Shab-e She'r Poetry Nowruz Celebration

Shab-e She’r Poetry Nowruz Celebration
Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) XCIX

Canada’s most diverse & brave poetry reading + open mic series

Featured poets: Hanan Hazime & Joshua Chris Bouchard
+ Open Mic for poetry in any language

Host: Bänoo Zan

Time: Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Place: Living Room, Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2M7
This is an in-person event.

Open Mic Sign-up: 6:30 PM EST at the venue
Show 7-10 PM EST
Admission: $10-20 Sliding Scale
Cash at the door
There is an ATM machine at the venue.

Hanan Hazime is a Lebanese-Canadian multidisciplinary artist, creative writer, community arts educator and creative writing instructor living in Tkaronto/Toronto. Hanan’s writing has appeared in a number of publications including several poetry anthologies and on CBC Arts; Aorta, her first poetry chapbook was published by ZED press in 2018. Hanan is currently working on a novel as well as a full length poetry book. Her interdisciplinary and visual artwork has been featured in several shows including the 2021 digital series Talking Back And Together at the AGO, and as part of the 2022 CoMotion Festival at the Harbourfront Centre.

Joshua Chris Bouchard is the author of Burn Diary (Wolsak and Wynn) and Let This Be the End of Me (Bad Books Press), the ladder shortlisted for the 2019 bpNichol Chapbook Award. He wrote or co-wrote five chapbooks, and his poetry appears in Event, CV2, Carousel, Poetry Is Dead, PRISM international, Arc, The Ex-Puritan and more.

Link to the event on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/6rCDoDUkU