Skip to content
All Day

Words That Breathe and Transform: Slam Poetry Competition

Online

Poets are invited to submit an entry for 2022 Poetry Africa festival theme: Poetic (In)Justice. The poet is free to interpret the theme as broadly as possible but the poem must express the poet’s ideas related to matters such as human rights, justice and equality. We are looking for innovation, creativity …

Free
Ongoing

The Shape of Home: Songs in Search of Al Purdy

Crow's Theatre 345 Carlaw Ave, Toronto

The Shape of Home: Songs in Search of Al Purdy is an original, theatrical, song cycle that beautifully conjures the poetry and letters of one of Canada’s most legendary artists. A musical investigation into the life and work of Canada’s unofficial poet laureate, The Shape of Home honours Purdy’s quest to live …

$45 – $65

Third Thursdays Poetry: Natalie Wee, Janika Oza, Jody Chan, & Brandon Wint

Online

Join us virtually for an evening of poetry with Natalie Wee, Janika Oza, Jody Chan, & Brandon Wint! This event is part of Third Thursdays Poetry, a monthly reading series with Brookline Booksmith. Natalie Wee is a queer creator whose work explores themes of race, gender, queerness, and nationhood, and is …

Free