The Loft’s Wordplay aims to be the biggest celebration of readers, writers, and great books that Minnesota has ever seen. Imagine a weekend full of famous authors and celebrated books; a weekend of readings, conversations, workshops, kids’ activities, demonstrations, and one-of-a-kind happenings with outdoor stages, cooking stages, book signings, quiet …
Winners of the BC Book Prizes, including the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, will be announced at the BC Book Prizes Gala at the Pinnacle Hotel Harbourfront in Vancouver. Learn more here.
In a turbulent world where news is fake and facts are fiction, books, words and ideas have never been more vital. As portals to new worlds and ways of seeing, they have a special magic that guides, provokes and illuminates us. Programmed in partnership with the National Centre for Writing, …
The competition awards $3,000 in cash prizes and publication in three categories: fiction, poetry and creative non-fiction. The poetry entry is a suite of five related poems (maximum 15 pages). Learn more here.
This is a facilitated retreat for eight poets who have a publication record of at least one book of poetry or the equivalent in periodicals and are working towards manuscript completion. The colloquium offers a small group context. Focus will be on individual manuscript consultations and on seminar discussions dealing …