Forthcoming Events

Mar 6, 2024 — Reading with Laurie Graham and Jana Prikryl. Writers Read, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

Mar 6, 2024 — Professional Panel with Laurie Graham and Jana Prikryl. 4th Space, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

Mar 5, 2024 — “Thinking through space, community, and experimentation.” Centre for Expanded Poetics, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

Past Events

2023

Nov 17, 2023 — Ottawa Small Press Fair Pre-fair Reading, Carleton Tavern, Ottawa, ON.

Oct 28, 2023 — Silence launch, London Small Press Fair, Conway Hall, London, UK.

Jun 21, 2023 — Poets Corner Reading Series, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Vancouver, BC

May 18, 2023 — [Host] Fireside chat with Suzette Mayr, Calgary Zoo, Calgary, AB.

Mar 23, 2023 — Guest Lecture, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC [via Zoom]

Mar 9, 2023 — Flywheel Reading Series, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB

Mar 8, 2023 — Guest Lecture, York University, Toronto, ON [via Zoom]

Feb 28, 2023 — Guest Lecture, York University, Toronto, ON. [via Zoom]

Feb 22, 2023 — Guest Lecture, BISIA310. University of Washington – Bothell. Bothell, WA, USA [via Zoom]

Jan 13, 2023 — An Afternoon with the Poet Laureate, Legion Hall, Banff, AB

2022

Oct 29, 2022 — Bookbinding Workshop, Banff Public Library, Banff, AB.

Oct 27, 2022 — Surface Tension Launch, Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB.

Oct 19, 2022 — [Host] Giller Prize Between the Pages, Studio Bell, Calgary, AB.

Oct 6, 2022 — Laureate-o-rama, Wordfest, Calgary, AB 

Sept 24, 2022 — Surface Tension Launch, Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON.

Sept 23, 2022 — Surface Tension Launch, Coach House Books, Toronto, ON.

Apr 23, 2022 — Bookbinding workshop, Banff Public Library, Banff, AB.

Apr 23, 2022 — Catalogue Saisonee Launch. Paper View Books, Leiria, Portugal. [via youtube]

Apr 8, 2022 — An Afternoon with the Poet Laureate, Legion Hall, Banff, AB.

Mar 14, 2022 — Guest Lecture, OCADU [via Zoom]

Feb 28, 2022 — Banff Poet Laureate Presentation, Town of Banff Town Council [via Zoom]

2021

Mar 1, 2021 — Guest Lecture, University of Calgary [via Zoom]

Feb 16, 2021 — Guest Lecture, Leeds Beckett University [via Zoom]

Jan 25, 2021 — Keynote Address, MainSite Contemporary Art, Norman, OK, USA [via Zoom]

Jan 14, 2021 — Lens Flare / Guillemot Press Launch [via Zoom]

2020

Nov 28, 2020 — Meet the Presses Round Table discussion on “Outlaw Press” [via Zoom]

Nov 11, 2020 — ModPo, University of Pennsylvania [via Zoom]

Nov 11, 2020 — PoemTalk, Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania. [via Zoom]

Nov 11, 2020 — Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania. [via Zoom]

Nov 1, 2020 — Lit Live Reading Series. [via Zoom]

Sep 29, 2020 — University of Winnipeg. Seminar on concrete and conceptual poetry. [via Zoom]

Sep 1, 2020 — The Complete Works screening and discussion. Coach House Books Wayzgoose. [via Zoom]

Aug 17, 2020 — University of Melbourne. Seminar on small press publishing. [via Zoom]

July 16, 2020 — Western Washington University. Seminar on visual and conceptual writing. [via Zoom]

June 20, 2020 — University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Seminar on concrete poetry. [via Zoom]

Feb 27, 2020 — Performance Lab, Sheffield Hallum University, Sheffield, UK.

Feb 26, 2020 — “Community in the Classroom.” SHU UCU Teach-out. Sheffield Hallum University, Sheffield, UK.

2019

Nov 16, 2019 — What fuckan birthday. Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON.

July 30, 2019 — Nights on Prose Mountain launch, The Paper Hound, Vancouver, BC.

