Please join me for Artfest Kingston, 4 days of art, activities, POETRY, food, and fun, from June 28 to July 1, 2025, outdoors in Kingston’s City Park (79 Barrie St, Near the intersection of Barrie and King). Artfest Kingston celebrates creativity and culture at City Park. This annual event showcases over 200 talented artists from […]
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Please join me for a poetry reading on the theme of “Art and Artists,” featuring Susan Glickman, John Reibetanz, and myself. The reading assembles at 7pm on Sunday, June 8th, at The Free Times Cafe, 320 College St. John Reibetanz has a new book responding to paintings, Everyday Light. Susan Glickman has interacted with visual
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Please join me in celebrating this year’s Al & Eurithe Poetry Prize winner, Great Silent Ballad, at 7:00pm onThursday, May 22 at Type Books Junction, 2887 Dundas Street West, Toronto. I will be joined and fêted by poets Molly Peacock and Matthew Tierney, and I will read from and sign copies of the book. This
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Come celebrate National Poetry Month in Ottawa and Toronto by attending an Anansi Bash! Ottawa, April 16 Ottawa Writers Festival: Anansi Poetry Bash7:00pm, Wednesday April 16, 2025St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church154 Somerset Street West, Ottawa FeaturingClémence Dumas-Côté’s The Seated Woman Farah Ghafoor’s Shadow PriceA.F. Moritz’s Great Silent Ballad Karen Solie’s Wellwater REGISTER FOR THIS
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I will be celebrating the launch of my new book, Great Silent Ballad, throughout the Autumn of 2024. Below, you’ll find a list of my scheduled appearances, which are also available on the Events Page of my website. Anansi and Flying Books Present Great Silent BalladOfficial Launch, Introduced by Beatriz HausnerTuesday, September 24, 2024 6:30
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Anansi and Flying Books invite you to the launch of Great Silent Ballad, Poems, by A.F. Moritz Hosted by poet Beatriz Hausner, the launch will take place at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at Flying Books, 784 College Street, Toronto View the Event Page on Flying Books
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The Toronto Bengali community will be hosting a literary festival on Saturday, July 20, at St. Paul’s United Church, 200 McIntosh St., from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. The event features honoured Bengali-originated authors now in Canada, writing in English or Bengali or both. Authors come from the Toronto area of course, but also from
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Someone Editions invites you to the launch of its new imprint: FRENCH LETTER SOCIETY on Saturday July 6, 7:00 – 9:00 PM, at CAPSUL STUDIO, 2nd floor, 25 Liberty Street, Toronto. The event is free, but please feel free to RSVP via Eventbrite. Also see our Facebook Invitation! The prototype and the first two of the
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Please join me at 6pm on Thursday, May 23, 2024, at the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, 120 St. George Street, Toronto, for the twelfth edition of 5 Poets Breaking into Song. Hosted by George Elliott Clarke, this series presents a melding of poetry and music. Poets read from their work, followed by performances of
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It’s time for a Sunday Salon at the Laurier Gallery! Join me on March 24, 2024, from 2:00 to 5:00 pm at Laurier Gallery, 113 Jefferson Avenue, Toronto, M6K 3E4. This Sunday’s Salon will be hosted by poets George Elliott Clarke and Giovanna Riccio. Come view the photography of Leah den Bok. Then, stay for
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REVISED DATE: FEBRUARY 20, 2024 Please join me at 7:00pm on Tuesday, February 20, 2024 for Poetry at the Phoenix! I will be a featured poet along with Linda Besner, whose bio you can read below. Poetry at the Phoenix takes place at West End Phoenix Central, 3 Bartlett Avenue in Toronto. As space is limited,
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Hello, friends! Please come to a celebration and reading of six outstanding poets, recently deceased, who were major participants in the Italo-Canadian poetry phenomenon of the 1970s and after: one of the major components of the new Canadian literature of the 1960s and 1970s. The poets are Giorgio Di Cicco, Verena Fazio, Len Gasparini, Luciano
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The Centre for Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto invites you to the launch of Ben Meyerson’s poetry collection, Seguiriyas (Black Ocean Press). The launch will take place on Tuesday, October 17th from 5:30pm to 8:00pm in the Massey College Common Room, 4 Devonshire Place, Toronto. Readings will begin at 6:00pm and will also
