The Poetry Kit |
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| League of
Canadian Poets List of readings, updated every second month, plus information on Canadian poetry. |
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Location |
Day(s) of the month |
Event details |
| Alberta | ||
| Lethbridge, Alberta | Check website for dates | Most Vocal Poets Society - Round Street Cafe 427 - 5 Street South Lethbridge, AB, Canada - event details - http://www.myspace.com/mostvocalpoets |
| Calgary, Alberta | Check website for dates | The Single Onion http://www.thesingleonion.blogspot.com/ Calgary, Alberta - Performance poetry |
| Calgary, Alberta | Festival - October | Banff-Calgary International Writers Festival - http://www.wordfest.com/ |
| Edmonton, Alberta | Festival - April |
Edmonton Poetry Festival: April http://www.edmontonpoetryfestival.com/ |
| Edmonton, Alberta | 2nd Tuesday | The Olive reading series http://olivereadingseries.wordpress.com/ Readings on the second Tuesday of the month from September to April. |
| BC | ||
| Campbell River, BC | Festival - March |
Words on the Water Literary Festival (March) - Campbell River, BC http://www.wordsonthewater.ca/ |
| Nanaimo, BC |
Poets on Campus, Malaspina College, Nanaimo http://www.mala.ca/poetsoncampus/ |
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| Nelson, BC | 2nd Sunday | The Nelson Poetry Slam - Cocoa-Nut Lounge (116 Vernon St) in Nelson, British Columbia, - Poets sign-up before 6:30pm and the slam begins at 7pm. The Nelson Poetry Slam supports a large, diverse and fertile community of poets of all ages. |
| Victoria, BC, | Every Friday |
Planet Earth Poetry at the Black Stilt - #103-1633 Hillside Avenue,
Victoria, BC, Canada, (+1-250-370-2077) Fridays, 7:30 PM http://planetearthpoetryatblackstilt.blogspot.com/ |
| Vancouver, BC | 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday |
Thundering Word - Montmartre Cafe` 4362 Main street at 28th ave. Sign up is at 7:30--show at 8pm sharp - Summer Hours: Sign up at 8:30-----Show at 9pm Contact: Bill, hoggersmoon@telus.net |
| 2nd and 4th Monday | Vancouver Poetry Slam spoken word competition - Cafe Deux Soleil, 2096 Commercial Drive - Contact: RC Weslowski, weslowhiskey@direct.ca 3 minutes to perform. Time: 8 pm sign up, 9 pm show time. $5 to enter. | |
| 2nd Monday |
The World
Poetry Reading Series - Alice Mac Kay Room, Central Library, Vancouver BC - 7pm. Contact: Ariadne, ariadnes@uniserve.com |
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| 2nd Tuesday |
Blue Moon Reading Series The Clearbrooke Library, 32320 George Ferguson Way, Abbotsford BC - Features & Open Mic - 6:30-8:30pm |
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| 2nd Tuesday |
Word Whips - North Shore Edition - 32 BOOKS, 3185 Edgemont Blvd , North Vancouver - 7:00 - 9:00pm. |
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| Last Tuesday |
The Main Street Slam The Cottage Bistro,
4468 Main Street @ 29th Avenue 9:00pm http://www.members.shaw.ca/cottagebistro/ |
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| 4th Tuesday |
Word Whips Writing Series - Britannia Library, Gallery Room, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC - 6:30 - 8:30pm - or visit http://www.pandorascollective.com/openmics.html |
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| Last Tuesday |
The Main Street Slam -
The Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street -
9:00pm. http://www.members.shaw.ca/cottagebistro |
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| 1st Wednesday |
Dare to Be Heard - Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Road, North Vancouver, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. www.nswriters.bc.ca |
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| 1st and 3rd Wednesday |
The Spillious Speak and Sing - The Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street @ 29th Avenue Musicians
and spoken word - 8 - 12pm |
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| 2nd Wednesday |
Poetry Around the World - at the Chapter's Metrotown location. Join host Lucia Gorea for a wonderful evening of poetry and music Invite your family and friends. Admission is free. Contact: Lucia, luciag_esl@yahoo.com for details. |
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| 2nd Wednesday (Sept-June) |
Canadian
Authors Association -
Alliance for Arts & Cultural Events Suite 100, 938 Howe Street, Vancouver - Time: 7 – 9:00 pm. (doors open at 6:45 pm) www.canauthorsvancouver.org/meetings.htm |
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| 2nd Wednesday | Open Mike Nights at the Delta Arts Centre - 1172 - 56th Street, Tsawwassen, BC | |
| Every Thursday | Music and More on Main - 3981 Little Mountain Neighborhood House (24th & Main) - 7:30 - 9:30pm - acoustic open stage and some spoken word. | |
| 2nd Thursday |
Open Mic - Happy Isle Cafe, Bowen Island (One long block uphill from ferry, a 5 minute walk.) 7 - 9pm |
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| 3rd Friday | 57 Varieties - Unplugged open stage/variety show, no sign-up - do what you want, when you feel. 8 'til late. Changing venues ...email for details rowan@butchershop.ca or visit www.butchershop.ca | |
| 3rd Friday |
The Ridge Poetry Slam - The Ridge Cafe, 170, 22470, Dewdney Trunk Road, Maple Ridge - (think leisure-centre library building area) 7:30 - 10:00 PM , $2 |
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| 4th Friday | Fuse - The Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street, Vancouver, BC - Art.Music.Performance - www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/public_always.cfm | |
| 1st Saturday |
The Eastside Writers, 20 West Hastings (Main & Hastings) Vancouver, B.C. - 7:00pm-10:00pm. |
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| Ontario | ||
| Hamilton, Ontario |
Hamilton Poetry Centre www.hamiltonpoetrycentre.blogspot.com |
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| Hamilton, Ontario | 1st Sunday |
Lit Live - info from
susan@nas.net - literary / First
Sunday / monthly Sky Dragon Centre, Hamilton, Ontario |
| London, Ontario | Wednesday | Literary / 7:30 pm Wednesday / monthly - London, Ontario (sesonal - September to April) For more information contact poetrylondon@yahoo.ca or www.poetrylondon.ca |
| Oakville, Ontario | Sundays (see website for details) | Poetry Cafe, Oakville, Ontario - 2pm Sundays 6 times a year www.oakvillepoetry.org |
| Ottawa, Ontario | 2nd and 4th Tuesday |
Tree Reading Series - The Ottawa Arts Court,
2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa; phone (613) 564- |
| 2nd Thursday | Capital Slam - Capital Poets Collective - Thirsty Scholar (126.5 York St in the market) chech website for this and other eventsd from the CPC http://www.capitalslam.com/ | |
| Sudbury, Ontario | Friday - see website for details |
Luminaries Reading Series, Laurentian
University, Brenda Wallace Reading Room, Sudbury, Ontario -
7:30 pm Friday / Monthly: Sept, Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar For more information contact lsteven@laurentian.ca www.laurentian.ca/Laurentian/Home/Departments/English/LUminaries.htm?Laurentian_Lang=en-CA |
| Toronto, Ontario | Reading series and festival | Harbourfront Centre -Weekly author readings (February-June) and annual International Festival of Words see website for details - http://www.readings.org/ |
| Various see website foe details | The Toronto Poetry Slam Series www.torontopoetryslam.com | |
| Various see website foe details | Word Jam at The Free Times Cafe, 320 College St, between Spadina and Bathurst- www.yehudafisher.com - poetry and music | |
| Every other Sunday | Exchanging Notes - at James Joyce - 5 pm - exchangingnotes@live.ca - spoken word-music open stage. | |
| Every Tuesday | Art Bar Poetry, Toronto - Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto - Tuesday evenings at 8 pm- website: http://www.artbar.org/ | |
| Every Tuesday |
CoffeeHouse Cabaret Series - 9pm Tuesdays -
www.coffeehouse.ca spoken word and music. |
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| 3rd Thursday |
Hot Sauced Words - Black Swan Tavern, 154 Danforth Ave. (2nd floor)Just east of Broadview - 8 pm |
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| 4th Thursday |
Livewords: Toronto reading series hosted by
Edward Nixon www.livewords.ca |
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| 3rd Friday | Up from the Roots - Roots Lounge, see http://www.upfromtheroots.ca/ | |
| Saskatchewan | ||
| Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | Festival - July |
Saskatchewan Festival of Words: Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan -
July http://www.festivalofwords.com/ |
| Regina, Saskatchewan | Check website for dates |
Vertigo Reading series, Aegean Coffee House, 1967 12th Ave, Regina http://vertigoreadingseries.wordpress.com/ |
| Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | Every Sunday | Tonight It’s Poetry, Sunday evenings at the Lydia's Pub, 650 Broadway Avenue. Website, www.tonightitspoetry.com, |