Antler River Poetry

Antler River Poetry Antler River Poetry (formerly Poetry London) is tricouncil-funded reading series founded in London, Ontario in 2004.

Meet ✨ Jordan Williamson  ✨Jordan is this month’s local opener, reading with Terese Mason Pierre  & Nyx Lewis-Schmidt Jo...
01/12/2026

Meet ✨ Jordan Williamson ✨
Jordan is this month’s local opener, reading with Terese Mason Pierre & Nyx Lewis-Schmidt

Jordan Williamson is a poet from London Ontario. His recent work has been featured in Fugue Journal, Contemporary Verse 2, Funicular Magazine, Echolocation, Grain, Scrivener Creative Review and PRISM International. He was nominated by Fugue Journal for Best New Poets 2025 and his debut chapbook “Love’s Little Dojo” is available from Pinhole Poetry.

Come join us for a lovely evening of poetry in the Landon lamplight!

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7-8:30 PM
Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)
Free | Accessible

Thank you as always sponsors: .council

Meet ✨ Jordan Williamson  ✨Jordan is this month’s local opener, reading with Terese Mason Pierre  & Nyx Lewis-Schmidt  J...
01/12/2026

Meet ✨ Jordan Williamson ✨
Jordan is this month’s local opener, reading with Terese Mason Pierre & Nyx Lewis-Schmidt

Jordan Williamson is a poet from London Ontario. His recent work has been featured in Fugue Journal, Contemporary Verse 2, Funicular Magazine, Echolocation, Grain, Scrivener Creative Review and PRISM International. He was nominated by Fugue Journal for Best New Poets 2025 and his debut chapbook “Love’s Little Dojo” is available from Pinhole Poetry.

Come join us for a lovely evening of poetry in the Landon lamplight!

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7-8:30 PM
Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)
Free | Accessible

Thank you as always sponsors: .council

Meet ✨ Terese Mason Pierre   ✨Terese is one of this month’s featured readers along with Nyx Lewis-Schmidt  and local ope...
01/10/2026

Meet ✨ Terese Mason Pierre ✨
Terese is one of this month’s featured readers along with Nyx Lewis-Schmidt and local opener Jordan Williamson

“Terese Mason Pierre is a writer, poet, and editor whose work has appeared in the Walrus, ROOM, Brick, Quill & Quire, Uncanny, and Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction.”
—From her bio; read more above or at antlerriverpoetry.ca

Come join us for a lovely evening of poetry in the Landon lamplight!

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7-8:30 PM
Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)
Free | Accessible

Thank you as always sponsors: .council

✨ Meet Nyx Lewis-Schmidt  ✨ Nyx is one of this month’s featured readers along with Terese Mason Pierre  and local opener...
01/07/2026

✨ Meet Nyx Lewis-Schmidt ✨ Nyx is one of this month’s featured readers along with Terese Mason Pierre and local opener Jordan Williamson

“Nyx Lewis-Schmidt is a q***r, non-binary, AuDHD, and disabled poet. When speaking fails them, poetry is their voice.” —From their bio; read more above or at antlerriverpoetry.ca

Come join us for a lovely evening of poetry in the Landon lamplight!

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7-8:30 PM
Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)
Free | Accessible

Thank you as always sponsors: .council

First event of 2026! Come join us on January 21st for a cozy evening of poetry with Nyx Lewis-Schmidt  & Terese Mason Pi...
01/04/2026

First event of 2026! Come join us on January 21st for a cozy evening of poetry with Nyx Lewis-Schmidt & Terese Mason Pierre with local opener Jordan Williamson

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
7-8:30 PM
Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)
Free | Accessible

Thanks as always to our sponsors .council for your continued partnership and support.

2025 RECAP 📢It’s wild for us to see a year of programming quantified like this. Looking back at all our readings, contes...
12/31/2025

2025 RECAP 📢

It’s wild for us to see a year of programming quantified like this. Looking back at all our readings, contests and collaborative community events, it’s truly heartening and remarkable to think of the shared effort that makes it all go. Poets, artists, sponsors, partners, attendees and appreciators, THANK YOU for another beautiful year and see you in 2026!

Our last reading of 2025 was spectacular! A beautiful multi-arts night featuring poetry from Melissa Powless Day  & Matt...
12/23/2025

Our last reading of 2025 was spectacular! A beautiful multi-arts night featuring poetry from Melissa Powless Day & Matthew-Ray Jones aka Testament as well as music from Shawn Durant and photography by Jack Manidokaa Bradley .bradleyphotograhpy
Deep thanks to these incredible artists for making November one to remember!

Continued thanks to our sponsors .council for your continued collaboration and support!

Looking back on the fall season with gratitude! Many thanks to our wonderful October readers for a memorable evening of ...
12/23/2025

Looking back on the fall season with gratitude! Many thanks to our wonderful October readers for a memorable evening of poetry and a superbly thoughtful Q&A:

Lily Wang
Shani Mootoo
Jules Lee &
David Monture

And as always, thanks to our sponsors .council & for your partnership and support!

Meet JENNY BERKEL! Jenny  |  is a writer & singer-songwriter who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come jo...
12/02/2025

Meet JENNY BERKEL! Jenny | is a writer & singer-songwriter who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories
📅 Wednesday, December 3
⏰ 7:00–8:30pm
📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Jenny Berkel is a poet and singer-songwriter from rural Ontario, currently residing in London Township (Treaty 6) territory, where she owns a small bookshop. She has released three albums, and her debut chapbook, Grease Dogs, was published with Baseline Press. Her poems have appeared in Grain, Vallum, Riddle Fence, The /tƐmz/ Review, The Maynard, The Literary Review of Canada, and long con magazine, amongst others.

Colleening 2025 also features Penn Kemp, John Tyndall, Karen Schindler, David White, Nancy Tausky, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

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The Landon Branch Of The London Public Library
London, ON

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