Get Tickets Through Eventbrite Verses Festival of Words is at it again! We are bringing together a broad intersection of poetic artists, including spoken word and page poets, storytellers, singer-songwriters and improvisers, to celebrate the power of the spoken word. This year’s festival combines poetry with music inspired by a …
The Edmonton Poetry Festival is Edmonton’s annual celebration of poetry and verse. The best place to get a grasp on the basics and history of the festival is by reading our story. There, you’ll find a brief history of the festival with several points of interest. Additionally, the following links may …
19:00 workshop by Sarah Tsiang 20:00 EST open mic. 20:30 Sarah Tsiang and Hari Alluri On Tuesday, April 26, Tree is excited to welcome featured readers Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang and Hari Alluri, hosted by Brandon Wint. Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang is the author of Grappling Hook with Palimpsest Press (2022), Status …
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) is Toronto’s most diverse and brave monthly poetry reading and open mic series. It was founded by Bänoo Zan in November 2012, two years after she immigrated to Canada. Since then, we have been bridging the gap among diverse Toronto poetry communities and have so far …
Claudia Rankine was a 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize judge. She is Professor of Creative Writing at NYU, chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and the author of many works, including Citizen: An American Lyric (2014), The White Card: A Play (2019),and Just Us (2020). NYU English's Creative Reading Series will be a hybrid event. …
The Academy of American Poets annual gala presents luminaries from across the arts sharing favorite poems for National Poetry Month. About this event Poetry & the Creative Mind is presented by the Academy of American Poets, the nation's leading organization championing poets and poetry. This special event, which features actors, …
University of Alberta Press is pleased to announce its annual event Literary Cocktails. Please join us online on April 28, 2022 at 6 pm MT. Everyone is welcome! This year, the virtual poetry reading event will be hosted by Edmonton Poetry Festival’s Artistic Producer, Shima Robinson. The event will feature readings …