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 …
Why are our homes so important to us? From the way they look and what they cost, to the experiences and memories stored inside them – what goes on behind those closed doors? Over the course you will study contemporary poems set in kitchens, bathrooms, sitting rooms, bedrooms, gardens, contemplating …
Arc Poetry Magazine has been bringing great poetry to readers in Canada and beyond for over 30 years. For the upcoming Fall 2015 issue, we are seeking brave new voices in spoken word. Send your three most compelling, well-crafted spoken word poems that are as dynamic on the page as …
The winning entries in each category (fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry) will receive a $1,000 cash prize (plus payment for publication) and will be published in the Winter 2015 issue of SubTerrain magazine. First runner-up in each category will be published in the Spring issue of the following year. Learn …
This is a special event for European Literature Night. A specialist panel considers how literature in translation can be a bridge between worlds. With chair Fiona Doloughan (OU), editor Evald Flisar, publisher Susan Curtis-Kojakovic, writer Wioletta Greg and translator Marek Kazmierski. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.