Holly Melgard curates the 87th Radical Poetry Reading with Diana Hamilton, Liz Howard, Syd Staiti, and Chris Sylvester. Poet Diana Hamilton is the author of three books: God Was Right (Ugly Duckling Presse), The Awful Truth (Golias Books), and Okay, Okay (Truck Books). Poet Liz Howard’s debut collection Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize and …
HAPPENING Multicultural Poetry Nights celebrate poets who, among other things, identify as newcomers, refugees, or immigrants. Every Thursday in May (5, 12, 19, 26), there will be a poetry event featuring three poetry readings and an interview. Despite the fact that poetry inhabits many geographical locations and speaks in different …
On Friday, May 27 at 6pm PT, join Nightwood Editions and Massy Books for an evening of poetry reading, featuring Vancouver poet Gillian Jerome’s launch of her second book, Nevertheless, and Victoria poet Maleea Acker’s launch of her third book of poems, Hesitating Once to Feel Glory, with opening guest, …
A leading Canadian poet and an international exponent of dub poetry, Lillian Allen was acclaimed a foremother of Canadian poetry by the League of Canadian Poets. She is a two-time Canadian Juno award winner for her albums of dub poetry, Revolutionary Tea Party and Conditions Critical. She is an arts …
2021 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist Joseph Dandurand is headlining the 17th annual Northwords NWT festival this May! Register for a workshop with him on Sunday, May 29th in Yellowknife!