Canadian Women in the Literary Arts (CWILA) critic-in-residence application deadline

Title: Canadian Women in the Literary Arts (CWILA) critic-in-residence application deadline

Location: Canada
Description: CWILA seeks to support a female Canadian writer (poet, novelist, storyteller, scholar) as its resident critic for a calendar year. The aim of the residency is to foster vital criticism that promotes public awareness of women’s literary and critical presence in Canadian letters. The residency is virtual, so the writer will be free to work from home.

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Date: November 1, 2012

Clayton Eshleman reads at the University of Michigan

Title: Clayton Eshleman reads at the University of Michigan

Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
Description: Poet and translator Clayton Eshleman reads as part of the Michigan Writers Reading program presented by the Department of English, University of Michigan. At this reading, Eshleman will read from his recent translation of Solar Throat Slashed by Aimé Césaire.

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Date: October 18, 2012

Karen Solie reads at the Florida Writers’ Festival

Title: Karen Solie reads at the Florida Writers’ Festival

Location: Gainesville, Florida, US
Description: The Florida Writers’ Festival is presented by MFA@FLA, one of the oldest writing programs, begun in 1948 by Andrew Lytle, who later edited the Sewanee Review. Learn more about MFA@FLA here.

This year’s Florida Writers’ Festival features readings and craft talks by Lauren Groff, Mary Gaitskill, Ben Lerner, Karen Solie, and Kevin Wilson.

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Date: October 13, 2012

Florida Writers’ Festival

Title: Florida Writers’ Festival

Location: Gainesville, Florida, US
Description: The Florida Writers’ Festival is presented by MFA@FLA, one of the oldest writing programs, begun in 1948 by Andrew Lytle, who later edited the Sewanee Review. Learn more about MFA@FLA here.

This year’s Florida Writers’ Festival features readings and craft talks by Lauren Groff, Mary Gaitskill, Ben Lerner, Karen Solie, and Kevin Wilson.

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Start Date: October 11, 2012
End Date: October 13, 2012

Poetry & Conversation at Enoch Pratt Free Library

Title: Poetry & Conversation at Enoch Pratt Free Library

Location: Baltimore, Maryland, US
Description: The Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore, Maryland offers Poetry & Conversation evenings as part of its ongoing presentation of classes, events, exhibits and meetings. On this occasion, Linda Pastan and Myra Sklarew read from and talk about their work.

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Date: November 14, 2012

Priscila Uppal, Carmine Starnino read at launch of The Best Canadian Poetry In English

Title: Priscila Uppal, Carmine Starnino read at launch of The Best Canadian Poetry In English

Location: New York, New York, US
Description: A celebration of the Best Canadian Poetry In English anthology’s five-year anniversary features readings by contributing poets including Priscila Uppal and Carmine Starnino. The event is hosted by series editor Molly Peacock and co-sponsored with Tightrope Books.

All New York University Creative Writing Program Fall 2012 Reading Series events are free and open to the public, and held in the program’s Greenwich Village home, the Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House, unless otherwise noted.

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Date: October 26, 2012

Dundee Literary Festival

Title: Dundee Literary Festival

Location: Dundee, Scotland, UK
Description: When the Dundee Literary Festival started, in 2007, it was almost entirely handmade – the Dundee University team made each one of the 2000 tickets with a colour printer and a guillotine, we put leaflets through doors and sellotaped posters round the town. One of our chairs, a TV presenter, made cups of tea for visitors and we all made some cakes to tempt the authors.

Now, in 2012, the festival is bigger, slicker and altogether more professional, but it hasn’t lost its heart. We have a wonderful mix of events from literary fiction, poetry, sports, music, food, workshops, history, adventuring and lots of events for kids. The programme is a triumph,world class authors coming to Dundee to read from new work, let us into the secrets of their success as well as local authors, debut authors and even some killer events.

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Start Date: October 24, 2012
End Date: October 28, 2012

The Ted Hughes Festival

Title: The Ted Hughes Festival

Location: Mytholmroyd, West Yorkshire, England
Description: The Elmet Trust celebrates Ted Hughes’ connection with the locality he grew up in, which plays such a central role in his poetry. Hughes had a rare gift and a unique voice, both crafted and forged in West Yorkshire. By holding the Ted Hughes Festival in Mytholmroyd and area, the village of Hughes’ upbringing, readings, events and discussions take on a special significance.

Kathleen Jamie will read at this year’s festival.

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Start Date: October 19, 2012
End Date: October 21, 2012

Getting Into Poetry I

Title: Getting Into Poetry I

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Description: The Scottish Poetry Library offers this friendly and encouraging ‘absolute beginners’ course on reading poetry for pleasure. Explore rhyme and form. Go beyond the printed page. Discover new poetry with expert advice. Develop your reading strengths. Pick up a ‘toolkit’ of technical terms. Get a personal plan of what to read next.

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Date: November 6, 2012