This one-act opera, an adaptation of a short story by Thomas Hardy, explores the power of the imagination and the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Composer Huw Watkins teams up with poet and librettist David Harsent on this production. Learn more here.
Enjoy poets Phil Hall, David O'Meara and Sandra Ridley, reading their poetry and in conversation, as part of Arnprior Expressions,'The Poetry of Place', at the Arnprior Public Library. Learn more here.
The Word On The Street is Canada's national celebration of literacy and the written word. Each September, in communities coast to coast, the public is invited to participate in hundreds of author events, presentations and workshops and to browse a marketplace that boasts the best selection of Canadian books and …
The Festival International de la Poésie (English: International Festival of Poetry) is an annual poetry festival held in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, Canada. In the late '70s, the idea of promoting a large-scale event around poetry hatched in the mind of the co-founder of the Écrits des Forges publishing house, Gaston Bellemare. …
This workshop aims to use the reading of contemporary poetry as a springboard for improving your own writing, as finding out how you can become a published poet. In a relaxed, friendly, group, you will read and discuss a range of excellent poems by leading lights of the UK poetry …