Feminist Poetry on International Women's Day

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Come join us on Zoom for the fourth annual International Women’s Day reading organized by the Feminist Caucus of the League of Canadian Poets! To celebrate, ten Feminist Caucus members will share our poetry and our passion to change the world.

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FEMINIST CAUCUS MISSION STATEMENT
Adopted November, 2022

The Feminist Caucus of the League of Canadian Poets strongly and uncompromisingly champions the rights of those who identify as women and/or feminists in Canada and worldwide. Our mandate is to celebrate, promote, and support women’s creativity within the League and beyond. We oppose systemic misogyny, anti-feminist traditions, and rights-restrictive cultural relativism and commit to take action against any infringement of women's rights and their creative work. The Feminist Caucus respects and advocates for equality and freedom of expression in its practices and membership.

This event is sponsored in part by the League of Canadian Poets and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Poster by Gavin Barrett

READER BIOS

ANNE BURKE was President of the Writers Guild of Alberta. A Full League Member, she was on National Council, Membership Chair, now a Senior poet, Archivist, Secretary, and Past Feminist Caucus Chair.

SONJA GRECKOL (Tkaronto/Toronto) has published four books of poetry. Her translation of Rocío Cerón’s ‘Trances’ appeared in Asymptote (Jan2024). "Monitoring Station" (UAlberta Press) is shortlisted for the Alberta Book Publishers Robert Kroetsch Award (2024). Greckol edits poetry for Women and Environments International and is an ongoing member and Treasurer of the Feminist Caucus.

HEIDI GRECO lives and works on Territory of the Semiahmoo First Nation in Surrey, BC. Although published in a range of genres, she bemoans the fact that she’s a pokey writer. She’s active in her community with a range of causes – from protecting habitat to promoting poetry. More at https://heidigreco.ca

BEATRIZ HAUSNER has published several poetry collections, including, "Enter the Raccoon," "Beloved Revolutionary Sweetheart" and "She Who Lies Above," as well as many chapbooks, of which "The Oh Oh," is the latest. Her books have been published internationally and translated into several languages, most recently Greek. Hausner is an active participant in the surrealist movement.

MADI LENTINE JOHNSTONE (they/she) is a non-binary trans woman writer, sculptor, and socio-cultural anthropologist, and the Chair of the Feminist Caucus. Madi is currently writing a poetry collection called "Against the Grain," about processing trauma through wood-carving. Contact Madi @madilentinejohnstone on Instagram to join the Feminist Caucus Poetry Workshop.

DIANA MANOLE is as a proudly hyphenated Romanian-Canadian award-winning writer, literary translator, and scholar. Her poetry has been published in 14 countries and her poetry translations on 6 continents. "Praying to a Landed-Immigrant God" (Grey Borders Books, 2023) is her seventh collection of poems. Diana holds a PhD from the University of Toronto.

NATASHA SANDERS-KAY writes from the stolen lands of the hən̓qəmin̓əm̓ and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh speaking peoples. Her poetry’s been published in Petal Projections, Women and Environments International, subTerrain, EVENT, and elsewhere. She received an honourable mention in the 2022 Muriel’s Journey Poetry Prize, and was longlisted for the 2023 CBC Poetry Prize.

MARY SIMMERLING is a poet and feminist whose work confronts gender-based violence. She leverages the healing powers of art to empower others to reclaim their stories, in their own words. In 2023, she founded Write Where We Belong, a Canadian literary arts and publishing organization, dedicated to amplifying marginalized voices.

PHOENIX WINTER gratefully resides on the territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh. Once homeless and mentally ill, this informs her writing and organizing. Most recently she won the 2024 Muriel's Journey Prize, DTES category. She helped found the annual DTES Writers Festival and led the FireWriters for 13 years.

BÄNOO ZAN is a poet and curator with over 300 published pieces and three books. She is the founder of Shab-e She’r (Poetry Night) and co-editor of "Woman, Life, Freedom: Poems for the Iranian Revolution." Bänoo is the recipient of the 2025 Writers’ Union of Canada Freedom to Read Award.