A tram running on Bucharest’s line 1 will host an interactive poetry library between September 10 and October 1, as part of the Poetry Tram project of Arta nu Musca (Art Doesn’t Bite) organization, in a partnership with the Bucharest City Hall and the capital’s public transport company STB. Those …
The inaugural edition of this festival will present works and poets under the theme "Poetry will save the world", a stirring phrase borrowed from poet guest of honour Jean-Pierre Siméon. Learn more here.
Readings, lectures and more will foster a conversation between poets from China, the UK, and Singapore. Poets taking part include: Simon Armitage, Malika Booker, Kimberly Campanello, Ian Duhig, Zaffar Kunial, Madeleine Lee, Li Yuansheng, Lu Ye, Helen Mort, Na Ye, Jennifer Lee Tsai, Wang Jiaxin, John Whale, Eleanor Wong, Hai-Sui …
The Toronto International Festival of Authors has partnered with the Toronto Arts Council (TAC) on Toronto Lit Up: a multi-year initiative designed to spotlight local writers and empower them with career-building opportunities. As any Toronto Arts Council funded programme, Toronto Lit Up is designed to represent the residents of the …
Awarding-winning poet Joy Harjo will give her inaugural reading as the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Harjo is the first Native American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate. The historic reading marks the beginning of Harjo’s laureateship, …