internal trade: a reading series

Matt Law | John Luna | Gabe Luna | Marlene Mance

Thursday, November 27 @ 7pm

Provisional poetries, language operations, poetics of project/process/works in progress. A seasonal reading series where poets share and discuss a section of an active body of writing—listener inquiries encouraged. 

Matt Law Is a poet, speech-language pathologist, editor/publisher of popular abattoir revue and co-founder of rain shadow poetics lab, based in Stz’uminus territory, on Vancouver island. Matt’s writing has appeared in Long Con Magazine, And Magazine, Esse arts + opinions and has been performed at Expozine Montreal, Antimatter [media art] and Pacific Cinematheque. Several recent poems appear in the Semolina Pilchard podcast.

John Luna is a visual artist, poet, teacher and critic. He is the author of one full-length book of poetry, Listing (Decoupage, 2015) and holds a Master of Fine Arts (Visual Art) from the University of Calgary. His ongoing art and writing project The Servant addresses intergenerational trauma experienced by veterans and their families. He lives with his family on the traditional territory of the Lekwungen People.

Gabe Luna is a writer, musician, recovering addict and aspiring filmmaker currently completing a BFA in creative writing at the University of Victoria. His screenplays have been used to teach compact storytelling techniques to undergraduate students and his literary profile on filmmakers Deanna Milligan and Ramsey Fendall was recently used to promote the indie horror film Lucid, which premiered at Fantasia Film Festival in July of 2025.  

Marlene Mance has been participating in artist-run culture for 20+ years and holds an MFA from Emily Carr University. Her work explores relationships between informational wayfinding and embodied ways of knowing. She is the author of a handful of books including Essais Nuages (Votive Press, 2024) and The Woods on 0.01 Acres (Quotidian Press, 2025). She has also contributed to Grain Magazine and Canyon and recently completed a writing retreat at Maison LaLiberté in Provence, France.