The Vancouver Writers Fest’s flagship Festival welcomes local and international writers to stages on and around Granville Island for a week of literary events and immersive conversations for all ages. As Artistic Director Leslie Hurtig says of this year’s Fest, “We have created a week of events that will entertain …
The Toronto International Festival of Authors is an 11-day celebration of words and ideas for curious readers of every kind. Learn more here.
The Ottawa International Writers Festival partners with the Plan 99 Reading Series for a late afternoon of stunning live poetry, with readings by Jacqueline Turner, K.B. Thors and Nikki Reimer. Learn more here.
The Department of English & Cultural Studies at McMaster University, McMaster University Library, and the Hamilton Public Library invite applications from Canadian creative writers for the position of Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence. At this time, they are calling for applicants for three, non-renewable positions, one in each of …
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 …
Join Audreys Books as they celebrate the poetic career of Billy-Ray Belcourt! This event will feature readings by both Billy-Ray Belcourt and his friends, who will each share and read the poems that they found most meaningful in their own lives. 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 …
One of the biggest single poem competitions in the world, the National Poetry Competition is open to anyone aged 17 or older. The competition is for previously unpublished poems of up to 40 lines in length. This year's judges are Mona Arshi, Helen Mort and Maurice Riordan. Learn more here.
The LaHave Review is an online poetry journal edited by Michael Goodfellow and will launch in December, 2019. Each issue will feature one poem per season, a biography of the poet, and an interview. The LaHave Review is named after the LaHave River in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. The river …
Contemporary Verse 2 (CV2) magazine offers a poetry contest exclusively for writers under the age of 35. The YOUNG BUCK poetry prize will be awarded to the author of the single best submitted poem, along with $1000 and publication in CV2. Three honourable mentions will also be awarded, each with …
The Malahat Review invites entries for its annual Open Season Awards in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction with prizes totalling $CAN 6000. The contest is open to Canadian and international writers anywhere in the world, with a final deadline of midnight (PDT) on 1 November 2019. All entries are judged …
The Words Aloud Spoken Word and Storytelling Festival is a small but mighty regional event held in the southwestern Ontario village of Durham (pop. 2500), about an hour-and-a-half north of Guelph. Co-founded in 2004 by Liz Zetlin and Dawna Proudman, in response to a suggestion from Durham Art Gallery curator …
Words is committed to the advancement of accessibility in the arts, cultural participation within the community, and diversity in our programming. During the first weekend of November each year, Words brings the Southwestern Ontario region together for a celebration of creative ideas, artistic expression, and cultural diversity. Words features emerging …
Poetry inPrint is a writer’s residency in a printmaker’s studio. Collaborating with local author Jacqueline Valencia, organizer of the Toronto Poetry Talks Symposium, this program pairs eight local visual artists, including members of the inPrint Collective, with eight local poets. Artists and poets are at various stages in their career, …
The Toronto Arts Council and the Toronto International Festival of Authors have partnered on Toronto Lit Up, an initiative designed to spotlight Toronto writers and empower local artists with career-building opportunities. The programme also gives curious readers access to their local writing community. Toronto Lit Up book release parties take …
With the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie recitation contests, students choose classic and contemporary poems from the junior anthology for grades 6-8. 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 …
Supported by Arts Nova Scotia and in partnership with the Halifax Regional Municipality and the Halifax Public Libraries, the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) is bringing Poetry in Motion to Halifax. A public poetry art project, Poetry in Motion will feature short poems and excerpts from longer poems on …
Join publisher Wolsak and Wynn at the Gladstone Ballroom to launch another wonderful season of Fall books, including Gary Barwin's For It Is a Pleasure and a Surprise to Breathe: New and Selected Poems. 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 …
Verb Festival is an annual writers festival in Wellington, New Zealand. They celebrate Aotearoa writers with international guests. Verb Festival features the famous LitCrawl on Saturday 9 November: 25 events in 3.5 hours in 25 venues. Learn more here.
The 2019-2020 Writers Read Concordia season emphasizes the local, the influencers, the activist, the transformative, the conversation and the collaborative impulses. Writers Read Concordia presents writer Margaret Christakos in conversation with Sina Queyras. Learn more here.
Opening with a panel discussion on literary event curation, this event will feature Margaret Christakos, Deanna Radford, Danielle St. Amour and Jason Camlot, facilitated by Klara du Plessis. It will focus on different contemporary and historical strategies for literary event curation, while also incorporating a visual arts curatorial perspective for …
The world premiere screening of this fascinating documentary on the renowned poet and novelist behind The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments is followed by an onstage conversation with directors Nancy Lang and Peter Raymont, interviewed by Carol Off. Learn more here.
The C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference focuses on women-identifying writers from all genres and all experience levels, from journalism to mass market books to literary endeavors, and beyond. The goal is to provide a space for camaraderie, connection-making, and inspiration, and while women-identifying writers are the only presenters at the …
Poetry In Aldeburgh is a not-for-profit organisation that aims to build on and continue the heritage of poetry and over 30 years of poetry festivals on the Suffolk Coast. Their first festival was in November 2016 and they hold them annually. They also work with local and national organisations in …
Join Another Story and Palimpsest Press to celebrate the launch of Ceilidh Michelle's butterflies, zebras, moonbeams and Shane Neilson's Constructive Negativity: Prize Culture, Evaluation, and Disability in Canadian Poetry. Learn more here.
This workshop presents the sonnet as a tool to explore contemporary concerns that can be incorporated into a weekly, even daily writing practice. Participants will write new sonnets and review them with the group to explore and integrate in-depth theory elements. Through revisions, they will see how to exploit the …
Vancouver Manuscript Intensive is structured to ensure that a personal and highly supportive one-to-one mentorship is offered to develop one's manuscript as a whole. They match each of their participants with a talented, often award-winning, professional author who is also a skilled editor in their genre. Learn more here.
The right words in the right order are able to tangibly change reality. Know how to use your words and you know how to make magic. Learn from the greats as we dissect and explore the nuances rhetorical devices of effective persuasion. From Shakespeare to Fred Rogers, we will talk …
In Our Tongues is Ottawa’s first Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPoC) reading and art series. The featured artists at this gathering are: Kevin Schofield, Manahil Bandukwala and Eyob Tzu. Learn more here.