The Scottish Poetry Library is seeking a motivated and innovative individual to join its small but dedicated team as our Head Librarian to manage and develop our physical and digital collections, and library service staff. The successful candidate will be a professionally qualified librarian. A commitment to providing high-quality customer …
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. …
Writing North is a free two-day writers’ festival for Saskatoon’s community of writers and anyone interested in writers and books. This year’s festival features five Canadian writers from diverse genres and backgrounds to talk about writing in Western Canada: Louise Halfe, Tim Lilburn, Casey Plett, Candace Savage and Paul Seesequasis. …
Poets & Players is known for its imaginative programming of complementary arts — poetry with music, dance and visual art — in several striking settings in Manchester, UK, particularly the Whitworth Art Gallery. Newer writers are showcased alongside established poets and musicians. This event features poets Jo Shapcott, Kim Moore …
Time to warm up with words! Take in this lively gathering of readings from Arc Poetry Magazine and the Best Canadian Poetry in English 2019. Featuring Claudia Coutu Radmore, Nancy Jo Cullen, Ben Ladouceur, Sarah Tsiang + the work of other poets read aloud. Witness firsthand how our best poets …
Poetry is Dead, a much loved magazine that has been championing some of poetry's most poignant voices for a decade, is its launching the final issue. The theme of the final issue is Small Towns. Farming districts, factory villages, ghost towns, bedroom communities, alternative societies, touristic hamlets, and shtetls: Poetry …
Come out to the Poetry Works! pop-up dispensary of free poetry advice at the Ottawa Farmer's Market (Lansdowne) on Sunday, January 26. Joining Ottawa's English Poet Laureate Deanna Young will be Ottawa poets Anita Lahey and Sneha Madhavan-Reese, ready to chat about all things poetic and read you a poem. …
Writers/artists Oana Avasilichioaei and Moina Pam Dick read from their new hybrid books, setting form, thought, threat and escape, the drawn, seen and sounded in dialogue. Eight Track is a transliterary exploration of traces. Sound recordings, surveillance cameras, desert geoglyphs, drone operators, refugee interviews, animal imprints, and audio signals manifest …
This one-off Nothing But the Poem reading group will focus on the work of celebrated Scottish poet, Edwin Morgan, whose centenary year begins in April 2020. Morgan was Scotland’s first Makar (2004) and his career varied widely, with his working constantly evolving across multiple forms and genres. Nothing But the …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, 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. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …
Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
Join Someday Books to celebrate the launch of Lisa Robertson’s debut novel The Baudelaire Fractal, in which a poet realizes she has written the works of Baudelaire. Learn more here.
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 …
An ideal environment for artistic inspiration and growth, Writing Studio is structured to provide an extended period of uninterrupted writing time and one-on-one editorial assistance from experienced writers/editors. You’ll also have the opportunity to engage with a community of working writers, work with a voice and movement coach, and to …
This is a weekly discussion group exploring God and people's perceptions of God through contemporary and traditional poetry, hymns, and poetical passages from the Bible. Participants are welcome to bring their own readings or poems they have written themselves. No prior knowledge of poetry or literature is required. Learn more …
Writer and editor Elee Kraljii Gardiner introduces a new reading series: The Whole Cloth, an uncut reading of an entire book of poems. The inaugural poet is Sherwin Bitsui, sharing his most recent work from Copper Canyon Press, Dissolve. Learn more here.
Compression, image, metaphor, voice — there are many routes to the short poem. How does it accomplish so much in a little arena? This workshop will explore the elements behind the short poem. Through examples, exercises, discussion and reflection, participants will explore the landscape of the small. The opportunity to …
With the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie recitation contests, students choose classic and contemporary poems from the senior anthology for grades 9-12. Then they learn them deeply, commit them to memory, hone their recitation skills, and compete for over $75,000 in travel and prizes. Learn more …
Zócalo Public Square, the Los Angeles-based ideas magazine, is now accepting submissions for its ninth annual poetry prize, which is awarded to the U.S. poet whose poem best evokes a connection to place. The winning poet in 2020 will receive $500 and a published interview. There is no fee to …
Rowers Reading Series at Glad Day Bookshop features readings by writers Kern Carter, Paola Ferrante, Victoria Hetherington and Tehmina Khan. Learn more here.
