UPCOMING EVENTS:
TORS COVE: Sunday December 7th, afternoon, Holiday Book Signing Event at Running the Goat Press. Details to come.
To find out about upcoming events, watch this space or sign up for my email list here.
PAST EVENTS:
GUELPH, ON: October 16th, 7pm – Poetry @ Silence: with Charlie Petch, Anna Swanson, Lisa Baird, & Ziysah von Bieberstein, doors 7pm, show 7:30, Venue: Silence, 46 Essex St, Guelph, ON, by donation. Wheelchair accessible venue and washroom. Eventbrite | Facebook | IG
TORONTO, ON: October 17th, 7pm – Toronto Launch at Another Story Books with Charlie Petch, Qurat Dar, M’yz. and hosted by Alayna Munce, Free. Somewhat accessible venue but entrance is manual and bathroom is not accessible (down a flight of stairs) but store has an arrangement to use another accessible bathroom nearby. Eventbrite | Facebook | IG
MONTREAL, QC: October 19th, 7pm, Lamp Lit Reading Series, with April White, Nes Penney, Veronique Synott, and Calypso Andre, by donation. Not accessible to wheelchairs and mobility devices as there are a few steps at the entrance. Elevator inside entrance.paid for by festival
VICTORIA, BC: October 26th – Victoria Launch with Michael V. Smith, Kate Braid and Emmett MacMillen, The Paul Phillips Hall, 1923 Fernwood Road, doors 6:30, show 7pm. Free. Wheelchair accessible venue and washroom. Facebook | IG
VANCOUVER, BC: October 29 – Vancouver Launch with Amber Dawn and Estlin McPhee, Oct 29th, Iron Dog Books, 2671 East Hastings St, Vancouver, doors 6:30, reading 7pm. Free. Somewhat accessible venue but entrance is manual and bathroom is not fully accessible (single stall gender-neutral bathroom on main floor). Register | Facebook | IG
WHISTLER, BC: November 2, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m – Whistler Writers Festival, Finding Our Way: Salish Stroll Forest Walk, Meeting Point: Fairmont Chateau Whistler, $27. Get Tickets | IG. Accessibility: This is an outdoor event on an easy trail. Dress for the weather; this event takes place rain or shine.
GUELPH: September 16th, 6:30 – Guelph Backyard Book Launch (Exhibition Park Area) Register for details
TORONTO ISLANDS: September 13th – Canoe Paddle + Reading on Toronto Island, 2pm (Free but registration required)
ST. JOHN’S: August 26th: St. John’s Launch at the Leyton Gallery, 6 Clift’s Baird’s Cove, 7pm, Free
WOODY POINT, NL: August 21st: Writers at Woody Point Reading, 4pm, Merchant Warehouse, Free
May 20, 2025 (adults & teens) or May 31, 2025 (families)
Walking as Remapping: Poem-Making from Place | Ages: 16+ | May 20th (rescheduled from May 13th) |6 – 8:30 pm | In person | Free | Registration required as space is limited
Walking as Remapping: Families | Build a Poem from Place| Families/All ages | May 31st | 2-4 pm | In person | Free | Registration required as space is limited
Hosted by the Art Gallery of Guelph and their Walking as ReMapping series. This outdoor poem-making walk invites participants to engage in an exploration of place through poetry. Inspired by the practice of ecological mapping and found poetry, participants will use sight, sound, and texture as tools for gathering language from the world around us on this walk along the Speed and Eramosa Rivers. Throughout the walk, landscape and cityscape will be observed not just as scenery, but as layered texts: full of found language, silences, and ruptures. No experience with poetry is required—just a willingness to walk, to notice, and to listen. See links below for more details and access notes.
Sept 8, 2024: Emerge Reading, Eden Mills Writers Festival, 3-4 pm, Emerge features writers from writers from The University of Guelph Creative Writing MFA program, and the Eden Mills Read at the Fringe 2024 contest winners. Readers (plus contest winners, TBA): Joseph Donato, Nina Katz, Desiree McKenzie, Aline-Mwezi Niyonsenga, Lisa Richter, Anna Swanson
March 28, 2024: Doikayt: The Inaugural Reading of the Feygele-Shraybers
Come join us for an online reading! The feygele-shraybers are a literary collective of disabled queer pro-Palestinian-liberation Jews. Join us for the online, inaugural!, reading of our recent work, including themes of queerness, gender, disability, and Palestinian solidarity. Readers will include Alex Cafarelli, Anna Swanson, Kamila Rina, and Nel Ainsley.
*Doikayt is a Yiddish word meaning ‘hereness’. The concept was originally introduced by Bundists in late 19th century Eastern Europe, as an alternative to Zionism. Doikayt focused on living a fulfilling Jewish life in the diaspora, and involved activism for civil and workers’ rights, and valuing and promoting the Yiddish language and culture. *feygele-shraybers means “queer writers” in Yiddish.
