In-person Arts & Culture

Literary Editions 2026

Tuesday, April 28, 2026
5:00pm to 6:30pm

University of Alberta (Rutherford Library South)
Free
Selected as a Taproot pick
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April
28

A hybrid event where poets read from their new collections!

Everyone is welcome!

This poetry event will feature readings from University of Alberta Press' newest collections: Sublunary by Lisa Richter, Nighthawks by Lisa Martin, and Evacuations by Kevin Irie. Our host is Uche Umezurike, author of there's more.

This hybrid event is co-hosted by the Edmonton Poetry Festival. There will be a listening party in Henderson Hall (1-17 Rutherford Library South, University of Alberta campus) and there will also be audience members joining via Zoom. The Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event and again one hour before the start.

For those joining in Edmonton, there will be refreshments as well as an opportunity to visit. After the online readings, the Zoom session will end.


ABOUT THE BOOKS AND AUTHORS

Sublunary navigates the otherworldly geographies of complicated grief, renewal, climate emergency, love, and survival, interweaving dreamlike surrealism, humour, and compassion. (Lisa Richter)

In Nighthawks, Lisa Martin traces a creaturely interconnectedness, traversing land, ecology, and other boundaries amidst crises unfolding at a global scale. (Lisa Martin)

Evacuations weaves a poetic documentary for readers, capturing the personal and political histories of the Japanese-Canadian internment in British Columbia during World War II. (Kevin Irie)


University of Alberta (Rutherford Library South)

11204 89 Avenue
Edmonton, AB, T6G 2J4


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