The Writing Centre presents the On Edge Reading Series, enriching literary and writing communities inside and outside ECU.
Join us in person or on Teams for this event with Sol Diana.
Sol Diana is a half-Filipino spoken word artist, high school teacher and boxing coach born and raised on the traditional, ancestral, unceded and occupied lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tseil-Waututh First Nations.
His passion lies with empowering youth to realize their humanity through art, education and sport. Sol’s own writing focuses on place, belonging and grief and is influenced by the Filipino-Canadian youth artists and musicians he was raised around.
His work has appeared in Magdaragat: An Anthology of Filipino-Canadian Writing and Gathering Our Breath: Remembering Lapu Lapu Day 2025.
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About the On Edge Reading Series
The series showcases the work of writers who are doing the freshest, most interesting and relevant work; writers who are also artists, volunteers, literary award winners, social justice organizers, prison abolitionists, literary organizers, dancers, managing editors, filmmakers, creative writing instructors and scholars.
On Edge is supported by The Writing Centre with grateful acknowledgement to the Canada Council for the Arts and the Coast Salish First Nations, on whose traditional lands we are. This series is organized by Mercedes Eng.
All readings are free and open to the public. ASL interpretation is provided in the livestream.