Atwater Library and Computer Centre

The Atwater Poetry Project, an almost-monthly reading series, was founded in 2004 by Montreal poet and translator Oana Avasilichioaei, and is currently directed by Katia Grubisic. Featuring exclusively poetry, the Atwater Poetry Project is unique in Montreal. The series brings together local, national and occasionally international poets, offering audiences a chance to hear their favourite writers live, and introducing them to poets whose work they may not have known. Over the years, the Atwater Poetry Project has presented the work of Canadian poets such as Robin Blaser, Christian Bök, Nicole Brossard, Jean-Marc Desgent, Phil Hall, Erín Moure, M. Nourbese Philip, Goran Simic and Betsy Warland, as well as international writers such as Andrés Ajens, Flor Aguilera García and Ida Börjel, among others. The readings are sponsored by the Atwater Library, the Writers' Union of Canada, The League of Canadian Poets, the Union des écrivaines et des écrivains québécois and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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2010 Atwater Poetry Project Schedule - FREE ADMISSION

Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 7 pm
Poets BRENT MACLAINE and RUTH ROACH PIERSON

Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 7 pm
Poets SORAYA PEERBAYE and JASON GURIEL

Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 7 pm
Poets ANNE COMPTON and JAMES LANGER

Thursday, April 8, 2010 at 7 pm
Poets HERMÉNÉGILDE CHIASSON, JO-ANNE ELDER and SONNET L’ABBÉ

Thursday, May 13, 2010 at 7 pm
Poets WALID BITAR and SUSAN GILLIS

2009 Atwater Poetry Project

Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 7 pm
Poets John Reibetanz and A.F. Moritz

Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 7pm
Poets John Barton and Margaret Christakos

Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 7 pm
Poets Susan Musgrave and Ken Babstock

Click here to download previous Atwater Poetry Project readings.
(in chronological order)

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Ajens, Andrés
May 8th, 2008

Avasilichioaei, Oana
December 12th, 2005

Babstock, Ken
November 19th, 2009

Bachinsky, Elizabeth
Feburary 28th, 2008

Barton, John
May 15th, 2008
October 29th, 2009

Berger, Maxianne
September 18th, 2008

Blaser, Robin
March 14th, 2008

Bök, Christian
May 12th, 2009

Bolster, Stephanie
April 24th, 2008

Boire, Jennifer
April 13th, 2006

Brossard, Nicole
March 30th, 2006

Buckley, Cicely
May 13th, 2006

Burton, Brea
December 6th, 2007

Carr, Angela
September 22nd, 2006

Caple, Natalee
April 24th, 2008

Christakos, Margaret
October 29th, 2009

Cimon, Anne
February 16th, 2006

Clarke, George Elliott
March 27th, 2009

Conn, Jan
April 16th, 2009

Cotnoir, Louise
February 18th, 2009

Currin, Jen
May 12th, 2009

Dale Scott, Peter
September 18th, 2008

Dempster, Barry
April 16th, 2009

Derksen, Jeff
November 9th, 2007

Desgent, Jean-Marc
November 13th, 2008

Duffy, Robert
May 13th, 2006

Dupuis, Léon G.
May 13th, 2006

Fiorentino, Jon-Paul
December 6th, 2007

Gagnon, Renée
January 30th, 2009

Garíca, Flor Aguilera
September 22nd, 2006

Goldstein, Mark
November 13th, 2008

Hall, Kate
November 17th, 2006

Hall, Phil
March 14th, 2008

Harrison, Richard
October 5th, 2006

Hartman, Jill
December 6th, 2007

Havelda, John
October 11th, 2007

Hsu, Ray
December 15th, 2006

Humphrey, Stephen
December 15th, 2006

Huot, Claire
May 8th, 2008

Kates, J.
May 13th, 2006

Kellough, Kaie
October 8, 2008

Kletinich, Boris
February 16th, 2006

Leckie, Ross
January 30th, 2009

Leclerc, Christine
May 12th, 2009

Luxon, Steve
November 18th, 2005

MacLaine, Brent
January 14th, 2010

Mateer, John
September 28th, 2007

Martin, Camille
October 8, 2008

McGuire, Hugh
February 8th, 2006

McKay, Don
October 5th, 2006

Mclennan, Rob
February 16th, 2006

Merrick, Maya
November 18th, 2005

Michele, Mary di
October 5th, 2006

Moritz, A.F.
October 1st, 2009

Morrison, Yedda
March 15th, 2007

Moure, Erin
March 30th, 2006
May 8th, 2008

Musgrave, Susan
November 19th, 2009

Ng-Chan, Taien
November 18th, 2005

Parry, Mitchell
February 18th, 2009
Pato, Chus
May 8th, 2008

Philip, M. Nourbese
March 12th, 2009

Pierson, Ruth Roach
January 14th, 2010

Quartermain, Meredith
April 13th, 2006

Reibetanz, John
October 1st, 2009

Roy, Ian
October 19th, 2007

Savage, Steve
March 12th, 2009

Sentes, Bryan
January 18th,2007

Simic, Goran
November 17th, 2006

Sinclair, Sue
November 17th, 2006
April 16th, 2009

Slobodzian, George
January 18th, 2007

Smart, Carolyn
April 16th, 2009

Starnino, Carmine
Feburary 28th, 2008

Stephens, Nathalie (Nathanaël)
May 15th, 2008

Struthers, Betsy
December 12th, 2005

Szumigalski, Anne
February 15th, 2007

Venart, S.E.
April 13th, 2006

Wah, Fred
March 15th, 2007

Wilson, Sheri-D
October 19th, 2007

Zolf, Rachel
November 9th, 2007

Zwicky, Jan
September 28, 2007