Date: September 28 - October 7, 2007
Trois-Rivières,  Quebec,  Canada
http://www.fiptr.com/index_E.html

“PEN Canada, one of 144 centres of International PEN in 102 countries, is a literary and human rights association formed in 1926 to protect everyone’s right to freedom of expression.” See events page.

Canada
http://www.pencanada.ca/

“A celebration of poetry and literacy in cities across Canada, the UK, and Ireland… The second annual Random Acts of Poetry week is a Canadian initiative that promotes poetry, poets and literacy in a fresh way to everyday people in their everyday lives. This year (October 3rd-9th, 2006), 27 poets from across Canada will be joined by 10 poets from England, Scotland and Ireland, making the event truly international after only one year. Watch for local poets from your community reading poems to people on the street, at bus stops, schools, libraries, hair salons and in local schools.”

Date: Annual. Previous: October 3rd-9th, 2006
Canada
http://www.abebooks.com/docs/randomactsofpoetry/index.shtml

“the editors at ebr are particularly interested in critically-savvy, in-depth work that addresses the electronic future of fiction, poetry, criticism, theory, and the visual and performing arts.”

Check out the ebr weave on Electropoetics: “For many who are committed to working in electronic environments, an electronic ‘review’ might better be named a ‘retrospective,’ a mere scholarly commemoration of a phenomenon that is passing. There’s a technological subtext to the declining prestige of authors and literary canons. To bring that subtext to the surface will be part of ebr’s agenda.”—Editor’s Statement

There’s an interesting call for residencies in Riga, the capital of Latvia, to work on ebr’s Electronic Text and Textiles Project.

International
http://www.electronicbookreview.com

Writers: Jack Mapange, Ashok Mathur, Maya Chowdhry, Hiromi Goto. Designer: Andy Campbell. Director: Steve Dearden.

“In October 2001 the four Foundland writers appeared at the Pancanadian Wordfest Calgary Banff International Writers Festival, and in the UK at Lancaster Literature Festival, Bradford Central Library, the University of Leeds and Birmingham Book Festival. They also gave workshops in Calgary, Leeds, Bradford, Birmingham and Ashok and Hiromi worked with writers in the Writing Squad in Sheffield.”

International
http://www.literaturedevelopment.com/foundland/

“International Exchange for Poetic Invention is a multilanguage weblog with links and information on poetic invention – our term for exploratory/ investigative/ experimental/ radical/ conceptual poetry. We hope the site will serve as an international point of contact for the exchange of information among those interested.” —Charles Bernstein & Ton van ‘t Hof

International
http://poeticinvention.blogspot.com/index.html

“a place where writers from all cultures meet to discuss, debate and communicate”

“International PEN, the worldwide association of writers with 144 Centres in 101 Countries, exists to promote friendship and intellectual co-operation among writers everywhere, to fight for freedom of expression and represent the conscience of world literature.”

See also their online magazine.

International
http://www.internationalpen.org.uk/

“On March 5th 2007, a car bomb was exploded on Mutanabbi Street in Baghdad. More than 30 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded. This locale is the historic center of Baghdad bookselling, a winding street filled with bookstores and outdoor book stalls. Named after the famed 10th century classical Arab poet, Al-Mutanabbi, this is an old and established street for bookselling and has been for hundreds of years. It has been the heart and soul of the Baghdad literary and intellectual community.”

To remember the tragic event, various readings are planned for the end of August 2007 including a memorial reading at the San Francisco Main Library Auditorium, August 26th, at 1 P.M. Sponsored by the Mutanabbi Street Coalition (a coalition of poets, writers, artists, printers, booksellers and readers).

Call to Action for Letterpress printers: DEADLINE for the broadsides: August 15 2007.
Call to Action for Booksellers. To help or find out more about the initiatives, contact Overlandbooks[at]earthlink[dot]net.

See also Artifact.

Date: Various events beginning in late August 2007. San Francisco Main Library August 26, 2007. 1pm.
Mutanabbi Street is in Baghdad,  International
http://artifactseries.blogspot.com/2007/05/call-for-volunteers-mutanabbi-street.html

“The Saranac Review was born in 2004 out of four writers’ vision to open a space for the celebration of many voices including those from Canada. Attempting to act as a source of connection, the journal publishes the work of emerging and established writers from both countries. As our mission states, ‘The Saranac Review is committed to dissolving boundaries of all kinds, seeking to publish a diverse array of emerging and established writers from Canada and the United States.’”

