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Creative Writing at the ROM

Royal Ontario Museum Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, Ontario

Join Inkwell instructor Leanne for a walk-through of the James and Louise Temerty Galleries of the Age of Dinosaurs, followed by a creative writing workshop inspired by memory and reconstruction. Learn more here.

Canada Council for the Arts Annual Public Meeting

Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada, 150 Elgin St., Ottawa, Ontario

Learn about the Canada Council for the Arts' recent activities and get an overview of the year ahead. Chair Pierre Lassonde and Director and CEO Simon Brault will present highlights from 2019 and the vision for the coming year. The APM is open to the public and will also be …

Writers Read Concordia presents Lisa Robertson in conversation with Sina Queyras

VAV Gallery VAV Gallery, 1395 Rene Levesque Ouest, Montreal, Quebec

The 2019-2020 Writers Read Concordia season emphasizes the local, the influencers, the activist, the transformative, the conversation and the collaborative impulses. Writers Read Concordia presents writer Lisa Robertson in conversation with Sina Queyras. Learn more here.

Varnam and du Plessis 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 …

Recurring

Introduction to Poetry

Poetry is the oldest and most diverse of literary forms, working with language at its most fundamental levels. All writers, be they poets, novelists, memoirists, or screen-writers are best prepared to approach their craft if they have a firm understanding of how language is used in a poem. In this …