Amid the current catastrophe in Ukraine, a brutal invasion of a sovereign nation, it is more urgent than ever to listen to the voices of its people. While media provides overwhelming coverage, literature, poetry, and art are just as important for processing, coping, and surviving trauma. Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach and I …
You are invited to the Horizons Writers Circle public reading, presenting writers Gian Marco Visconti, Meghan Eacker, Diana Gaviria, Poushali Mitra, and Candice Joy Oliva. We want to thank Horizons Writers Circle Mentors Uche Umezurike, Rayanne Haynes, Jumoke Verissimo, Jana Pruden, and Adriana Onita for sharing their talent with our cohort. Special thanks go to Ellen …
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As Ukraine faces a fight the likes of which it hasn’t seen since WWII, writers across the US joined by their Ukrainian colleagues will read in solidarity with all Ukrainian people. Paul Auster, Siri Hustvedt, Jennifer Haigh, Richard Ford, Ha Jin, Carolyn Forche and others will be accompanied by Ukrainian …
As the pandemic seems to be on the wane, we escape our digital exile to return to in-person events with a celebration of Romanian-American women authors who have been the focus of one of our most successful online programs, set up in partnership with Bucharest Inside the Beltway. Come and …
Mark Fishbein and Nancy Pagh read from their poetry. Includes a literary trivia quiz and a brief open mic. About this event Mark Fishbein and Nancy Pagh read from their poetry. Includes a literary trivia quiz and a brief open mic. A native New Yorker, Mark Fishbein graduated CCNY in 1971, followed by a maîtrise …
Standing in solidarity with our peers in Ukraine, local Northern Irish writers are coming together to read excerpts from contemporary Ukrainian works. Organised and hosted by Jan Carson, the night will include: Glenn Patterson reads Oksana Zabuzhko (novelist and short story writer) Dara McAnulty reads Myroslav Laiuk (poet) Anna Burns reads Olena Stiazhkina …
Let us enrich and encourage each other with an afternoon of poetry reading from Asian, Black, and Indigenous communities in Edmonton. The writers are: Shima Robinson, Sandra Ngo, Naomi McIlwraith, Mubarik Adams, Mila Philipzig, Kehrl Reyes, Lisa Dublin, Daniel Poitras, Carley Lizotte, and Candice Joy Oliva. Music from Marianela Adasme. …
She, the Rock is a braided poetic event followed by a panel discussion, showcasing the voices of Rayanne Haines, Dwennimmen, Emily Riddle and Dawn Carter, four of Edmonton’s celebrated poets and storytellers. Happening March 7 at the ATB Financial Arts Barns in Edmonton, Alberta. Hosted by acclaimed author, Jacqueline Baker, …
Acclaimed writer and academic Billy-Ray Belcourt will deliver the annual Shirley Greenberg Lecture hosted by the Institute of Feminist and Gender Studies at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Belcourt’s talk is titled: What is an Anti-Colonial Notion of Literature? Register here. Billy-Ray Belcourt is from the Driftpile Cree Nation in …
This two-week residency encourages the exploration of new ideas in journalism and experimentation in writing. Designed to challenge and stimulate, the program aims to inspire creative pieces of nonfiction and to assist the writers in their completion. A preeminent space for long-form journalism, this residency emphasizes the strengths of thorough and articulate …
All money from the event is going to The Ukranian Red Cross & The Refugee Council Featuring readings from Charlotte Shevchenko Knight Oleh Shynkarenko Tetyana Denford Joy David Valya Dudycz Lupescu Stephen Komarnyckyj Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach Nicola Yurcaba
In January 2022, the Griffin Poetry Prize launched Translation Talks, a series of conversations about translation and poetry where past shortlisted and winning authors are invited to discuss their craft. Join us on Thursday, March 10th at 7pm ET on Zoom for our second Translation Talks, featuring Ani Gjika and …
Join us for In/Verse on Saturday, March 12 at 1:55 pm PT by registering here (bcwriters.ca/events-for-writers) and a Zoom link for the event will be sent to you. When it’s time for the event you can click on the Zoom link to join the event. Speakers: Chantal Gibson is an award-winning …
“The future lives in our bodies”: Poetry & Disability Justice, a virtual reading and discussion, will feature Meg Day, Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Travis Chi Wing Lau, who will also host and moderate. Lambda Literary and Woodland Pattern Book Center are partnering to host this pre-recorded poetry reading and conversation as part of the Poetry …
