Events for February 25, 2019
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Constructing Spaces exhibition
Make room for creativity at an interactive reconstruction of Scottish poet WS Graham’s creative space in an exhibition celebrating his centenary year. Bringing together Graham's library, his original writing desk, and manuscript copies of his poems, the National Poetry Library’s exhibition reflects on what makes a space 'creative' and how, in turn, these spaces shape …
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Find out more »Concrete is Porous: poetry exhibition
Concrete is Porous, Act 1: Visual is an exhibition of concrete poetry. The opening reception is November 3, from 2:30pm to 6:30pm at The Secret Handshake Gallery. The exhibition features work by bill bissett, derek beaulieu, Adeena Karasick, bpNichol, Gary Barwin, Gustave Morin, Grant Wilkins, Barbara Caruso, Judith Copithorne and more. Learn more here.
Find out more »BAMBDFEST:2019
BAMBDFEST:2019 is a multi-day, multi-venue festival in celebration of the Black Arts Movement Business District and Black arts, culture, and economics in Oakland, CA. The month-long festival in February 2019, produced by the Lower Bottom Playaz, Inc. in collaboration with BAMBD, CDC, and The Flight Deck, is funded by a Creative California Communities grant from …
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Find out more »Freedom to Read Week
Freedom to Read Week is an annual event that encourages Canadians to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom, which is guaranteed them under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Freedom to Read Week is organized by the Freedom of Expression Committee of the Book and Periodical Council. Learn more here.
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Exhibition: Women and the Small Press
This exhibition celebrates some of the women of the small press movement, featuring work from the Scottish Poetry Library’s small press archive and pamphlet collections. ‘Women and The Small Press’ displays these pieces together for the first time, allowing them to converse with each other and with the SPL’s other collections and spaces. Artists featured …
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The Poet’s Toolkit course at Poetry School
In this practical course with tutor Shazea Quraishi, the class will consider the poem as a flying machine and explore its inner-workings over three terms. Taking inspiration from poets past and present, the class will investigate the freedoms and challenges of free verse and traditional forms including the sonnet, terza rima, sestina, prose poem and …
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Common Readings – The February Edition
Common Readings is a literary reading series, held on the fourth Monday of each month at the Campbell House Museum. It is hosted and curated by Daniel Kincade Renton with support from the Common Readings Collective. One of the fundamental goals at Common readings is to create an environment that supports all aspects of diversity …
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