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Vancouver Writers Fest

Vancouver Writers Fest Vancouver Writers Fest, 1398 Cartwright St, Vancouver, British Columbia

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 …

An Evening of Poetry with Tanis MacDonald and Moez Surani

Words Worth Books Words Worth Books, 96 King Street South, Waterloo, Ontario

Words Worth Books presents an evening of poetry with Tanis MacDonald and Moez Surani, reading from their most recent poetry collections, Mobile and Are the Rivers in Your Poems Real respectively. Learn more here.

Mary Lee Bragg + Nicole Raziya Fong at Tree Reading Series

Happy Goat Coffee Co. Happy Goat Coffee Co., 35 Laurel Street, Ottawa, Ontario

Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …

Chatterjee, Banks and Ortega 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 …

The Al Purdy Songbook

Hugh's Room Hugh's Room, 2261 Dundas St W, Toronto, Ontario

This celebration of one of Canada's most famous poets features a rare screening of the 2015 feature documentary Al Purdy Was Here, as well as live performances from two of the artists featured in the film: Doug Paisley and Snowblink. Learn more here.