Toronto's poetry community found a home in knife | fork | book, a poetry-only takeover of the front of a cafe in the city's vibrant Kensington Market neighbourhood. But when the cafe's owners sold the property, k | f | b's Jeff Kirby (known to everyone 'round here as Kirby) ... Read more

There are a lot of amazing group readings and events this week, as well as some stunningly singular launches and talks. Do. Not. Miss.

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Why not celebrate Mother's Day by treating her to a literary event visit? There's tons to choose from this week, including Poet Laureate readings in London, the Atwater Poetry Project in Montreal, and the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

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Happy National Poetry Month (NPM)! We’ve got our fists up with our series Poets Resist dedicated to poetry as a form of resistance. Every day on the blog we’re featuring a poet whose work explores one of these: colonialism and violence, homophobia and transphobia, environmental ... Read more

On day four of #poetsresist, we examine state violence and language in Operations (BookThug). The colloquial title of Moez Surani's most recent book,  Operations' official title is the word "Operation" in the six official languages of the United Nations. This "poetic ... Read more

This start of National Poetry Month is a good omen of things to come: tons of readings and launches this week. Plus, our namelganger Toronto Lit Up co-hosts an event with the League of Canadian Poets.

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Fists up for National Poetry Month! And we mean that in the best way possible. This year, we feel everyone could see a little more solidarity and community, so we're getting poetically political with Poets Resist, a series dedicated to poetry as a form of resistance. Every day ... Read more

This week it's  VERSeFest, the outstanding Ottawa festival of words. Not in our nation's capital? There's more events in Toronto, St. John's, and Vancouver this week to check out.

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Literary events across the country are heating up (unlike the temperature)! This week we have listings from Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, and Abbotsford: check out what's happening in your area.

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This Week in Lit Events is back for 2017! We've only got one event this week...but we're easing ourselves into it, you know?

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