All knife | fork | book readings events happen Thursday evenings (unless otherwise noted). Doors open at 6:30 pm at Rick’s Cafe in Kensington Market. This event's featured guest is poet Kate Sutherland. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Independent Scottish poetry publishing is going from strength to strength. This festive fair at the Scottish Poetry Library is always a popular event. Come along for a glass of wine and hear the poems, meet the publishers and buy the pamphlets. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Two great friends — Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and Poet Laureate of the NYBG whose poems are on the grounds of the Garden this winter, and beloved Irish poet and former Vassar College Professor Eamon Grennan — read their own poems and have a dialogue on their experience …
Established in 1966, the League of Canadian Poets is a national non-profit organization dedicated to supporting, engaging, and promoting poets and poetry in Canada. The League of Canadian Poets is seeking a new Administrative Director to join its team. The Administrative Director is responsible for overseeing, administering, and improving the …
In our annual celebration of Emily Dickinson's birthday, award-winning poet Tracy K. Smith reads Dickinson's work and discusses the great significance of her legacy. Smith is joined by Dr. David DeVorkin, Senior Curator of Astronomy for the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, to talk about astronomy from a 19th …