EVENTS
GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZE READINGS
The Griffin Poetry Prize, established in 2000, is the world’s most generous award for a first edition poetry collection written or translated into English. This year’s shortlisted authors—selected by judges Nick Laird, Anne Michaels, and Tomasz Różycki—along with the Lifetime Recognition Award recipient Margaret Atwood and the Canadian First Book Prize winner, who will be announced on May 21, will be invited to read at the Griffin Poetry Prize Readings on June 4 at Toronto’s Koerner Hall—an annual highlight for poetry lovers.
With C$130,000 awarded to the winner, and generous prizes for all shortlisted and recognized poets, the Griffin Poetry Prize continues to elevate exceptional poetry from around the world. Join us at Koerner Hall or tune in on YouTube and witness the world’s finest poets take the stage. Tickets to the event are available here, and you can find the livestream at this link.
READING AND Q&A WITH KIM HYESOON AND DON MEE CHO
The British Centre for Literary Translation invites you to an evening of reading and discussion with poets Kim Hyesoon and Don Mee Choi on June 23rd, 2025.
National Book Award winner Don Mee Choi is a translator of the work Kim Hyesoon, one of South Korea’s most foremost feminist poets. The two will read from Hyesoon’s Griffin Prize-winning collection Autobiography of Death, which has been published in English by And Other Stories, and will discuss their work together with BCLT professor Cecilia Rossi. You can register for the event, which will take place in person, here.