Toronto Poet Laureates Dennis Lee, Anne Michaels, and A.F. Moritz will lead a celebration of the life and work of Pier Giorgio DiCicco (July 5, 1949 - December 22, 2019). He served as Toronto's second poet laureate from 2004 - 2009, and wrote Municipal Mind: Manifestos for a Creative City. …
As part of the Jackman Humanities Institute's "Strange Weather" Program for the Arts 2019/20, Anne Carson will present her "Lecture on the History of Skywriting" with collaborator Robert Currie. Learn more here.
A visionary poet of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Joy Harjo's wide-ranging body of work includes the landmark poetry collection She Had Some Horses and the acclaimed memoir Crazy Brave. Celebrated for its insightful attention to the spiritual and natural worlds, her poetry tells an American story of tradition and loss, …
This evening of poetry at the Kiever features readings by Jacob Scheier, Alisha Kaplan, and Lisa Richter. Learn more here.
Mindfulness Meditation and Mindful Writing at the Scottish Poetry Library is led by award winning poet and mindfulness teacher Colin McGuire. Mindful Writing: The Mindful-Writing course combines an introduction to Mindfulness Meditation practices combined with expressive and creative writing exercises. The course is open to all levels of mindfulness and …
The first installment of the Sufi Poets Series 2020 season is Pànah, meaning "Shelter" in Farsi, a word suggested by one of the featured poets, Khashayar Mohammadi. This event aims to allow audience members to take shelter and comfort in poetry, story, and music. Proceeds from ticket sales will be …
Applications are now open for Poetry Ireland Introductions 2020, which will offer poets in the early stages of their careers, writing in Irish or English, the opportunity to showcase their?work through workshops and performance. The poets selected for Introductions 2020 will participate in a workshop focused on poetic form and …
In February 1820, Keats wrote to Fanny Brawne that he was ‘looking forward to Health and the Spring’. Let the Poetry Ambassadors relieve your seasonal maladies with their agreeable selection. Learn more here.
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 …
‘When power corrupts,’ John F Kennedy said, ‘poetry cleanses.’ But does it? Scottish Poetry Library's panel discussion-slash-reading will address the issue of poetry and power. Should poets be wary of politicians or embrace the chance ‘to speak truth to power’? Can political poetry go beyond sloganeering? And what about when …
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a session of First Words: Poetry for the winter 2020 season. This section of the nine-week poetry writing course will be led by Shauntay Grant, Alison Smith, and Sue Goyette. This session will be offered on Wednesday evenings (7-9 pm) …
Like Beethoven, the poet Ruth Padel first came to love and understand music through playing the viola. Her great grandfather, a concert pianist, studied music in Leipzig with Beethoven’s friend and contemporary. Her latest collection Beethoven Variations (Chatto) is simultaneously a biography in verse of the great composer and a …
Sharon Olds presents Arias, her radical new collection of intimate life and political conscience, of race and class and a mother's violence. Hear her read from her new collection, followed by a conversation about her career and trajectory as a poet. The conversation is hosted by Jane Siberry. Learn more …
Join Citadel for a craft focused exploration of literary works from poetry to short stories. They will be sending out selected writing to registrants a week before the salon and every participant is expected to come armed with insights, questions, and points for discussion. Learn more here.
The first Poetry London reading of the new decade features live readings from Rishi Dastidar, Emily Hasler, Martha Kapos and Joe Dunthorne. Come along to hear some of the magazine’s most distinguished contributors reading their poems. Learn more here.
Pivot Readings are back with a vengeance, as they kick off 2020 with a fantastic show, featuring Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman, Caroline Colantonio, and Kai Cheng Thom. Learn more here.
