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100,000 Poets for Change – Sunday, September 24th, 4 p.m., Free Times Cafe
100,000 Poets for Change, Toronto Edition - Sunday, September 24th, 2023 at 4 pm, Free Times Cafe Our collective runs this event as a fundraiser for Shannen's Dream. Named in loving memory of Shannen Koostachin, Shannen's Dream is about making sure that First Nations...
Tartan Turban Secret Readings #39, August 24th, 2023
The Tartan Turban Secret Readings, August 24th, 2023 This promises to be a fabulous evening of poetry curated by Patrick Connors, featuring Stedmond Pardy, Brenda Clews, Paul Edward Costa, Saghi Ghahraman and myself. Register for in person or livestream via the...
Photos from “Four Women, Four Voices” – July 30, 2023
It was the most fabulous afternoon at the Tranzac Club. Here I am reading, surrounding by my paintings. Clara Blackwood reads her beautiful, mythological poems beside her angel painting.Archna Sahni shares her uplifting film "Love Poem for Toronto".Brenda Clews gives...
FOUR WOMEN, FOUR VOICES poetry reading and art show, July 30, 2023
FOUR WOMEN, FOUR VOICES Hello poets, poetry lovers, artists, art lovers! Join us on Sunday, July 30th from 12:30 to 4:30 pm in the Living Room at the Tranzac Club for four unique women’s voices - Clara Blackwood, Brenda Clews, Jennifer Hosein and Archna Sahni. There...
REBELLION BOX by Hollay Ghadery
Rebellion Box by Hollay Ghadery After reading Jennifer Hosein’s gorgeous poetry collection, A Map of Rain Days, I knew I wanted to see if she’d blurb my collection, Rebellion Box. Her thoughtfulness—and the concomitant resplendence and caliginosity of her work—made me...
Spring Forward online poetry reading, March 22, 2023, 7 p.m.
Spring Forward online poetry reading, March 22, 7 p.m. Join Andrea Thompson, Brenda Clews, Allan Weiss, John Oughton and myself for an evening of poetry to welcome the spring. This event is funded by The League of Canadian Poets.
Quintessential Listening: Poetry Online Radio presents A Poetry Reading for International Women’s Day, March 8, 2023
A Poetry Reading for International Women's Day Listen to poets Clara Blackwood, Brenda Clews, Archna Sahni and myself read and discuss our work with host extraordinaire Michael Anthony Ingram.
Poet Painters – November 23, 2022
Painter Poets 2022 Painter Poets is an online reading on Wednesday, November 23 from 7 - 9 pm. Register via Eventbrite. Painter Poets features Jennifer Hosein reading poems with her paintings, Allan Briesmaster, who will read poetry while showing a slideshow of Holly...
King of the Night
Happy Halloween! King of the Night - a videopoem
Brockton Writers Series 14.09.22: Jennifer Hosein blog post
Brockton Writers Series 14.09.22: Jennifer Hosein's blog post HEART As a writer and visual artist, my work tends to overlap. In difficult times, I lean into one or the other, or both, for sustenance. Therefore, when my mother’s aortic valve needed replacing, I...