Atwater Poetry Project

The Atwater Poetry Project (APP) aims to link poets from across Canada with Montreal-area poets and present their work to the public. We have APP readings with discussion almost every month, mostly online since the start of the pandemic with plans for both online and in person (hybrid) in the future.

Faith Paré is the dynamic APP Curator and Coordinator. Click here for a July 2022 CBC Radio Montreal interview in which she talks about the APP and advantages of online poetry readings.

Poet Oana Avasilichioaei founded the APP in September 2014.  Since then, we have hosted over 300 poetry readings by established and emerging Canadian poets. Go here for the 15th anniversary slideshow with poets’ photos and names.

The Canada Council for the Arts has provided modest funding for the APP for most of its life, and the Atwater Library gives in-kind support.

Visit the APP on Facebook.

Please send inquiries to APP Curator Faith Paré: poetry@atwaterlibrary.ca.

Upcoming  Atwater Poetry Project Events

Thursday, April 11, 2024 – 7:00 to 9:00 pm
In Person ONLY at the Atwater Library Adair Auditorium
POETIC VOICES, IN BUD and IN BLOOM
Featuring 2023 RBC/PEN New Voices Award winner Christine Wu, who is based in Halifax, along with Montreal poets Darby Minott Bradford and Emily Tristan Jones who will serve as host.
National Poetry Month event in collaboration with the Atwater Writers Exhibition (AWE) and PEN Canada.

 

Atwater Poetry Project Coordinators and Curators

Oana Avasilichioaei – 2004 – 2009

Katia Grubisic – 2009 – 2013

Darren Bifford – 2013 – 2014

Symon Jory Stevens-Guille and Charlotte Harrison – 2014 – 2015

Deanna Radford – 2015 – 2019

Rachel McCrum – 2019 – 2021

Faith Paré – November 2021 – 2023

Archives

Note: Audio recordings of poet readings can be found at the bottom of each poet’s biography page. 

Thank-Yous

We thank our community of poets, audiences, funders, publishers, CEGEPs, co-presenters and other collaborators for their support over the years.

In addition to the coordinators and curators listed above, this list includes: the Atwater Library and Computer Centre, the Canada Council for the Arts, the League of Canadian Poets, The Writers’ Union of Canada, University of New Brunswick’s Poetry Weekend, the Quebec Writers’ Federation and its Writers Out Loud series, Vallum Magazine, Lectures Logos Readings, the Gail Scott Reading Series, Poetry In Voice/Les voix de la poésie, the Suoni Per Il Popolo festival, iPLAI McGill, Morris House Reading Series, Writers Read, CKUT 90.3 FM, VERSEfest, Librairie L’Eugélionne, and Eric Lewis.