West Cork itself is one of the most beautiful art galleries on the planet. At every turn there are incredible vistas and on every corner you are likely to bump into a practitioner of the arts. The seventh Skibbereen Arts Festival pays homage to this fabric of our community with …
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 …
Resonance is a monthly reading series of original creative writing and other text based collaborations. It's based at Café Résonance, Montreal. This month's readings are by Stevie Howell, Tessa Liem, Cam Terwilliger, Katharine Beeman and Darryl Whetter. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Imagined Landscapes is a collaboration between 2004 Griffin Poetry Prize winner Anne Simpson and photographer John Berridge. "The poems of Imagined Landscapes were written specifically for this exhibit. While the photos and poems have their own integrity, rather than illustrating each other, they “speak” in a conversation. The inspiration comes …
The Fables for the 21st Century program invites emerging and established Canadian writers to explore and re-imagine our individual and collective identities, through the creation of an anthology of 10 stories. Emerging and established writers of any genre who wish to create an original short piece for inclusion in the …
South Shore Poetry Night features readings by Alice Burdick, Michelle Elrick, Cory Lavender, Nanci Lee and Beth Munroe. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The RL Poetry Award is an initiative of Ræd Leaf Poetry India, a not-for-profit trust that supports poetry and allied arts. The award celebrates the enduring significance of poetry across the world, and its continuing significance to world literature. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The intent of the Back Roads Reading series is to bring regional and national writers and poets to audiences in the Northeast Kingdom and Eastern Townships in Vermont, so people have the chance to hear authors read their work and to meet them personally. After each reading everyone is invited …
A celebration of two new books by two of the hottest spoken word artists in the country. Sheri-D Wilson will launch her 10th book of poetry, The Book of Sensations (U of C Press) which is the first book in their new, Brave and Brilliant Series. And C.R. Avery will …
Evenings by the river are more interesting in the summer! The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, in partnership with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, is proud to present the 3nd annual Readings by the River program. This program provides the evening river crowd a chance to experience an eclectic mix of authors and …
Exploring acts of opposition and disobedience – the essential needs of poetry in a cracked and porous world – this event brings together five Canadian poets, including Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate. A key part of the country’s multicultural mosaic, these poems of beauty and knowledge honour Canada’s 150th anniversary. Learn …
All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative writing workshop moderated led by Library Coordinator Maggie Queeney. In August, we focus on the villanelle, an intricate, rhymed French form rooted in Italian folk song. The group will explore a wide variety of villanelles. A creative workshop, where participants …
Montreal-based poets Klara du Plessis and Jeramy Dodds will discuss their forthcoming books - Ekke (Palimpsest Press, 2018) and Drakkar Noir (Coach House Books, 2017) respectively - via a Facebook Live discussion. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
This event at Rick’s Cafe in Kensington Market features readings by Ruby Brunton, Zoe Imani Sharpe, Sennah Yee, Natalie Wee, Rhiannon Collette and Em Ya'akov Liberman. 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 …
Calgary Spoken Word Society, Single Onion Poetry Society and Free Fall Magazine are having a poetry contest for Canada’s 150. The poem should be no more than 600 lines and no longer than a five-minute reading time. All the poems must deal with Canada and our 150th birthday. Poems can …
Evenings by the river are more interesting in the summer! The Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, in partnership with Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, is proud to present the 3nd annual Readings by the River program. This program provides the evening river crowd a chance to experience an eclectic mix of authors and …
Exploring acts of opposition and disobedience – the essential needs of poetry in a cracked and porous world – this event brings together five Canadian poets, including Canada's Parliamentary Poet Laureate. A key part of the country’s multicultural mosaic, these poems of beauty and knowledge honour Canada’s 150th anniversary. Learn …
Three days of poetry, a billion poets (well, maybe 100), eight minute time slots to share their writing. We listen to a bunch of poems. We hang out. We have fun. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
The Courtyard readings at the Scottish Poetry Library are open to poets at all stages of their development. If you would like to come along and read your work or poems by another writer, just come along. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Poesiomat - the Poetry Jukebox, is an on-street sound installation that provides an innovative new platform for poetry. It is curated by poets Maria McManus and Deirdre Cartmill. Submissions are being requested for the first Poetry Jukebox in the island of Ireland, which will be launched as part of the …
