The slam community in Halifax is continuing to gain popularity. Halifax’s current poet laureate, El Jones, was the two-time captain of the national championship Halifax slam team in both 2007 and 2008 ...

Because of Saskatoon's reputation, the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word (CFSW) is being held in that city beginning Oct. 8 and will host more than 150 poets from 22 cities across Canada.

As he is bilingual, Rees writes his poetry in both French and English and admits that the language changes the way his poetry sounds — his French sees more academic language, whereas his English work ...

Our emphasis today, is on the spoken word. Our words have a direct, powerful and immediate impact on our lives. Your words can make or mar you because death and life lies in the power of the ...

Lingo, Ireland's Spoken Word Festival, is again linking in with NYF Dublin to curate a sequence of spoken word events to ring in 2017. Poet and Lingo Co-founder Colm Keegan offers some choice words.