Hosted by the York University Write Club, in conjunction with York University Creative Writing, the Crossroads Literary and Reading Festival features guest speakers/readers from The Writers' Union of Canada, Wattpad, Lexical.ca, Word On The Street, Existere, Brick Literary Journal, untethered magazine, Dumagrad Books, Inspiritus Press, The Wattpad Literary Fiction Network, …
This relaxed but productive workshop for beginning poets, experienced poets, stalled poets, and haikuists who want to get beyond three lines is a Toronto institution! Poetry Boot Camp focuses on the pleasures of poetry and the riches that spontaneity brings, through lively directed writing strategies. You will write in ways …
In this workshop (which runs most Sundays from January 22nd to April 30th, with some exceptions), participants in person and online will study H.D.’s Collected Poems. Participants spend the first hour reading poems (aloud) and another hour writing. The writing portion takes the form of starting points and prompts drawn …
Rock 'n' Roll Poetry Open Mic is held the last Monday of the month at Otto's Shrunken Head (538 E 14th St) in the east village. Bring a guitar or two, a friend, or just yourself, your songs or your poetry. All levels and styles welcome. Learn more here. Return …
The inaugural Magazine Grands Prix feature 13 awards for individual creators and 13 for creative and editorial teams. The top two “Grands Prix” awards will recognize the editor of the year and the magazine of the year. Submissions are welcome from all Canadian magazines - large and small, niche, specialty …