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Please join me on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 1:30 p.m. for the secret handshake reading series: xtraordinaree poets in an xtraordinaree time. Come and hear me read from new work alongside fellow poets Andrea Thompson, Kate de Jong, Kedrick James, Adeena Karasick, Honey Novick, Marcy Rogers, Andrea Thompson and David Tinmouth. I am happy
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Please join me at 7:00pm on Monday, May 15, 2023 at the Free Times Café [320 College Street, Toronto] for the Art Bar Poetry Series. I will join fellow poets Khashayar Mohammadi and Shelly Grace for a trio of readings followed by an Open Mic. I’m looking forward to seeing you there and hearing your
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Active History has published an article about my recent appearance at the Emma Goldman symposium in Toronto and the poem I wrote, “Inheriting Your Life: Homage to Emma Goldman,” for the event. Do read it now! Inheriting Her Life: Toronto’s Poet Laureate Remembers Emma Goldman. Here’s the video of my reading: And here’s the text
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Anansi’s Annual Poetry Bash is Back! This year, the party will be held on April 27th, 7:00 to 10:00pm, at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Toronto! This pay-what-you-can event is TICKETED, so I’m inviting you to RSVP via MOCA right NOW! The 2023 Anansi Poetry Bash will highlight the launch of three stunning poetry
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I would like to draw your attention to two events for Exile Quarterly and Exile Editions in early April. Both are ticketed events with admission fees. First, I will participate in a special fundraising event in celebration of Exile Quarterly’s 50th anniversary on April 2, 2023 from 2:00 to 5:00pm at the Charles Pachter Gallery and Museum
NEW DATE! On Thursday, March 23, 2023, I will be travelling to the Hazel McCallion Campus of Sheridan College for the launch of The Ampersand Review, Issue 3. Along with Naben Ruthnum and Ann Yu-Kyung Choi, I will take part in the panel on “Borders: Canadian Writing in Communities, the Country, and the World.” Our
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You are cordially invited to an evening of readings from the late Luciano Iacobelli’s poetry. The Poets Read: A Celebration of Luciano Iacobelli takes place on Monday, November 21, from 7:00pm – 10:00pm at Clinton’s, 693 Bloor Street West, Toronto. More than 25 writers will read and raise a glass to Luciano.
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On Saturday, November 19, at 7:00pm, please join me at The Canadian Music Centre, 20 St. Joseph Street, for an evening of poetry, music, and song. George Elliot Clarke’s Five Poets Breaking into Song #7 features the work of five poets: Ayesha Chatterjee, Giovanna Riccio and myself, as well as the posthumous work of Irving
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On Wednesday, October 26, I will take part in a special lecture and reception to celebrate the Honorary Doctorate conferred on Dr. Blake Charles Goldring in 2021. Goldring is a long-time supporter of the VicOne Norman Jewison Stream in Imagination and the Arts. We will also be celebrating my retirement from my role as the Blake C.
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The Minstrels & Bards reading series presents a celebration of Halloween with poetry and music. The event takes place from 7:00pm to 9:15 pm on Tuesday, October 25th, at the Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Avenue, Toronto. Featured readers and all attendees are encouraged to come as a persona, in masquerade or in costume. The event
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This Saturday, October 15, I will be attending a one-day event entitled “A Symposium on Emma Goldman 82 Years After Her Death in Toronto.” In the evening, I will be introduced as the featured reader in the panel, “Remembering Goldman Through Poetry,” chaired by Franca Iacovetti and Cynthia Wright. I will read a poem and
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Register now and join me on Saturday, October 1st, at 3pm, in celebrating the launch of these Gordon Hill Press audiobooks, including all their poetry titles up until this year: Roxanna Bennett’s “unmeaningable” Tom Prime / Gary Barwin’s “A Cemetery for Holes” Danny Jacobs’ “Sourcebooks for Our Drawings” Mike Chaulk’s “Night Lunch” Amy LeBlanc’s “I
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Toronto International Festival of Authors explores the influential books and writers who defined genres and captivated readers for decades. Each session of The Re-Read features a contemporary writer discussing a favourite book or author, to offer their insight as an author and share their joy as a reader. In this session, in my role as
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REGISTER TO WATCH IN PERSON REGISTER TO WATCH ONLINE On Sunday, September 25, at 4:00 pm, I will take part in the Toronto International Festival of Authors panel: Theatre of War, The Waste Land Project Poets from Ukraine, Toronto, and other parts of the world come together across borders and boundaries to present readings and
