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Wander through events from current and past programming!
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Speaking Crow December 2025 the Virtual Edition all-open-mic
Winnipeg’s longest-running poetry open mic is online this month, featuring you! Welcome to Speaking Crow the Virtual Edition. We meet the first Tuesday of the month, this time via ZOOM. We have two registration options:1. Register for the ZOOM link but don’t get added to the open-mic reader list. OR: 2. Register for the ZOOM…
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Universal: Renewing Human Rights in a Fractured World
An evening with Alex Neve exploring the promise and failures of universal human rights in today’s divided world. Cost: Free event; registration required Location: The Manitoba Teachers’ Society Classrooms, Canadian Museum for Human Rights Schedule: Tuesday, November 4, 2025Doors Open: 6:30 p.m.Lecture: 7:00 p.m.Booking signing and Q&A: 8:00 p.m. Language and Accessibility: This event will be primarily in English. ASL interpretation is…
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Speaking Crow ft. Susan Wismer (in-person)
We are returning to our First Tuesday in-person events at the public library. NOTE:-the start time is 6:30 pm. Arrive early to sign up for the open mic.-the location is the St. Boniface library branch, right across the Provencher Bridge at Provencher and Tache. Free parking is available.-Polish up your new poems for your 2…
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Duncan Mercredi Book Launch
NEW DATE: October 26, 2:00 pm Join Duncan Mercredi for the launch of his new poetry collection, Only the Scent of You Remained (At Bay Press). Co-presented with McNally Robinson Booksellers. Duncan Mercredi was Winnipeg’s Poet Laureate in 2021. In this frank, raw, and honest collection the poet chases down the river of who he is. Each bend, each stone,…
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An Evening with Souvankham Thammavongsa
Join us for an evening with Giller Prize and O. Henry Award winner Souvankham Thammavongsa as she brings her debut novel, Pick a Colour (Knopf Canada) to Winnipeg. Featuring a reading and a conversation hosted by Lindsay Wong. Co-presented by McNally Robinson. This event will be hosted live in the Atrium of McNally Robinson Booksellers, Grant Park and also available as…
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WINNIPEG POETRY TOURS
IN CELEBRATION OF 50 YEARS OF BRICK BOOKS Brick Books poets invite Winnipeggers to experience poetry in unusual spaces and discover the ways in which our city contributes to poetic imagination! GIRLWOOD POETRY TOUR by Jennifer StillSATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 3-4 pmMEET at Girdwood Park, 45 Girdwood CrescentPoet Laureate of Winnipeg, Jennifer Still, will lead a poetry…
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Speaking Crow ft. Scott Nolan (in-person)
We are returning to our First Tuesday in-person events at the public library. NOTE:-the start time is 6:30 pm. Arrive early to sign up for the open mic. -the location is the St. Boniface library branch, right across the Provencher Bridge at Provencher and Tache. Free parking is available. -Polish up your new poems for…
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An Evening with Thomas Wharton
Join us for a very special evening with Thomas Wharton as he returns to Winnipeg to discuss his new book, Wolf, Moon, Dog (Random House of Canada): a witty, charming and heartfelt novel about the many fabled lives of a dog named Wolf—hunter, guardian, guide, healer, friend. Featuring a reading and a conversation hosted by Winnipeg Free Press literary editor Ben Sigurdson.…
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Terry Kirk “Pitfall” Book Launch
Join us on our final Sunday afternoon to celebrate the launch of Terry Kirk’s debut novel, Pitfall. Co-presented by Whodunit Books. Meet Terry’s colourful cast of characters including Frank Cork, a head trader at Chicago’s leading brokerage firm. Frank has made a killing trading wheat futures on Chicago’s commodities exchange. But on October 29,…
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Niizhotay Stories with Bruce McIvor honouring Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine
THIN AIR 2025 wraps up with Niizhotay Stories, our annual event marking Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Niizhotay Stories honours treasured Elder and tireless community-builder Theodore Niizhotay Fontaine, who called tirelessly for all of us to forge a healing path in the spirit of “two hearts.” For this year’s installment, we welcome…
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Nuit Blanche Promenade-slam
Nuit Blanche Promenade-slam (bilingue) À l’occasion des Nuits Blanches, la poésie prend la rue d’assaut lors d’un parcours inédit et vibrant ! Les deux collectifs de slam de Winnipeg — Winnipeg Slam (anglophone) et Manitobamo (francophone) — unissent leurs voix, leurs mots et leurs univers pour offrir une promenade- slam bilingue, ITINÉRANTE, engagée et surprenante.…
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Signature Series with The Land and Labour Poetry Collective
Join Winnipeg representatives of The Land and Labour Poetry Collective as they celebrate the launch of I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis (Fernwood Publishing). Hosted by Collective members and editors Jamie Paris and Melanie Dennis Unrau. Co-presented by McNally Robinson Booksellers and the Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition (MEJC). Featuring readings from contributors Levy Abad, Mike Bagamery, Myla Chartrand, Jean Clipsham, Renee…