Griffin Prize winner and University of Calgary English Professor Christian Bök is the series opener with an exciting performance of beat box and groundbreaking experimental sound poetry.
After finding her writer's voice in Vancouver, Andrea Thompson takes her poetry to the streets of Toronto in dynamic spoken word performances that combine spirituality and sensuality.
Jill Hartman's lyrical poetry combines epic elephants and delicate moths with a performance featuring swashbuckling pirates, burlesque and women's hockey.
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, poet, spoken-word artist and founder of the all-indigenous publishing company Kegadonce Press, shakes up aboriginal culture with poems based on the oral history of the Anishnaabe people.
Originally from Saskatchewan and now living in Toronto, Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize winner Karen Solie has just released a second collection that features poems filled with lyrical observations and a touch of science.
Performance poet Seth-Adrian Harris introduces his distinct blend of dub and spoken word in performance and in his poetic documentaries for radio and television.