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REGISTER FOR THE FREE ZOOM NOW VIA EVENTBRITE!! Please join me for the next iteration of Five Poets Breaking into Song, a zoom event hosted by George Elliott Clarke, featuring the work of Al Moritz, Micheline Maylor, and Bruce Meyer, as well as the posthumous work of Irving Layton and Libby Scheier. Each poet (or
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The Toronto International Festival of Authors (TIFA) is Canada’s largest and longest-running literary festival, presented with a vision to inspire, empower and connect through the art of stories. Join us annually every fall, to meet, hear and learn from the world’s leading contemporary authors. In 2022, the 43rd Edition of the Toronto International Festival of Authors
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Tomorrow, Wednesday, September 21st, from 11:30am to 1:00 pm, I will take part in Liter-Art-I: Poetry at the Art Table, sponsored by The Stop’s Wychwood Open Door, in Partnership with St. Clair Arts Network (SCAN) and The Creative Vocalization Studio. Please join me and fellow guest poets, Jill Andrew, George Elliott Clarke, and Clifton Joseph
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At 2:00pm on Saturday, September 17, please join me online for the Oakville Literary Café, in Partnership with the Oakville Literary Alliance. The Oakville Literary Café is a monthly session in which a featured writer reads and in which attendees are invited to share their own writing or just listen. And I am the scheduled
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Please join me for the launch of a multidisciplinary artists’ book event, Open Cut, July 22-24, 2022. Someone Editions, with myself and and poet Beatriz Hausner, presents new works by Luciano Iacobelli and Deborah Barnett. Open Cut will take place at Someone Editions Book Salon and Gallery, 2059 Dundas Street West, Toronto, M6R 1W8. Exhibition and Readings:Friday,
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The fourth and final evening in the series, Lost Launches, takes place at 7pm, June 28, 2022, at the Art Bar (Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W, Toronto). In my role as Toronto’s Poet Laureate, I have been proud to help launch books of poetry whose proper entrance into the world was stymied by the Covid-19 crisis.
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Join us for Lost Launches III at the Art Bar, Tuesday, May 31, 7pm, Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W., Toronto
I invite you to join me for a rooftop poetry reading this Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 7:30 at 1718 Queen West, in Toronto. I will join fellow poets Allan Briesmaster, Beatriz Hausner, Luciano Iacobelli, Corrado Paina, and Giovanna Riccio in reading from our recent work. This event serves as the festive conclusion to the
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You’re invited to a special evening of readings and conversation with Victoria College Faculty and authors Adam Sol, Albert Moritz, Robert McGill and Sarah Dowling, “Crosscurrents Part 1: Vic Faculty Reading & Discussion“, on Tuesday, March 15, 6:00pm EST. The event will be hosted by writer, editor and teacher Canisia Lubrin. The event is open to the public! REGISTER HERE:
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I am honored to announce that I have been named Victoria Island University’s Ralph Gustafson Distinguished Poet for 2021-22. This residency includes a public poetry reading, a visit to students in an advanced VIU creative writing seminar, and an annual public lecture, all of which take place between March 2nd and 3rd, 2022. The public
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I was very happy to read Kathy Flaxman’s review of our December Dead Poet’s Society event at the Art Bar in this weekend’s Toronto Star. And I was happy to be included in the assessment: The current Poet Laureate of Toronto, Al Moritz, who was warmly greeted by the audience, has kind words for the
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Please join me on Tuesday, December 14, 7pm at Clintons, 693 Bloor West, for the Art Bar’s Dead Poets Society Night. The Dead Poets Society Night is an annual tradition at the Art Bar Poetry Series, normally held in mid-December. Those performing read from the poetry of dead poets. For several years now, this event
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Please join me this weekend, October 2 & 3, 2021, for the Virtual Edition of JLF Toronto: CanLitscape Poets & Storytellers. Register for free right now to gain access to 2 days, 8 conversations, and 7 poetry readings by 30 acclaimed authors, poets, thinkers and change-makers via https://jlflitfest.org/toronto/registration. My poem, “House,” will be featured amongst
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