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The Polyglot Issue 10 Launch at LitFest

Stanley A. Milner Edmonton Public Library 7 Sir Winston Churchill Square, Edmonton, Alberta

Named Alberta’s Best New Magazine in 2021, The Polyglot has proudly published 188 writers and artists working in 51 Indigenous and Heritage languages in the last five years. Join us as we launch and celebrate our tenth issue with readings by brilliant bilingual writers Mila Bongco-Philipzig, Meghan Eaker, Diana Gaviria, …

$13.26

Antler River Poetry Presents Chantal Gibson & Kevin Andrew Heslop

Landon Branch London Public Library 167 Wortley Rd, London, Ontario

A new month means a new reading! Antler River Poetry is delighted to present Chantal Gibson and Kevin Andrew Heslop with local opener Jack Bradley on October 19 @ 7:00 p.m. at the Landon Library in Wortley Village. A reminder that we ask all guests to wear a mask to …

Free

Joy Harjo and Layli Long Soldier: Poems in Conversation

Carlson Family Stage 84 Church St SE, Minneapolis, MN

The Department of English's Esther Freier Lecture Series presents former US Poet Laureate (2019-2022) Joy Harjo and National Book Critics Circle Award-winning poet Layli Long Soldier reading from and discussing their poetry. Co-sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies; AIS Associate Professor Christopher Pexa will moderate a conversation about contemporary …

Free

The Al Purdy A-frame Residency: Deadline to Apply

Al Purdy A-Frame house Roblin Lake, Ontario

The A-frame house at the edge of Roblin Lake was built in 1957 by Al Purdy and his wife Eurithe. The Purdy house is now the site of the A-frame Residency Program, under which writers are offered a time and place to work in a location that is attractive and …

Free

Poetry Workshop with Tolu Oloruntoba: How to Observe

Atlas Hotel - 2nd Floor Benson Room 4177 Albert St, Regina, Saskatchewan

This 1.5 hour workshop with 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Tolu Oloruntoba will repurpose the visual art form of still life, making it a vehicle for poetic observation. This workshop is a part of the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild Annual Conference. The SWG Annual Conference and AGM will be held October …

$35 – $40