# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Poetry in the Park SAPP Zine Night featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones & KJ Brydle, Host Jessica McMillan
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Royal City Literary Arts Society presents
POETRY IN THE PARK 2026
In partnership with Arts New West and City of New Westminster
Every Wednesday night from July 15 – August 19 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Each weekly session will feature 2 poets and an Open Mic.
Wednesday AUGUST 5
SAPP Zine Night
Feature Poets: Jordan Redekop-Jones & KJ Brydle
Host: Jessica Lee McMillan

? Where? Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park, New Westminster
? When? Wed evenings JULY 15-AUGUST 19 | 6:30pm | Open Mic Sign Up 6:15pm
? Why? Because poetry is alive and well in New West!

FREE, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT
Everyone is welcome!

KJ Brydle (she/they) is a BFA student in UBC’s Creative Writing program. They are drawn to writing about the summoning echo of estrangement and moments that sparkle, shimmer, or make one shake. They are Red River Métis and Ukrainian settler blessed to be living on Coast Salish land.
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Jordan Redekop-Jones is a mixed Indigenous/ Anglo Indian writer from Vancouver BC. She is the winner of several awards including the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize, the 2024 Austin Clarke prize in Literary Excellence for poetry and was a recipient of a 2024 Indigenous Voices Award in the unpublished poetry category. Her work has appeared in publications including Prism International, Arc Poetry, the Ex-Puritan, Rungh, SAD Mag and more.
Her debut chapbook Hybridity as a Phantom Body was just recently published by Anstruther Press. She is a graduate of SFU’s the Writer’s Studio and is a current MA English Literature student at Simon Fraser University.

You can follow her writing journey on her Instagram page: @j.r.jones__
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Jessica Lee McMillan (she/her) is a poet and steadfast civil servant. She has an English MA (SFU), is a graduate of The Writer’s Studio, and is a full member of the League of Canadian Poets. Read her current/forthcoming poems in CV2, The Malahat Review, New Poetry, QWERTY, Canto, and Canadian Literature. Jessica is the author of the chapbook shine like a dime in the dirt under the moon (Pinhole Poetry, 2026). She lives on the land of the Halkomelem-speaking Peoples (New Westminster, BC) with her little family and large dog.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/new-westminster/poetry-in-the-park-sapp-zine-night-featuring-jordan-redekop-jones-and-kj-brydle-host-jessica-mcmilla/200030460245447
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 20

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: http://facebook.com/200030460245447?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=new+westminster-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: New Westminster
- **state**: BC
- **country**: Canada
- **location**: Centennial Lodge
- **lat**: 49.2175591
- **long**: -122.9080222
- **full address**: Centennial Lodge, 544 McBride Blvd, New Westminster, BC V3L, Canada

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Poetry in the Park SAPP Zine Night featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones & KJ Brydle, Host Jessica McMillan being held?
  - **A:** Poetry in the Park SAPP Zine Night featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones & KJ Brydle, Host Jessica McMillan takes place on Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Wed, 05 Aug, 2026 at 08:30 pm at Centennial Lodge, 544 McBride Blvd, New Westminster, BC V3L, Canada.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Poetry in the Park SAPP Zine Night featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones & KJ Brydle, Host Jessica McMillan is ideal for aspiring performers, spoken word artists, budding comedians, and audiences who love discovering raw, unpolished talent in an intimate and supportive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in New Westminster, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poetry in the Park SAPP Zine Night featuring Jordan Redekop-Jones & KJ Brydle, Host Jessica McMillan sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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