Writing on the Wall is a dynamic, Liverpool-based community organisation that coordinates projects and events that celebrate writing in all its forms. They work with a broad and inclusive definition of writing that embraces literature, creative writing, journalism and non-fiction, poetry, songwriting, and storytelling. Writing on the Wall works with …
Where poets, composers and performers come together - Art Song Lab is a multi-month collaborative experience that culminates in a week-long program comprising rehearsals, workshops, forums, community building, and concerts. Successful applicants are paired in January. They then have about three months to create a brand-new art song from scratch. …
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 …
As part of the celebrations to mark their first anniversary in their sparkling new home on Charing Cross Road, Foyles welcomes back Simon Armitage CBE, who performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Poetry Department last year. On Wednesday 3rd June, Simon will reflect on his journey captured in his latest …
Annually, the readings by the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlisted poets are highly anticipated. Again in 2015, the readings will be held at beautiful Koerner Hall, Telus Centre for Performance and Learning, part of The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. The evening will also include the announcement of the Griffin …
The Griffin Poetry Prize International and Canadian winners will be announced at a gala awards evening, and immediately shared via the Griffin Poetry Prize web site and social media channels. Take a look back at the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize winners. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The conversation with Tomasz Rozycki will focus on his career as a poet, essayist and translator, and will be held in English, with readings of his work in Polish by Rozycki himself and its English translations by Antonia Lloyd-Jones, a renowned translator of Polish literature in the UK. Learn more …
The Annikki Poetry Festival (established in 2003) has grown to be one of Finland’s foremost poetry events. The festival’s focus is still on poetry, although it has expanded to also include prose, music and the visual arts. The Annikki Poetry Festival aims to vitalize contemporary poetics and to put together …
From June 9th to 13th, Poetry International Rotterdam will present for the 46th time the most noteworthy poetry of the groundbreaking great masters, alongside that of new and original poetic talents from around the world. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
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 …
William Butler Yeats was one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. Yeats 2015 is a year long event taking place, not only across the poet's home country of Ireland, but around the world. Learn more here. Return to …
The Winnipeg Public Library is seeking applications for the 2015 - 2016 edition of its Writer-in-Residence program. From an office at Winnipeg's Millennium Library, the Writer-in-Residence will work with emerging Manitoba writers by email and phone as well as through individual consultations, group workshops and public programs within Winnipeg. The …
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 …
2009 Griffin Poetry Prize winner AF Moritz reads from his new book, Sequence, along with fellow poets Ian Burgham (Midnight, Quattro Books), Chris Chambers (Thrillows & Despairos, Wolsak & Wynn) and Catherine Graham (Her Red Hair Rises With the Wings of Insects, Wolsak & Wynn). Learn more here. Return to …
The beautiful cliff-top setting of Sewerby Hall in Bridlington plays host to the annual Bridlington Poetry Festival, which began in 2010. Bridlington Poetry Festival is organised by Wordquake, East Riding Library Service's unique project to promote reading and live literature in the East Riding. Wordquake runs projects across the East …
National Poet of Scotland Liz Lochhead headlines a fundraiser for the Scottish Poetry Library. Also on the bill: Edinburgh Makar Christine De Luca, poet Ron Butlin with music by Rudsambee Company of Singers. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
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 …
New York's Bryant Park Reading Room features readings from the following contingent of the Canadian poets: George Elliott Clarke, Aaron Kreuter, Kateri Lanthier, Pearl Pirie, Wanda O’Connor, Brent Raycroft and Sonnet L'Abbé. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
C.K. Williams and Gerald Stern will read during the poetry series on Saturday, June 27, at 7 p.m. The reading is part of Drew University’s MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation June residency and reading series. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, for more than two years Shab-e She’r has been bridging the gap between diverse poetry communities, bringing together people from different ethnicities, nationalities, ages, disabilities, religions (or lack thereof), poetic styles, voices and visions. The featured poets this evening are …
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 …
The Calgary Public Library invites applications for the position of Author in Residence for the fall of 2016, subject to funding approval. The program is based at the Central Library. The residency is designed to champion the joy of reading, foster an understanding of the craft of writing and connect …
The POP Montreal International Music Festival and Matrix Magazine have once again joined forces to offer North America's most innovative and exciting literary competition. We are looking for great stories and poems that really pop. Winners will get their work published in Matrix, and get free travel to POP Montreal …
A day of readings and discussions to celebrate contemporary poetry, and make links between literary communities in Britain and Canada. This is the last in a series of Knowledge Exchange events funded by a grant from Lancaster University's Faculty of Art and Social Science Enterprise scheme, and kindly hosted by …
As explained in the Parliament of Canada Act, the Parliamentary Poet Laureate may: write poetry, especially for use in Parliament on important occasions sponsor poetry readings advise the Parliamentary Librarian regarding the Library’s collection and acquisitions to enrich its cultural materials, and, perform other related duties at the request of …