Pat Connors is launching his first full poetry collection, The Other Life, released by Mosaic Press last year, at Hirut Cafe, 2050 Danforth Avenue, on Thursday, May 19. Josie di Siascio Andrews and Stemond Pardy will also be reading.
Haiku Poetry Virtual Reading Event featuring Kamal Parmar, Poet Laureate of Nanaimo, with guests Ursula Vaira, Kim Goldberg and Carla Stein.
There are still 8 Open Mic slots; to participate email cshortridge@virl.bc.ca.
Via Zoom. Why children’s poetry? While the adult poetry world is growing, the market for children’s poetry remains small. Or does it? Bowman will talk about the difficulties of publishing children’s poetry and then explain why you should do it anyways. Children’s poetry, more than any other medium, allows a writer to think loosely (be…