2014 Griffin shortlisted poet Rachael Boast launches her new collection, Hotel Raphael, on May 27th with an event that's also a fundraiser for the Ichthyosis Support Group. You can register for the launch here: https://bit.ly/3uY8fzT or donate to the fundraiser anytime in May, which is Ichthyosis Awareness Month: https://bit.ly/3yhvnLU. "Hotel …
Catch this conversation between Valzhyna Mort and Rick Barot live on YouTube. 1pm PT / 2pm MT / 4pm ET Valzhyna Mort's book Music for the Dead and Resurrected is on the international shortlist for our 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize. Rick Barot's book The Galleons was longlisted for the National …
Join past Griffin winner Anne Carson and Rosanna Bruno to discuss their new comic-book collaboration based on Euripides’s famous tragedy. Register for this free Zoom event here: https://bit.ly/34lwJrh 4pm PT / 5pm MT / 7pm ET Hosted by McNally Jackson Books Read more about this book and event …
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 …