From the League of Canadian Poets: "This National Poetry Month, we invite you to celebrate with the theme of INTIMACY. We crave it. We fear it. We are ready to build walls against it and dive headfirst into its open arms. Intimacy is the closeness we feel with those who love us, given freely through... Continue Reading →
Wednesday, March 9th 2022 at 7pm EST - Online featuring Ellen Chang-Richardson, Tyler Pennock, Charlie Petch, Andrea Thompson, and Jennifer Hosein. You are invited to attend FIVE POETS, a free online event featuring Ellen Chang-Richardson, Tyler Pennock, Charlie Petch, Andrea Thompson, and Jennifer Hosein. This event is generously funded by the League of Canadian Poets.... Continue Reading →
On Sunday, February 27, 2022, The Draft Reading Series Will be hosting readings of unpublished work by Carlos Anthony, Samantha Garner, Tyler Pennock and Dharini Woollcombe. There will also be five additional authors who will be sharing brief readings: Rachel Barduhn, Darynell Beckford, Michaela Jones, Ceilidh Michelle and Sheila Murray. Check out the Announcement on their main page, HERE And Sign up Using the following Link:... Continue Reading →
HLR: "The Humber Literary Review, a literary and arts magazine, is excited to announce that it is now accepting submissions for its biennial emerging* Canadian writers fiction contest. All winning entries, including three honourable mentions, will be published in print in the Spring 2022 issue." Contest closing date is February 14, 2022! Winners receive publication in... Continue Reading →
"More than ever now we need writers to imagine a new future, to rebuild our world through stories. Through the Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program the University of Guelph nurtures and supports many voices and wide imaginaries who recognize the power of language to summon a different world. Please join us in to... Continue Reading →
September 16-26, 2021 Word On The Street is back again this year, with a very cool lineup of authors: "The Word On The Street Toronto is an annual celebration of storytelling, ideas and imagination, hosting Canada’s largest FREE book and magazine festival each September, and promoting great books by Canadian and Indigenous authors year-round." Click... Continue Reading →
Summer Symposium Series, Curated and Hosted by Safeword.arts Saturday, September 11th, 3pm EDT / 12 PDT "safeword welcomes artistic leaders from across the country to speak in the three-part Flip the Script! Summer Symposium Series. Each event will focus on different elements of storytelling that venture beyond assumptive, colonial paradigms and amplify practices that liberate... Continue Reading →
Earlier this Month, the Indigenous Voices Awards were announced. The IVAs were "established in 2017 to support and nurture the work of Indigenous writers in lands claimed by Canada. ... The Indigenous Voices Awards aim to support Indigenous literary production in its diversity and complexity." You can see the full list of the Short Listed... Continue Reading →
"Told in 150 words or less, these Micro-Climate stories voice our relationship to the Earth, the climate emergency, and the ways in which we grapple with a changing world on a human or local scale. Imagined by noted writers and scientists, all members of the University of Guelph community, these micro-climates offer charged glimpses into... Continue Reading →
Guernica Editions: Nature, Healing, and Community; For the 4th episode of Poets' 5 a 7, Guernica Editions brought Jennifer Hosein, and Tyler Pennock, for a conversation about poetry, imagery, process, and connection. Jennifer read from her recent release, A Map of Rain Days (2020), while Tyler read from Bones. They also engage in an illuminating... Continue Reading →
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