Words Aloud Spoken Word & Storytelling Festival

11/19/2024

Last night Words Aloud Spoken Word & Storytelling Festival presented sophie anne edwards for an intimate evening of environmental poetry at the Ginger Press Bookshop and Cafe. Her book, Conversations with the Kagawong River, is a rich and meditative look at how one person can establish dialogue with natural phenomena. sophie has training as a geographer, so she understands the fact that existence is all about relationships. Here's hoping we can all live mindful of our intersecting relationships -- with the land, water and air, but also with the rest of humanity, which relies on these for absolutely everything.

10/17/2024

Words Aloud is proud to present eco-artist, poet and researcher sophie anne edwards, who will be reading from her first collection of poems, Conversations with the Kagawong River, at the Ginger Press (948 2nd Ave East, Owen Sound) on Monday, November 18, at 7 pm. This event is free! It will be of interest not just to fans of poetry, but to all who value our natural world.

sophie's practice engages with how humans interact with the natural environment, and includes participatory installations in the forest. Conversations with the Kagawong River has been listed by both CBC Books and Quill & Quire magazine’s as one of the most anticipated poetry titles of fall 2024.

Find out more at: www.sophieanneedwards.ca

07/21/2024

Here are some pics from yesterday's Words Aloud event at the The Durham Art Gallery, held in conjunction with the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film. A great turnout despite the competition from beautiful weather. Rocco de Giacomo showed us what it was like growing up in an evangelical household, Tanis MacDonald brought feminist crunch, and John O'Neill made us feel for the residents of Grey and Bruce (hey, wait a minute!). Rebecca Diem was our wonderful emcee. Huge thanks to the indefatigable Jennifer Norman, director of the DAG, whose idea this was. Thanks also to Yvonne Pelletier, our fearless coordinator. We're looking forward to more events like this between instalments of the main festival. Our sponsors for this event included the Ontario Arts Council and Heritage Canada.

07/17/2024

Don't miss this on Saturday! At the Durham Art Gallery!

07/14/2024

Everybody is invited to the Durham Art Gallery this coming Saturday at 2 pm to see three great poets: Rocco De Giacomo, Tanis MacDonald and John O'Neill! It's a special Words Aloud summer event in conjunction with the DAG's programming and the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film. Your poet laureate Becky DM hosts.

Full details are here:
https://www.durhamartgallery.com/team-1

https://wordsaloud.ca/artists

Rocco de Giacomo lives in Toronto with his wife, Lisa Keophila, a fibre artist, and his daughters, Ava and Matilda. He is a widely published poet whose work has appeared in literary journals in Canada, Australia, England, Hong Kong and the US. The author of numerous poetry chapbooks and full-length....

07/08/2024

07/05/2024

Words Aloud invites you to a special summer event! In conjunction with The Durham Art Gallery and the Fabulous Festival of Fringe Film, Words Aloud is presenting three poets! Rocco de Giacomo, Tanis MacDonald, and John O'Neill will all be reading from their works at 2pm on Saturday, July 20!

Rocco de Giacomo lives in Toronto with his wife, Lisa Keophila, a fibre artist, and his daughters, Ava and Matilda. He is a widely published poet whose work has appeared in literary journals in Canada, Australia, England, Hong Kong and the US. The author of numerous poetry chapbooks and full-length....

12/31/2023

Hope you are all doing well on this green New Year's Eve. Just a short message to let the world know that the videos of Words Aloud 17 (2023) are up on our YouTube channel! Check them out!

Some of Canada's finest poets in performance in Durham, Meaford, and Owen Sound, Ontario.