April is National Poetry Month

April brings National Poetry Month to Canadians:

Established in Canada in April 1999 by the League, National Poetry Month brings together schools, publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, and poets across the country to celebrate poetry and its vital place in Canada’s culture. Communities and businesses participate through readings, festivals, book displays, and other events. THIS SPRING, EXPLORE THE FUTURE OF POETRY!

The Kitchener Public Library is celebrating by hosting a poetry reading with Rienzi Crusz on April 25th at 7pm.

Don’t have time to go to a poetry reading during exam week? Why not take a break, and relax your mind with some thought-provoking poems? Try a subject search for “Poetry” in the LRC catalogue or browse the literature section (call numbers PE or PS).

Freedom to Read during Reading Week

What better way to pass the time during Reading Week than to do a bit of leisure reading? Freedom to Read week is February 25-March 3, 2007 and encourages “to think about and reaffirm their commitment to intellectual freedom.”  The Learning Resource Centre has a paperback collection that has a variety of fiction, including some titles that have made the Challenged Books list such as the Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. For more info on Freedom to Read week, check out http://www.freedomtoread.ca/