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Friday Links V3
Well Edmonton, it’s Friday. We’re buried arse-deep in snow, the roads are like mashed potatoes, the sun hasn’t appeared for a few days, and it’s getting cold. What’s not to love? This weeks assortment ... Read More
Friday Links V2
An assortment of links offered with no guarantees, and no hope for re-election. — Will Furguson wins the 2012 Giller Prize. I guess this surprises no one but me. I thought for sure MY ... Read More
Friday Links
An assortment of cagey, interesting, scathing, and downright inspirational links. — Our friends at Edmonton’s Lit Fest are winding down their festival this weekend. You should check the schedule for this weekend’s events. — ... Read More
Reading Series Runs This Saturday
Ah, winter. The wound that coaxes the thinnest blood. You may be content with shaking your woolen mittens over your ash-fired woodstove in a futile attempt at drying. Nobody would knock you for languishing ... Read More
Urban Beats on City Streets
The Poetry Route’s latest batch of bus poems, Urban Beats, is now circulating on Edmonton transit vehicles. Our aim for this theme was to feature work from local inner-city voices; writers from outside the ... Read More
Visions of Alberta
As part of Alberta Arts Days 2012, Please join us for Visions of Alberta, presented by the Edmonton Poetry Festival and the Government House Foundation. Enjoy 4 poetry presentations that tell the story of ... Read More
The Poetry Route
Call for submissions: Write Something Edmonton! The Edmonton Poetry Festival seeks submissions for the next flight of The Poetry Route, a project that puts poetry onto public transit vehicles. The upcoming flight, Voices of ... Read More
Poetry Route Submissions Now Open
Hey, you know what’s cool? The library. Yes, contrary to what all your reprobate friends would have you believe, it is cool to have a library card. The library is – perhaps – our ... Read More
New Cafe Reading Series
Hello, poets. Oh you of autumn’s heaving emotions; oh you of darkness and tethered clichés; oh you of death and redemption. How to solve the riddle of autumn? We at PoFest central have the ... Read More
Call for Urban Submissions – The Poetry Route
It’s time again to open the phone lines of inspiration for a NEW round of Bus Poetry. For a few years now, The Edmonton Poetry Festival has teamed with Edmonton Transit to bring you ... Read More
This is How The Festival Ends
Last night’s Poetry Party was a real blowout. The Reunited Raving Poets kicked out a memorable set with readers Michael Gravel, Kerry Mulholland, and Thomas Trofimuk. Guitarist Michel Lefavre sat in with the band ... Read More
Be No Accomplice to Memory
If you’re on Facebook, you should be visiting our page and “liking” us. Visit us on Facebook. There you will find all kinds of cool stuff, including amazing photos of all the festival’s events ... Read More