The Poetry Kit |
| Mail your events
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| League of
Canadian Poets List of readings, updated every second month, plus information on Canadian poetry. |
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| Banff-Calgary International
Writers Festival For details call WordFest at 403-294-7462. |
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| Triangle Gallery 104 800 MacLeod Trail S.E (beside City Hall) |
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| The New Gallery 816D 9th Ave SW |
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| Weeds Cafe 20th ave and 18th st. NW |
| MOST VOCAL Open Mike last
Wednesday every month Spoken Word Open Mike Last Wednesday every month 8 pm TONGUE AND GROOVE 312 --- 2nd Ave South Lethbridge Alberta Canada Contact mostvocal@canada.com or call 403-394-0999 for further information on MOST VOCAL Poets Society events and membership MOST VOCAL Poets Society website --- http://360.yahoo.com/profile-mhmXPys8dLWqDVmBPSq_RfE-?cq=1 |
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| CHEMAINUS LITERARY FESTIVAL Author readings at the Dancing Bean Cafe, 9752 Willow Street, Chemainus BC. Every third Thursday 7-9 PM. Contact Eliza Hemingway chemlit@shaw.ca or phone toll free: (N.American) 1-866-605-2604, local (250) 416-0363 web site www.chemlit.com |
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WordStorm. Last Thursday of every month. 6:30 PM - 9:30 PM Bombay lounge( downstairs in Acme food co.) 14 commercial street. Nanaimo BC
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| Artspeak Gallery 233 Carral St. 604-688-0051 |
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| The Gallery Project Brittania Library 1661 Napier St. Information: 604-718-5800 |
| Kootenay
School of Writing 201 - 505 Hamilton Street |
| On Edge Literary and
Performance series Cafeteria Stage, Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design, Granville Island. On Edge is a series jointly sponsored by Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design and West Coast Line. Funded in part by the Canada Council readings programme. All events are free and open to the public. More info at: http://www.amathur.ca |
| Thundering
Word Heard Spoken Word/Music fusion open mic series, every Sunday 9.00pm Café Monmartre, 4362 Main St. (Main & 28th) 604.879.8111 Host: T.Paul Ste. Marie |
| Time Mechanix Robson Central, 750 Burrard (Mezzanine) First Tuesday of the month at 8.00pm A Kootenay School of Writing event |
| The Twisted Poets Present: Open Mic Night, third and fifth Monday of each month, 7.00pm at El Cocal Restaurant, 1037 Commercial Drive. Info: 604-742-0543 |
| Under the
Elephant Second Tuesday of the Month, open mic. hosted by Pandora's Collective Fourth Tuesday of the Month featured poets, hosted by James Mullin Launching June 10th 7.00pm at Tigers, 2133 Granville Street |
| Vancouver After Hours 1st Friday of every month at 8.00pm. An evening of performance, from poetry and dance to music and story. Zesty's Restaurant on Commercial near Venables. |
| Vancouver Poetry Slam 1st and 3rd Monday of every month (except for long weekend Mondays). Start time 9.00pm Café Deux Soleils: 2096 Commercial Drive. September to July. Contact Graham Olds twopoets@vcn.bc.ca, Angus Adair ms_spelt@hotmail.com or RC Weslowski weslowhiskey@direct.ca |
| West Coast Line Poetry
Reading Series Thursday Evenings: 7.30-9.30 pm Harbour Centre, Simon Fraser University, 515 W. Hastings Room HC 2270 Free Admission This reading series is organized in conjunction with courses taught by Glenn Deer (UBC) and Roy Miki (SFU) on the spaces of race in contemporary Canadian poetry. Sponsored by West Coast Line with support from the Canada Council and the Writers' Union of Canada |
| Western Front 303 East 8th Avenue |
| Women in Print Bookstore 3566 West 4th Ave. |
| Mocambopo Reading Series Mocambo Cafe, 1028 Blanchard St. |
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| Readings in
West Ontario provided by Kerry Schooley |
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| Gallery 435 435 Barton Street East Third Friday of the month at 7:30. Poetry Night in a coffee house atmosphere. E-mail: Bob Ezergailis morpheal@bserv.com |
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| Speaker Series: Focus on
Writers and Writing London Public Library, 305 Queens Ave. |
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Capital Slam |
| The Art Bar Reading Series The Imperial Pub, 54 Dundas St.E. |
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| Harbourfront Reading Series Harbourfront Centre - York Quay Brigantine Room, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2G8 Ticket information: Telephone: (416) 973-3000. Online: http://www.tickets.com/event_info.cgi?pid=939981 |
| La Parole - open mic and featured performances of poetry, music, visual arts 9.00pm every Friday at FLAVA Restaurant and Lounge, 606 Yonge St (N. of Wellesley) Hosted by poet Karen Richardson |
| Idler Pub Reading Series REPORTED CLOSED |
| Pitbull Poetry Reading
Series a random poetry reading series in random locations in Toronto and out-of-town venues. Organized by Wakefield Brewster - e-mail: wakefieldbrewster@yahoo.ca website: http://www.geocities.com/wwobrewster/LyricalPitbull.html |
| SoulSPEAK Open Mic Series 3rd Thursday of each month at Faubourg Restaurant, 2362 Danforth Ave. west of Main Info: 416.885.4100 or 416.404.7058, mailto:soul2speak@sympatico.ca |
| Speakeasy Cafe Reading
Series Starbucks, 2253 Queen St.E. |
| Tropicana Dinner Theatre 247 Spadina Ave, just south of Dundas. |
| The Taddle Creek Summer
Writers' Workshop Contact: The School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto, Writing and Literature Program. E-mail: scs.writing@utoronto.ca, 'phone: 416-978-6714, website http://learn.utoronto.ca |
| Up From The
Roots readings in various Toronto venues. Contact Dwayne Morgan, info@upfromtheroots.ca 416.822.1465 |
| Women with Words Lula Lounge, 1585 Dundas West Literature for Life presents Spoken Word Performance and Open Mike 7:30pm-9:30pm. Price: Two Toonies Suggested, Pay What You Can. Information and bookings 416.588.0307 or contact: Deb at Literature for Life - 416.203.9830 Poetry/Spoken Word Community Event, Kids Welcome. Event Followed by EN-YAY productions Hosting DJ El Nino and DJ No Capitalista |
| THROW SLAMS! Presented by Throw Poetry Collective Featuring Local and Canadian Poetry and Music Acts. The Third Saturday of Every Month at LE CAGIBI 5490 St.Laurent (Corner of St.Viateur) $7 Entrance fee. Free for Performers. 3 Slot Open Mic. Poet Signup at 7:30 SHARP! Slam starts at 8:30. |
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| Yellow Door Poetry Series 3625 Aylmer (near Pine), 514.398.6243 |
| Poetry @ Lunch Lande Reading Room, 4th. Floor, McLennan Library Building, McGill University, 3459 McTavish St. |
| Speakeasy Series AKA Gallery |
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Nanaimo, BC,
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| Writing Poetry
for Publication (Nanaimo, BC) This workshop based course is designed for the novice poet who wishes to learn about getting published. Students should already have a basic knowledge of poetry. Students will improve their writing through a series of exercises, workshops, and readings. Throughout the eight week course, student will also learn how and where to submit their poetry. Contact Malaspina University by email at ccs@mala.bc.ca or by phone at (250) 740-6160 or by mail at Centre For Continuing Studies, Malaspina University-College, 900 5th Street, Nanaimo, BC, v9r-5s5. |
Victoria, BC,
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