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 …
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 …
Previous recipients of the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award include Frank Bidart, Ana Blandiana, Robin Blaser, Yves Bonnefoy, Hans Magnus Enzensberger, Seamus Heaney, Adelia Prado, Adrienne Rich, Tomas Tranströmer, Ko Un, Derek Walcott and Adam Zagajewski. Learn more about the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award.
The Summer Writers Retreat is a self-directed program that offers time and space for writers to retreat, reconnect, and re-energize their writing practice. In addition to a single room, which doubles as your private studio, you will be surrounded by a community of artistic peers. You will have the opportunity …
In this lecture/reading, Susan Howe explores "the guarded borders between image and word, individual and community, history and the present, poetry provides an opening ..." Learn more here.