The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
Come to Queen Books on March 28 for the Toronto launch of What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation, featuring readings and conversations with Linda Besner, Karen Solie, Rob Taylor, Phoebe Wang and special guests. Bring your friends! This event is free and open to the public. Books …
Be part of the first ever South Asian Women's Writing Circle in Markham, led by arts educator and author Sheniz Janmohamed. Aspiring writers in any genre between the ages of 18-80 are eligible. Learn more here.
National Poetry Month is a month-long celebration of poetry established by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and observed since 1999 in Canada. As the Academy of American Poets states, National Poetry Month is meant to widen the attention of individuals and the media to the art of poetry, …
Every April, O, Miami produces the O, Miami Poetry Festival, a month-long initiative with the mission of every single person in Miami-Dade County encountering a poem. Past O, Miami participants have included Anne Carson, Kay Ryan, Juan Felipe Herrera, W.S. Merwin, Raúl Zurita, Kevin Young, Robert Hass, Patricia Smith, Antibalas, …