Biography
Charlie C Petch is an award winning playwright, spoken word artist, haiku deathmaster, host and musical saw player. They have an upcoming poetry book with Brick Books in Fall 2021, a libretto “Medusa’s Children” forthcoming with Opera Q, and their multimedia play “Daughter of Geppetto” is also forthcoming with Wind In The Leaves. Petch's most recent play "Mel Malarkey" got "Best of 2017" from Electric City Magazine, for the radio play/album "Odes & Acts". Petch was the 2017 Poet of Honour for Spoken Word Canada, winner of the Golden Beret lifetime achievement in spoken word with The League of Canadian Poets, is a Youth Mentor with TDSB Creates and is the founder of Hot Damn it’s a Queer Slam