Events

Catherine Graham will be teaching, "Life Writing at Discovery Landing: Where imagination and the real world meet", at The Observatory at Burlington's Discovery Landing. Find out more about the workshop at the City of Burlington website.

Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry The Red Element will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized. Her website is http://www.catherinegraham.com....

Join other poetry aficionados for this flow-chart series of prepared talks by Toronto poets becoming fluent in the work of some of our contemporaries, combined with dynamic poetry readings and discussion. April 2 to June 4, 2008, Wednesday Evenings, 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

For writers and readers alike.

Featuring the following 8 guest poets:

• Gary Barwin
• Allan Briesmaster
• Karen Connelly
• Kevin Connolly
• Dennis Lee
• M. NourbeSe Philip
• a.rawlings
• Rachel Vigier

Facilitated by Margaret Christakos

The League of Canadian Poets invites you to be a part of this exciting event and experience the absence of borders at this reading featuring Penn Kemp and Bill Bissett. Penn Kemp, proclaimed a foremother of Canadian poetry by The League of Canadian Poets, will kick off the poetry series with a reading on April 3 at 12:00 p.m. at the Clarke Auditoriumon, 250 College Street of CAMH.

For more information, visit www.poets.ca or call Renu Mehta, publicist at 416-708-2537 or email renum [at] rogers [dot] com.

Join poets Gloria Alvernaz Mulcahy. Blaine Marchand, Katerina Fretwell, Daniel Kolos and Penn Kemp at A Feast of Authors at the St. Lawrence Market North, 92 Front Street East, Toronto, on April 3 at 6:00 p.m. Free admission.

The event is organized by Toronto Dollar, an organization dedicated to supporting local initiatives in the multi-cultural, multi-income level St. Lawrence Market neighborhood. The five seasoned poets will be reading throughout the evening, and in addition, there will be an open mic for readers in other genres, ensuring the event is as inclusive as possible... there will be no borders between prose and poetry.

RSGC's Focus on the Environment Speaker Series presents Tim Flannery and Bridget Stutchbury at the Bloor Cinema on Thursday, April 3 at 7:00 p.m. (doors open at 6:30). $25 General Admission. Tickets are available through the RSGC Event Tickets link and at the door, if not sold out: https://www.netdirectories.com...

Books available for purchase on site c/o Ben McNally Books.