News & Events
Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023
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In Conversation with
Kim Fahner and Frances Boyle
Wordsfest London
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4:00-5:00 pm
Sunday, November 12, 2023
The TAP Centre for Creativity
London, Ontario, Canada
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Aaron Schneider will host a conversation with Kim Fahner (Emptying the Ocean) and Frances Boyle (Openwork and Limestone) about their respective books of poetry.
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Sunday, Nov. 26, 2023
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Chapbook Launch
Fault Lines and Shatter Cones
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2:00-3:00pm (EST)
Sunday, November 26, 2023
Online, via Zoom, (from Fredericton, New Brunswick)
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To reserve a spot and attend the Zoom launch, please email Ian at emergencyflashmobpress@gmail.com
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Ian LeTourneau will host a launch for the three 2023 chapbooks published by his Emergency Flash Mob Press (Fredericton, NB). Readings by Kim Fahner, Mark Sampson, and Sue Sinclair.
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Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023
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Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop
Wordsfest London
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1-2:30pm
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Museum London
London, Ontario, Canada
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Kim and Frances Boyle will lead an ekphrastic poetry writing workshop as part of the Wordsfest London festival.
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Thursday, Nov. 2 - Saturday, Nov 4, 2023
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Wordstock Literary Festival
Sudbury, Ontario
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Poetry Pathways
6:30-7:30pm
Saturday, November 4, 2023
Holiday Inn, Regent Street
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Kim will lead a conversation between five amazing Canadian poets, including: Britta Badour, Therese Estacion, Kirby, Tyler Pennock, and Stuart Ross.
Please see the Wordstock Literary Festival website for the full schedule:
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Thursday, Nov. 2-Saturday, Nov 4, 2023
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Wordstock Literary Festival
Sudbury, Ontario
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Poetry Primer
5:30-6:30pm
Thursday, November 2, 2023
Holiday Inn, Regent Street
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Kim will join fellow past Greater Sudbury Poets Laureate, Vera Constantineau and Roger Nash, to chat about poetry. Current Poet Laureate, Kyla Heyming, will be moderating this panel.
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Please see the Wordstock Literary Festival website for the full schedule:
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Wednesday, November 1, 2023
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The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) Celebrates Its 50th
Anniversary!
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2-4pm
Wednesday, November 1
online for TWUC members only
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(Check your emails and register to take part in our Town Hall session! Bring your 50th Anniversary TWUC cookies and take photos to share on social media! Tag TWUC!)
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Friday, October 20-Sunday, October 22, 2023
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Words Aloud Poetry Festival
Owen Sound, Ontario
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12pm-2pm
Sunday, October 22, 2023
Tom Thomson Art Gallery
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Kim will read alongside fellow poets, Barry Dempster, Penn Kemp, and D.A. Lockhart on Sunday at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery.
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Other poets taking part in Words Aloud 2023 include: Bary Barwin, Kevin Andrew Heslop, Janice Lo Lee, Robert Menzies, Stuart Ross, Daniel Scott Tysdal, and Brandon Wint.
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Please see the Words Aloud website for the full schedule:
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https://wordsaloud.ca/schedule
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Friday, August 18, 2023
Jampolis Cottage
August Residency
Summer Literary Reading
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6:30-8:30pm
315 Bluff Rd, Avonport, Nova Scotia
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Jampolis Cottage August retreat writers Kim Fahner (Sudbury, ON) and Sandra McIntyre (Wolfville, NS) invite you to the cottage on Friday, August 18 from 6:30-8:30pm for a literary gathering and reading from works-in-progress. The event will be casual and outside, weather permitting. Bring a lawn chair, check out the cottage, and have a visit.
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All are welcome, with a special shout out to Lawrence Hill and the Banff Centre Historical Fiction crew: Monica Kidd, Josiah Neufeld, Cheryl Foggo, Emily Ursuliak, Patti Kay Hamilton, and Beverly Boutilier.
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Thanks to the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia for facilitating writing residencies and retreats at Jampolis Cottage. (We, as the August retreat writers, feel very lucky and grateful to be here!)
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Everyone welcome!
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About Jampolis Cottage:
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Jampolis Cottage is a Georgian colonial house that welcomes emerging, established, and professional authors from Nova Scotia and beyond. Located on the shores of the Minas Basin in Avonport, Nova Scotia, the cottage is owned and managed by Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. The Jampolis Cottage Residency Program was made possible by the generosity of the late owners of the house—Neil Peter Jampolis and Maritza “Jane” Reisman Jampolis, whose support for the arts lives on through the trust founded in their name.
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Untethered Magazine
Issue 14 Virtual Launch
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7 p.m.
online
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For more information, and to register for this Zoom launch, please follow Untethered Magazine on Facebook.
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Saturday, July 8, 2023
Jabbawong Storytelling Festival
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Also featuring: Terry Fallis, Rod Carley, Ian Anderson, Mark Seabrook, Ev Cardiff, Karen Pheasant,
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10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Kagawong, Ontario
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For more information, please follow Jabbawong on Facebook.