The BBC Radio 3 Proms Poetry Competition challenges entrants to write a poem inspired by any piece of music in this year's Proms season. There are two age categories: ages 12-18 and 19 plus. Poems will be judged by poets Ian McMillan and Jacob Polley. Learn more here. Return to …
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 …
All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative workshop moderated by Poetry Foundation Library Coordinator Maggie Queeney. In August, Forms & Features will explore ephemeral poetry, verse written on a variety of physical objects. The group will explore the connections and tensions between the physical and poetic in …
To join this bike-themed introduction to spoken word workshop, you don't need to have much experience with either bikes or poetry - just a willingness to try something new! We'll look to cycling for inspiration and work with both elements of spoken word: writing and performing. Learn more here. Return …
All experience levels are welcome to a discussion and creative writing workshop moderated led by Library Coordinator Maggie Queeney. In August, we focus on the villanelle, an intricate, rhymed French form rooted in Italian folk song. The group will explore a wide variety of villanelles. A creative workshop, where participants …
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 …
Sawdust is so proud to present an incredible double feature night of spoken word excellence with Urban Legends dynamos Apollo the Child and Blue, two of Ottawa's finest. Please join us in our new digs at Bar Robo for what is sure to be an unforgettable night of poetry! Come …
Since Robin Robertson's A Painted Field in 1997, Picador has been publishing groundbreaking, award-winning and breathtaking poetry. Amongst the roll call of fine poets are some of the UK's greatest literary voices. Join current editor, the award-winning poet Don Paterson, as he presents a selection including the multiple prize-winning Robertson …
The Robert Graves Prize is launched this year as an exciting new collaboration between the Roehampton Poetry Centre and Wimbledon BookFest. It is named for one of the major figures of twentieth century poetry and encourages entries from all around the world. The Prize will be given for the best …
This Anstruther Press launch at Rick’s Cafe in Kensington Market features readings by Stewart Cole, Ally Fleming and Takatsu. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Greenbelt is a festival of arts, faith and justice. The best you’ve never heard of. Greenbelt saw its first edition way back in 1974 and has hosted its annual festival every single year since. But thinking of Greenbelt as just another ‘festival’ doesn’t do it justice. It is also an …
For more than three decades, Melbourne Writers Festival has been bringing together the talent and ideas of the best writers from Australia and around the world, to create a unique moment in time which is the highlight of Melbourne’s literary calendar. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
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 …
On Tuesday, 29 August, 4pm, the Scottish Poetry Library will honour its founder, Tessa Ransford, with the unveiling of a special plaque, made by Beltane Studios in Peebles. Ransford’s family will be in attendance. The broader poetry community is welcome to attend. After the unveiling, there will be a reception …
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 …
Rachel McCrum’s first full collection, The First Blast to Awaken Women Degenerate, offers poems which are rooted in place and landscape. Join McCrum for a reading as she returns to Scotland for the collection's launch. She'll discuss how place, whether inhabited or longed for, can inform and effect poetry. Learn …
Designed to honor the legacy of one of the most original and accomplished poets to emerge in recent years — and to reward outstanding poets for years to come — the Max Ritvo Poetry Prize awards $10,000 and publication by Milkweed Editions to the author of a debut collection of …
A Wayzgoose was the traditional party given by a master printer to his workmen at the summer's end, when the season of working by candlelight began. Coach House Books' annual Wayzgoose is more of a collegial get-together when friends, authors and readers can visit the Coach House, tour the premises …
The Poetry Extension brings together poets from around the world, one face-melting gig at a time. The fourth event is online only. This edition of The Poetry Extension welcomes the following megawatt poets: Rachael Allen, Livia Franchini, Harmony Holiday, Holly Pester and Dave Silverberg, along with host Natalya Anderson. Learn …
For over forty years PN Review has been a place to discover new poems in English and in translation from around the world. In 2017, the first annual PN Review Prize will reward the best new poem and best new translation, written anywhere in the world, with cash prizes and …
Many countries around the world, including the United Kingdom and the United States have appointed official poets laureate to help expand the understanding and appreciation for written poetry. Canada has also recognized this through the creation of this position. Nominated candidates must meet eligibility and selection criteria . In order …