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Women and Words

The Bauhaus Cafe in Ashford is marking International Women's Day with a reading evening, sharing and listening to literature from some of the world's boldest, talented, most visionary and inspiring female authors and creatives. Connect, learn and enjoy through the wonder of words. Learn more here. Return to the International …

The 2017 Pratt Lecture with Dionne Brand: A Hidden Verb Takes Inventory

Dionne Brand comes to St. John’s to give her Pratt Lecture “A Hidden Verb Takes Inventory” at the LSPU Hall. Brand is an internationally acclaimed writer, and has been most recently been honoured with a Griffin Poetry Prize for her 2011 Ossuaries. She was Poet Laureate of the City of …

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 …

Single Onion #139 – Lecture Series III: Woolf’s Mountain

The Single Onion is Calgary’s longest-running spoken word series, bringing Canada’s finest poets to its dedicated audience at Shelf Life Books. The Single Onion concludes its 2017 Lecture Series with an event featuring feminist poetry by Adrienne Adams, Cobra Collins, Erin Dingle, Lisa Murphy-Lamb, and Micheline Maylor. Learn more here. …

Trillium Book Award 30th Anniversary Reading

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Trillium Book Award, the Ontario Media Development Corporation is hosting a series of author readings by several previous winners and last year’s finalists. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and Readings will begin at 7:00 p.m. These readings are free and open to the …