May 7, 2019 — Paul D. Fleck Library, Banff Centre, Banff, AB.

Apr 26, 2019 — Riverrun Reading: Irish and Canadian Poets at Poetry Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Apr 25-27, 2019 — Text, Sound, Performance: Making in Canadian Space. University College Dublin. Dublin, Ireland.

Apr 24, 2019 — University College Dublin. Dublin, Ireland.

Apr 18, 2019 — Calgary Public Library, Calgary, AB.

Apr 7, 2019 — Art Space, Canmore, AB.

2018

Nov 22, 2018 — Whyte Museum, Banff, AB.

Oct 3, 2018 — Nights on Prose Mountain launch, Casa del Popo, Montreal, QC.

Oct 2, 2018 — Nights on Prose Mountain launch, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto, ON.

Jul 22-29, 2018 — WGA Wordsworth summer camp. week long summer camp for youth ages 13-18, organized by the Writers Guild of Alberta. Bragg Creek, AB.

Jun 29, 2018 — Poetrology, Memorial Park Library, Calgary, AB.

Jun 5, 2018 — Emerald Awards, Theatre Showcase Grand, Calgary, AB.

May 5, 2018 — Loud Mouths, Happy Goat Coffee Co., Ottawa, ON.

May 4-6, 2018 — Kanada Koncrete: Material Poetries in the Digital Age, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Apr 26-27, 2018 — B/LATENT: French Graduate Conference, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, UK.

Apr 18, 2018 — Mayor’s Luncheon for Arts Champions, BMO Centre, Calgary, AB.

Mar 15, 2018 — Full day workshop, Level 5 BA Hons Design class, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.

Mar 14, 2018 — Inside/Out Lecture, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.

Mar 13, 2018 — Full day workshop, Level 6 BA Hons Design class, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.

Mar 12, 2018 — Guest Lecturer, Level 5 BA Hons Design class, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.

Mar 12, 2018 — Guest Lecturer, Level 6 BA Hons Design class, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, UK.

Mar 6, 2018 — Guest Lecturer, ENGL265, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Feb 21, 2018 — Guest lecturer, 4th year English class. UNC-W, Wilmington, NC, USA.

Feb 21, 2018 — Fahrenheit/Celsius Reading Series. UNC-W, Wilmington, NC, USA.

2017

Nov 4, 2017 — Canzine Calgary. Memorial Park Library and Arts Space, Calgary, AB.

Nov 3, 2017 — Art Enabled Life Film Screening, Plaza Theatre, Calgary, AB.

Oct 26, 2017 — Panel Discussion, Publication Studio Vancouver/Selectors Records, Vancouver, BC [with Judith Copithorne, Clint Burnham, Jamie Hilder, Shyla Seller]

Oct 26, 2017 — “housepress / no press at 20: a talk with calgary poet & publisher derek beaulieu.” WAC Bennett Library, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

Oct 10, 2017 — Masterclass, Wordfest, Calgary, AB. [with Dennis Lee, Richard Harrison, Beth Everest]

Sep 27, 2017 — 1st ISSE Symposium: STEM as Critical Literacies. Banff Centre, Banff, AB.

Sep 22-23, 2017 — NY Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, Brooklyn, NY, USA.

Sep 20, 2017 —  Jean Boîte Editions Launch, Invisible Dog Arts Centre, Brooklyn, NY, USA [with Bernar Venet and Kenneth Goldsmith]

Sep 17, 2017 — Brunch Launch, Never the Same: what (else) can art writing do?, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB. [with Sky Goodden, Kristy Trinier, Emmanuel Iduma, Jennifer Krasinski, Amy Fung, Maryse Larivière]

Sep 16, 2017 — “Aural Cosmologies,” Never the Same: what (else) can art writing do?, Royal Canadian Legion #1 Branch, Calgary, AB. [with Lisa Robertson, Jeanne Randolph, Sleepy Panther]

Sept 2, 2017 — “Activism & Small Press” Panel discussion. Ark Books, REVERSE: Copenhagen International Poetry Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark. [with Nils-Øivind Haagensen]

Sept 2, 2017 — Reading. REVERSE: Copenhagen International Poetry Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark. [with Pierre Alféri, Jörg Piringer]

Sept 1, 2017 — “Poetry is Dead – Let’s Salvage the Corpse” Panel discussion. REVERSE: Copenhagen International Poetry Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark. [with Pierre Alféri, Jörg Piringer]

Sept 1, 2017 — “Criticizing the Critics” Panel discussion. REVERSE: Copenhagen International Poetry Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark. [with Pierre Alféri, Julio Hans C. Jensen, Tue Andersen Nexø, Christa Vogelius]

Aug 31, 2017 — Reading, REVERSE: Copenhagen International Poetry Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark. [with Kayo Chinognyi, Ursula Andkjær Olsen, Mette Moestrup]

Aug 30, 2017 — Östervärns Antikvariat & Bokhandel , Malmö, Sweden.

Jul 23-28, 2017 — WGA Wordsworth summer camp. week long summer camp for youth ages 13-18, organized by the Writers Guild of Alberta. Bragg Creek, AB.

Jul 15, 2017 — Conceptual Poetics Day, Miss Read 2017, Berlin, Germany.

Jul 8, 2017 — a, A Novel Launch, Yvon Lambert Bookshop, Paris, France.

Jun 31, 2017 —Planetary discussion workshop, Contemporary Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Jun 7, 2017 —  Making Treaty 7 Common Ground Dinner Series: An Artistic, Educational & Culinary Experience, Deane House, Calgary, AB.

Jun 1, 2017 — Willow Park Fine-Arts School, Calgary, AB.

May 29, 2017 — Alberta Student Leadership Conference, Lacombe composite high school, Lacombe, AB.

May 27, 2017 — Bow to Bluff Community Event, Calgary, AB.

May 9, 2017 — Making Treaty 7 Common Ground Dinner Series: An Artistic, Educational & Culinary Experience, Grey Eagle Hotel, Tsuu T’ina First Nation, AB.

Apr 11, 2017 — Making Treaty 7 Common Ground Dinner Series: An Artistic, Educational & Culinary Experience, Deane House, Calgary, AB.

Mar 31-Apr 2, 2017 — Never Abolish Chance: The Concrete Poetry Conference. St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, NY, USA.

Mar 14, 2017 — Making Treaty 7 Common Ground Dinner Series: An Artistic, Educational & Culinary Experience, River Cafe, Calgary, AB.

Feb 6-7, 2017 — Converge2017: Universities Canada. Shaw Convention Centre, Ottawa, ON.

2016

Dec 2, 2016 — The Calgary Renaissance Launch, Pages Books, Calgary, AB

Nov 28, 2016 — Pop-up poetry event, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.

Nov 14, 2016 — Guest Lecture, Photography 416, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB.

Nov 4, 2016 — Brown Bag Lunch Hour Talk, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Oct 31, 2016 — Art Happening 6, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB.

Oct 15, 2016 — Dry-transfer lettering workshop. Festival of Readers. St. Catharines, ON.

Oct 14, 2016 — Poetry Reading. Festival of Readers. St. Catharines, ON.

Oct 13, 2016 — The Concept of Vancouver. Brock University’s Centre for Canadian Studies. St. Catharines, ON.

Oct 1, 2016 — Typewriter workshop. Alberta Culture Days, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB.

Aug 9, 2016 —Pop-up Poetry event.  Stephen Avenue Mall, Calgary, AB.

Jul 17-24, 2016 — WGA Wordsworth summer camp. week long summer camp for youth ages 15-18, organized by the Writers Guild of Alberta. Bragg Creek, AB.

Jun 8, 2016 — Emerald Awards, Telus Spark, Calgary, AB.

May 29, 2016 — Christian Bok Unbound. Lot 102, Calgary, AB

May 11, 2016 — Parting Words / Starting Words. Wine Ohs, Calgary, AB.

May 11, 2016 — University of Calgary Faculty of Arts Celebrated Alumni Award ceremony, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

May 10, 2016 — Guest Lecture, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Apr 27, 2016 — “Wine and poetry pairings in celebration of national poetry month.” Metrovino, Calgary, AB.

Apr 25, 2016 — Calgary Poet Laureate Announcement. Calgary City Council Chambers, Calgary, AB.

Apr 14, 2016 — “An Evening with the Poet Laureate,” Scandinavian Centre, Calgary, AB.

Apr 13, 2016 — #popup poetry, Eighth Avenue Place, Calgary, AB.

Apr 12, 2016 — Guest Lecturer, ENGL265, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Mar 16, 2016 — Mayor’s Luncheon for Arts Champions, BMO Centre, Calgary, AB.

Mar 13, 2016 — Chateaux Studio, Stockholm, Sweden.

Mar 12, 2016 — Rönnells Antikvariat, Stockholm, Sweden.

Mar 5, 2016 — Public Art 101 Round Table, Nickle Gallery Hall, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Feb 12-13, 2016 — Where Next? Symposium, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB.

Feb 5, 2016 — Rundle Elementary School. Arts Commons, Calgary, AB.

Jan 27, 2016 — Guest Lecture, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, ON.

Jan 22, 2016 — Rundle Elementary School. Arts Commons, Calgary, AB

2015

Nov 10, 2015 — Giller Light Bash, Wurst, Calgary, AB.

Nov 3, 2015 — York University, Toronto, ON.

Oct 16, 2015 — Citizenship Ceremony, Arts Commons, Calgary, AB.

Oct 15, 2015 — Poetry Cabaret, Wordfest, Calgary, AB.

Sep 25, 2015 — Alberta Culture Days, Stephen Avenue, Calgary, AB.

Sep 17, 2015 — Beakerhead. Memorial Park, Calgary, AB.

Jul 25, 2015 — “The New Concrete” Book launch. Whitechapel Gallery, Whitechapel, London, UK.

Jul 23, 2015 — Xing the Line Reading Series. Apple Tree Pub, Clerkenwell, London, UK

Jul 10-18, 2015 — WGA Wordsworth summer camp. week long summer camp for youth ages 13-18, organized by the Writers Guild of Alberta. Bragg Creek, AB.

Jul 3, 2015 — [Host/organizer] A Celebration of Calgarian Writing. Lougheed House. Calgary, AB.

May 28, 2015 —Queen Elizabeth High School guest speaker, Calgary, AB.

May 20, 2015 — Hillhurst Elementary School guest speaker. ACAD. Calgary, AB.

May 16, 2015 — Tangled Up: an afternoon of Constraint-based and Oullipan writing. Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB.

May 14, 2015 — Keynote Speaker. ACAD Convocation. Jubilee Auditorium, Calgary, AB.

May 12, 2015 — Rev: Sustain, Thrive, Accelerate. Calgary Chamber meeting for entrepreneurial businesses. University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

May 10, 2015 — Dear Johnny Deere Book launch. Theatre Calgary. Calgary, AB.

May 6, 2015 — Why cities matter. Panel discussion with shelley youngblut, simon brault, Lougheed House. Calgary, AB.

May 2, 2015 — Authors for Indies Day. Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB. Participant in national program to raise awareness of independent bookstores in Canada.

May 1 – Jun 30, 2015 — artist-in-residence. Lougheed House, Calgary, AB.

Apr 23, 2015 — Keynote Address. New Voices, Emerging Paths in Contemporary Canadian Writings. Canadian Literature Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Apr 23, 2015 — roundtable discussion with odile cisneros and christine stewart. New Voices, Emerging Paths in Contemporary Canadian Writings. Canadian Literature Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Mar 30, 2015 — Mayor’s poetry challenge. City Hall, Calgary, AB.

Mar 26, 2015 — filling Station #60/61 launch. Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB.

Mar 23, 2015 — Guest Lecturer, ENGL265, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Mar 21, 2015 — Calgary Cinemateque’s “salon series” screening of MOON, Calgary, AB. (w/ Ken Hunt, Christian Bok and Larissa Lai)

Jan 30-31, 2015 — Oslopoesifestival, Oslo, Norway.

Jan 16, 2015 — Guest Lecture, Athabasca University, Edmonton, AB.

2014

Dec 10, 2014 — Roehampton University, London, UK.

Nov 27, 2014 — Mount Royal University Creative Writing Faculty Reading. Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.

Nov 25, 2014 — Guest Lecturer, ENGL265, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. (w/ Shyam Shelvadurai)

Nov 5-7, 2014 — Avant Canada: Artists, Prophets, and Revolutionaries, Brock University, St. Catharines, ON.

Nov 1, 2014 — One Book, One Calgary, Calgary, AB. (w/ Marcello di Cintio)

Oct 16, 2014 — Host, Poetry Cabaret, Wordfest, Calgary, AB.

Sep 26, 2014 — “An evening with Calgary’s Poet Laureate.” Alberta Culture Days, Calgary Public Library, Calgary, AB.

Sep 21, 2014 —Word on the Street, Lethbridge, AB.

Aug 19 – October 24, 2014 — Artist in Residence, Epcor Centre for the performing Arts, Calgary, AB.

Aug 14, 2014 — Flywheel reading Series, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB.

Jun 12-18, 2014 — WGA Wordsworth summer camp. week long summer camp for youth ages 13-18, organized by the Writers Guild of Alberta. Bragg Creek, AB.

Jun 7, 2014 — Panel Discussion on children’s literature, Theatre Calgary, Calgary, AB.

Jun 4, 2014 — Grown ups read things they wrote as kids, Broken City / CBC Radio, Calgary, AB.

May 11, 2014 — Writers Guild of Alberta Teen Writers Group workshop on small press publishing, Loft 112, Calgary, AB.

May 10, 2014 — Grand Opening of LOFT 122, Calgary, AB. (w/ Erin Moure, Natalie Simpson, Peter Oliva and more)

May 8, 2014 — Ground Rules launch, Shelf Life, Calgary, AB. (w/ rob mclennan, Natalie Simpson and Julia Williams)

May 4, 2014 — Performance, Textfestival 2014, Bury Art Gallery, Manchester, UK. (w/ Jorg Piringer, Eran Hadras)

May 3, 2014 — Round Table discussion, Textfestival 2014, Bury Art Gallery, Manchester, UK. (w/ Ron Silliman, Martin Koppany, Phil Davenport, Sarah Sanders)

Apr 28, 2014 — Calgary Poet Laureate Announcement. Calgary City Council Chambers, Calgary, AB. (w/ Emily Ju and Kris Demeanor)

Apr 3, 2014 — Launch of NoD #17. Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB. (w/ Victoria Braun and more)

Apr 1, 2014 — Guest Lecturing on small press publishing, University of Calgary. Calgary, AB.

Mar 30, 2014 — The Calgary Project – A City Map in Verse and Visual book launch. John Dutton Theatre, Calgary. (w/ Mayor Naheed Nenshi, Richard Harrison, Sheri-D Wilson, Weyman Chan and more)

Mar 15, 2014 — Scrawl-a-thon Fundraiser for  WordsWorth young writer Writing Residency. Loft 112, Calgary, AB.

Mar 9, 2014 — Typing Pool #2. Loft 112, Calgary, AB.

Mar 5, 2014 — Al-Mutanabbi Street celebration, Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB. (w/ Richard Harrison, Micheline Maylor, Rosemary Greibel, Paul Zits, Natalie Simpson, Marcello Di Cinto and more)

Mar 5, 2014 — Guest Lecturing on contemporary poetics, Mount Royal University. Calgary, AB.

Feb 20, 2014 — Single Onion Reading Series, Calgary, AB. (w/ Christian Bök, Gregory Betts and Ken Hunt)

2013

December 12, 2013 — Flywheel Reading Series. Pages Books on Kensington. Calgary, AB. (w/ Christian Bök and Paul Zits.)

October 24, 2013 — Open Mic / The Muse launch. Alberta College of Art. Calgary, AB.

June 7, 2013 — Book-making workshop. King George Elementary School, Calgary, AB.

May 20, 2013 — The Texfestival Colloquium: Artworks as Archival Problems. Bury Art Gallery, Bury, Manchester, UK (w/ Holly Pester, Carol Watts, Tony Trehy, Tony Lopez, Nick Thurston, et al.)

May 18, 2013 — The Other Room Reading Series, Manchester, UK (w/ Tom Jenks and Holly Pester)

April 25, 2013 — filling Station Magazine’s 20th anniversary celebration. Kensington Legion Hall, Calgary, AB. (w/ Mark Hopkins, Natalie Simpson, Paulo da Costa, Jonathan Wilcke, Jacqueline Turner, et al.)

April 16, 2013 — Launch of Please no more poetry: the selected poetry of derek beaulieu, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB. (w/ Kit Dobson, Bill Bunn and Micheline Maynor)

April 12, 2013 — Launch of Please no more poetry: the selected poetry of derek beaulieu and Writing Surfaces: Selected Fiction of John Riddell, Pages on Kensington, Calgary, AB. (w/ Kit Dobson, Natalie Simpson, Karis Shearer, Richard Harrison and Christian Bök)

April 6, 2013 — Seminar presentation, APPROACHING THE POETRY SERIES: Using Literary Recordings as Scholars and Digital Designers, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

April 5, 2013 — Poetry Reading, APPROACHING THE POETRY SERIES: Using Literary Recordings as Scholars and Digital Designers, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

April 4, 2013 — Seminar on Experimental Poetry, University of Lethbridge.

March 24, 2013 — roundtable discussion on conceptual and concrete poetry, Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON. (w/ Gary Barwin, Jenny Sampirisi, Gregory Betts, Eric Schmaltz and Karl Jirgens)

March 23, 2013 — Public Opening, How to Read, Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON. (w/ Sharon Harris, Jenny Sampirisi and Karl Jirgens)

2012

December 17, 2012 — Launch of Local Colour: Ghosts, variations, Signal Centre for Contemporary Art, Malmö, Sweden (w/ Helen White, Cecilie Bjørgås Jordheim, Stine Janvin Motland, Inga Margrete Aas, Jorgen Gassilewski and Peder Alexis Olsson)

December 6, 2012 — Guest lecture on avant-garde poetry, Queen Elizabeth High School, Calgary, AB.

November 22, 2012 —Liberal Studies Reading Series, Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary, AB. (w/ Judy Sterner)

November 9, 2012 — filling Station #54 launch, Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB. (w/ Stuart Ian McKay, Rod Moody-Corbett, Eric Zboya)

October 12, 2012 –Public Opening, Postscript: Writing after Conceptual Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, USA. (w/ Robert Fitterman, Vanessa Place, Michalis Pichler, Christian Bök)

October 11, 2012 –Vernissage, Postscript: Writing after Conceptual Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, CO, USA. (w/ Christian Bök, Michalis Pichler, Fiona Banner)

September 30, 2012 — Pilot Reading Series, Sparrow Bar, Montreal, QC. (w/ Candice Maddy, Simon Wake, Michael Nardone & Mina Pam Dick)

September 28, 2012 — Concordia’s Writers Read Series, Concordia University, Montreal, QC.

September 22, 2012– Mass Poetry Reading. Public Poetics: Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB.

September 21, 2012– Keynote Reading. Public Poetics: Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. (w/ Erin Moure)

September 21, 2012 — Roundtable discussion: “Poetry and the Academy.” Public Poetics: Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics, Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB. (w/ Tamis MacDonald, Rob Winger, Kevin McNeilly & Erin Moure)

June 22-26, 2012 — Self-Directed Residency, Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB

April 21, 2012 — Segue Reading Series, Bowery Poetry Club, New York, NY, USA (w/ Jen Bervin)

April 20, 2012 — “Poetics Sights and Sounds: Talk and Reading.” Columbia University, New York, NY, USA (w/ Craig Dworkin)

March 31, 2012 — A/B Series, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON.

March 31, 2012  — The Daily Grind, Ottawa, ON.

March 24, 2012 — City of Calgary Calatrava Peace Bridge Opening, Calgary, AB.

March 23, 2012 — filling Station #52 issue launch, Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB.

