Postponed: House of Anansi Poetry Bash

with Matthew Henderson, John Elizabeth Stintzi and AF Moritz

Hosted by David O'Meara

In Person Poetry

Admission

Free

Saturday

Apr , 2020

5:00pm

Eastern

Manx Pub

370 Elgin St. • Ottawa

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A. F. Moritz · Photo by A.F. Moritz John Elizabeth Stintzi Mathew Henderson · Photo by Kellie Chin

A. F. Moritz’s work leaves me reassured about the potential efficacy of poetry, of mind engaged with world on all fronts — politically, mythically, philosophically.

Don McKay

We celebrate Poetry Month and another year of stellar poetry from House of Anansi Press with a taste of three of the most anticipated collections of the year:

Roguelike by Mathew Henderson, the much-anticipated follow-up to his acclaimed 2012 debut The Lease; John Elizabeth Stintzi’s debut collection, Junebat, and Griffin Poetry Prize winner A. F. Moritz’s twentieth collection, As Far As You Know.

Books available for purchase at every event: Proceeds support our free children’s literacy programs.

The Authors

A. F. Moritz

A. F. Moritz’s most recent books from House of Anansi Press are Great Silent Ballad (2024), As Far as You Know (2020) and The Sparrow: Selected Poems (2018). Three of his books have been finalists for the Governor General’s Award; The Sentinel won the Griffin Poetry Prize. His work overall has received the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Award in Literature of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and other recognitions. A.F. Moritz was Poet Laureate of Toronto from 2019 to 2023.

John Elizabeth Stintzi

John Elizabeth Stintzi is a non-binary writer who was raised on a cattle farm in northwestern Ontario. They are the author of two previous chapbooks of poetry, and their poems have been awarded the 2019 RBC Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers and the Long Poem Prize from the Malahat Review. Their poetry and fiction has appeared (or is forthcoming) in venues throughout the United States and Canada including theFiddlehead, the Kenyon Review, and Ploughshares. They currently live in Kansas City with their partner and their dog, Grendel.

Mathew Henderson

Mathew Henderson grew up in Tracadie, Prince Edward Island. After he graduated high school, Henderson worked summers in the oil fields of Saskatchewan and Alberta. His experiences there provided inspiration for his first book of poetry, The Lease, which was a finalist for both the Trillium Book Award for Poetry and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. Henderson earned an M.F.A. from the University of Guelph and has had poems published in The Walrus, Brick, Maisonneuve, and Best Canadian Poetry.