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George Elliott Clarke at Sawdust Reading Series

The Sawdust Reading Series is an Ottawa-based series shining a light on both sung and unsung Ottawa poets. The Sawdust Reading Series events occur on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at Pour Boy, 495 Somerset St. W. in Ottawa, Ontario. Events include an open mic, a …

Hynes and Ross read at Poetry London (Ontario) Reading Series

The Poetry London Reading Series hosts monthly readings and poetry workshops in London, Ontario. The series brings Canada's best national poets into London for readings, as well as providing a wide range of poetry-related opportunities for local writers and poetry aficionados. The series' home is the Landon Branch Library in …

Cork International Poetry Festival

Ireland's largest annual poetry festival features poets from across the English-speaking world as well as poets working in other languages. Past guests have included Carolyn Forche, Karen Solie, Tomaz Salamun, August Kleinzahler, Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Suji Kwock Kim, David Harsent, Paul Muldoon, Valerie Rouzeau, Maram Al Masri and many others. …

How to Write a Poem, with Jo Shapcott and Daljit Nagra

This is a playful, supportive three-month poetry course for beginners and aspiring amateur poets, with two of the best practitioners and teachers in the country – all at the home of British poetry, Faber & Faber. Over the course of three months, join award-winning Faber & Faber poets Jo Shapcott …

Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich and the Feminist Superhero: The Poetics of Women’s Political Resistance

One a lyric poet and essayist, the other a jazz poet, Adrienne Rich and Jayne Cortez were American poetry superheroes who produced extensive bodies of work—revealing overlapping visions of social equality in radically distinct aesthetic modes. This multi-media event brings together both poets’ historical works to champion their literary-political engagement. …