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2022 Verses Festival of Words

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 …

Edmonton Poetry Festival

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 …

Claudia Rankine reads Harryette Mullen

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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. …

Poetry & the Creative Mind

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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, …

Literary Cocktails 2022 from University of Alberta Press

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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 …

Arc Poetry Magazine Spring Launch: Tribute to Diana Brebner

Christ Church Cathedral 414 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Join us for an evening of poetry and music. In the Winter 2002 issue of  Arc Poetry Magazine , the 1st Annual Diana Brebner Prize winner was announced. After 20 years of administering this award for an exceptional poem by an Ottawa-based poet not yet published in book form,   Arc  97 looks back at the …

Canadian Individual Poetry Slam Finals

The Wise Hall 1882 Adanac Street, Vancouver, British Columbia

Canadian Individual Poetry Slam is a nationally recognized poetry slam. This year, the competition will take place online and in-person , as part of the Verses Festival of Words. 16 poets representing spoken word series and regions across Canada will compete in a head-to-head double knock out tournament, presenting poems that …