At 10:30pm EST (7:30pm PST), as part of Planet Earth Poetry's weekly reading series, Tyler Pennock will read as feature for the evening. The evening will begin at 10:30 Eastern Time, 7:30 Pacific Time - starting with an open mic. Check it out! (Eventbrite Checkout also below) Are you a new or established poet who... Continue Reading →
"University of Guelph OpenEd is pleased to announce that creative writer and author Tyler Pennock will be joining the list of experienced instructors this winter. [Tyler] Pennock will be teaching Writing Poetry, an elective course in the Creative Writing Certificate program." (Links provided by OpenEd) Starting in February, Tyler Pennock will start teaching poetry writing for Continuing Ed... Continue Reading →
is up and running! Today marks the beginning of a selection of you-must-not-miss events: "Launched in 2015, Naked Heart is one of the largest LGBTQ literary festivals in the world and the most racially diverse literary festival in Ontario. This festival that takes places in the Church and Wellesley neighbourhood of Toronto includes workshops, panels, performances and... Continue Reading →
Begins today - running from November 25th to December 6, 2020! Once again, the annual (and awesome) festival for development of Indigenous theatre and performance begins - - TODAY! Native Earth Performing Arts: "Native Earth is thrilled to announce our 33rd annual Weesageechak Begins to Dance – the online edition! This year’s festival has adapted to our current reality and... Continue Reading →
Poets Corner: "Every week we bring you a One Minute Poem by a poet with a recently published collection. Each poem clocks in at under one minute, and we post it on our freshly minted YouTube channel. We also carry it on our social media platforms: Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Click on the thumbnail poster below for a link... Continue Reading →
Billy-Ray Belcourt & Tyler Pennock Toronto International Festival of Authors Presents: "Prepare to feel moved by two of Canada’s most highly anticipated debut authors. Driftpile Cree Nation poet and youngest winner of the Griffin Prize, Billy-Ray Belcourt, presents A History of my Brief Body, accounting his personal history and reconciliation with the world he was born... Continue Reading →
Toronto International Festival of Authors Event: "Celebrate the 45th Anniversary of Brick Books, the only press in Canada that specializes in publishing poetry books. Based in London, Ontario, the press was started by Stan Dragland and Don McKay in 1975 with the publishing of chapbooks, and has grown to publish full-length volumes of authors’ works, while... Continue Reading →
Starting September 20, 2020 ... Ok - this is all kinds of cool: In a little over a week, the THIN AIR 2020 Virtual writers festival will open. It's going to be an ONLINE collection of awesome readings, conversations, and other things where many authors get to showcase their works: "In just over a week,... Continue Reading →
Thursday August 27, 2020 830pm - 10pm EST On GDTV! and Glad Day's Facebook Page Glad Day Book Shop and MJ Lyons Presenting: "Glad Day pays tribute to our history of sexual liberation and sexually charged art with stories that are intended to titillate and tantalize. This special livestreamed event will feature several smut and... Continue Reading →
In partnership with The League of Canadian Poets, a night of poetry ... Friday August 29, 2020. 8:00pm EST In Australia, Saturday August 29, 10:00am AEST "Heartbreak, hope, memory, body, trauma, motherhood, mayhem, love, self, queerness, oppression, resilience, addiction and…cephalopods. Grab your favourite beverage, pull up a chair and listen to a selection of the... Continue Reading →
