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The Dead Poets Society Night is celebrating its 17th year. Features read from the work of a dead poet. There are three sets of four readers each. These are short readings. There is no open stage. The Art Bar Poetry Series and the Rowers Reading Series are co-sponsoring the event. Tuesday, December 17, 2019. The Supermarket: 268 August Avenue The Supermarket opens at 5 pm for dinner. Doors open for the event at 6:30 pm. The event starts runs roughly 7 pm - 10 pm. There is a $5 cover. Due to funding cuts, this is a fundraiser, to try to help the Art Bar and Rowers bridge the gap in their funding. There will be no payment to the organizer/host, and no payment to the readers for reading or travel, and everyone attending (including features/host) are asked to put in the $5 cover. We will also be asking for additional voluntary contributions, from the audience. The more money collected the more that the Art Bar and Rowers will be able to make ends meet, and continue to pay their features. Live Readers reading: Kent Bowman; David Chilton; Brenda Clews; Simon Constam; Suparna Ghosh; Troy Harkin; Beatriz Hausner; Bruce Meyer; and, Mary Rykov. Dead Poets being covered: Milton Acorn; Leonard Cohen; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Thomas James; W. S. Merwin; Mary Oliver; Pedro Pietri; Ted Plantos; Al Purdy; Raymond Souster; Rabindranath Tagore; and, Ludwig Zeller.

https://www.facebook.com/events/541235406676692/

The newly created Nelson Ball Prize is an annual award honouring the legacy of Canadian poet, publisher, and bookseller Nelson Ball (1942-2019). The Prize runs in three-year cycles. In years one and two, it is awarded for a published work (any size)—by a Canadian poet and published by a Canadian publisher in the previous two calendar years—that features “poetry of observation,” as chosen by two volunteer judges. In year three, the Prize recognizes a Canadian who has made a significant, under-the-mainstream-radar contribution to Canadian literature, as selected by two volunteer judges. The inaugural Prize, $1,000 and a certificate, will be awarded in 2020 to the Canadian author of a publication issued in 2018 or 2019.

http://www.griffinpoetryprize.com/event/the-nelson-ball-prize-submission-deadline/

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Join us for Word Up’s last event of 2019. We’ll start at 7 pm @ Unity Market Cafe & Studios and feature guest authors Bruce Meyer and K.R. Wilson, then do the open mic after a break. Come out and bring your friends.

https://www.barrietoday.com/classifieds/announcements-and-events/community-events/1602119

Sky Gilbert's 'Small Things: A Random Selection of Anti-Essays' (Guernica Editions) has WON the Hamilton Literary Award for Non-Fiction presented by the Hamilton Arts Council. Join us in applauding Sky's collection and Hamilton's rich literary tradition! The great news was announced at the Hamilton Literary Awards 2019. Congratulations to all the writers who threw their work in the ring!

https://www.hamiltonartscouncil.ca/literary-awards

"It’s a little different this time around. The Historic Joy Kogawa House is a palace compared to those digs. It has everything a writer could ask for... I got a novel out of that half-finished basement 50 years ago and I’m hoping to get a novel out of the palace I’m in right now." -Michael Mirolla Guernica Editions' very own Michael Mirolla is the Writer-In-Residence at The Historic Joy Kogawa House. He reflects on the evolution of the city since the time he spent in Vancouver from 1969-71 while completing his MFA in Creative Writing at the University of British Columbia.

https://www.kogawahouse.com/wp/blog/2019/12/02/of-angry-cars-moving-mould/

"This carefully researched and beautifully written novel is the basket of eggs its author has carried all her life." -The Ormsby Review

https://ormsbyreview.com/2019/12/06/680-rogers-on-hale-mad-hatter/