Poetry

Dede Akolo holds their Cressy Award

November 6

U of T graduate Dede Akolo, a writer and poet, on why it's 'important to find a community'

Portrait of Gwen Benaway

October 29

Gwen Benaway and two other U of T community members win Governor General's Literary Awards

Portrait of Gwen Benaway

August 19

Award-winning author and U of T researcher Gwen Benaway on 'the transsexual body as a space of possibility'

Lorna Goodison receives her honorary degree

June 12

'A poet of place': Jamaica’s Poet Laureate Lorna Goodison receives U of T honorary degree

Photo of Al Moritz

March 6

U of T's A.F. Moritz, Toronto's newest poet laureate, tells Toronto Star how he will handle the role

Photo of Masai Ujiri

January 31

Black History Month: Check out these U of T events in February

photo of De Leon on a bench

November 23

When 'the city becomes the poem': Author challenges Scarborough stereotypes by taking readers on TTC journey

the poetry finalists

April 5

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

photo of Derek Walcott

March 20

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

Daniel Robinson

March 9

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

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