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, …