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Date: Saturday, November 1, 2008
Poet(s): Linda Frank
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Venue: Gallery on the Bay
231 Bay St North
Hamilton, ON
Cover: None
Event Details: This is a book launch for Linda Frank's new book of poetry Kahlo: The World Split Open.
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Poet(s): John Robert Colombo, Barry Dempster, W. J. Keith, John Terpstra
Name of Reading Series:The St. Thomas Poetry Series
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Venue: St. Thomas's Anglican Church
383 Huron Street
Toronto, ON
Cover: None
Event Details: George Whipple's eleventh book of poetry, "Swim Class and
other poems," will be launched by The St. Thomas Poetry Series on Friday,
November 7 at 8 p.m. The reading will be held in the church, followed by a
reception in the adjoining parish hall.
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Poet(s): Barry Wallace, Marvyne Jenoff and others
Name of Reading Series: We SHOUT Poetry
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Venue: The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto
14 Elm Street, Toronto
, ON
Cover: None
Event Details: A semi-annual poetry reading series, including an open mic opportunity, at the Arts and Letters Club - hosted by Barry Wallace (barrywallace@sympatico.ca). All are welcome to read their poetry, and/or listen to the poets. Poets sign in at 7:30pm, and readings commence at 8:00pm. Free snacks and a cash bar.
Date: Friday, November 14, 2008
Poet(s): Dianne Joyce
Name of Reading Series: Launch of The Red Madonna
Time: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Wonderworks
79a Harbord Street
Toronto, ON
http://www.gowonderworks.com/
Cover: None
Event Details: Launch of The Red Madonna, a poetry reading by Dianne Joyce.
Gathering at 6:30 for socializing. Reading will beging at seven.
Searching for truths about her own beginnings and sharing the influences
of those around her, Dianne Joyce creates a journey that examines the
nature of womanhood the emerging goddess, and her own spirituality.
Date: THIRD THURSDAY
Poet(s): Please visit website for this month's features: www.hotsaucedwords.ca
Name of Reading Series: Hot-Sauced Words Poetry and Spoken Word
Performances
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Venue: Black Swan Tavern
154 Danforth Ave., 2nd floor (just east of Broadview), Toronto, ON
Cover: PWYC
Event Details: A minimum of 2 featured readers every month, one male, one female. Interactive responses between audience and poets. Best open mic in town.(Come early to sign up). Poetry Themed Writing Challenge each show. Win a beverage of your choice.
Winners for best poem and performance as selected by the audience. Organized and Hosted by James Dewar.
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| Alberta |
Date: November 5 - 9 2008
Poet(s): Greg Frankson, Dwayne Morgan, Sarah Murphy, Sheri-D Wilson, and
more!
Name of Reading Series: 2008 National SLAM! Competition
Time: Various
Venue: Auburn Saloon and The Central Library – John Dutton Theatre
#163 115 9th Ave SE and 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary, AB
www.calgaryspokenwordfestival.com
Cover: $5 to $10
Event Details: The 2008 NATIONAL SLAM! Competition is coming to Calgary in
November and The Calgary International Spoken Word Festival is gearing up
to host Canada’s top slam poets. SLAM teams (12 teams of 4) from across
Canada will fly into Cowtown for five action-packed, burgeoning days of
workshops, discussion, and high-octane head-to-head bouts of 3-minute
poems – until a winning team is crowned!
Calgary’s own Golden Beret winner and May SLAM celebrity judge, Sarah
Murphy will open the celebration with the launch of her spoken word CD,
when bill danced the war.
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| Quebec |
Date: Friday, November 7, 2008
Poet(s): Louis de Paor
Name of Reading Series: Writers Read at Concordia
Venue: De Sève Cinema, Concordia University
1400, boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest
Montreal, QC
www.cdnirish.concordia.ca
Time: 7 p.m.
Cover: free
Event Details: Louis de Paor is considered a key protagonist in the
1970s-80s Irish language poetry renaissance, and his first bilingual
collection won the Victorian Premier’s Award for Literary Translation. He
was also granted a Writer’s Fellowship by the Australia Council in 1995.
In Ireland he has received the O’Shaughnessy Award and the Oireachtas
Prize for poetry. His academic work includes articles and books on a
broad range of writing in Irish from the court poetry of medieval Ireland
to the work of contemporary poets. He is currently working on a study of
the writings of Flann O’Brien.
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