News Archive
Guest Post: Reading Out Loud Again
It has been almost one year. One year since I first read my poetry in public. One year since I took that next step towards finding my voice as a poet. I was terrified. ... Read More
Vol Un Teer
Each morning you rise feeling slightly off, like someone pushed you out of their dream. This is more true than you will acknowledge during the waking hours. It takes a moment, but you remember ... Read More
Cafe Series this Saturday
I know what you’re thinking. The long weekend approacheth, and it’s been a hard winter. You’re still recovering from last week’s ridiculous blizzard, but your spring shoes are rousing from hibernation. You’ve moved from ... Read More
Canada Comes to Edmonton This April
You’re probably familiar with the fabled Great Canadian Road Trip. It’s the trip that begins at Mile Zero in Victoria and ends some months or years later at Cape Spear, Newfoundland. It’s a helluva ... Read More
Media Information 2013
This page contains information that may be used by media outlets interested in covering the Edmonton Poetry Festival in 2013. The festival runs from April 21 to April 28, 2013. Basic Information The Edmonton ... Read More
Important Update For Our Saturday Reading Series Event
Important Update. Our always-awesome monthly reading series had had a CHANGE OF VENUE due to a water main break on 124 street. Our Monthly reading series will occur on Saturday February 23 as scheduled, ... Read More
Get Set To Rock The Nation
This year, Edmonton welcomes Poet Laureates from across Canada from April 21st to April 28th, 2013! Parliamentary Poet Fred Wah, Toronto Laureate George Elliott Clarke and 13 other Laureates from across our vast country ... Read More
Two PoFest Sponsored Readings Coming Up
Hey hepcats and hepkittens, I’m here to let you know about TWO upcoming reading events sponsored by your friendly neighbourhood poetry festival (that’s us). These two events are distinct, and both are awesome. Here ... Read More
Donate to the Festival
Donate to the Festival By donating to the Edmonton Poetry Festival Society, you are helping the organization fulfil its mandate of delivering poetic goodness to the people of Edmonton and Alberta. You’re helping to ... Read More
Burns Baby Burns!
January is the month for celebrating Robbie Burns Day – the birthday of the great Scottish poet. So for this month’s poetry event at Café Tiramisu, the Edmonton Poetry Festival will take an unorthodox ... Read More
It's Membership Season!
With the holiday season squarely upon us, it is time to review the past year and re-affirm your priorities. Let’s start with the review. This past year, you bought coffee at Starbucks WAY too ... Read More
Christmas Party / Poetry Reading This Saturday
Before you begin to scrape your windshield, you notice the peculiar patterns of frost, informed by your previous scrape. It would be kind, you think, to leave the marks untouched as a sign of ... Read More