Mannafest presents in association with Mother Tongue Media and Spectrum Entertainment:

Trans-Metaphoria: Black Poetics Mixed Meanings: Spoken Word, Rap, Lyrics, Slanguage August 16 2001 8pm Sonar, 66 Water Street Vancouver, BC Canada Trans-metaphoria was a trans-continental, live poetic and musical happening. It featured writers and performers based in Vancouver, Canada, London, England and Brooklyn, U.S. on a hot August night of 2001. On the mic: Vanessa Richards, Tanya Evanson, Wayde Compton, Kia Kadiri, Ndidi Cascade, Troy Jackson and special guest Rha Goddess (NYC); DJ's Mr Rumble and Denise Galay; Visuals by Jan Wade and Heng Ou.

Trans-metaphoria: Poetic Workshops August 18 2001 11am-6pm SFU Harbour Centre 2945 Hastings Street, Vancouver BC These workshops were a chance for visiting and local artists to share their skills, love and commitment to the Word with members of the community. Session 1. POETIC ALCHEMY Saturday August 18th 11am-2pm Mannafest Artistic Director and poet Vanessa Richards shared techniques for turning words into art. Session 2 . PERFORMING POETRY Saturday August 18th 1:30pm-3:30pm Poetry for performance in a supportive and experimental creative laboratory with Mannafest. Session 3 . SELF PUBLISHING Saturday August 18th 4pm - 6 pm   Tanya Evanson (Mother Tongue Media) offered insights and advice on publishing poetry at the independent level.