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#  New Sonic Poetries: Toronto 

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Organized by Lillian Allen and Gregory Betts, this conference will serve to address a cross-cultural, interdisciplinary literary, musical, and sound poetry heritage across a variety of cultures.

 

 

 

 October 8 - 10, 2024 3 - 9:30 p.m. 

 Website <https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/new-sonic-poetries-registration-1002329343047> 

 

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<a id="main-content" tabindex="-1"></a>## **New Sonic Poetries**

**A Two-Day Multidisciplinary Conference - link** [**here**](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/new-sonic-poetries-registration-1002329343047)

#### October 8, 2024

**Powerplant Gallery:**

**231 Queens Quay West**

**Toronto, ON M5J 2G8**

**3:00 to 6:30 pm**

**A workshop/master class with Jaap Blonk &amp; Clifton Joseph** at the[ PowerPlant Art Gallery](https://www.thepowerplant.org/whats-on). Conference registrants and OCAD students will have priority. Please see PowerPlant website for the registration portal.

Master Class and Workshop:“Intro to The Sonics of Voice, Sound and Poetry”

This is a beginner-friendly workshop for poets, writers and artists who are drawn to the undeniable power of sound and language. Thinking about sound from the perspective of experimentation, and new poetics, from the field of Sound Poetry, Spoken Word and Dub Poetry and learning a bit about their histories, “Exploring Voice, Sound and Poetry” will give writers and artists the opportunity to explore and engage with sound, musicality, and language-play as poetry.

#### October 10, 2024

**OCADU Waterfront Campus:**

**130 Queen’s Quay E, Level 4R**

**Toronto, ON M5A 0P6**

**12:00-9:30pm**

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