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Youth Poetry Slam Workshops!
All right you youth slammers, now is the time to shine. Here’s a little bit of info on a set of awesome-looking workshops coming your way in March and April. Best thing is, these ... Read More
Event Schedule 2011
Event Schedule 2011 The Whole Kitt N’ Kaboodle We are presently at work in our top secret laboratory working on the 2011 festival. Stay tuned for details on all the cool events! Read More
Visual Poetry Call For Submissions
Here’s a call for submissions for this year’s festival. It looks pretty hella awesome, and if you’re of the bent that would dig something like this, I encourage you to check it out. Here ... Read More
Festival 2011 – Make it a date!
The Edmonton Poetry Festival is set to cram your calendar with poetry from April 25 to May 1, 2011. Mark it and park it! We’ll have special guests Al Moritz and Karen Solie – ... Read More
InArms Performance – November 10, 2010
The InArms is a project that endeavors, though poetry, to tell the stories of Canadians in the military. It includes poetry published online at InArms.ca (what an excellent response we’ve had so far!), and ... Read More
Edmonton Slam Team En-Route to Ottawa!
Edmonton’s first-ever slam team has been rehearsing and rehearsing, smoothing their pieces, working on their moves. They’re headed for the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word in Ottawa — and you have one last chance ... Read More
Alberta Words at Government House
Hey everyone! How is everyone doing? Recovered from our LONG and LUXURIOUS summer yet? Yeah, me too. I thought I’d let you know about a cool event coming up this weekend. Alberta Arts Days ... Read More
Poetry Festival Video from Telus
Cool! The good folks down at Telus have constructed the following super-cool video that spotlights events from this past year’s Poetry Festival. Pretty awesome, if you ask me! Hop on the Youtube page and ... Read More
Come out for the Festival AGM
It’s time again for the Edmonton Poetry Festival’s Annual General Meeting. Here are the specifics: When: Sunday, July 25, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Where: Edmonton Room, Stanley A. Milner Library What’s On: The ... Read More
The InArms Project
The Edmonton Poetry Festival is pleased to present InArms, a project designed to bring together Edmonton’s poetry community and the soldiers and families stationed at CFB Namao in Edmonton. The project aims to publish ... Read More
Cafe Readings Video
Ah yes, the cafe readings. The Festival’s gentle wrap-up on Sunday afternoon. Not content with a mere photo gallery, our esteemed photographer / videographer Randall Edwards has put together a little vid that showcases ... Read More
Festival Saturday
Well, it’s a BIG DAY for the Edmonton Poetry Festival. You should definitely check the sked for today’s list of events. Come on, it’s a blustery day, why not slide down and catch some ... Read More