March 20, 2012 — Seminar on Uncreative Writing, University of Calgary, Rachel Zolf, Instructor.

March 1, 2012 — Calgary Poet Laureate Short-listed Nominees reading and panel discussion, Calgary AB (w/ Sheri-D Wilson, Kris Demeanor, Diane Guichon, TB Perry & Transit)

2011

December 9, 2011 — Pages on Kensington, Calgary, AB (w/ Jake Kennedy, kevin mcpherson eckhoff)

October 14, 2011 — Wordfest, Calgary, AB. (w/ Lynn Coady, Tim Bowling & Steven Ross Smith)

August 19-21, 2011 — tekstallianse 2011, Oslo, Norway.

June 24, 2011 — Olive Reading Series, Cafe Leva, Edmonton, AB. (w/ Gregory Betts)

June 3, 2011 — Seminar on Creative Writing, Centennial Senior High School, Creative Writing 15-25-35, Rebecca Trew, Instructor.

May 29, 2011 — filling Station / Pooka Press Pub Crawl — Riley Park, Calgary, AB.

April 30, 2011 — TextFestival, Manchester, UK.

April 23, 2011 — dANDelion Magazine Launch / ProVag Event, Calgary, AB.

April 8, 2011 — Seminar on Experimental Poetry, University of Lethbridge,

March 31, 2011 — Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

March 29, 2011 — Boog City, New York, NY, USA (w/ Robert Fitterman, Charles Gute, Jake Kennedy, Steve Giasson, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, & Rachel Zolf)

March 12, 2011 — Round table on Contemporary Poetics (w/ McCaffery, Mac Cormack, mcpherson eckhoff, bissett, novick, rawlings, Betts) — Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON

March 11, 2011 — Bird is the Word, Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines, ON (w/ McCaffery, rawlings, mcpherson eckhoff, bissett & novick, Barwin)

March 11, 2011 — Seminar on Creative Writing. Brock University, Dr. Gregory Betts. (w/ mcpherson eckhoff)

February 4, 2011 — Seminar on non-narrative fiction. Alberta College of Art + Design, English 310, Mark Giles, Instructor.

January 28, 2011 — Gallery Vertigo, Vernon, BC.

January 28, 2011 — Seminar on Conceptual Poetry, Okanagan College (Kelowna Campus), Jake Kennedy, Instructor.

2010

November 13, 2010 — Pages Books, Calgary, AB.

October 28, 2010 — Shelf Life Books, Calgary, AB

October 8, 2010 — Seminar on visual narrative. Mount Royal University, English 3372, Dr. Kit Dobson.

September 22, 2010 —English Dept. Staff / Student Mixer. Mount Royal University.

September 8, 2010 — 100 Wines, Calgary, AB

September 3-5, 2010 — Miss Read Artist Book Festival, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany [work only, artist not in attendance]

August 21, 2010 — Monastiraki, Montreal, QC

July 14, 2010 — SoundEye Festival of the Arts of the Word, Cork, Ireland

July 8, 2010 — wurm im apfel Reading Series, Dublin, Ireland

July 7, 2010 — The Other Room Reading Series, Manchester, UK

July 7, 2010 — Bury Art Gallery, Manchester, UK

June 1, 2010 — Pages Books on Kensington, Calgary, AB

April, 2010 — seminar on concrete and experimental poetry. University of Calgary, English 233, Prof. Robert Majzels.

April 29, 2010 — Palomino Saloon, Calgary, AB

April 28, 2010 — Heritage Hall, Vancouver, BC

April 27, 2010 — Auburn Saloon, Calgary, AB

April 24, 2010 — Ottawa International Writers Festival, Ottawa, ON

April 23, 2010 — Edmonton Poetry Festival, Edmonton, AB

March, 2010 —seminar on concrete poetry. University Elementary School, Grade 3/4, Instructor Christopher Blais.

January 7, 2010 — Flywheel Reading Series, Calgary, AB

2009

November 20, 2009 — Play Chthonics Reading Series, Vancouver, BC

2008

July 18, 2008 — Scream Literary Festival, Toronto, ON