Concordia Students attend Public Poetics Event

Aside from Writers Read there are several student organized events including some that are for credit and offer faculty supervision. Public Poetics and Off The Page was such an event. It evolved out Curating & Archiving the Literary Event, a new Creative Writing course offering. The course will run again in the fall of 2014. See … Continue reading Concordia Students attend Public Poetics Event

From the Archive: Mark Strand

Writers Read is busy organizing our media files to bring you fresh content. We found this recording of a reading featuring Mark Strand from November 12, 2004. Here is an account of that event: People packed the De Sève Cinema on Nov. 12 to hear a reading by celebrated poet Mark Strand. A tall man with white … Continue reading From the Archive: Mark Strand

Big Day! Two Announcements

Writers Read is happy to announce TWO upcoming readings featuring Peter Watts and George Elliott Clarke, both to held on Thursday, November 20. Peter Watts is a Canadian science fiction author and marine-mammal biologist. He has published numerous novels and short stories, including the Rifters Trilogy and Firefall Series. Watts’ work has garnered a variety of awards and accolades, … Continue reading Big Day! Two Announcements

Tomorrow!

Check out tomorrow's very special guest, Nick Thurston! He's first up in this video, reading his poem "A Dress," followed by Writers Read Alumni Christian Bök! Thurston will be hosting a public talk this Wednesday, November 12 at 12:30 at Concordia University, in Room LB 646. See you there!