Poetry Cafe

Oakville Literary Alliance
Home Poetry Month - April Literary Cafe Contests Event Calendar		"The sun and stars that float in the open air....the appleshaped earth and we upon it ....surely the drift of them is something grand; I do not know what it is except that it is grand, and that it is happiness,...." Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass
		Literary Cafe
LOCAL POETRY GROUPS Pelicans The Inkwell The Ontario Poetry Society (TOPS) REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS Oakville Arts Council The Ontario Poetry Society Hamilton Poetry Centre		Since 2004, The Poetry Café has featured outstanding professional poets from Oakville and elsewhere and showcased many local unpublished poets. In September 2010, the Poetry Cafe, expanded it's mandate to include prose as well as poetry and was renamed The Literary Cafe. Location: Moonshine Café, 137 Kerr St, corner Rebecca (Free Parking) Dates: Third Sunday of September, October, November, February, March and April. Time: Noon – 2 p.m. Admission : Free Donations gratefully accepted Coordinators: Elka Ruth Enola ere@bell.net & Cheryl Antao-Xavier cheryl.xavier@symaptico.ca Calling all bards, poets and raconteurs! If you’ve written a short story, poem, epic or even a song that you would like to recite amongst friends, send me an email and we'll get back to you asap. Contact: Elka Ruth Enola ere@bell.net ******************************************************************************************************************** The OakvilELITERARY CAFERAe Literary Allian Please register early to read at these events. There will be an open mic, but if anyone would like to read, they may want to register in advance and get on the reading list. Please bring your families and friends. Look forward to hearing from you. To register contact : Cheryl Antao-Xavier cheryl.xavier@sympatico.ca Dates & hosts/featured readers September 18 2011 Brendon Pitts & Elka Ruth Enola October 16 2011 Jasmine D'Costa November 20 2011 Mary Ellen Koroscil January 15 2012 TBA February 19 2012 Saskia van Tetering March 18 2012 Brandon Pitts April 15 2012 TBA