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Saturday, June 24, 2023
Summer Writers' Fest
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9a.m-4p.m. @ Walter Williams Amphitheatre
Lion's Park
Paris, ON
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For more information:
https://www.riversideseries.com/summer-writers-fest
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Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Writers Read to Free Dawn Walker
Hosted by: Kelley Jo Burke
Featuring: Kelley Jo Burke, Alicia Elliott, Kim Fahner, Barbara Gowdy, Louise B. Halfe, Sky Dancer, Elizabeth Renzetti, Dawn Walker and Nathan Whitlock
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8:00 pm EST
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To register:
Tuesday, April 18, 2023
The Electronic Garret celebrates
National Poetry Month
Hosted by: Ariel Gordon (Winnipeg International Writers Festival)
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Featuring: Kim Fahner, Dr. Micheline Maylor, Conni Cartlidge, Maureen Hynes, Nikky Sheppy
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8:00 pm EST
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Sponsored by:
The League of Canadian Poets and the WIWF
Tuesday, March 14 - Thursday, March 16, 2023​
Water and Stone Tour
Frances Boyle & Kim Fahner
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Tuesday, March 14
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Featuring: Nancy Jo Cullen (Kingston), Kate Rogers (Cobourg)
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6:30pm EST @ Perfect Books
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258A Elgin Street
Ottawa, ON
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Wednesday, March 15
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7:00pm EST @ A Novel Idea
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Featuring: Nancy Jo Cullen
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156 Princess Street
Kingston, ON
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Thursday, March 16
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7:30pm EST @ The Third Thursday Reading Series
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Featuring: Kate Rogers
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Best Western Cobourg Inn
(Northumberland Room)
7:30pm EST
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930 Burnham Street
Cobourg, ON
Saturday, February 25, 2023
Sharp Words
Hamilton's Winter Book Fair
"Small Press Coffee Dates"
Virtual (Zoom)
Hosted by: Ariel Gordon
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Reading with Kimia Eslah, Cary Fagan, Anvesh Jain, Theresa Kishkan, John Brady McDonald
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Hamilton, Ontario
Canada
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2:00 pm EST
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
Conspiracy of Three
Reading Series
To register, email conspiracyof3@gmail.com.
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North Bay, Ontario
Canada
7:00 pm EST
Saturday, January 28, 2023
Riverside Reading Series
Dog Eared Café
Paris, Ontario
Canada
3:00 - 5:00 pm EST
Thursday, November 24, 2022
Book Launch for Emptying the Ocean
Place Des Arts - Studio Desjardins Theatre
27 Larch Street
Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Directions
6:30 pm -- Book Sales
7:00 pm -- Reading
Music -- Pat McGuire
Thanks to The Writers' Union of Canada (TWUC) for its support of this public reading event.
Tuesday, November 22, 2022
Frontenac House -- Quartet Book Launch
Online Launch Event
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8:00 pm Ontario/EST
6:00 pm Calgary/MST
7:00 pm Nova Scotia
Featuring
Frances Boyle, Openwork and Limestone
Kim Fahner, Emptying the Ocean
Ben Gallagher, A Grief Cave
Anvesh Jain, Pilgrim to No Country
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Thursday, November 17, 2022
Wanted on the Voyage
Online Reading
7:00 pm Ontario/EST
4:00 pm British Columbia
8:00 pm Nova Scotia
Organized by Yvonne Blomer (Victoria) and featuring her work,
as well as the poetry of Kim Fahner (Sudbury), Rachel Lebowitz (Nova Scotia), and Tanis MacDonald (Waterloo)
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Reserve a spot (Free):
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Saturday, November 5, 2022
Panel Discussion
Wordstock Literary Festival
"Colouring Outside the Lines"
3:30 - 4:30 pm
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Host: Kim Fahner
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Featuring: Gary Barwin, Farzana Doctor, Shani Mootoo, Tanis MacDonald.
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Thursday, November 3, 2022
Panel Discussion
Wordstock Literary Festival
"Poetry Primer: Poets Laureate"
5:30-6:30 pm
Host: Kyla Heyming
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Featuring: Louise Bernice Halfe, Sky Dancer; Vera Constantineau; Kim Fahner; Chloe LaDuchesse; Tom Leduc
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Thursday, October 13, 2022
The Writers' Union of Canada
"Networking with Teachers" (webinar presentation)
2pm-3pm EST
Host: Waubgeshig Rice
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Saturday, July 9, 2022
Poetry Reading at Jabbawong Storytelling Festival
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10am EST
Kagawong, Manitoulin Island, Ontario
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Friday, May 13, 2022
Staged reading of the play, All The Things I Draw.
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PlaySmelter New Work Theatre Festival
The Sudbury Theatre Centre
Sudbury, Ontario
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7pm EST
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Saturday, April 30, 2022
The Electronic Garret
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7 p.m. (EST)
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Saturday, April 2, 2022
Poets in Response to Peril
Online
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Monday, March 14, 2022
Femme Folks Fest 2022 -- Working in Northern Ontario
Online
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Tuesday, March 8, 2022
The Conspiracy of Three Reading Series
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