For the 7th year in a row, the Winnipeg Free Press will be publishing poetry by Manitoba writers for National Poetry Month in partnership with the Winnipeg International Writers Festival. As always, we’ll be taking a page from the League of Canadian Poets, which means that this year’s theme will be?Intimacy.? However you …
The Canadian Literature Centre, MacEwan University, and Athabasca University are once again teaming up to bring you the 2022 CLC Poetry Contest! We’re looking for the best poem in English or in French from a University of Alberta, MacEwan University, or Athabasca University student on the theme of “Listening.” Entrants …
Manchester Literature Festival is thrilled to present an evening with Somali-British poet and writer Warsan Shire. Born in Nairobi and raised in London, Warsan was awarded the Brunel International African Poetry Prize and served as the first Young Poet Laureate of London. She has written two chapbooks, Teaching My Mother How …
Drink the Wild Air is a Creative Writing Retreat for Youth ages 11 – 19. Typically nestled in the gateway to the rocky mountains in Kananaskis country, this year we’ll come together online to take workshops with working professionals, play games, share our stories, our songs, our poems and our …
In partnership with the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards and as the closing event for the 2022 Virginia Festival of the Book, we present poets Victoria Chang (Obit) and Rita Dove (Playlist for the Apocalypse) as they read from and discuss their recent collections. Chang received the 2021 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Obit, and Dove is …
Toronto’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series Featured poets: Tawhida Tanya Evanson & Ayomide Bayowa Featured dance artist: Paromita Kar Host: Bänoo Zan Open Mic Sign-up: 6:45 EST Tawhida Tanya Evanson is a poet, author and multidisciplinary artist. Her two collections are Bothism (Ekstasis 2017) and …
For our Poetry Prize, send no more than three poems in a single document. The winner of the prize will be awarded $1000 and publication in an upcoming issue of Indiana Review. Each paid submission comes with a year-long subscription to Indiana Review. For non-US mailing addressees, please add $12 for postage ($7 …
Cambridge Literary Festival is a much-loved and regular highlight drawing large audiences from Cambridge and the rest of the UK. Thousands of wordsmiths, writers and authors have graced their festival stages and have enthralled, entertained, educated and sometimes enraged our audiences. They now welcome over 350 writers and speakers to Cambridge each year and stage events that cover a huge …
April 20, 2022 marks the first in-person Lunch Poems event in over two years! Please join us to enjoy readings by Vancouver Poet Laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam with guests Adrienne Yeung and Britt McGillivray. Fiona Tinwei Lam Vancouver's sixth poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam has published three collections of poetry and a children’s book. …
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, over 10,000 students across Canada learned a poem by heart this year. School champions participated in online qualifiers and the 42 students who obtained the highest scores advanced to the semifinals, where their videos were judged by a panel of poets. The semi-finalists all received $250 each …
Get Tickets Through Eventbrite Verses Festival of Words is at it again! We are bringing together a broad intersection of poetic artists, including spoken word and page poets, storytellers, singer-songwriters and improvisers, to celebrate the power of the spoken word. This year’s festival combines poetry with music inspired by a …
Join us on April 21st at 7:30 p.m. for the 2022 CLC Kreisel Lecture with Cherie Dimaline, the bestselling and award-winning author of The Marrow Thieves, Hunting By Stars, and Empire of Wild. Dimaline’s lecture is titled An Anthology of Monsters: How Story Saves Us from Our Anxiety. The event will take place at the TIMMS CENTRE for the ARTS (masks strongly recommended). …
The Edmonton Poetry Festival is Edmonton’s annual celebration of poetry and verse. The best place to get a grasp on the basics and history of the festival is by reading our story. There, you’ll find a brief history of the festival with several points of interest. Additionally, the following links may …
The United States' largest literary event is back with an in-person event scheduled for this spring, April 23 and 24, on the lovely campus of the University of Southern California. Join us for one-on-one conversations, exciting panels, readings by your favorite authors, musical performances, and so much more!
