The ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival came into being in 2002 and was the first and is the biggest international platform for short films based on poems – poetry films. Every two years it offers poets, film-makers and festival organisers from all over the world a platform for creative exchange of …
Publishers and authors may now submit books published in 2019 to the following awards: Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (for debut books of poetry) Pat Lowther Memorial Award (for books of poetry by women) Raymond Souster Award (for new poetry books by active League members) Learn more here.
Jim Johnstone joins Citadel to host a talk about the Canadian publishing industry. Topics of discussion will include how to prepare (full-length and chapbook) manuscripts that will stand out, where to find the right publisher, and what editors look for in submissions. With over 15 years of experience in micropress, …
Renowned poets and translators Robert Hass and Forrest Gander take the stage together for an evening immersed in the power of language as part of the Merwin Conservancy's Green Room arts and ecology salon Memorial Series, in honor of the organization’s founder, the late W.S. Merwin. Learn more here.
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …