Performances – Page 2 of 6

Eight Voices: Finalists for the First QWF Spoken Word Prize — Nov 04, 2022 (Events)

Montreal, QC - Concordia University - 4th Space / Virtual - Registration Link Below

In an exciting world premiere, the eight finalists for the inaugural Quebec Writers’ Federation Spoken Word Prize will offer short performances showcasing their talents. The prize is open to all forms of spoken word performance, from storytelling to sound poetry, hip hop, and dub. Presented by the Quebec Writers’ Federation and Concordia’s SpokenWeb project, the event will be hosted by poet and SpokenWeb director Jason Camlot.

Performances | 4th Space, Caitlin Murphy, Concordia University, Debbie Braide, Erin Moure, Jason Camlot, Joanne Pelletier, Liana Cusmano, Lucia De Luca, performance, poetry, Prize, Quebec Writers Fund, QWF, Raissa Simone, Roen Higgins, spoken word, SpokenWeb

The Words & Music Show – Fresh Pages Edition: Choosing Joy, at the Caribbean Food Factory — Oct 28, 2022 (Events)

Montreal, QC - Quebec Writers Federation, SpokenWeb-Concordia University, Wired on Words Productions - The Caribbean Food Factory, 5311 Boul. de Maisonneuve Ouest, Montréal, QC H4A 1Z5. Metro Vendôme.

In this special edition of The Words & Music Show, QWF Fresh Pages Award-winner Ceta Gabriel assembles a brilliant roster of established, emerging, and re-emerging artists performing around the theme: Choosing Joy.

Performances | BTFC Afro Beats Group, Caribbean Food Factory, Ceta Gabriel, Deanna Williams, Dj Zip, Fresh Pages, Jamila "jaidanse", Jason Blackbord Selman, Kaleel John, Kemba Mitchell, Kiid Crook, Loreena G, Svens Télémaque, The Words and Music Show, Todd Smith, Whittley Deleveaux, Wired on Words Productions

Deep Curation Poetry Performances: Residency Presentations — Aug 09, 2022 (Events)

Montreal - Theatre aux Ecuries

During the residency at Studio303, du Plessis will collaborate with poets and interdisciplinary artists Kama La Mackerel and Alexei Perry Cox to produce a performance that will observe themes of place, identity formation, and grief surrounding binaries and borders.

Performances | Alexei Perry Cox, Deep Curation, Kama La Mackerel, Klara du Plessis, Montreal, performance, poetry

Deep Curation Poetry Performances: Residency Presentations — Jul 28, 2022 (Events)

Montreal - White Wall Studio

During the residency at Studio303, du Plessis will collaborate with poets and interdisciplinary artists Kama La Mackerel and Alexei Perry Cox to produce a performance that will observe themes of place, identity formation, and grief surrounding binaries and borders.

Performances | Alexei Perry Cox, Deep Curation, Kama La Mackerel, Klara du Plessis, Montreal, performance, poetry

ORAL/TRANS/MISSIONS | A performance retrospective by Clifton Joseph — May 06, 2022 (Events)

Montreal, QC - Hotel 10, Salle Godin

The Atwater Poetry Project, in partnership with the Blue Metropolis Festival and SpokenWeb, are pleased to welcome dub poetry legend CLIFTON JOSEPH for a special spoken word presentation, our first live event since March 2020.

A founder of the Canadian tradition of dub poetry, a political performance poetry genre of Caribbean roots, and 1/3 of the influential group DE DUB POETS with Lillian Allen and Devon Haughton, Joseph will perform work from throughout his forty-year career before joining APP curator Faith Paré in conversation.

Performances | Atwater Poetry Project, Blue Metropolis, CLIFTON JOSEPH, dub poetry, Faith Paré, Montreal, performance, poetry, SpokenWeb

Living the Plague at Words & Music: A Literary Community Listening Party — Feb 28, 2022 (Events)

Virtual Participation - Zoom Link Below

SpokenWeb community partner, The Words and Music Show, will gather to revisit the past two years of online shows by listening to Jason Camlot’s recent podcast “The Show Goes On: Words and Music in a Pandemic”.

Performances, Presentations

Atwater Poetry Project Online: Tolu Oloruntoba & Jason ‘Blackbird’ Selman — Feb 22, 2022 (Events)

Virtual Participation - RSVP Link Below

The Atwater Poetry Project is overjoyed to feature two poets thinking through ancestry, time and migration, and masculinity, from the West Coast to the St. Lawrence: TOLU OLORUNTOBA (Each One a Furnace, Penguin Random House, 2022), winner of the 2021 Governor General’s Award for English Language Poetry, and JASON ‘BLACKBIRD’ SELMAN…

Performances | Atwater Library, Atwater Poetry Project, Montreal, Reading

Poetry by Memory: A Recording Booth, Co-Presented with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival — May 7-8, 2022 (Events)

Montreal - Hotel 10, Hall

SpokenWeb, a research program that preserves literary sound recordings, will run a booth on site where festival attendees will be invited to recite lines from a poem they know by heart into a microphone for preservation on a reel to reel tape.

Collaborations, Performances | Blue Metropolis, Concordia University, Memory, Montreal, poetry, Recitation, Recording, SpokenWeb

Sounding Undernames, a SpokenWeb Poetry Reading and Conversation, Co-Presented with the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival — May 08, 2022 (Events)

Montreal - Hotel 10, Terrasse

This free in-person event will be hosted by Katherine McLeod featuring readings by and discussion with SpokenWeb team members Klara du Plessis, Faith Paré, and Carlos A. Pittella.

Collaborations, Performances | Blue Metropolis, Concordia University, Discussion, Montreal, Poetry Reading, SpokenWeb

Readings and Discussion featuring UAlberta Writer in Residence Ifeoma Chinwuba and Edmonton Poet Laureate Titilope Sonuga — Feb 07, 2022 (Events)

Virtual Participation - University of Alberta - RSVP Link Below

SpokenWeb UAlberta and the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta are pleased to present a dual reading and discussion featuring three prominent Edmonton-based authors.

Performances, Talk | Edmonton, Ifeoma Chinwuba, Reading, SpokenWeb, Titilope Sonuga, Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike, University of Alberta