Skip to content

2019 Summer (Virtual) Poetry Treasure Hunt

The summer treasure hunt is back. Join Live Canon, from anywhere in the world, for an August full of poetry. Discover new writers, revisit old favourites, and get a smidge competitive about it all. Each day you receive a an email, introducing you to the work of a particular poet. …

Recurring

Poets Anonymous

Ruskin House 23 Coombe Road, London

Poets Anonymous originated in February 1990 at Ashburton Library, Addiscombe as a house-to-house workshop to encourage poetry writers to share their poems and offer constructive criticism. Some people attended as an aid to getting themselves into print, other to help one another, others for the pure pleasure of enjoying poetry. …

Battle at the Border Poetry Slam

Firehall Theatre 4990 Walnut Street, Niagara Falls, Ontario

The Battle at the Border is here. There will be teams from Canada, and the US coming together to battle for Team Slam supremacy right by the border in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. Look for teams from Buffalo, Rochester, Toronto, Burlington, St Catherines, Jamestown, and Albany. Learn more here.

Poetry Workshops at Sidmouth Folk Festival

Royal Glen Hotel Glen Rd, Sidmouth

At this series of poetry workshops at Sidmouth Folk Festival, participants will be encouraged to write their own poems using a series of prompts and guidance from Ilse Pedler, an experienced workshop leader. Poems, pictures and games will be used as starting points. The workshops are all stand-alone and at …

Sutterfield, Santos and Enigma at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Free Times Cafe Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto, Ontario

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 …