The SMU Reading Series brings writers to campus to share their work with students, staff, faculty, and our wider community. Admission is free and all are welcome.
While some say cavalry, others infantry,
and still others will say a fleet of ships is the most beautiful
thing on the spring-dark earth, I say it is
what you love. (Sappho 16, trans. Annick MacAskill)
Three Poets at SMU, Thurs. Jan. 23rd, 7 p.m. —
Annick MacAskill, Clare Goulet, Brian Bartlett
Kjipuktuk/Halifax — The SMU Reading Series is back for our winter season, with a triple header featuring three local poet-stars — Annick MacAskill, Clare Goulet, and Brian Bartlett. All three of these poets had new books out in 2024: come help us welcome their words into the room.
Atrium room 101 | SMU Campus
Admission is free and all are welcome.
This event is supported by the League of Canadian Poets; books will be available for sale courtesy of Bookmark.
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Annick MacAskill is the author of four full-length poetry collections, including Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022), winner of the Governor General's Award, and, most recently, Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024). Her poems have appeared in journals and anthologies across Canada and abroad and have recently been translated into French. She has been a contract professor in the Department of Languages and Cultures at Saint Mary's University since 2017.
Brian Bartlett’s eight collections of poetry include The Watchmaker’s Table, The Afterlife of Trees and, most recently, The Astonishing Room (Frontenac House, 2024). He has also published several books of nature writing and a gathering of his prose on poetry. Bartlett taught Creative Writing and many fields of literature for three decades at Saint Mary’s University, and founded our SMU Reading Series.
Clare Goulet’s writing has appeared in The Fiddlehead, Grain, Room, Collateral, Poetry Canada Review, and The Dalhousie Review. She is also the co-editor (with Mark Dickinson) of Lyric Ecology: An Appreciation of the Work of Jan Zwicky (2010). She lives in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, NS and teaches at Mount Saint Vincent University.
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