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 …
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.
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 …
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 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 …
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 …
In the workshop, Hoa Nguyen will guide participants in engaging the tarot as a living device or entity matrix to consult as they create. Internationally renowned poet and tarot adept Nguyen will read from her work after the 2-hour workshop. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
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 …
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 …
The Diana Brebner Prize is awarded yearly for the best poem written by a National Capital Region poet, who has not yet been published in book form. The prize honours the late Diana Brebner, an award-winning Ottawa-based poet who was devoted to fostering literary talent among new, local writers. Learn …
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 …
Dream of seeing yourself onstage at the Vancouver Writers Fest one day? Submit your best, unpublished writing to our Short Story and Poetry Contest! Past contest winners include Festival authors and many other talented writers from across Canada. Entries will be judged by authors Théodora Armstrong, Chelene Knight and Sam …
Denise Chong, the 2017-2018 Writer-in-Residence for the Calgary Distinguished Writers Program, will give a public reading at the Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre on September 8th. Departing 2016-2017 Writer-in-Residence Shane Book will also speak at the event. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
After a successful first event, the Dunedin Literary Festival returns this year on a new date: Saturday September 9th, 2017. Known as “Words in the Woods” due to its beautiful location, this year’s festival promises more of everything: more authors, more music, more literary discussions, more art & activities, more …
The Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, founded in 1989 by Governor General Award winner Leon Rooke, has been hosting a literary picnic on the idyllic banks of the Eramosa River for over 25 years. The Festival is a nationally acclaimed literary event, treasured by book lovers and authors, and widely respected …
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 …
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 Walrus Foundation is delighted to announce the sixth annual $4,000 Walrus Poetry Prize and $1,000 Readers’ Choice Award, generously supported by the Hal Jackman Foundation. Celebrated poet and novelist Margaret Atwood will choose this year’s winner from a shortlist compiled by Jordan Abel, 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize winner, and …
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 …
2017 Writer-in-Residence at Queen's University, poet Karen Solie gives her inaugural reading on campus. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
Since 1990, The Word On The Street has proudly hosted the finest talent in Canadian literature. The next festival in Halifax is shaping up to be another great one. Check out the authors and artists appearing this year. Learn more here. Return to the International Poetry Calendar.
In this workshop (which runs Sundays from September 17th to December 10th), participants in person and online will read and write through a tryptich of books by women writers that enact myth in their poetics: Theresa Hak Cha, Alice Notley, and Joanne Kyger. Participants spend the first hour reading poems …
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 …
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 Tranzac Club’s Tiki Room in Toronto are by Lynn Crosbie, Allison LaSorda and Safiya Sinclair. Learn more here. Return to the International …
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 …
The Mighty RVWS returns from a summer of dining on torrid pocketbook romances and sunset barbeques at the beach to bring you six amazing writers this September: Monica Meneghetti, author of What the Mouth Wants, Caitlin Press Curtis AuCoin Gary Barwin, author of No TV for Woodpeckers, Wolsak and Wynn …
Hear readings from the ten collections chosen by the Forward judges from poetry published in the UK and the Republic of Ireland over the last 12 months. Between the readings, see the nation’s most coveted poetry prizes awarded live on stage. Michael Longley, Emily Berry, Sinéad Morrissey, Tara Bergin and …
The Forward Prizes for Poetry are the most coveted awards for poetry published in Britain and Ireland: they have played a key role in bringing contemporary poetry to the attention of the wider public for over a quarter of a century. They were set up in 1992 by philanthropist William …
The Sidney and Peninsula Literary Festival celebrates readers and writers and the books that bring them together. The festival is supported by granting agencies, local businesses, other arts organizations and individual donors. The festival extends special thanks to Tanner’s Books, for their continued support and generous sponsorship, and to the …
Wigtown is a traditional market town, set in the beautiful countryside of Dumfries & Galloway, south-west Scotland. It is also Scotland's National Book Town, a designation that reflects its dozen or so secondhand bookshops and annual literary festival. Founded in 1999, the 10-day Wigtown Book Festival is now one of …
Since 2011, The Word On The Street Lethbridge has proudly hosted a wide and diverse range of literary talent from across Canada. Their seventh annual festival is shaping up to be another great one. Check out the authors and artists appearing this year! Learn more here. Return to the International …
Since 2011, The Word On The Street Saskatoon has proudly hosted a wide and diverse range of literary talent from across Canada. Their seventh annual festival is shaping up to be another great one. Check out the authors and artists appearing this year! Learn more here. Return to the International …
In this workshop (which runs Sundays from September 17th to December 10th), participants in person and online will read and write through a tryptich of books by women writers that enact myth in their poetics: Theresa Hak Cha, Alice Notley, and Joanne Kyger. Participants spend the first hour reading poems …
Since 1990, The Word On The Street has proudly hosted the finest talent in Canadian literature. Check out the lineup of authors and artists who will appear at the 28th festival on Sunday, September 24, 2017. 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 …
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 …
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 …
Kingston WritersFest, a charitable cultural organization, brings the best of contemporary writers to Kingston to interact with audiences and other artists for mutual inspiration, education, and the exchange of ideas that literature provokes. Through readings, performance, onstage discussion and master classes, Kingston WritersFest fosters intellectual and emotional growth on a …
Fog Lit is a not for profit festival for readers and writers of all ages. They offer a modern all inclusive family festival, providing an exciting lineup of mainstream events, workshops, panel discussions and readings. Fog Lit Festival’s aim is to encourage reading and writing, while recognizing the achievements of …
Contains Strong Language is a major new national spoken word and poetry festival in Hull. Starting on National Poetry Day, Thursday 28 September, with local, national and international poets, Contains Strong Language is a celebration of new and existing word craft inspired by our literary city. Learn more here. Return …
What poems thrill us as readers, and why? How do we find a poem’s form? What ideals are we striving for in our own writing? These are the sorts of practical and philosophical questions we’ll ask in this eight-week colloquium for writers wanting to explore topics in poetry as a …
Experience an exciting landmark event on National Poetry Day 2017 at Jupiter Artland, where we will be presenting the work of seminal Scottish poet Don Paterson. Situated in the mysterious and culturally significant grounds of Jupiter Artland, among key contemporary art works, Paterson will read from selected works for this …
The City of Edmonton Youth Council and City of Edmonton present the Youth Poet Laureate in Edmonton, Alberta. We have a proud of tradition of poets laureate within Canada and Edmonton continues to be a leader in ensuring that the work of youth poets is celebrated through the Youth Poet …
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 …
In this workshop (which runs Sundays from September 17th to December 10th), participants in person and online will read and write through a tryptich of books by women writers that enact myth in their poetics: Theresa Hak Cha, Alice Notley, and Joanne Kyger. Participants spend the first hour reading poems …