRae is a spoken word (or mouthy) poet of Gaelic ancestry who lives on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ (Tsleil-waututh), and sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) nations.
Since arriving on the Van Slam stage in 2009, Johnny has won regional and national poetry slam titles. Although best known for his high energy and humorous poems, Johnny is a versatile artist whose work ranges from poetry slam, to site-specific storytelling, to spoken word theatre.
2023 is the second year of PRPL’s Writer in Residence program, for more information go to https://prpl.ca/writer-in-residence-2023/