Referred to as “one of America’s most original, influential, and productive of lyric poets,” Carl Phillips is the author of a dozen books of poetry and two works of criticism. He was born in Everett, Washington in 1959, and his family moved frequently around the United States. He earned a …
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 …
Established in memory of poet Bronwen Wallace, this award alternates each year between short fiction and poetry. The 2017 prize will be given for an outstanding work of poetry. As Ms. Wallace’s first book was not published until she was 35, this annual award is given to a writer below …
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Trillium Book Award, the Ontario Media Development Corporation is hosting a series of author readings by several previous winners and last year’s finalists. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and Readings will begin at 7:00 p.m. These readings are free and open to the …
Pivot presents the writers breathing life into Canadian literary culture. Established and emerging, time-tested and fresh; they're what's happening in literature, right now. This evening's readings at The Steady Café on Bloor West in Toronto are by Susan Holbrook, Sue Sinclair, Nick Thran and Phoebe Wang. Learn more here. Return …
The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) celebrates diversity in literature by promoting diverse authors and stories in Brampton, Ontario – one of Canada’s most culturally diverse cities. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The 1000 Islands Writers Festival brings together leading Canadian writers and their audiences in picturesque riverside settings to explore and be inspired by the literary world. Originally founded as the Gananoque Literary Festival in 2015, the festival was renamed in the fall of 2016 to reflect its relationship with communities …
The Ontario Book Publishers Organization invites submissions until May 8, 2017 (extended deadline) for the What’s Your Story? Short Prose and Poetry Competition for Emerging Writers. This writing competition is part of What’s Your Story?, a series of events that celebrates the literary communities in four different community hubs: Etobicoke, …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
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 …
Open Sesame is thrilled to host an evening with Toronto-based writer Sarah Pinder, who will read from her new book Common Place (Coach House, 2017), and Laurie D. Graham (now based in Kitchener!), who will also present recent poetry. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The Brockton Writers Series (BWS) is a bi-monthly literary reading series founded in November, 2009. The series’ vision is to host writers who reflect Canadian literature and Canadian diversity, defining diversity to include: established and emerging writers, writers of colour, queer writers, younger and older writers, aboriginal writers and other …
From the Arc Poetry Magazine Poem of the Year shortlist of 10, Arc asks you, the readers, to pick your favourite and vote for one poem to be the Readers' Choice Award winner. The poem with the most votes will receive the $250 Readers’ Choice Award. Learn more here. Return …
The Scottish Poetry Library, in association with the Edinburgh International Book Festival and Creative Scotland, are delighted to present a unique showcase forum and live performance confronting performance poetry, the ethics of slam and talking tough sensitivity in two very different scenes: Scotland and Australia. Learn more here. Return to …
Loud Poets is delighted to announce that they will be hosting poetry legend Shane Koyczan in Glasgow University Union, Glasgow. Shane Koyczan is a Canadian spoken word poet, past U.S. Slam Champion and winner of the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Check out a brand new Poetry Magazine Fair on Saturday May 13th 2017, at the church hall at Holy Redeemer, Exmouth Markets, Clerkenwell, London EC1R 4QE. It's free entry to browse a hall packed full of current UK poetry magazines, with pop-up readings throughout the day! Learn more here. Return …
Join Tightrope Books at The Aga Khan Museum for the third annual “Meet Me/Writers on Rights” Human Rights poetry event. Co-hosted by Tightrope Books publisher Jim Nason and author Farzana Doctor and featuring readings related to human rights issues by ten acclaimed poets from some of Canada’s top independent publishers: …
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 …
The Montreal International Poetry Prize is committed to encouraging the creation of original works of poetry, to building cross-national readership and to exploring the world’s Englishes. The prize is a non-profit organization comprised of an advisory board, an editorial board, a prize judge, directors and interns. The editors and prize …
In his forthcoming book House of Names, award-winning author (and Griffin trustee) Colm Tóibín inhabits the mind of one of Greek mythology’s most divisive characters, Clytemnestra, retelling her tragic story of power, deception, and murder. Tóibín’s humanizing portrait of Agamemnon’s wife and killer imagines the love, lust, and pain that …
