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Writers Read Concordia presents Doireann Ní Ghríofa and LeAnne Howe

Department of English S-LB 674 2 Concordia University Department of English S-LB 674 2 Concordia University, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. W., Montreal, Quebec

The 2019-2020 Writers Read Concordia season emphasizes the local, the influencers, the activist, the transformative, the conversation and the collaborative impulses. Co-sponsored with the School for Canadian Irish Studies, Writers Read Concordia presents Doireann Ní Ghríofa and LeAnne Howe for an evening of Irish and Choctaw poetry, followed by a …

League of Canadian Poets Nova Scotia Members’ Reading

Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia, 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Join the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia and the League of Canadian Poets for a reading by five Nova Scotian members of the League of Canadian Poets: Janet Barkhouse, Deirdre Dwyer, Chad Norman, Anne Simpson, and Margo Wheaton. This event is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be …

The Al Purdy A-Frame Residency application deadline

The Al Purdy house on Roblin Lake near Ameliasburgh, Ontario 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 of historic significance. Each year between mid-April and mid-November the house will be …

Wade in the Water – Poetry as an Invitation to Speak Together Differently

Fairmont Château Whistler Fairmont Château Whistler, 4599 Chateau Blvd, Whistler, British Columbia

Griffin Poetry Prize winner Eve Joseph joins fellow writers Yvonne Blomer, Lorna Crozier, Cecily Nicholson and Jason Stefanik for this much anticipated Whistler Writers Festival event. Learn more here.

d/Deaf Republic: Poets on d/Deafness

Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, London

Multi-award winning poets Raymond Antrobus, Ilya Kaminsky and Carcanet debutante Lisa Kelly share the stage to perform their latest work. The event explores both the poets’ personal experiences of d/Deafness as well as looking at a wider political and historical context in which d/Deaf communities have been marginalised. Learn more …