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 …
This celebration of one of Canada's most famous poets features a rare screening of the 2015 feature documentary Al Purdy Was Here, as well as live performances from two of the artists featured in the film: Doug Paisley and Snowblink. Learn more here.
The Poetry London Reading Series, in partnership with the London Public Library, hosts monthly readings and poetry workshops in London, Ontario. They bring a diverse list of Canada’s finest poets into London for readings, as well as providing a wide range of poetry-related opportunities for local writers and poetry aficionados. …
Following a successful inaugural year, Spotlight Series returns to the Art Gallery of Northumberland in support of its growing art education initiative. Intimate and interactive, the 4-part artist series features local artists and their stories and passions for their art form from poetry, to opera, modern dance and animation film, …
The 2019-2020 Writers Read Concordia season emphasizes the local, the influencers, the activist, the transformative, the conversation and the collaborative impulses. Co-sponsored with x (Post) Colonial Ports Conference with CISSC, Writers Read Concordia presents writers David Chariandy and Shazia Hafiz Ramji. Learn more here.
Pivot Readings are well into Fall now, with their fourth installment for the new season, with some amazing readers: Terrence Abrahams, Carolyn Bennett and Nikki Reimer. Learn more here.