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WoW Fest 2015

Writing on the Wall is a dynamic, Liverpool-based community organisation that coordinates projects and events that celebrate writing in all its forms. They work with a broad and inclusive definition of writing that embraces literature, creative writing, journalism and non-fiction, poetry, songwriting, and storytelling. Writing on the Wall works with …

Poetry International Rotterdam

From June 9th to 13th, Poetry International Rotterdam will present for the 46th time the most noteworthy poetry of the groundbreaking great masters, alongside that of new and original poetic talents from around the world. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.

Birthdate of poet WB Yeats – 150th anniversary

William Butler Yeats was one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Yeats 2015 is a year long event taking place, not only across the poet's home country of Ireland, but around the world. Learn more here. Return to …

Winnipeg Public Library writer-in-residence application deadline

The Winnipeg Public Library is seeking applications for the 2015 - 2016 edition of its Writer-in-Residence program. From an office at Winnipeg's Millennium Library, the Writer-in-Residence will work with emerging Manitoba writers by email and phone as well as through individual consultations, group workshops and public programs within Winnipeg. The …

Christakos, Souaid and Gane at the art bar poetry series

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 …