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In-person Arts & Culture

Literary Editions

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
5:00pm to 6:30pm

Part of: Edmonton Poetry Festival

University of Alberta (Rutherford Library South)

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Organized by: Edmonton Poetry Festival

April
23

This annual poetry event will feature online readings from UAlberta Press’ newest collections: This Sweet Rupture by Omar Ramadan, When Whales Went Back to the Water by Lisa Baird, and Python Love by Shannon Arntfield, all hosted by Aaron Kreuter.

The poems in Omar Ramadan’s This Sweet Rupture explore family secrets, diaspora, food culture, and war’s impact on personal narratives while navigating cultural identity as a first-generation Lebanese-Canadian.

Lisa Baird’s poems in When Whales Went Back to the Water traverse through joy, loss, parenting, domestic violence, and isolation. Steely, tender, and sensual, this collection creates a reverent container for a broken world.

Shannon Arntfield’s Python Love is a collection of free verse poetry weaving together experiences of childhood abuse and birth trauma from the perspective of a medical doctor who is also a mother.

The new books of each reader will be available from Audreys Books in Edmonton and area, and the University of Alberta Press’ website.

In-Person & Online: This is a hybrid event with both an in-person and online attendance option. Those wishing to attend in-person can join a listening party in Henderson Hall (1-17 Rutherford Library South, University of Alberta Campus). There will be refreshments. Those wishing to attend online can join via Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent out to all registrants the day before the event and again one hour before the start.

Registration: Free and limited. To secure your spot, click the “Tickets” button and register.

University of Alberta (Rutherford Library South)

11204 89 Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J4