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C.K. Williams and Gerald Stern read at Drew University

C.K. Williams and Gerald Stern will read during the poetry series on Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. The reading is part of Drew University’s MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation June residency and reading series. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.

Broox, Weslowski and Tkachuk at the art bar poetry series

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 …

Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XXX

The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, for more than two years 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. The featured poets this evening are …

Calgary Public Library author in residence application deadline

The Calgary Public Library invites applications for the position of Author in Residence for the fall of 2016, subject to funding approval. The program is based at the Central Library. The residency is designed to champion the joy of reading, foster an understanding of the craft of writing and connect …

Lit POP 2015 submission deadline

The POP Montreal International Music Festival and Matrix Magazine have once again joined forces to offer North America's most innovative and exciting literary competition. We are looking for great stories and poems that really pop. Winners will get their work published in Matrix, and get free travel to POP Montreal …

Dorothy Wordsworth’s Canada Day Poetry Party

A day of readings and discussions to celebrate contemporary poetry, and make links between literary communities in Britain and Canada. This is the last in a series of Knowledge Exchange events funded by a grant from Lancaster University's Faculty of Art and Social Science Enterprise scheme, and kindly hosted by …