The League of Canadian Poets and Toronto’s Union Station are excited to present Poetry in Union 2020, a public art experience. At this event, a selection of Toronto’s strongest, most diverse and most talented poets will provide personalized poetry on request to reflect participants’ own experiences and stories. This is …
The Lucy Terry Prince Prize is a new award established to recognize and support exceptional work by rural poets of color and to honor the life of Lucy Terry Prince, a free, landowning Black woman in colonial America who is considered the first known African-American poet in English literature. The …
Watch Your Head is an anthology of creative works devoted to climate justice and the climate crisis and all issues that intersect. The anthology operates on a volunteer basis. All editors, writers, and artists are donating their time and work to share their concern and draw attention to issues related …
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 …
Poetry London is one of the UK’s most prestigious and best-selling poetry magazines. Founded in 1988, it is published three times a year and enjoys a well-established reputation, publishing work from across the world, both in translation and, occasionally, in their original version. The publication wishes to appoint a new …
George Bowering's Writing and Reading</eM gathers essays and criticism issuing from one of the most productive word processors in the country over the past decade or so. All over the map in terms of content, style, and even length, a remarkably consistent perspective emerges from these thirty-one pieces, one that …
Attend a free, unique workshop interpreting voices, memory and local history through poetry as part of the Living Levels Landscape Project. Participants will learn how to use poetry to examine, transform and respond to communal memory and history from the local area. Throughout the afternoon attendees will create their own …
Poets & Players is known for its imaginative programming of complementary arts — poetry with music, dance and visual art — in several striking settings in Manchester, UK, particularly the Whitworth Art Gallery. Newer writers are showcased alongside established poets and musicians. This event features poets J O Morgan, and …
Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Freedom to Read Week is organized by the Freedom of Expression Committee of the Book and Periodical Council. …
Established in memory of poet Bronwen Wallace, this award now presents two awards for short fiction and poetry every year, effective 2020. As Ms. Wallace’s first book was not published until she was 35, this annual award is given to a writer below the age of 35 who has yet …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, 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. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …
Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
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 …
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. …
Pandora's Collective presents the Twisted Poets Literary Salon the 4th Thursday of every month. This month features readings by Cornelia Hoogland, Adrienne Drobnies and Natasha Boskic. Learn more here.
See stars at February’s poetry and live music gathering, featuring a headline set by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage, acclaimed poet Fran Lock and emerging talent Gboyega Odubanjo. Each month, London's premier evening of poetry and live music Out-Spoken brings you the best in UK poetry alongside a line-up of world-class …
Sponsored by former TNQ (The New Quarterly) editor Kim Jernigan and family in celebration of the man who sparked their love of poetry, this contest is for poems written in response to an occasion, personal or public-poems of gratitude or grief, poems that celebrate or berate, poems that make of …
AngelHousePress invites submissions for NationalPoetryMonth.ca 2020, ode to the small. To celebrate Nelson Ball, a great Canadian poet, minimalist, editor, publisher and bookseller, who died in 2019, AngelHouse Press editor Amanda Earl invites you to submit small poems, including free verse, homolinguistic translations, irreverent haiku and other form poems, even …
The very first PREE Writing Studio is launching in collaboration with the Department of Literatures in English at the University of the West Indies, Mona and the Prince Claus Fund. They're assembling some of the most exceptional Caribbean writers for four days in Kingston, Jamaica: Marlon James, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Kei …
Create inspiring poetry with materials around you! Poetry is everywhere, you just need to find it! Refashion, reorder, and reframe ordinary texts into creative poems using found poetry techniques with local poet Hanan Hazime and East End Arts. Learn more here.
An Afternoon of Opposable Cheer offers poetry readings with the wonderfully brilliant Stuart Ross and Jason Heroux, followed by a Q&A. Learn more here.
From ballads to blank verse and sonnets to slam battles, this event will explore how to take poetry from the page and bring it to life through performance and discussion. The event features performances from Salt poets including Peter Daniels, Kirsten Irving and Tony Williams. Learn more here.
The 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition - Adult Competition welcomes submissions written in English from anyone aged 18 or over from anywhere in the world. 1st Prize is £1,000, plus a week-long residency in the Contemporary Poetry Archives at Newcastle University during the Newcastle Poetry Festival, May 13-16, 2020. 2nd Prize …
The 2020 Newcastle Poetry Competition - Young People's Prize welcomes submissions from poets aged between 11 and 17. Each year 12 poets will be selected to appear at a special event at the Newcastle Poetry Festival and receive a £25 book voucher. The 2020 competition judge is Vidyan Ravinthiran. Learn …
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 …
March is a month for poetry – and what a wealth of poetry we’ve got lined up for you! Between Wednesday 4 and Sunday 8 March 2020, St Andrews promises to be just brimming with verse: with readings, exhibitions and installations from some of the most exciting poets writing today. …
With the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie recitation contests, students choose classic and contemporary poems from the senior anthology for grades 9-12. Then they learn them deeply, commit them to memory, hone their recitation skills, and compete for over $75,000 in travel and prizes. Learn more …
Columba is a small online quarterly of new poems. Contributors are predominantly from Canada and the USA, including Stephanie Burt (forthcoming), Leah Umansky, Flavia Cosma (forthcoming), Darren Bifford, and Sue Sinclair, among others. Columba's editors are based in eastern Canada, but its readership is broad. The submissions window opens and …
Established in June 2019, Little Birds Poetry is a series of editing workshops for professional poets and writers. Their mandate is to fine-tune original poems, short pieces of creative writing, and chapbook manuscripts in preparation for submission to literary magazines and/or publishing houses. Learn more here.
