Poetry is Dead, a much loved magazine that has been championing some of poetry's most poignant voices for a decade, is its launching the final issue. The theme of the final issue is Small Towns. Farming districts, factory villages, ghost towns, bedroom communities, alternative societies, touristic hamlets, and shtetls: Poetry …
Come out to the Poetry Works! pop-up dispensary of free poetry advice at the Ottawa Farmer's Market (Lansdowne) on Sunday, January 26. Joining Ottawa's English Poet Laureate Deanna Young will be Ottawa poets Anita Lahey and Sneha Madhavan-Reese, ready to chat about all things poetic and read you a poem. …
Writers/artists Oana Avasilichioaei and Moina Pam Dick read from their new hybrid books, setting form, thought, threat and escape, the drawn, seen and sounded in dialogue. Eight Track is a transliterary exploration of traces. Sound recordings, surveillance cameras, desert geoglyphs, drone operators, refugee interviews, animal imprints, and audio signals manifest …
This one-off Nothing But the Poem reading group will focus on the work of celebrated Scottish poet, Edwin Morgan, whose centenary year begins in April 2020. Morgan was Scotland’s first Makar (2004) and his career varied widely, with his working constantly evolving across multiple forms and genres. Nothing But the …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …