On Friday May 28, Jordan Abel, winner of the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize, presents NISHGA, an autobiographical meditation on the impact of Canada’s residential school system and how it affects contemporary Indigenous existence. Abel will be in conversation with Billy-Ray Belcourt, winner of the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. This is …
Border Crossings’ Origins Festival, the UK’s only large-scale multidisciplinary festival of Indigenous arts and culture, is celebrating its seventh edition! On June 3rd, Liz Howard joins Matthew James Weigel for an exciting reading and talk. Liz Howard won the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize for her debut poetry collection Infinite Citizen …
Librairie Drawn & Quarterly and McClelland & Stewart present Jordan Abel launching Nishga, in conversation with Ian Williams. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3dZx8Fo Find the book here: https://bit.ly/2Pyb1ML More info on their webstore here: http://mtl.drawnandquarterly.com/posts/webstore-faq NISHGA As a Nisga'a writer, Jordan Abel often finds himself in a position where he is asked to explain …
Established in memory of writer Bronwen Wallace, this award has a proven track record of helping talented developing authors get their first book deal. Two $10,000 prizes will be given for outstanding works of unpublished poetry and short fiction. The prize is sponsored by Royal Bank of Canada. Due to …
South Bank Poetry Editor Katherine Lockton runs regular Saturday poetry writing classes online. Join South Bank Poetry for their online programme of poetry writing classes, which provide a fun, personal and accessible approach to learning how to write poetry, in a friendly environment that puts the student’s learning experience first. …