WHEN/WHERE: Thursday, March 28, 7:00-8:30pm, on Zoom
FREE to attend (though we accept donations to tip the readers!)
ACCESS
Automated captions will be available. Everyone but the reader will be muted. You can choose whether your camera is on or off. We will aim to speak slowly and clearly to enable more accurate automatic captioning. If you have a specific access question, please email us at feygele-shraybers@proton.me . We are not able to secure CART or ASL for this event.
[Image description: Photograph of a sunset over train tracks, taken from a bridge. Over the sunset sky black handwriting spells out: “Doikayt”. Underneath, text reads: “The Inaugural Reading of the Feygele-Shraybers / Thursday, March 28 / 7:00-8:30pm on Zoom”. Over the train track and the bridge are listed the readers’ names: Alex Cafarelli, Anna Swanson, Kamila Rina, Nel Ainsley.]
TO REGISTER:
http://tinyurl.com/Doikayt
August 15, 2019: Riddle Fence Summer Launch Brunch
Hosted by Writers at Woody Point and the Newfoundland & Labrador Public Library
Readings by Lorna Crozier, Adam Giles & Anna Swanson. Catering from Old Loft.
11 am, Woody Point Public Library.
Free admission.
August 12, 2019
Elephant in the Room: Music, poetry, and talking about the climate crisis.
Hosted By Lawnya Vawnya
Rocket Room (272 Water Street, St. John’s, NL)
Monday, August 12, 2019
Doors 6:30pm/ Event starts 7pm sharp
PWYC/ Suggested Donation $15-$20
July 14, 2019
Garbage Poems: Poetry reading & Artist Talk (with April White)
Haliburton Highlands Museum, ON, 2-4pm. Free admission.
April 1, 2019
The North Atlantic Poetry Series with visiting poets Aifric Mac Aodha and Mary Noona from Ireland, and local poets Angnes Walsh and Anna Swanson.
Black Sheep. 7 pm.
March 21, 2019
Cornucopia: Poetry and Poets of St. John’s
St. John’s Welcome Centre, 348 Water Street
7:30 p.m. Free Admission.
January 28, 2018
SPARKS Literary Festival
10:45am at the Suncor Energy Hall, MUN School of Music.
Free admission.
February 19, 2017
Spoken Word St. John’s featured reader
7:30pm at The Ship ($5 or PWYC)
August 4, 2016
Bonavista Art Walk
7pm at Broken Books/Boreal Diner, Bonavista, NL.An Evening of Stories featuring: Stan Dragland, Paul Dean, Mark Dickson, Anna Swanson, Shannon Webb-Campbell. Free Admission.
October 8, 2011
Festival International de la Poésie
Trois Rivières, PQ
12 h : Dîner-poésie. Restaurant L’Essentiel, 10 rue des Forges, 819 693-6393.
16 h – 17 h : Mignardises et poésie. Bar l’Hexagone, Hôtel Delta Trois-Rivières, 1620, rue Notre-Dame, 819 372-5998.
18 h : Souper‑poésie. Restaurant Le Saint-Germain Bistro, 401, rue Saint-Roch, 819 372-0607.
20 h 30 : Récital de poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925.
October 6, 2011
Festival International de la Poésie
Trois Rivières, PQ
17 h – 18 h 30 : Apéro‑poésie. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925.
19 h 30 : Soirée-poésie. Librairie Clément Morin-Café Morgane, 4000, boul. des Forges, 819 379-4153.
23 h : Poèmes de nuit. Café Bar Zénob, 171, rue Bonaventure, 819 378-9925.
September 15, 2011
Twisted Poets Literary Salon
with David Zieroth
7-10pm, The Prophouse Cafe
1636 Venables Street, Vancouver
Suggested Donation: $5.00 at the door
June 11, 2011
League of Canadian Poets gala dinner and awards ceremony
The Courtyard by Marriott, 475 Yonge Street, Toronto
$55
March 14, 2011
Cabin Fever: A fire tower poetry reading with Bren Simmers and Maleea Acker
7pm, Alma Van Dusen Room, Lower Level, Vancouver Public Library
Free
December 9, 2010
Robson Reading Series
with Deborah Willis
7pm, UBC Library/Bookstore at Robson Square, Vancouver
Free
October 23, 2010
Vancouver International Writers Festival – Poetry Bash
with Tess Gallagher, Erin Moure, John Steffler, George Bowering, and Steve McOrmond
7pm, Performance Works, Vancouver
$25
October 22, 2010
Vancouver International Writers Festival – Pure Poetry
with Don McKay, Steve McOrmond, Antony Di Nardo, Miranda Pearson, Jon Paul Fiorentino
1pm, Granville Island Waterfront Theatre, Vancouver
$17
July 3, 2010
Victoria Pride Society presents: Pride & the Word
Ambrosia Event Centre, Victoria, BC
$10
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