Category: International Events

Title: Skate the Book!

Date: March 24, 2017

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (unceded lands of the xwm??kw?y??m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:l? and S?l?ílw?ta?/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations)
Description: Come be a part of a collaborative, perfomative and participatory skating event based on the book of poems about ice, serpentine loop by Elee Kraljii Gardiner. Before getting on the ice at 10pm, there will be a ten minute reading and a short off ice talk by professional skaters Elin Schran and Douglas Webster. After that Douglas and Elin are going to demonstrate some figures and edges and then Elin is going to skate the Canadian debut of the program she choreographed of the book.

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Title: Nanaimo Spring Writes Festival

Start Date: April 27, 2017
End Date: April 30, 2017

Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Description: The Nanaimo Spring Writes Festival runs from April 27-30 2017, hosted by the Federation of BC Writers. There will be a variety of events, including three master classes, led by Steven Price, Angie Abdou, and Kathy Page. Other events include a wide variety of fiction and poetry workshops, a publishing fair, a gala evening, blue pencil sessions, write-ins, readings, and much more!

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Title: Lunch Poems at SFU

Date: April 19, 2017

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Description: Lunch Poems at SFU is a unique, vibrant exchange of poetic ideas and cadence held the third Wednesday of every month, 12 to 1 pm, in the Teck Gallery at Simon Fraser University’s Vancouver Campus.

The raison d’être of Lunch Poems is to invite and welcome everyone to enjoy poetry in a relaxed and casual atmosphere: whether you are new to poetry, or have had a long romance with it. So bring your lunch, your knitting, your kids and your grandparents whatever, and whomever you wish (unfortunately, no pets). We invite you to join us lunching on words and feeding your soul. No fees or registration. Just bring your lunch, curiosity, open mind, and love of words.

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Title: Poetry Month Reading

Date: April 11, 2017

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: Famous Last Words is a place for book and cocktail lovers in Toronto’s Junction neighbourhood, offering more than 40 book-inspired cocktails plus beer, wine and bar snacks. On April 11th, the venue will host a National Poetry Month reading.

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Title: Human Connections: Roo Borson and Phoebe Wang

Date: April 3, 2017

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Description: Poets Roo Borson, Cardinal in the Eastern White Cedar, and Phoebe Wang, Admission Requirements, join in conversation with Toronto’s Poet Laureate Anne Michaels. An audience Q&A and book signing will follow.

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Title: Book Launches: Celebrating National Poetry Month

Date: April 1, 2017

Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Description: Halifax Central Library hosts a celebration of National Poetry Month with Chad Norman launching his latest collection, Selected & New Poems, and matt robinson launching his latest, some nights it’s entertainment; some other nights just work.

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Title: CBC Poetry Prize opens

Date: April 1, 2017

Location: Canada
Description: The winner of the CBC Poetry Prize will receive $6,000 from the Canada Council for the Arts, have their story published in Air Canada enRoute magazine and will have the opportunity to attend a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.

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Title: Shortlands Poetry Circle reads poems by Yevtushenko and Szymborska

Date: March 28, 2017

Location: London, England
Description: Shortlands Poetry Circle was established in 1911 by Miss Catherine Punch. Its aim was to promote the study and appreciation of poetry, and it has been going strong and remained true to that aim ever since.

The Poetry Appreciation Group meets on alternate Tuesdays at 2:30pm to share poems on programmed themes, with tea and biscuits and chat after meetings. On this occasion, the group will share and discuss poems by Yevgeny Yevtushenko and Wislawa Szymborska.

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Title: Dodo Modern Poets

Date: March 23, 2017

Location: London, England
Description: Dodo Modern Poets offers performance poetry from new and established voices in a friendly traditional pub setting. This edition of the series presents Natalie Katsou, Lisa Kelly, Frances White and Patrick Cunnane, and also offers open mic spots.

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Title: Poetry for Peanuts

Date: April 5, 2017

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Description: The Scottish Poetry Library offers a laid-back family poetry hour on the first Wednesday of every month – for children under 5 and their grownups. Relax in The Space, share some poems with your children and meet other parents/carers and Scottish Poetry Library staff.

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