December 13 5:00 pm
acts of attention, an in-person poetry reading with KLARA DU PLESSIS, PATRICK O’REILLY, and SONYA SMITH
Monday, December 13, 5 à 7
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December 15 7:30 pm
Wendy Donawa & Chantal Gibson, online, 7:30 PT
Full info here!
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December 16 7:00 pm
Solstice Fest, online (Zoom) with Argo Reading Series
Zoe Shaw, Ilona Martonfi, Anna Dowdall, Harold Hoefle,
Simone Pitot, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Deanna Radford, H. Nigel Thomas
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January 20 5:30 pm
Poetry Matters | Poetry Reading with Jeff Dolven
More info here!
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January 21 7:00 pm
Atwater Poetry Project, online – Rebecca Păpucaru and Gillian Sze
Full info here!
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January 27 5:00 pm
Distance as a Keeping, series begins Jan 27, 5-6:30pm PT / 8-9:30pm ET
Distance as a Keeping is a series curated and hosted by Margaret Christakos, the inaugural Meredith and Peter Quartermain Poet in Residence and the 18th Writer in Residence at Green College (UBC).
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January 28 1:00 pm
Rencontres multilingues en poésie 2022, presented by la poésie partout, online (28 Jan – 30 Jan)
Full information here and excerpted below.
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January 30 1:00 pm
POETRY TO WELCOME THE NEW YEAR, JAN 30, online, 1pm PT
Full info here!
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February 7 1:00 pm
Readings and Discussion with Ifeoma Chinwuba and Titilope Sonuga, online, 1 pm EST (11 am MST)
A reading with Writer in Residence at UAlberta Ifeoma Chinwuba and City of Edmonton Poet Laureate Titilope Sonuga, along with conversation with moderator Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike.
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February 10 7:00 pm
The Blasted Tree, virtual reading and chapbook launch, 7pm MT
Register here!
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February 22 7:00 pm
APP ONLINE: Tolu Oloruntoba & Jason ‘Blackbird’ Selman, 7pm ET / 4pm PT
The Atwater Poetry Project features two poets thinking-through ancestry, time and migration, and masculinity, from the West Coast to the St. Lawrence: TOLU OLORUNTOBA (Each One a Furnace, Penguin Random House, 2022), winner of the 2021 Governor General’s Award for English Language Poetry, and JASON ‘BLACKBIRD’ SELMAN, Montreal performance poetry legend and founding member of the Kalmunity Vibe Collective.
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March 25 7:00 pm
Atwater Poetry Project, online — Shani Mootoo and Natalie Wee, 7pm ET
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April 3 8:00 pm
Accent Vol. 44, with Sarah Venart and stephanie roberts
The return of Accent Open Mic in person at La Marche à Côté with invited guests Sarah Venart and stephanie roberts. Full info here!
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April 13 8:00 pm
Talonbooks 2022 Spring Launch, 8pm PT (11pm ET)
If in Vancouver, join Talonbooks for their first live launch in two years! Or, go to the Talonbooks YouTube Channel or Facebook Page for the Livestream.
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April 26 7:00 pm
The New Embassy: BLACK MAGIC / BLACK POWER (Toronto and online)
Full information here, and excerpted below.
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April 26 7:00 pm
Concordia Graduate Poetry Readings
A reading by poets in Concordia’s Graduate Poetry Workshop:
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May 15 8:00 pm
Accent Open Mic Vol. 47 with Tara McGowan-Ross, Carolyne Van Der Meer, and David Bradford
La Marche à Côté, 5043 Saint Denis St. Montreal
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May 30 7:30 pm
Épiques Voices, a bilingual reading at Le Festival de la Poésie de Montréal
Hosted by Where Poets Read’s Katherine McLeod and FPM’s Catherine Cormier-Larose and readings by:
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June 16 6:00 pm
BOOK LAUNCH / LANCEMENT : “Sensorial, A Poetry Collection,” by Carolyne Van Der Meer
A celebration of Carolyne Van Der Meer’s new collection, Sensorial.
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June 19 8:00 pm
Columba x Cactus Press at Accent Open Mic, with Michael Metivier, Sophie Villeneuve, and Mahta Riazi
Columba celebrates its 1st chapbook with Cactus Press at the Accent Reading Series. With readings by Michael Metivier, Sophie Villeneuve, and Mahta Riazi, followed with an open mic.
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