Join four award-winning poets at Flying Books as they read from their newest books and discuss their work and the art and craft of poetry. Books will be available for sale and signing.

Laurie D. Graham is a poet, an editor, and the publisher of Brick magazine. Her newest book is Calling It Back to Me (McClelland & Stewart).

Barbara Tran’s debut poetry book, Precedented Parroting (Palimpsest Press), was selected as a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and the Fred Cogswell Award for Excellence in Poetry.

Kevin Irie’s newest book is Evacuations (University of Alberta Press). His works have been translated into Spanish, French, and Japanese, and his book, Viewing Tom Thomson: A Minority Report, was a finalist for the Acorn-Plantos Award and the Toronto Book Award.

Ronna Bloom is the author of eight books of poetry, most recently In a Riptide (Brick Books). Her work has been broadcast on the CBC, recorded by the Canadian National Institute for the Blind, translated into Bangla and Chinese, and shortlisted for several Canadian literary awards.