Tonight, 20 poets will take to the stage as part of the 5th annual Poetry NOW competition. Toronto Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke, Authors at Harbourfront Centre Director Geoffrey Taylor, and Harbourfront Centre Artistic Associate Jen Tindall form the jury that will decide which poet will read at the 34th annual International Festival of Authors and have their book advertised in NOW Magazine. This year’s candidates include Rosemary Aubert, Josephine Dion Casey, Mathew Henderson, Al Hunter, Beatriz Hausner, Shannon Maguire, Peter Norman, Torontoist contributor Natalie Zina Walschots, and more.

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Today In Books at Harbourfront Centre, Brigantine Room