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Title: Public Poetics: Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics

Location: Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada
Description: Poetic discourse in Canada has always been changing to assert poetry’s relevance to the public sphere. While some poets and critics have sought to shift poetic subjects in Canada to make political incursions into public discourses, others have sought changes in poetic form as a means to encourage wider public engagement.

The Public Poetics conference sets out to explore the changing shapes of and responses to poetic genres, aesthetic theories, and political visions from a diverse range of cultural and historical contexts.

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Start Date: September 20, 2012
End Date: September 23, 2012

Title: Margaret Atwood discusses her life and work – The Royal Society of Literature

Location: London, England
Description: The Royal Society of Literature, founded by George IV in 1820, celebrates and nurtures all that is best in British literature, past and present. We organise roughly twenty-four events a year; make awards and grants to established and emerging writers; run regular Masterclasses with the Booker Prize Foundation; and campaign on issues affecting writers, such as the closure of local libraries or reductions in PLR payments.

Margaret Atwood discusses her life and work at this special Royal Society of Literature event.

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Date: November 28, 2012

Title: Wild Writers Literary Festival

Location: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Description: Here’s to the wild ones—the unbridled lovers of the written word, embarking on a journey of discovery and experimentation.

Here’s to the fearless readers and writers who open up new worlds. Who revel in a well-turned phrase and a well-worn page.

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Start Date: November 2, 2012
End Date: November 3, 2012

Title: Saskatoon Public Library Writer in Residence Position application deadline

Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Description: Applications are invited from Canadian creative writers for the term position of Saskatoon Public Library/Canada Council for the Arts Writer in Residence from September 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014. Criteria are based on Canada Council for the Arts guidelines.

A Writer in Residence program encourages exchanges between the author and the community, and enables the author to work on his or her own writing project.

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Date: November 1, 2012

Title: Women Poets at Barnard – Anne Carson and Alice Oswald

Location: New York, New York, US
Description: Since its founding in 1889, Barnard has been a distinguished leader in higher education, offering a rigorous liberal arts foundation to young women whose curiosity, drive, and exuberance set them apart.

In an event co-sponsored by Women Poets at Barnard and the Barnard Humanities Initiative, celebrated poets Anne Carson and Alice Oswald read from their recent works, followed by a reception.

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Date: November 1, 2012

Title: Phil Hall reads at BookFest Windsor

Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Description: Poet Phil Hall reads at BookFest Windsor at 2 pm at the Joy Family Theatre.

BookFest Windsor invites attendees to meet their favorite authors, through readings, panel discussions, book signings and workshops. The festival features books in a variety of genres, including novels, biographies, short stories, poetry, graphic novels and comics.

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Date: October 27, 2012

Title: BookFest Windsor

Location: Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Description: BookFest Windsor invites attendees to meet their favorite authors, through readings, panel discussions, book signings and workshops. The festival features books in a variety of genres, including novels, biographies, short stories, poetry, graphic novels and comics.

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Start Date: October 25, 2012
End Date: October 27, 2012

Title: Robert Bringhurst: What the Ink Sings to the Paper

Location: San Francisco, California, US
Description: Even in the era of the Internet and digital publishing, the writer’s craft becomes visible through the medium of print. Bringhurst will examine the common spirit that moves the typographer, master printer, artist and writer.

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Date: October 19, 2012

Title: Poetry’s Centennial Celebration and anthology release

Location: Chicago, Illnois, US
Description: To celebrate Poetry’s 100th birthday, editors Christian Wiman and Don Share have assembled a unique anthology, The Open Door: One Hundred Poems, One Hundred Years of Poetry Magazine.

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Date: October 4, 2012

Title: National Poetry Competition submission deadline

Location: United Kingdom
Description: Established in 1978, the Poetry Society’s National Poetry Competition is one of the world’s biggest and most prestigious poetry contests. Winners include both established and emerging poets, and for many the prize has proved an important career milestone. Win, and add your name to a roll-call that includes the current UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Tony Harrison, Ruth Padel, Philip Gross and Jo Shapcott.

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Date: October 31, 2012