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Title: Paul Muldoon speaks at 5×15
Location: New York, New York, US
Description: Five speakers, fifteen minutes each – True stories of passion, obsession and adventure recounted live with just two rules: no scripts and only fifteen minutes each.
Paul Muldoon will speak on poetry and song lyrics as part of this lively series.
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Date: October 1, 2012
Title: Phil Hall, David O’Meara, Sandra Ridley read at Arnprior Expressions, The Poetry of Place
Location: Arnprior, Ontario, Canada
Description: Enjoy poets Phil Hall, David O’Meara and Sandra Ridley, reading their poetry and in conversation, as part of Arnprior Expressions,’The Poetry of Place’, at the Arnprior Public Library.
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Date: September 28, 2012
Title: Karen Solie, Paul Vermeersch read at Poetry London (Ontario) Reading Series
Location: London, Ontario, Canada
Description: Poetry London was created by poet Cornelia Hoogland in partnership with the Landon Branch Library in the fall of 2004 to serve as a focus for poetry in London, Ontario. Poetry London celebrates accomplished local poets, and also cooperates with several other Ontario venues to provide national poets multi-stop Ontario tours.
The first reading of the 2012-2013 season features poets Karen Solie and Paul Vermeersch.
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Date: September 26, 2012
Title: Galiano Literary Festival
Location: Galiano Island, British Columbia, Canada
Description: The Galiano Literary Festival is run by Galiano Island Books, one of the few remaining independent bookstores in B.C. The bookstore has been on the island for over 10 years, and has become a ‘hub’ of the island community.
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Start Date: February 22, 2013
End Date: February 24, 2013
Title: International Translation Day 2012
Location: London, England
Description: From effective promotional strategies to translating across art forms; this year’s International Translation Day brings industry professionals and artists together to explore new ideas and initiatives. Presented by Free Word Centre, English PEN, The British Centre for Literary Translation, Literature Across Frontiers , the British Council, the London Book Fair, the Translators Association, Wales Literature Exchange & Words Without Borders. ITD is supported by Arts Council England, Bloomberg, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation and the European Commission.
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Date: October 5, 2012
Title: In the Locked Room – opera with libretto by David Harsent
Location: London, England
Description: This one-act opera, an adaptation of a short story by Thomas Hardy, explores the power of the imagination and the boundaries between reality and fantasy. Composer Huw Watkins teams up with poet and librettist David Harsent on this production.
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Start Date: September 27, 2012
End Date: September 29, 2012
Title: Governor General’s Literary Awards winners’ ceremony
Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Description: Canada’s national literary awards celebrate literature for all tastes and ages by honouring the best English-language and the best French-language books in each of 7 categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text), children’s literature (illustration), and translation.
The winners will be honoured at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on Thursday, November 28.
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Date: November 28, 2012
Title: Governor General’s Literary Awards winners announced
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Description: Canada’s national literary awards celebrate literature for all tastes and ages by honouring the best English-language and the best French-language books in each of 7 categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text), children’s literature (illustration), and translation.
The winners will be announced Tuesday, November 13, during a press conference at the Conservatoire de musique et d’art dramatique du Québec in Montréal.
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Date: November 13, 2012
Title: Governor General’s Literary Awards finalists announced
Location: Canada
Description: The Governor General’s Literary Awards 2012 finalists will be announced on Tuesday, October 2 at 10 am, on the Canada Council website. Canada’s national literary awards celebrate literature for all tastes and ages by honouring the best English-language and the best French-language books in each of 7 categories: fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, children’s literature (text), children’s literature (illustration), and translation.
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Date: October 2, 2012
Title: International Translation Day
Description: The International Federation of Translators (FIT) announces the theme for the 2012 celebration of International Translation Day (ITD): “Translation as Intercultural Communication”. Learn more here.
Date: September 30, 2012