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Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Reader(s): Allan Briesmaster
Venue name: Gilda's Club
110 Lombard Street
Toronto
Time of Reading: 10:30-11:30
Cover charge: Free
Venue website: www.gildasclubtoronto.org
Description: Allan will be reading from his new book at Gilda's Club, a home-environment clubhouse for people touched by cancer. We're located downtown Toronto. Event is free and refreshments will be served. Please come join us for this reading! More info: dreamwalker.n@gmail.com
Date: Friday, March 19, 2010
Reader(s): Lillian Allen
Venue: Gilda's Club
110 Lombard Street
Toronto
www.gildasclubtoronto.org
Time of Reading: 10:30-11:30
Cover charge: Free
Description: Come and join us to listen to Lillian Allen performing dub poetry at Gilda's Club, a home-style clubhouse for people touched by cancer. We're located downtown Toronto. The event is free and refreshments will be provided. All are welcome! More info: dreamwalker.n@gmail.com
Date: Saturday, March 20th, 2010
Reader(s): LEVIATHAN, CRYSTAL "CLEAR", David Delisca, Amani (Contemporary Blues Poet)
Name of Reading Series/Festival: OutSpoken: A Vocal Assembly of Talent
Venue: HarbourFront Centre
235 Queens Quay West
Toronto, ON
Venue contact: 416.889.7659
Venue website: http://www.vice-ent.com
Time of Reading: 8pm
Cover charge: $20
Description: OUTSPOKEN is a annual event that showcases the spoken word, music and step dance talents of Toronto. On this evening a group of phenomenal artists, will be taking the stage in an intimate venue to rock all of your senses.
With a mean lyrical flow and undeniable finesse each performer will have you wishing you were their muse.
Harborfront Center Box Office: 416.973.4000
http://tickets.harbourfrontcentre.com/calendar/view.aspx?id=1131
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=266561423014
Date: Friday, March 26, 2010
Reader(s): George Swede
Venue name: Gilda's Club
110 Lombard Street
Toronto
dreamwalker.n@gmail.com
Time of Reading: 10:30-11:30
Cover charge: Free
Venue website: www.gildasclubtoronto.org
Description: On March 26, George Swede will be reading from his Haiku collection and he will also be talking about the process of crafting this genre of poetry. The reading is talking place at Gilda's Club, a home-style clubhouse for people (of all ages) touched by cancer. We're located downtown Toronto. The event is free and refreshments will be served. More info: dreamwalker.n@gmail.com
Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010
Poet(s): Susan McMaster
Name of Reading Series/Festival: Dusty Owl Workshop Series
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Venue: Sushi 88
690 Somerset Street West
Ottawa, ON
http://www.sushi88.ca
Cover: $15
Event Details: POETRY WORKSHOP with SUSAN MCMASTER
"Listen with Your Left Ear: Autobiography the Easy Way"
Where on earth to start? -- and who cares what a cute baby you were (except your mother)? Readers will, because every life is interesting and full of incident -- if you can find the thread to pull it together. This workshop will focus on understanding how to establish a structure and an approach, and then drafting enough material that you can take off down the writing road solo. Bring autobio material if you have it (printed out), plus pens and lots of paper (this will be a messy workshop). Based on her recent experiences publishing both a memoir and a unique poetic narrative about her mother, Susan will offer a short presentation followed by writing exercises, readings, and discussion. Take home the outline of your book!
Date: Saturday, April 17, 2010
Poet(s):
Name of Reading Series/Festival: Tightrope Books- Writing Without a Net Workshop 7
Venue: Tightrope Books Office
602 Markham Street
Toronto, Ontario M6G 2L8
(416) 348-4460
Time: 12-5 p.m.
Cover charge: $50
Event Details:
In this workshop, designed for writers of all levels, we will take a close look at the past, present, and future of this fertile genre as a means of refining our poetic craft. Along with workshopping our own poems about works of art, we will examine a variety of poems written in the ekphrastic tradition and discuss how the tradition must inevitably change with new forms of "art" (from plastic surgery to plastination) and new means of composing poems (from cellphones to Photoshop). We will end the day by visiting a local gallery and putting our shared insights to work, creating new poems on the spot or, at the very least, sketching the first faint lines of a future masterpiece. More info:
http://tightropebooks.com/workshop-serie
Date:
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Poet(s): Anne Michaels
Name of Reading Series/Festival: Friends of the East Gwillumbury Library
Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Town of East Gwillimbury Civic Centre
19000 Leslie St.
Sharon, ON
Contact: 905-478 2407
Cover: $8 -$10
Event Details: The volunteer committee, Friends of the East Gwillimbury Library, have held author events for eight years hosting three authors each year. This event is organized in co-operation with the East Gwillimbury Public Library and the Town of East Gwillimbury. We attract avid readers many of whom are book club members. Our committee creates a friendly relaxed atmosphere for both the audience and the author. To our knowledge we are the only regular author event in York Region. Thanks for any help you can provide.
Date:
Sunday, April 25, 2010
Reader(s): I.B. Iskov
Name of Reading Series/Festival: Book Launch for Sapphire Seasons
Venue: Israel's the Judaica Store
870 Eglinton Avenue West
Toronto
Venue contact: 416-256-1010
Venue website: contact@israelsjudaica.com
Time of Reading: 5 p.m.
Cover charge: Free
Description: This event is to launch my new full collection of poems, "Sapphire Seasons", published by Aelous House, Allan Briesmaster, Editor
Date: THIRD THURSDAY
Poet(s): Please visit website for this month's features: www.hotsaucedwords.ca
Name of Reading Series/Festival: 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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| Quebec |
Date: Thursday, March 18 2010
Name of Reading Series/Festival: The Yellow Door Readings
Venue name: The Yellow Door
3625 Aylmer
Montreal, QC
514 939 4173 or ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
Time of Reading: Doors 7:00 pm, Reading 7:30PM
Cover charge: $5
Description: The Yellow Door: Poetry and Prose Readings.
An evening of Poetry, Prose & Music with Kelly Norah Drukker, Alejandro Saravia, Maxianne Berger, Mark Paterson, Jennifer Boire, Jeffrey Mackie, Marie France Bancel and Ginette Desmarais.
More info: Producer/host Ilona Martonfi Tel: 514-939-4173 or ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
Date: Wednesday, March 24 2010
Name of Reading Series/Festival: Visual Arts Centre Readings
Venue name: Visual Arts Centre
350 Victoria Avenue
Montreal, QC
(Commuter Train, Vendome metro, Bus: 24, 63, 138)
514 939 4173
www.visualartscentre.ca
Time of Reading: Doors 7:00 pm, Reading 7:30PM
Cover charge: $5
Description: Visual Arts Centre
School of Art / McClure Gallery
POETRY AND PROSE READING: An evening of Poetry, Prose & Music with Antonio D'Alfonso, Elise Moser, Ehab Lotayef, Connie McParland , John Fretz, Sandra Stephenson, Milton Dawes
More info: Producer/host Ilona Martonfi Tel: 514-939-4173 or ilona.martonfi@sympatico.ca
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