Head to the Grolier Club and enjoy an exhibit on decades of concrete, visual, and experimental poetry from 1960–2025. Drawn from the collection of Steve Clay at Granary Book, the inimitable bill bissett is one of the authors with work featured at the exhibit. For further details, click here.

After Words: Visual and Experimental Poetry in Little Magazines and Small Presses, 1960–2025
Ground Floor Gallery at the Grolier Club
New York, NY
April 23–July 26, 2025

A production of Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion by Drew Hayden Taylor runs as part of the Blyth Festival this summer! For more information and to order tickets, click here.

Sir John A: Acts of a Gentrified Ojibway Rebellion at Blyth Festival
Margaret Stephens Stage – Blyth Memorial Hall
Blyth, ON
June 18–August 3

Urban Subjects, a collective featuring author of Future Works Jeff Derksen, are among the participating artists in the exhibit Star Witnesses at Polygon Gallery! For additional details, click here.

Star Witnesses
Polygon Gallery
North Vancouver, BC
June 27–September 28

Head to the Queen’s Park Bandshell for readings from the finalists for 2024 Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry! Enioy performances from andrea bennett, whose collection the berry takes the shape of the bloom took second place in the 2024 Fred Cogswell Award, Rob Taylor, and Dominique Bernier-Cormier! The evening will be hosted by Alan Hill.

Poetry in the Park: Cogswell Award Night
Queen’s Park Bandshell
New Westminster, BC
July 23, 2025
6:30 p.m. PDT

Catch Reconciliation Theatre’s production of The Boy in the Treehouse by Drew Hayden Taylor at the Langham Court Theatre! For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

The Boy in the Treehouse in Victoria
Langham Court Theatre
Victoria, BC
July 25–27

bill bissett, author of the forthcoming th book uv lost passwords 1, will be performing at the 35th annual Gulf Island Poetry Festival! Watch this space for more details.

Gulf Island Poetry Festival
Yellowhouse Art Centre
Galiano Island, BC
July 26, 2025
3:00 p.m. PDT

On July 30, join Hajer Mirwali, author of Revolutions, alongside psychotherapist Zainib Abdullah for Cross-Pollinations, a free online event! The duo will look at the impacts of observing and recording trauma. For more details and to register, click here: https://poets.ca/cross-pollinations-july2025/.

Cross-Pollinations with Hajer Mirwali and Zainib Abdullah
Online
July 30, 2025
6:00 p.m. EDT

This August, a production of Cottagers and Indians by Drew Hayden Taylor at the Firehall Theatre in Gananoque! To learn more details and to purchase tickets, click here.

Cottagers and Indians
Firehall Theatre
Gananoque, ON
August 8–31

On August 10, head to Type Books in the Junction for a collective reading of Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali, followed by an interview and Q&A with the author! Attendance is free. For more details and to RSVP, click here.

Poetry Reading Group for Revolutions by Hajer Mirwali
Type Books in the Junction
Toronto, ON
August 10, 2025
6:30 p.m. EDT

The world premiere of new musical The Heart based on Mend the Living by Maylis de Kerangal, translated by Jessica Moore, hits La Jolla Playhouse beginning in August of 2025. For more details on the impressive production and to purchase tickets, click here.

The Heart
La Jolla Playhouse
San Diego, California
August 19–September 21, 2025

Join Daphne Marlatt, the author of Then Now, Shadow Catch, and more for a writing workshop! Purchase your ticket here.

A Workshop with Daphne Marlatt at Language and the Land: a festival of poetry
Cumberland Museum
Cumberland, BC
August 23, 2025
9:00 a.m. PDT

Catch Daphne Marlatt, the author of Then Now, Shadow Catch, and more alongside Garry Gottfriedson and Harold Rhenisch as they discuss approaches to a poetics of place! Purchase your ticket here.

What is a Bioregional Poetic Practice? at Language and the Land: a festival of poetry
The Abbey Studio
Cumberland, BC
August 23, 2025
3:30 p.m. PDT

Catch a production of Dorothy Dittrich Governor General’s Literary Award–winning play The Piano Teacher at the Firehall Theatre. More information and tickets are available here.

The Piano Teacher
Firehall Theatre
Gananoque, ON
October 8–November 2, 2025

A production of Kisses Deep by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau, runs at Centaur Theatre this autumn! Kisses Deep follows Hugo, a young man obsessed with fashion as he desperately tries to restore his complicated mother’s tarnished reputation.

For further details and to purchase tickets, click here.

Kisses Deep
Centaur Theatre
Montréal, QC
November 26–December 14, 2025