Poetry Readings

Title: Poetry Readings

Dates of Material:

1975-2023

Extent:

73.3 cm of textual records
4 audio cassettes

Scope and content

Series consists of programs, correspondence, travel brochures, announcements, notes, lists of invitees, and catalogues for poetry readings and workshops. Readings were often to promote published collections and papers.

NOTE(S)

Related groups of records

Box 3
BOX	FILE	TITLE	YEAR	ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
3	8	Vic [poetry] Readings	1994-2000	Includes notes, Canada Council grant information, promotional material
Box 9
9	1	Readings
9	2	“Back to Put-in-Bay”
9	3	Hart House International Festival of Poetry	1975
9	4	“Visitation”	1983
9	5	“The Tradition” promotion	1986
9	6	Slippery Rock University	May, 1990
9	7	Readings	[before 1991]
9	8	Readings	1991
9	9	“Song of Fear” promotion	1992
9	10	“Ruined Cottage”	1993
9	11	“Phantoms in the Ark”	1993
9	12	Readings	1994
9	13	Niles Heritage Days	1994
9	14	“Mahoning”	1994
9	15	Readings	1996
9	16	Moorhead State University	Nov. 1996
9	17	Readings	1997
9	18	“Houseboat on the Styx” promotion	1998
9	19	Readings	1998
9	20	Readings in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia	March, 1999
9	21	Readings in British Columbia	June, 1999
9	22	“Rest on the Flight” promotion	1999-2000
9	23	“End of the Age”	2000
9	24	Bowen Island and Victoria B.C.	June–July 2000
9	25	Readings	Fall, 2000
9	26	“Conflicting Desire” launch	Feb. 2001
9	27	Toronto events	Spring, 2001
9	28	Fresno	April, 2001
9	29	Maritime Writers Workshop	July, 2001
9	30	Victoria	October, 2001
9	31	Johns Hopkins trip	November, 2001
9	32	Readings	November and December 2001
9	33	“Early Poems”	2002
9	34	Book Expo	2002
Box 14
14	8	Wednesday Poetry Readings	1995-1998
Box 25
25	1	McGill University	2003
25	2	Arc Magazine, Ottawa	2003
25	3	Blue Metropolis	2004	Montreal
25	4	Alden Nowlan Festival	2004
2007.05
2007.05, Box 1
1	19	Readings	2006
1	21	Maritime Writers’ Workshop	2006
1	22	University of Windsor/Assumption University	2006
1	29	“Exile on Queen Street”	2006
2007.05, Box 2
2	1	“Mahoning” Moritz and Septext Live at the Rivoli, Septext - Ideas for "Mahoning"	1995	2 audio cassettes
2009.02
2009.02, Box 5
5	6	2 audio cassettes of A.F.M. talking about artist and society/metaphor		2 audio cassettes
5	7	Readings	2004-2008
5	8	Oakville Poetry Café	2006
5	9	Reading—York University	2008
2009.02, Box 6
6	6	“Scream In High Park”	2007	Scream In High Park was a literary festival in Toronto.
Manuscripts submitted to A.F. Moritz
6	5	New York University Poetry Event	2006-2007
2010.01
2010.01, Box 2
2	24	“A Summer’s Night of Poetry”	1987
2	25	Zeller and Wald Banquet	1994
2	26	Art Local 21 and The Department Gallery Mainspace	2009
2	27	“Livewords” Series	2009
2	28	Montreal/Fredericton trip	2009
2	29	New York trip	2009
2	30	Shakespeare’s birthday	2009
2	31	Small Press Book Fair	2009
2	32	Toronto Public Library	2009
2	33	Trinity College Lampman poetry	2009
2	34	University of British Columbia	2009
2	35	Windsor Bookfest	2009
2	36	Word on the Street	2009
2	37	Words Alive Literary Festival	2009
2	38	York University	2009
2015.01
2015.01, Box 9
9	5	Readings : programs of many readings by AFM	2000-2012
9	6	"The New Measures" - programs for seven readings given from it.	2013	Contains a note written by A.F. Moritz in October 2014 on the content and context of this file.
9	7	Notes for poetry talks ; quotations to read at readings and poetry talks.	2005
2015.01, Box 11
11	21	Cobourg Festival of Poetry - A reads at 21 April 2013	2013
11	22	Readings - Kingston WritersFest	2013
11	23	Reading - April 2013 Blue Metropolis, Montréal	2013
11	24	A + T August 2012 Trip : Paris ; Edinburgh Fringe Festival ; Canada House, London Readings	2012
11	25	Edinburgh Fringe Festival - Summerhill Program	2012
2015.08
2015.08, Box 5
5	2	Miscellaneous - Readings lists, reading invitations, notices	2015
5	3	Programs	2010-2014	Miscellaneous handwritten programs - lists of poems for various readings.
2015.08, Box 7
7	2	Movies	2013	Text for AFM's poem read at Live Words and TIFF events for book launch.
7	13	Library	2015	Northern District Library reading announcement June 18, 2015.
2016.08
2016.08, Box 3
3	12	Poems to read in Granada	2013	Draft typescripts of poems in Spanish by AFM to read at the IX Festival Internacional de Poesia de Granada, Nicaragua. Poems include: "Casandra," "Gusto por Vagar," "Lo Que Teníamos," "Tú a Quien Amé" and "Una Música Solemne." These poems are from The Sentinel.
2016.08, Box 16
16	3	Readings - September and October	2015	Includes schedules, correspondence, material, etc.
2016.08, Box 17
17	1	Tree Reading Series	2015	Consists of notes, itinerary and correspondence
