If you've still got some energy (and wads of cash) after TINARS, you might want to consider attending a unique poetry salon offered by the U of T School of Continuing Studies. The ten-week course is a poetry lecture/reading series, composed of eight accomplished Toronto-based poets. Facilitated by Margaret Christakos, the course will host Antonio D'afonso, Triny Finlay, Maggie Helwig, Clifton Joseph, Robert Priest, Stuart Ross, Karoen Solie, and Souvankham Thammavongsa. Each week, one poet......

Robert Priest performing at a 2004 fundraiser for the construction of the Gwendolyn MacEwen Park Memorial. Torontoist Poetry Contest Reminder! Two weeks ago, we at Torontoist launched a poetry contest to encourage the penning of new poems about our fair city. To inspire you, we now begin a series of previously published Toronto poems that will run until the final week of the contest. Our first poem is by Robert Priest, who is one......

The week starts off with another instalment of Pussy Pen, an evening of readings and performance focusing on women, trans, and queer perspectives. It takes place at Tango and Crews, 508 Church St, beginning at 8pm. Free. Tuesday’s Wildsound script reading series features Face to Face, a TV pilot script written by Christina Ray and Mark De Angelis. The event is moderated by Pamela Sinha. It starts at 7pm at the Stealth Lounge, 22......

This week Torontoist presents extended literary event listings – you get till Sunday the 27th at no additional cost – as I’m out of town until the end of August. Tonight, Jerry Schaefer presents The Flash Fiction Comedy Jam, which is apparently flash fiction read by a bunch of Toronto comics. Intriguing. Additionally, there’ll be a “live writing contest” and an appearance by storyteller Mark Jenkins. It takes place at Bad Dog Theatre – 138......