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A. F. Moritz

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The Wren (Anansi, 2026) Eternities (Bitter Oleander, 2026) Purdy Prize: Great Silent Ballad (Anansi, 2024) Toronto’s Sixth Poet Laureate (2019-2023)
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Here’s a guide to my National Poetry Month appearances celebrating the launch of The Wren @houseofanansi
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Mark your calendars and join me for the official launch of The Wren at 6:30pm, Thursday, April 9th, at @flyingbooks_to , 784 College, Toronto. I’ll be in conversation with the book’s editor for @houseofanansi , Michael Redhill @stet_that . BOOK LAUNCH The Wren by A.F. Moritz (Anansi, 2026) In Conversation with Michael Redhill Thursday, April 9, 6:30-8:00pm Flying Books, 784 College Street, Toronto So that the venue may estimate attendance, please RSVP via Flying Books
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Save the date and save your place! Free tickets are now available for the launch of my book, Eternities, at 7:00pm on Tuesday, May 5 in the Tranzac Club Living Room, 292 Brunswick, Toronto. There, I’ll read from my new book, Eternities, my translation of Nobel Prize Winner Juan Ramón Jimenez’s Eternidades, and I’ll have a conversation with poet and polyglot @beatrizhausner - Books will be available for sale and signing. Drinks avaialble for purchase from the adjacent bar. This event is free and the venue is accessible. As space is limited, please confirm your attendance with an RSVP via Eventbrite. Scan the QR code in the second slide above, or follow the link in my stories and in my Profile. I hope to see you there!
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Updated Calendar!! New Date added end of month. More details to follow!
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✨ Award-winning poet A.F. Moritz (@afmoritz ) reads two selected poems from his newest collection, THE WREN, available now. 🪺 Want to hear A.F. Moritz read his poetry live? 🎤 Join us on Thursday, May 21st at the Museum of Contemporary Art for our annual Poetry Bash 2026! 🔗 RSVP at the link in our bio. 📖 THE WREN by A.F. Moritz is available where books are sold now.
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16 days ago
All of my May events are now live on my website. I’d love to see you at many of them!
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Sunday May 3 at 5pm! Toronto quadruple book launch @benmcnallybooks for 4 fabulous titles featuring poets @afmoritz @kate_rogers_writer @johnwallbarger @kathryn_macdonald_writer ❤️📚
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17 days ago
Eternities, my translation of Nobel-Prize-winner Juan Ramón Jiménez’s Eternidades, launches on Tuesday, May 5th, 7:00PM in the Living Room of the Tranzac Club, 292 Brunswick @tranzac292 . I’ll be reading and in conversation about the book with @beatrizhausner ! Space is limited, so do secure your free ticket via Eventbrite (link in stories and profile) if you plan on attending! @ontarioliteraryevents
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18 days ago
Kingston! See you Tuesday, April 21st at 7pm at Novel Idea Books, 156 Princess, for readings and signings of The Wren @houseofanansi and Eternities (Bitter Oleander) @novelideakingston
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Reading “The Wren” at the launch of The Wren hosted by @houseofanansi @flyingbooks_to ! Thank you to @stet_that , everyone at Anansi and Flying Books, @roseannecarrara , and most especially, to all of you who came to listen.
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🎉 It's officially #PoetryMonth! We're spotlighting an iconic Anansi poet to celebrate.⁠ ⁠ A.F. Moritz (@afmoritz ) is a Guggenheim Fellow and the previous Poet Laureate of Toronto. His decade-spanning work has been nominated numerous times for the Governor General's Award for Poetry and has won the Griffin Poetry Prize.⁠ ⁠ 📖 His twenty-third collection, THE WREN, publishes next week. Click this post at the link in our bio to explore his work!
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Congratulations to the long-listed poets for this year’s Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. Short List to be announced in early April. Winner to be announced on April 21st. Visit www.alpurdy.ca for the official press release. Seeing Things by George Amabile (Signature Editions) th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett (Talonbooks) Frayed Linens by Marilyn Bowering (Exile Editions) I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand (Nightwood Editions) What is Broken Binds Us by Lorne Daniel (University of Calgary Press) Parade of Storms by Evelyn Lau (Anvil Press) Wellwater by Karen Solie (House of Anansi Press) An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze (ECW Press) On The News that Sagittarius A* Grows Hungrier by Nicola Vulpe (Guernica Editions) Out of the Ordinary by Tom Wayman (Harbour Publishing)
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