(congrats to Saranac for confounding this database!),  International
http://research.plattsburgh.edu/saranacreview/

Great Scots. Poets introducing poets. The first virtual poetry exchange between Scotland and Canada. Co-hosted by Arc and the Scottish Poetry Library

International
http://www.arcpoetry.ca/greatscots/

“The Itinerant Poetry Librarian travels the world with a library of ‘Lost and Forgotten’ poetry, installing the library & librarian and recording the sounds, poems and poetry of the cities, peoples and countries she meets.”

Date: Started in UK, toured Europe, currently based in USA. See weblog for cities and dates.
International
http://www.itinerantpoetrylibrarian.blogspot.com/

“The idea of taking international action for the promotion of poetry has led to recognition of and given fresh impetus to national, regional and worldwide initiatives in favour of poetry. The main aim of this action is to encourage linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to provide endangered languages with an opportunity to be heard in their communities.”

International
http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=12329amp;&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

“Welcome to the World Poetry Directory, a website created and hosted by UNESCO following the proclamation of World Poetry Day.”

“This website brings you lists of festivals, prizes, journals and associations of the world of poetry.”

(“March 21 was proclaimed World Poetry Day at the 30th session of the General Conference of UNESCO in Paris in 1999.”)

International
http://www.unesco.org/poetry/bienvenue.php?initia=english

“How2: Non-traditional directions in poetry and scholarship by women.”

Find more about HOW2 | Updates where you can post events | Calls for Submissions

Newtown, New South Wales,  Australia
http://www.asu.edu/pipercwcenter/how2journal/intro.htm

“Klaustrid (the Monastery) is a residence for artists, writers and scholars, Icelandic or foreign. The residence is managed by The Institute of Gunnar Gunnarsson. It includes a small apartment and workroom in the unique farmhouse, Skriduklaustur, which was built in 1939 by the famous Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson.”

See The Danforth Review for K.I. Press’s account of her stay.

Skriduklaustur is in the Fljotsdalur valley in East Iceland,  Iceland
http://www.skriduklaustur.is/ensksida/klaustrid/klaustrid.htm

“The Struga Poetry Evenings started in 1962 with a series of readings by a number of Macedonian poets in honour of the two brothers, Konstantin and Dimitar Miladinov, great intellectuals, teachers, and writers, born in Struga in the early 19th century. Konstantin Miladinov is considered to be the founder of modern Macedonian poetry and each year the festival officially opens with his memorable poem “Longing for the South” (“T’ga za jug”) written during his student days in Moscow.”

“… By 1966, the SPE turned into an international poetry event and, consequently, an international poetry award called “The Golden Wreath” was established, given to a world renowned living poet for his poetic oeuvre or life achievement in the field of poetry. The first recipient of this award was W. H. Auden. Two years ago the SPE and UNESCO established a close cooperation and jointly promoted a new award called “The Bridges of Struga” for the best first poetry book by young authors from all over the world.”

“Despite the tremendous difficulties and harsh realities that the festival has had to live with—the fall of Yugoslavia, the war in Bosnia, the Kosovo crisis, the political and ethnic clashes in Macedonia, the terrorist crisis after September 11th attacks, a number of olitical and economic embargos imposed on the region, the Festival managed to go on and is currently the oldest festival in the world, held in continuation for 45 years. It has successfully flourished and is now one of the most important poetry events in the modern world. And that is its a tribute to world poetry and the poets.”

According to Wikipedia on Struga, the Struga Poetry Evenings event is the world’s largest poetry gathering “attended every year by at least 20,000 people from all over the world.”

Struga,  Republic of Macedonia
http://www.svp.org.mk/index.html

“How can organizations located on the periphery of major international art cities contribute to the cultural and intellectual landscape? What can a young organization that resists the market-driven orientation of today’s cultural institutions achieve with minimal private funding, no public funding, and an all-volunteer staff?”

“Slought Foundation (‘Sl-aw-t’) has continually returned to these questions since opening in Philadelphia in 2002 through a series of public programs featuring international artists and theorists…. Through over 200 exhibitions, events and performances, trade publications, and a significant internet presence featuring hundreds of recordings, Slought Foundation has been at the forefront of interventionist approaches to cultural production in North America.”

Research Institute showcases the Fred Wah Poetry Recordings (MP4) from the July-August 1963 Poetry Conference in Vancouver and the Social Mark: Poetry Readings and Talks/Discussions from 2003, among its 224 hours plus of recorded audio.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  United States
http://www.slought.org/