19:00 workshop by Sarah Tsiang 20:00 EST open mic. 20:30 Sarah Tsiang and Hari Alluri On Tuesday, April 26, Tree is excited to welcome featured readers Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang and Hari Alluri, hosted by Brandon Wint. Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang is the author of Grappling Hook with Palimpsest Press (2022), Status …
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) is Toronto’s most diverse and brave monthly poetry reading and open mic series. It was founded by Bänoo Zan in November 2012, two years after she immigrated to Canada. Since then, we have been bridging the gap among diverse Toronto poetry communities and have so far …
Claudia Rankine was a 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize judge. She is Professor of Creative Writing at NYU, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and the author of many works, including Citizen: An American Lyric (2014), The White Card: A Play (2019),and Just Us (2020). NYU English's Creative Reading Series will be a hybrid event. …
The Academy of American Poets annual gala presents luminaries from across the arts sharing favorite poems for National Poetry Month. About this event Poetry & the Creative Mind is presented by the Academy of American Poets, the nation's leading organization championing poets and poetry. This special event, which features actors, …
University of Alberta Press is pleased to announce its annual event Literary Cocktails. Please join us online on April 28, 2022 at 6 pm MT. Everyone is welcome! This year, the virtual poetry reading event will be hosted by Edmonton Poetry Festival’s Artistic Producer, Shima Robinson. The event will feature readings …
Join us for an evening of poetry and music. In the Winter 2002 issue of Arc Poetry Magazine , the 1st Annual Diana Brebner Prize winner was announced. After 20 years of administering this award for an exceptional poem by an Ottawa-based poet not yet published in book form, Arc 97 looks back at the …
Canadian Individual Poetry Slam is a nationally recognized poetry slam. This year, the competition will take place online and in-person , as part of the Verses Festival of Words. 16 poets representing spoken word series and regions across Canada will compete in a head-to-head double knock out tournament, presenting poems that …
Vallum’s Chapbook Series has published work from Bhanu Kapil, Sina Queyras, Nicole Brossard, George Elliott Clarke, Erín Moure, Franz Wright, Fanny Howe, John Kinsella, and many more. Past winners of the Vallum Chapbook Award have won the bpNichol Chapbook Prize, been nominated for the Nelson Ball Prize for poetry of …
April 30th 2022 will see Poetry Spring at St John’s College, an afternoon of poetry workshops, discussions and readings with British and international poets, including two past Griffin Poetry Prize winners: Valzhyna Mort and Eiléan Ní Chuilleanáin. Other guests include Anita Pati and Denise Saul, with a workshop by Holly Corfield …
Ani Gjika is among the most prolific and renowned translators of contemporary Albanian literature today. Translator of a wide range of Albanian authors, sensibilities, and literary genres, and a poet herself, her work is a testament to the versatility, cultural mediation or brokering, and nimbleness that is central to the …
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates Canadian and international authors every year at its flagship festival in May. This year’s festival will be held online from May 1 – 7, 2022 with a few in-person events held in Brampton, Ontario May 6 and 7 at the Rose Theatre. Click …
Start the Presses! We hope you will join us for the 21st Annual New York City Independent Publishers Book Party at James Cohan Gallery on Thursday, May 5th from 6-8pm. Drinks will be served. This event is free and open to all! Featuring: Belladonna* Birds, LLC Black Square Editions Black Sun Lit …
The PEN World Voices Literary Festival is the premier celebration of international literature in the United States, a landmark event on New York City’s, and now Los Angeles’s, cultural calendar. Join us live and in person in New York City and Los Angeles from May 11–14, 2022 for four days …
One of the most anticipated events on the social calendar, The Walrus Gala is an exhilarating annual fundraiser in which industry leaders and the culturally curious gather in support of critical conversations and fact-based journalism in Canada. We are thrilled to be able to reunite with our community in person …
HAPPENING Multicultural Poetry Nights celebrate poets who, among other things, identify as newcomers, refugees, or immigrants. Every Thursday in May (5, 12, 19, 16), there will be a poetry event featuring three poetry readings and an interview. Despite the fact that poetry inhabits many geographical locations and speaks in different …
Live Canon is delighted to be receiving entries for our 2022 International Poetry Competition for single poems. 50 poems will be selected to be published in our 2022 anthology. 20 poems will be shortlisted and performed at our prize-giving. 1 poem will be selected to win the first prize of …