26sep11:00 am6:00 pm11:00 am - 6:00 pm Roaming Poetry at WOTS
Event Details
Organized by Toronto Poet Laureate Lillian Allen and supported by the City of Toronto, roaming poets including OCAD University creative writing students will be circulating
Event Details
Organized by Toronto Poet Laureate Lillian Allen and supported by the City of Toronto, roaming poets including OCAD University creative writing students will be circulating festival grounds throughout the weekend, providing spontaneous off-stage performances to groups of festival attendees throughout David Pecaut Square.
Speakers for this event
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Charlie Petch
Charlie Petch
Charlie Petch (they/he) is a disabled & transmasculine multidisciplinary artist. Their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late (Brick Books), won the 2022 ReLit Award, and was named “Best of 2021” by The Walrus. Their new collection “Infinite Audition”, was launched in Fall 2025 with Brick Books. Petch received a Golden Beret Spoken Word Prize from the League of Canadian Poets. Their play “No one’s special at the hot dog cart” debuted in 2024 with “Theatre Passe Muraille and Public Energy”. They write plays, librettos, poems, and music and perform their work for audiences all over Turtle Island.
Partners
City of Toronto
Program Sponsor