The Forward Prizes for Poetry honour excellence in contemporary poetry published in UK and Ireland. There are three prizes: Best Collection (£10,000) and Best First Collection (£5,000) consider books of poetry, while Best Single Poem (£1,000) seeks the best poem from magazines and competitions. Learn more here.
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
Join the Poetry Foundation for a reading with Jane Hirshfield, whom the Washington Post describes as belonging “among the modern masters.” Her nine poetry collections include Ledger; The Beauty; Given Sugar, Given Salt, a finalist for the 2001 National Book Critics Circle Award; and After, winner of a T.S. Eliot …
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 …
Growing Room is Room magazine’s annual literary and arts festival, a celebration of diverse Canadian writers and artists which takes place every March on the traditional, unceded, and ancestral territory of the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish peoples (Vancouver, British Columbia). The festival started in 2017 by Room collective member Arielle …
Renowned poet and teacher, Donny O’Rourke has a few places available on this long established, popular and influential, afternoon course. Each week a task is set and the poems it prompts are collectively critiqued in a discussion led by the tutor. Warm, witty and welcoming; that has been Donny’s approach …
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a session of First Words: Poetry for the winter 2020 season. This section of the nine-week poetry writing course will be led by Shauntay Grant, Alison Smith, and Sue Goyette. This session will be offered on Wednesday evenings (7-9 pm) …
This is a weekly discussion group exploring God and people's perceptions of God through contemporary and traditional poetry, hymns, and poetical passages from the Bible. Participants are welcome to bring their own readings or poems they have written themselves. No prior knowledge of poetry or literature is required. Learn more …
The spotlight’s on poetic talent from the United Arab Emirates in an evening of readings, discussion and a Q&A with celebrated Emirati poets. Find out more about Nabati, a 'people's poetry' that has recently become a UAE television phenomenon with Million's Poet, the country's equivalent to X Factor. This event …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
Enjoy readings at poetry hub Knife | Fork | Book by Alex Leslie, Ellen Chang-Richardson, Andreae Callanan, Alison Braid and Carl Watts. Learn more here.
Calling all literature lovers! The Waking Dream Reading Series offers monthly a handful of local poets from St. Catharines, who will read some of their finest work. Join in for an evening of great coffee and insightful poetry. Learn more here.
Driftless Poets meet on the second Saturday of the month at 2:00 pm in Ellery House on the campus of Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts. New poets are always welcome, but only those who submit work one week prior to the workshop will receive feedback and critique. Learn …
#twitterPoetryClub meets on Twitter, on alternating Monday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. Their formula is pretty simple: members share beloved or interesting poems by posting the poet's name, hashtagging "TwitterPoetryClub" and including an image of the poem and/or a link to the full text. Once a poem …
Enjoy readings at poetry hub Knife | Fork | Book by acclaimed writers Lisa Moore and Hoa Nguyen. Learn more here.
Poetry is the oldest and most diverse of literary forms, working with language at its most fundamental levels. All writers, be they poets, novelists, memoirists, or screen-writers are best prepared to approach their craft if they have a firm understanding of how language is used in a poem. In this …
Renowned poet and teacher, Donny O’Rourke has a few places available on this long established, popular and influential, afternoon course. Each week a task is set and the poems it prompts are collectively critiqued in a discussion led by the tutor. Warm, witty and welcoming; that has been Donny’s approach …
The Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia is pleased to offer a session of First Words: Poetry for the winter 2020 season. This section of the nine-week poetry writing course will be led by Shauntay Grant, Alison Smith, and Sue Goyette. This session will be offered on Wednesday evenings (7-9 pm) …
This is a weekly discussion group exploring God and people's perceptions of God through contemporary and traditional poetry, hymns, and poetical passages from the Bible. Participants are welcome to bring their own readings or poems they have written themselves. No prior knowledge of poetry or literature is required. Learn more …
With the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie recitation contests, students choose classic and contemporary poems from the senior anthology for grades 9-12. Then they learn them deeply, commit them to memory, hone their recitation skills, and compete for over $75,000 in travel and prizes. Learn more …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …