Northeastern University presents “Writing as Healing: Of Being Numerous”, an online writing course with Emmalea Russo
Northeastern University presents “Writing as Healing: Of Being Numerous”, an online writing course with Emmalea Russo, author of Wave Archive. “Writing as Healing: Of Being Numerous” with Emmalea Russo: May 18 – 22, 2020 In his epic objectivist poem, “Of Being Numerous,” George Oppen writes, “There are things / We live among ‘and to see them […]
McGill University’s ‘Poetry Matters’ Series presents Kim Trainor
via ZoomMcGill University's 'Poetry Matters' Series presents Tact, Distance, Excavation: An Evening with Kim Trainor, author of Ledi, Jason Camlot, and Avleen K. Mokha. Featuring readings and a Q&A. Kim Trainor will also present, Integument, a 10-minute poetry film she made based on Ledi, with original music score by Hazel Fairbairn.
Eden Mills Writers Festival In Your Own Backyard presents Shani Mootoo
Eden Mills Writers Festival In Your Own Backyard presents Looking Backward, Looking Forward, a panel with Shani Mootoo, author of Polar Vortex. Also with Souvankham Thammavongsa and John Elizabeth Stinzi. Moderated by Farzana Doctor. Navigating the present with one foot in the past, these three new works of fiction explore the dizzying and transformative effect […]
The FOLD presents an Instagram Live event with Derek Mascarenhas
Intagram Live @shani_mootooThe Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) presents an interview with Derek Mascarenhas, author of Coconut Dreams, via Instagram Live (@the_fold). Moderated by Amanda Leduc.
McNally Jackson presents Joni Murphy
via ZoomJoin Joni Murphy in conversation with Eugene Lim for a virtual discussion of her latest novel, Talking Animals, an all-animal allegory of art and friendship in the shadow of capitalism.
Winterset in Summer Literary Festival presents Shannon Webb-Campbell
onlineWinterset in Summer Literary Festival presents a virtual reading and Q&A with Shannon Webb-Campbell, author of I am a Body of Land, and the forthcoming collection, Lunar Tides. With Noreen Golfman, Provost of Memorial University and Chair of Winterset. More details, including exact time, TBA.
Women and Children Bookstore present Kristen Renee Miller
via CrowdcastPlease join Women and Children Bookstore for the VIRTUAL book launch of Kristen Renee Miller's debut translation, Spawn, by Ilnu Nation poet Marie-Andrée Gill. Joining Miller for this reading focused on poetry in translation are Anne O. Fisher, Derek Mong, and Hai-Dang Phan. Please note: this event will take place via Crowdcast. Attendees will be […]
Tuckamore Chamber Music Festival presents Ecology of Being, with Duo Concerte and poetry by Shannon Webb-Campbell
onlineEcology of Being with Duo Concertante Over three nights, Nancy Dahn and Timothy Steeves present their ambitious new program, Ecology of Being: five new works for piano and violin, with poetry by Shannon Webb-Campbell (author of I am a Body of Land and Lunar Tides, forthcoming), that reflect on our connection and interconnections to this […]
Eden Mills Writers’ Festival presents Bahar Orang
via ZoomEMWF In Your Own Backyard: Online Series presents Memoirs and Meditations, a panel with Bahar Orang, author of Where Things Touch: A Meditation on Beauty. Also with Madhur Anand and Billy-Ray Belcourt. Hosted by Laurie D. Graham. Truth. Intimacy. Beauty. Queerness. Memory. Trauma. Body. Science. Poetry. Join Madhur Anand, Billy-Ray Belcourt, and Bahar Orang as […]
Draft Reading Series presents Therese Estacion
via ZoomDraft 15.7 Writers read from their literary works-in-progress. Readings by: Therese Estacion, author of Phantompains (forthcoming from Book*hug in Spring 2021) Maheen Hyder Bänoo Zan Aaron Schneider Eufemia Fantetti Anuja Varghese Sonja Boon Rita Shelton Deverell Ellen. S. Jaffe Wanda Taylor Host: Gloria Blizzard RSVP at www.eventbrite.ca/e/draft-157-tickets-115510435823 PWYC (no one turned away for lack of […]
