This is a facilitated retreat for eight poets who have a publication record of at least one book of poetry or the equivalent in periodicals and are working towards manuscript completion. The colloquium offers a small group context. Focus will be on individual manuscript consultations and on seminar discussions dealing …
The Unamuno Author Festival 2019 will celebrate the growing community of US and UK anglophone and Latinx poetry around Desperate Literature bookshop in association with the Unamuno Author Series with one week of readings and lectures from fifty poets and non-fiction writers. As part of the festival, theyy are also …
Established in memory of poet Bronwen Wallace, this award alternates each year between short fiction and poetry. The 2019 prize will be given for an outstanding work of poetry. As Ms. Wallace’s first book was not published until she was 35, this annual award is given to a writer below …
Inspired by the late artist and poet Adrian Henri’s interdisciplinary spirit, a season of art, poetry and music reflecting on the experience of the city comes to Whitechapel Gallery this spring. Musician Thurston Moore and arts editor Eva Prinz curate three evenings of experimental performance from today’s leading poets and …
On May 28 the Writers' Trust of Canada celebrates the 25th anniversary of the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers with host Shelagh Rogers. Join them at the Leslie and Anna Dan Galleria, located at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, for a beautiful event where each finalist …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …