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. Host of the evening is Bänoo Zan, and the featured poets …
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 …
For this issue of Poetry Is Dead, we are interested in the poem that comes out of bodily experience that is difficult. The poem that does not eliminate the effort or labour from the writing. That makes difficulty visible. The untidy poem. The apparently struggling poem. The Sick Woman poem. …
The Open Door series presents work from Chicago’s new and emerging poets and highlights the area’s outstanding writing programs. Each hour-long event features readings by two Chicagoland college and graduate writing program instructors and two of their current or recent students. December's Open Door Reading presents Young Chicago Authors' Jamila …
The Sawdust Reading Series is an Ottawa-based series shining a light on both sung and unsung Ottawa poets. The Sawdust Reading Series events occur on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at Pour Boy, 495 Somerset St. W. in Ottawa, Ontario. Events include an open mic, a …