A musical exploration of art and storytelling inspired by the city awaits with award-winning novelist and Toronto’s former Poet Laureate Anne Michaels. Relive Toronto’s literary history through the iconic poets and songwriters of the 1960s and 1970s. This special musical event is hosted by Toronto’s fifth Poet Laureate, the internationally acclaimed …
The 38th Annual BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala will take place on Saturday, September 24th, 2022 at 6:00PM at the University Golf Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Your ticket includes entry to our reception, awards ceremony, dinner, and two bottles of wine per table. The venue is wheelchair accessible, and free …
In partnership with TransLink and BC Transit, Read Local BC presents the launch of this year’s Poetry In Transit campaign at Word Vancouver. Now celebrating its 26th year, this beloved community-engagement project displays the work of ten BC poets on public transit vehicles throughout the province. Join us to hear …
Join Dene and Métis poet and artist Matthew James Weigel for a unique workshop on designing books and artists’ books. Sharing the process and choices explored while designing books, Weigel will walk you through everything you need to know about this creative art form. Once he shows you the basics, it will …
Hey Vancouver poetry peeps! It’s time to meet up once more in our hybrid live & online format! Bring your selves and your words to Next Door, 1638 Venables St. or to the Van Slam zoom space. Poets in our slam will win cash & collect points toward the playoffs …
In this very special event we stand in solidarity with Salman Rushdie to celebrate his remarkable literary achievements and courage; we mark the fundamental importance of freedom of expression for writers everywhere in the world. Presented by PEN Canada, Penguin Random House Canada, Toronto International Festival of Authors and Writers …
Please join us for our second virtual reading series of 2022 featuring poets from the magazine’s pages hosted by Nation Poetry Editor Kaveh Akbar. Audience questions will follow individual readings. Katie Farris’s work appears in American Poetry Review, Granta, The Nation, and Poetry, and has been commissioned by MoMA. She is the …
Join us for the first event of Tree Reading Series for 2022-2023 season featuring readers Natalie Eilbert and Alycia Pirmohamed. Natalie Eilbert is the author of Swan Feast (2015) and Indictus (2018). Her poems have appeared in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Poetry, The Nation, American Poetry Review and elsewhere. A 2021-22 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts, her collection Overland …