Exploring acts of opposition and disobedience – the essential needs of poetry in a cracked and porous world – this event brings together five Canadian poets, including Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate. A key part of the country’s multicultural mosaic, these poems of beauty and knowledge honour Canada’s 150th anniversary. Learn …
All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative writing workshop moderated led by Library Coordinator Maggie Queeney. In August, we focus on the villanelle, an intricate, rhymed French form rooted in Italian folk song. The group will explore a wide variety of villanelles. A creative workshop, where participants …
Montreal-based poets Klara du Plessis and Jeramy Dodds will discuss their forthcoming books - Ekke (Palimpsest Press, 2018) and Drakkar Noir (Coach House Books, 2017) respectively - via a Facebook Live discussion. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
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 …
Calgary Spoken Word Society, Single Onion Poetry Society and Free Fall Magazine are having a poetry contest for Canada’s 150. The poem should be no more than 600 lines and no longer than a five-minute reading time. All the poems must deal with Canada and our 150th birthday. Poems can …