Poetry

the poetry finalists

April 5, 2017

Five poets, one party: U of T authors mark National Poetry Month with joint book launch

photo of Derek Walcott

March 20, 2017

Nobel laureate Derek Walcott dies: U of T's Fisher library has 160 boxes of his drafts, notes and sketches

Daniel Robinson

March 9, 2017

Sounds of Silence: composers, poets and U of T students collaborate for Canada 150 event

Photo of Leonard Cohen

November 11, 2016

A legend dies: U of T's Fisher Library is home to nearly 100 boxes of Leonard Cohen's letters, manuscripts

composite photo of Liz Howard and book jacket

June 21, 2016

U of T's Liz Howard, winner of the 2016 Griffin Poetry Prize

January 6, 2016

Professor George Elliott Clarke named parliamentary poet laureate

November 9, 2015

In Flanders Fields: why the iconic poem by U of T alumnus endures, 100 years later

October 14, 2015

U of T alum and adjunct prof Anne Michaels named Toronto poet laureate