May 12, 2011. 7-9 p.m. An Unlikely Affair, ARTA Gallery.

The selected letters of Dorothy Rath and Irving Layton, read by Ann Elizabeth Carson and actor John Rammell. Contact Tina Conlon at westdonam@gmail.com. Official press release below: Thursday May 12, 7.00 -9.00 p.m., “Between the Lines”, at ARTA GALLERY, in Toronto’s Distillery District. Poet Ann Elizabeth Carson and actor John Rammell will bring literary history to life reading […]

April 16, 2011: 8.00 p.m. The Bird Project

Allison Melville’s The Bird Project reads  “… the depths of my looking” from The Risks of Remembrance.  

Spring Blooms

April 9 saw “Celebrating Poetry Month in the Beach”, a multi-media event at the Beach branch of Toronto Public Library that I designed, organized and publicized to mark The League of Canadian Poets’ Poetry Month with poetry, music and song, sculpture and painting. Allan Briesmaster, poet and editor, artist Holly Briesmaster, Kent Bouman, musician and […]

It’s been three months …

Time is condensed! Three months gone by like three weeks. Jam packed weeks they’ve been (I’ve made jam, I know how much fruit is condensed in a small jar)… five readings from January 30 to March 6, as well as lots of activity with various poetry organizations and cultural groups. I was so moved when […]

April 9,23,30, 2011: Celebrate Poetry Month

Join me at the Beach branch of the TPL on Saturday from 2.00 – 4.30 in the afternoon, April (9/23/30): A multi-media event of poetry, music and art with Allan Briesmaster, poet, editor, publisher; Holly Briesmaster, painter; Kent Bowman, poet and musician; Ann Elizabeth Carson poet and sculptor and Julie McNeill, poet. For more information […]

March 06, 2011: LiTLiVe, Hamilton

March 6: First Sunday of the month readings of LiT LiVe, Hamilton, Sky Dragon Centre cafe. A mix of local and out of town writers

February 22nd, 2011 “Unleashed Words” at The Older Women’s Network

On February 22, 2.00 p.m., Ann will be reading from The Risks of Remembrance at The Older Women’s Network, 115 The Esplanade with Olive Senior, poet and journalist and Dorothy Rath, poet and memoirist.

Having a great time

The first post-launch reading of The Risks of Remembrance was on Dec 9 at the Beach Branch of the TPL. It was a multi-media happening with Valerie Nielsen, Stoney Creek poet and author of Green Light, and Heather Glerum, Toronto musician and poet. Valerie and  I started the evening with a poetic conversation, exchanging poem […]

February 13, 2011 – For the Love of Poetry Festival

On February 13 Ann will be reading at The Ontario Poetry Society’s “For the Love of Poetry Festival”, February 13, 12.00 noon at The Rivoli, 332 Queen West (at Spadina)

February 12, 2011- Poet Study Westdale Library

2.00 – 4.00 Ann Elizabeth Carson will be the guest reader/speaker at a Poet Study sponsored by The Tower Poetry Society at the Westdale Library, 955 King St West, Hamilton.