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Amazing year of 2025

28 December 202531 January 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

Highlights of 2025: Athens Epidaurus Festival, Early Music Vancouver Festival, and forthcoming Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026). In the ongoing tumult of the world may 2026 also reveal wonder to us. Continue reading Amazing year of 2025

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Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] Athens Premiere

19 June 20253 December 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

During the weekend of June 7th I was in Greece. I attended rehearsals and watched the premiere of Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival. It was an immense experience.
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Book Contract

29 May 202526 June 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

My forthcoming poetry collection Rush of Wingspan will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2026. I’ve just signed the contract. Plus more info about music-theatre and song premieres. And photos. Continue reading Book Contract

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Return to Crete

29 October 20223 July 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

I retraced some of the memories that formed Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete along with doing new research in the form of notes and photographs (some of which you can view in this post). Michalis Paraskakis and I sat in… Continue reading Return to Crete

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Strella

13 August 202225 November 2023 Eleonore Schönmaier

For those of you who watched my January poetry in conversation with composer Michalis Paraskakis you may also be interested in knowing about his forthcoming opera Strella which was commissioned by the Greek National Opera. Plus the Field Guide is featured in the Queen’s Alumni Review.

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Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation

25 January 202229 August 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

The Greek composer Michalis Parakakis and I had a wide ranging conversation about our individual and collaboration creative process. Continue reading Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation

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Poetry in Concert

17 December 20217 November 2024 Eleonore Schönmaier

Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful time performing our Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Poetry in Concert

Eleonore Schönmaier is the internationally translated award winning Canadian author of Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (2021), Dust Blown Side of the Journey (2017), and Wavelengths of Your Song (2013) all from McGill-Queen’s University Press. Rush of Wingspan is forthcoming in March 2026 (MQUP). You’ll find her photographs throughout the blog.

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