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How Not to Run a Reading Series!

Red Room Red Room, 85 E 4th St 3rd Floor, New York, NY

Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of a reading series? Join Liars' League host Andrew Lloyd-Jones as he introduces curators from four of New York's most successful reading series for this special 2019 Brooklyn Book Festival Event: Suzanne Dottino of KGB’s long-running Sunday Night Fiction, Rachel Lyon of …

Victor, Bissett and Pitts at the Art Bar Poetry Series

Free Times Cafe Free Times Cafe, 320 College Street, Toronto, Ontario

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 …

Transe Poétique

Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince

The inaugural edition of this festival will present works and poets under the theme "Poetry will save the world", a stirring phrase borrowed from poet guest of honour Jean-Pierre Siméon. Learn more here.

Poetry, a Conversation: China and the UK

University of Leeds University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds

Readings, lectures and more will foster a conversation between poets from China, the UK, and Singapore. Poets taking part include: Simon Armitage, Malika Booker, Kimberly Campanello, Ian Duhig, Zaffar Kunial, Madeleine Lee, Li Yuansheng, Lu Ye, Helen Mort, Na Ye, Jennifer Lee Tsai, Wang Jiaxin, John Whale, Eleanor Wong, Hai-Sui …

Healey and Dickson read at Poetry London (Ontario) Reading Series

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

The Poetry London Reading Series, in partnership with the London Public Library, hosts monthly readings and poetry workshops in London, Ontario. They bring a diverse list of Canada’s finest poets into London for readings, as well as providing a wide range of poetry-related opportunities for local writers and poetry aficionados. …