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 Sawdust Reading Series is an Ottawa-based series shining a light on both sung and unsung Ottawa poets. The Sawdust Reading Series events occur on the third Wednesday of the month at 7 pm at Pour Boy, 495 Somerset St. W. in Ottawa, Ontario. Events include an open mic, a …
Pivot presents the writers breathing life into Canadian literary culture. Established and emerging, time-tested and fresh; they're what's happening in literature, right now. This evening's readings at The Steady Café on Bloor West in Toronto are by Linda Besner, Kate Cayley, Steven Heighton and Suzannah Showler. Learn more here. Return …
Join Wolsak and Wynn as they launch new poetry, fiction, and non-fiction from imprint Buckrider Books: No TV for Woodpeckers by Gary Barwin, Dear Ghost by Catherine Owen, The Heavy Bear by Tim Bowling and Yardwork: The Biography of an Urban Place by Daniel Coleman. Learn more here. Return to …
Word on the Lake Writers' Festival is a major literary event bringing together writers, readers, editors and publishers in an exciting and stimulating three day festival. Sessions will include both skill development workshops and open forums with authors based on questions and answers in an intimate setting. Learn more here. …
Before taking up the mantle of Scots Makar, poet Liz Lochhead was an art teacher in Cumbernauld. She takes you on a journey through her work and inspirations, investigating how poetry informs our understanding of where we’re from. This event is part of ReimagiNation: Cumbernauld, a festival weekend marking seventy …
On July 26–29, 2017, the Poetry Foundation and Crescendo Literary will host the second annual poetry incubator for emerging poets who engage with community through their creative practice. Over three days of workshops and talks, a cohort of twenty-four incubator fellows will learn from faculty, explore best practices for their …
Poetic Justice is honoured to have the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize winner as one of its two featured poets. If you haven’t heard or read Jane Munro’s work, you’re in for a special treat. Jane will be joined by Ian Williams, one of her biggest fans; in fact, they have …
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 …
Catherine Owen reads from her latest collection, Dear Ghost, joined by Marion Fuessel and Doug Langille. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Every week, Prairie Fire receives new and exciting fiction, poetry and non-fiction by Canadian authors and publishers to review, and they need people to review them! They will send you free books by fantastic Canadian talent and you provide a succinct (under 1000 words) review of each book in return. …
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, Pre-burial, has the following featured guests: Neil Surkan, Alexandra Caufin, Fan Wu, Noor Naga and Joshua Whitehead, with host Andre Babyn. Learn more …
Du 29 mai au 4 juin, le Festival de la poésie de Montréal fêtera son dix-huitième printemps, déjà ! Pour célébrer sa majorité, il fera tout un « party » avec une Nuit (métal) de la poésie, un événement-hommage à Nicole Brossard, l'Argentine comme pays à l'honneur, l'incontournable Marché de …
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
The most diverse poetry reading and open mic in Toronto, 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. At Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) we don’t just wait for diversity …
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 …
Established in memory of poet Bronwen Wallace, this award alternates each year between short fiction and poetry. The 2017 prize will be given for an outstanding work of poetry. As Ms. Wallace’s first book was not published until she was 35, this annual award is given to a writer below …
The Niagara Branch of the Canadian Authors Association is holding its 32nd Annual Poetry Anthology contest for residents of Ontario. Entries must be in English, previously unpublished and not submitted for consideration elsewhere. Number of entries is unlimited, but no more than six poems from one poet will be included …
The BOAAT Chapbook Prize is awarded annually to a single poet, at any point in their literary career. The guest judge for 2017 is Natalie Diaz. Based in Virginia, BOAAT publishes poetry collections, chapbook and an online journal of poetry. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The League of Canadian Poets’ 2017 AGM and conference will take place in Toronto from June 9 to 11, 2017. The League is excited to have its annual awards celebration, feminist caucus programming, members-only events and much, much more. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The Aspiring Canadian Poets Contest provides an opportunity to shine a spotlight on unpublished Canadian poets. Launched by Heidi M. Stock in April (National Poetry Month) 2012, this contest invites the participation of Canadian poets who have not published any of their original creative writing (poems or prose). The 2017 …
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 features readings by Lise Gaston, Emily Izsak, Michael Belcher and Jessi MacEachern. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.