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National Book Festival presents Poet Laureate Joy Harjo

Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium Thomas Jefferson Building - Coolidge Auditorium, 10 1st Street SE, Washington, DC

Awarding-winning poet Joy Harjo will give her inaugural reading as the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress. A member of the Muscogee Creek Nation, Harjo is the first Native American to serve as U.S. Poet Laureate. The historic reading marks the beginning of Harjo’s laureateship, …

Museum of Literature Ireland opens

UCD Newman House UCD Newman House, St Stephen's Green South, Dublin

The Museum of Literature Ireland (MoLI), Ireland’s new landmark cultural institution, is to open its doors for the first time in the historic setting of UCD Newman House on St Stephen’s Green in Dublin on Culture Night 2019, Friday, September 20th. A major partnership and creative alliance between University College …

The Great Glemham Micro-Poetry Festival

The Village Hall The Village Hall, Low Road, Great Glemham, Saxmundham

Poet, broadcaster & comedian Ian McMillan and Olympic composer Luke Carver Goss present a hilarious night of words, music & breath-taking comedy, featuring songs, stories and a musical created out of thin air! Part of the festivities includes a micro poetry festival event at the Great Glemham phone box at …

Edwards and Greco at Planet Earth Poetry reading series

Hillside Coffee & Tea Hillside Coffee & Tea, 1633 Hillside Ave #103, Victoria, British Columbia

The Planet Earth Poetry reading series is a launching pad for the energies of writers and poets established and not. It is a place where words are most important. A venue in which all manner of poets and writers are welcome; a place for excellence, innovation, collaboration, diverse projects and …

The Word On the Street – Toronto

Harbourfront Centre 235 Queens Quay W, Toronto, Ontario

Since 1989, The Word On The Street has hosted exceptional writers from across Canada. Visit Toronto's 30th festival on Sunday, September 22, 2019. Learn more here.