2016.08, Box 4
4	3	Translation reading at Glendon College October 2003	2003	Draft typescripts of poems by Juan Ramón Jiménez, Federico Garcia Lorca, Jorge Guillén, Francisco de Quevedo y Villegas and Diego Hurtado de Mendoza.
2016.08, Box 16
16	2	Poetry reading Montreal 13-14 October 2015	2015	Reading sponsored by McGill University, Canada Council and the Writers' Union of Canada. Held at the Resonance Café.
2016.08, Box 17
17	5	Reading of Ludwig Zeller's poems by Susana Wald and A.F. Moritz	2013-2016	Includes photocopies of poems (in Spanish), and notes on presentation.
2017.07
2017.07, Box 1
1	6	UK 2017 Tour plans, August 2017	2017	Planning information for the August 2017 London-Manchester-Edinburgh poetry reading tour, sponsored by the Centre for Creative Learning in honour of Canada 150. Consists of schedules and itineraries, correspondence, notes and lists of poems.
1	7	UK 2017 Canada 150 program	2017	Canada 150 Program from the UK. Poetry reading event "The Shaken and the Stirred" listed on page 13.
1	8	UK 2017 Fringe Festival program	2017	Program from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Poetry reading event "The Shaken and the Stirred" listed on page 297.
2018.17
2018.17, Box 9
9	4	The Sparrow, Launch Papers	2018	Travel plans, PR material and handwritten lists of poems to read on the mini tour related to the launch of The Sparrow, April 10-14 in Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and New York City.
9	7	The Sparrow, Publicity, Readings	2017-2018	Correspondence and some handwritten lists of names and poetry titles to read regarding the launch of The Sparrow in 2018.
2018.17, Box 12
12	3	Toronto Reading Lists	2018	Handwritten lists of poems selected to read at Toronto and local venues during the summer and fall of 2018.
12	4	Fall Poetry Tour Reading LIsts	2018	Handwritten lists of poems to read and notes on itinerary for Fall East Coast Canada Poetry Tour.
2019.12
2019.12, Box 2
2	3	Art Bar Reading Materials	October 2019	Handwritten notes regarding the poems read at the Art Bar on October 1, 2019, as well as the promotional materials and program for the evening.
2	5	Ruth Roach Pierson	2019	Mementos from AFM's appearance at "The Ruth Roach Pierson Affair" at Toronto's Knife/Fork/Book where he read two of her poems and connected them to work read by other poets come to honour her. Handwritten notes.
2	21	Tamaracks Readings	2019	Poems and reading lists from AFM's appearance at the Annette Street Public Library in July 2019 and the Parliament Street Public Library in March 2019. AFM read new work as well as poems in the recently published anthology Tamaracks.
2	37	Eastern Canada Poetry Tour	2018	Travel itineraries and correspondence organizing AFM's East Coast poetry tour in Montreal, Fredericton, Charlottetown and Halifax.
2	38	Art Bar Reading Notes	2018	Lists of poems to read and program from the Art Bar in Toronto on October 16, 2018.
2	39	Arts and Letters Club	2018	Lists of poems to read and points of discussion for AFM's appearance at the Toronto Arts and Letters Club. Some photocopies of the poets discussed as well as the promotional poster.
2019.12, Box 4
4	17	Archibald Lampman Reading	2010	Invitations for AFM's Archibald Lampman reading at Trinity College, featuring The Sentinel.
2020.13
2020.13, Box 3
3	20	UofT Bookstore Reading Series	2002	Flyer from a 2002 Reading Series at the University of Toronto Bookstore, with Theresa Moritz.
3	21	Poetry event tickets	[1992-1993, 1998]	Tickets to poetry events AFM attended. Includes a ticket from the Wolsak & Wynn 15th Anniversary Event where AFM attended as a reader (1998), a ticket from the Harbourfront Centre Poetry Festival (1993) and two tickets from the World Poetry Festival (1992).
3	22	Reading announcements	[n.d.]	A reading announcement for AFM at Barnes & Noble and an announcement for an Evening with Derek Walcott and Michael Ondaatje at Convocation Hall.
2023.10
2023.10, Box 1
1	19	Campagna	2022	Contains material relating to the Campagna Rooftop Poetry Reading event. Includes a flyer, three typed poems with AFM’s notes, and notes on the reading itself.
2023.10, Box 2
2	10	Secret Handshake	2023	Contains a flyer for the Secret Handshake Reading Series event in June 2023, in which AFM participated. Includes the chapbook Bob Dylan, My Rabbi, How Does it Feel by Honey Novick, the event’s organizer and a participant.
2024.10
2024.10, Box 3
3	2	Exiles Write Back	2001	Program from Exiles Write Back, a session of readings and panel discussion at Massey College moderated by Beatriz Zeller (Haufner).

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