Results tagged “souvankhamthammavongsa”

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.

Tonight, The Fifteenth Annual Scream Literary Festival launches its six-day festival with readings by Dennis Lee and Souvankham Thammavongsa at The Gladstone Ballroom. Performances by George Elliot Clarke, and robots belonging to Shapour Shahidi are also promised, and it sounds like audience members are invited to make art with weird, old science textbooks. This year's festival “considers the strange alchemy of poetry and science, through readings, panels, and performances.”

If last week’s key word on the literary scene was “big,” as in prizes, galas, festivals, sold-out readings, visiting writers, and BookExpo, we get back to normal-ish this week. In fact, we’ve not had such a low-key stretch since March.

No time…Must get back down to Harbourfront…IFOA in full swing…Here are some other literary events taking place this week….