Where poetry readings are happening in Montreal, and sometimes beyond | Compiled by Katherine McLeod @kathmcleod | 📷 https://t.co/w8TTz8eqi7wherepoetsread.ca Montréal, QuébecJoined March 2016
The Capilano Review is thrilled to be partnering with new reading series BELLITRIST for the Montreal launch of Issue 4.2, IT IS WHAT IT IS, hosted by Literary Editor Deanna Fong.
July 27th, 7pm
275 Sherbrooke Ouest
Readings by Ashton Diduck, Dani Carter, and Clint Burnham
Talked to @PaulVermeersch about the Griffin Poetry Prize — just two years after the changes, there are no Canadian poets on the longlist.
What does it mean for how we talk about poetry? Listen where you get your podcasts, here’s the Spotify link: open.spotify.com/episode/0QIw23…
Whoa! Brand new Canadian poetry prize announced, "The Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize."
Funded by Eurithe Purdy, it will award $10,000 annually for a poetry book published in the last two years. No submission process or fee. First winner announced April 24th.
VERSeFest, Ottawa's International Poetry Festival, returns for its fourteenth glorious year of events.
verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
This year's festival, as part of our ongoing rebuilding year, will feature a wide range of award-winning performers in English and French.
TONIGHT! online launch event for my new poetry collection The Pleasure of the Coast, and three other new @pamenarpress publications, as part of Textual Confluences: A Multilingual Poetry Voyage Feb 17th. 6 pm GMT/ 1 pm EST. Zoom. £3. 👉buff.ly/4bxBAGY
Surprise! Surprise! We're open for submissions!
Shower us with your best non-fiction this weekend. No matter the topic, please send (via Submittable) your finest, most polished literary non-fiction between now and February 18.
Find more info at brickmag.submittable.com/submit.
Writers and artists of marginalized genders: we're still seeking works about the pleasures and pains of the flesh (yes, we pay) 🦋
ICYMI, the deadline for our BODIES issue is Jan 5. Tell us about touch & isolation & body odes & more now:
roommagazine.com/call-for-submi…
It's workshop season! 🤩Winter-Spring #writingworkshops are now open for registration, covering everything from #weirdfiction and #screenwriting to applying for grants and writing residencies. Spots are filling fast—sign up now before it's too late!
qwf.org/winter-spring-…
The Violet Hour queer literature series celebrates its 5th anniversary with readings by Suzette Mayr, Christopher DiRaddo and Katia Grubisic at Casa d’Italia on November 30, 2023. Find more on the QueerMTL Things to Do! 📚#2slgbtqia#lgbttravel#mtlmoments 📷 Paul Specht
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POETRY SUBMISSION
"LIGHTNING ROUND"
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WAKE UP, POETS. Tonight, from dusk to dawn. Rapid response (24 hours). Possibly the last time we're ever doing this. Don't miss it.
Details and guidelines:
With her new Knopf Canada imprint, Alchemy, Dionne Brand is looking for books that change the script: “What kind of a world do we want? And what kinds of narratives might bring about the one that we want, or might intervene in it in some way?” bit.ly/46AyC1o
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