Come for three hours of prompted writing in a safe, inspiring and affirming circle with award-winning writer, editor, performer and workshop facilitator Kate Marshall Flaherty. The workshops will use prompts, poetry, music, and surprises to spill words onto page and deepen craft organically, in the AWA Method, inspired by Pat …
Canadian artist Doris McCarthy (1910-2010) recognized that her home and studio in Toronto, Fool’s Paradise, nurtures the creative process. She wanted other artists to have the same opportunity to live and work at the site that had fostered so much of her own artistic expression. To that end, the Ontario …
The Thomas Morton Memorial Prize in Literary Excellence is awarded to the single best submission in the respective categories of poetry and fiction. This year, the writing contest will be judged by Michael Redhill (fiction) and Souvankham Thammavongsa (poetry). This year the prize includes $1,000 for the winners in fiction …
Denise Riley’s devastating long poem ‘A Part Song’, written in response to the death of her son, was first published in the LRB in 2012 and later became the kernel of her acclaimed collection Say Something Back (Picador). The poem’s prose counterpart Time Lived, Without Its Flow was initially published …
Fred Cogswell mentored Candice James, the New Westminster poet laureate and a founding member of Royal City Literary Arts Society (RCLAS). He spent his last years in New Westminster, writing his last books here. The award is intended to honour his dedication both to the craft of poetry and to …
In June 2020, Poetry In Voice will publish the second issue of VOICES/VOIX, their student poetry journal. If you are a student in grades 9 through 12 (Sec. 3, 4 & 5 and CEGEP 1 in Quebec), you're encourage to send your original poems via their submission form. The journal …
The Capilano Review‘s annual Robin Blaser Poetry Award began in 2011 to honour Robin Blaser’s role in the formation of West Coast poetics. Each year a Canadian poet is invited to draw on Blaser’s work to create a focus for the contest and to act as the contest judge. This …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
The fourth annual Victoria Festival of Authors launches Fall 2019 with a fantastic lineup of local and national authors. Join in for a week of readers and writers celebrating words and engaging with ideas. Listen to inspiring readings, check out the diverse voices on discussion panels, and attend workshops to …
The AfterWords Literary Festival, which debuts in October 2019, is the creation of a small volunteer group of professional writers keen to bring the very best Canadian and international writers to audiences in eastern Canada. They’re primarily interested in presenting (and being in the audience for) conversations among writers about …
National Poetry Day is a UK-wide celebration of poetry taking place every October. Each year there’s a different theme and in 2019 the theme is Truth. National Poetry Day generates an explosion of activity nationwide, thousands of amazing events across the UK – in schools, libraries, bookshops and hospitals, on …
In this eight-week writing workshop participants will be writing poetry and personal narrative (prose) exploring illness and disability. Through close reading, discussion of literary devices and workshop writing exercises and assignments, participants will work towards making their experiences of illness and disability speak to others in an evocative and possibly …
Arc Poetry Magazine was founded in 1978 by three professors at Carleton University in Ottawa, on the traditional and unceded territories of the Algonquin Nation. The magazine is proud to honour poets from this region, especially by presenting the Archibald Lampman Award to an outstanding collection of poetry by a …
The annual Callum Macdonald Memorial Award (CMMA) is for the publisher of an outstanding example of pamphlet poetry published during the previous year. Established in 2001 in memory of Scottish publisher Callum Macdonald, this award was created to encourage, recognise and reward the publication of poetry in pamphlet form. Learn …
Come on down for the Coach House fall 2019 poetry reading at Knife Fork Book in their new swanky space at Artscape Youngplace on Shaw! The following poets will be featured reading from their new works: National Gallery by Jonathan Ball, This is the Emergency Present by Vincent Pagé, Vulgar …
Founded in partnership with the Open Air Market at the Phoenix Public Market in 2018, Meet Your Literary Community is an annual celebration of local literature showcasing over 50 local authors, publishers, and other literary organizations from all across the Valley. Beyond meeting local authors and learning more about all …
Poetry Weekend is an annual gathering of poets in Fredericton, New Brunswick, usually on the weekend before Thanksgiving. Readings take place in Memorial Hall at 11am, 2pm, and 8pm Saturday and Sunday. Learn more here.
Come to The Manx to celebrate the 20th year of the Plan 99 Reading Series with readings from Ken Babstock and Anita Lahey and to view "Fixative," a vernissage of evocative sketches by Ken Babstock on display for the month of October. Learn more here.
Introduced and moderated by Fanny Howe, this event will feature a reading and oral history conversation with the pioneering poet Bernadette Mayer (author of Midwinter Day and Poetry State Forest). A book-signing will follow the event. Learn more here.
This is the Toronto launch of the reissue of Heroine, Gail Scott's classic feminist novel, resonating in a world of increasing radicalization, featuring a new foreword by Eileen Myles. Gail will be joined by Zoe Whittall and Liz Howard who will be reading their favourite sections of Heroine. Learn more …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
Lexicon Books is thrilled to host three wonderful poets: Kirby, also the owner/publisher of knife/fork/book, an all-poetry bookstore and publishing house in Toronto, with their newest book This Is Where I Get Off (Permanent Sleep Press); Annick MacAskill, author of No Meeting Without Body (Gaspereau Press), critic and editor, and …
Poets’ Society of Hastings County North & Highlands East presents The Word Is Wild Literary Festival III. This year's festival features author and poet Sharon Berg, poet and vocalist Honey Novick, and science-fiction and fantasy novelist, Nina Munteanu, with music by Albert Saxby. The festival features poetry, books and music, …