Past events:
2025
Bookmark Soiree and 2025 Readerity Talk, “Conversations with Books,” November 6, Old Triangle (upstairs), Halifax, NS, 7 pm.
Bookmark Soiree and 2025 Readerity Talk, “Conversations with Books,” October 30, Gallery 78, Fredericton, NB, 7 pm.
Bookmark Soiree and 2025 Readerity Talk “Conversations with Books,” October 23, Studio One, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown, PE, 7 pm.
Atlantic Book Awards Poetry Reading, June 4, 2025, The Carleton, Halifax, NS, 7 pm. With Alice Burdick, Clare Goulet, Annick MacAskill, and Johanna Skibsrud.
Frye Festival, Tea Time Readings, April 27, 2025, Aberdeen Cultural Centre, Moncton, NB, 3 pm.
Fyre Festival, Lingering Threads, April 29, 2025, Aberdeen Cultural Centre, Moncton, NB, 6 pm.
Twisted Poets Literary Salon, March 19, 2025, at Britannia Public Library, Vancouver, BC, 6 pm.
Planet Earth Poetry, March 14, 2025, at Russel Books, Victoria, BC, 7 pm.
The Olive Reading Series, March 12, 2025, at Rooster Kitchen, Edmonton, AB, 7 pm.
2024
SFU Lunch Poems, November 20, 2024, online at noon (PT).
Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose on October 26, 2024, Kentville, NS.
Poetry Weekend at University of New Brunswick, October 5-6, 2024, Fredericton, NB.
Jack Pine Folk Club, Wild Threads Literary Festival, September 19, 2024, Trailside Music Hall, Charlottetown, 8 pm.
Flywheel Reading Series on August 8, 2024, at Pages on Kensington, Calgary, AB, 7 pm.
The Work book launch with poets Jamella Hagen and Keagan Hawthorne and music by Adam Hill and guests, July 27, 2024, at Beaconsfield Carriage House, Charlottetown, PE, 7 pm.
The Catch-Up Reading Series hosted by Fawn Parker with Mark Anthony Jarman and Jeremy Gilmer, June 30, 2024, at The Westminster Bookmark, Fredericton, NB, 3 pm.
The Bookmark presents Poets & Pints with Brent MacLaine and Renée Blanchette, April 30, 2024, at The Q, 70 Grafton Street, Charlottetown, PE, 7 pm.
2023
Wild Threads Literary Festival: Jack Pine Folk Club at the Pourhouse, Charlottetown, PE, November 3, 2023, 7:30 pm AT, with Fawn Parker and musical guests Mark Haines and Rowen Gallant.
Poetry Panel at the Guild, Charlottetown, PE, September 15, 2023, 4:30 pm AT, with Eberechi Okwuwolu, and PEI’s Poet Laureate, Tanya Davis.
Poets & Pints, The Pilot House, Charlottetown, PE, April 27, 2023, 7 pm AT, in person.
Winter’s Tales Reading Series, Beaconsfield Carriage House, Charlottetown, PE, April 13, 2023, 8 pm AT, in person.
Planet Joy with The Electronic Garret, April 11, 2023, 5 pm PT/ 9 pm AT online.
Cascadia Field Guide Launch: The Canadian Edition, March 30, 2023, 7 pm PT/ 11 pm AT online.
VerseFest 2023, Knox Presbyterian Church, Ottawa, ON, on March 18, 2023.
2022
Gaspereau Press Wayzgoose Reading at St. James Anglican Church Hall, Kentville, NS, on October 22, 2022.
Poetry Weekend at Memorial Hall, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, on October 1, 2022.
2021
Gaspereau Press Day at Maple Murple’s Book Shoppe & Dreamery in River John, NS, on July 18, 2021.
Book launch with Bren Simmers and Laurie Brinklow on May 15th, 2021 at 3 pm and 7 pm at the Beaconsfield Carriage House in Charlottetown. With musical guests Adam Hill, Sean Kemp, Chris Corrigan, and Mike Mooney.
Winnipeg International Writer’s Festival presents The Electronic Garret on May 5, 2021, at 7 PM (CDT) with Arleen Pare, Micheline Maylor-Kovitz, Tanja Bartel, and host Ariel Gordon.
Attic Owl Reading Series presents National Poetry Month Extravaganza on April 29, 2021, at 7 pm (ADT) with Lisa Richter, Jessica Moore, Claire Kelly, Kelsey Klip, Carolyne Van Der Meer, Keagan Hawthorne, and Martha Vowles.
Celebrating Poetry Month with Laurie Brinklow and Bren Simmers in conversation with Richard Lemm on April 27, 2021, at 7 pm (ADT).
The Electronic Garret and Type Books present Resilience: A Poetry Month Reading on April 22, 2021, at 7 pm (EDT) with Yvonne Blomer, Barbara Tran, Bren Simmers, Tanja Bartel, Kerry Ryan, and host Kateri Lanthier.
2020
Pivot Point Launch at Massy Books in Vancouver, BC, on February 26, 2020.
Planet Earth Poetry in Victoria, BC, on February 28, 2020.
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