Recent & Upcoming Events

  • Department of Literary Arts - Brown University: Writers on Writing

    November 13, 2025 at 5:30 pm
    McCormack Family Theater
    Brown University
    Providence, Rhode Island

    Featured Reader

  • Writing Now | Reading Now: Reading with Visiting Poet Michael Prior

    April 8, 2025 at 6:00 pm
    Ulrich Museum
    Wichita State University
    Wichita, KS

    Featured Reader

  • The Gate of Memory Anthology Launch

    April 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm est (online)
    Youtube Live Stream

    Co-reader

    Hosted by: Haymarket Books; Brynn Saito, Brandon Shimoda (editors)

    Virtual reading and conversation
    View the stream here.



  • WSU Visiting Writer in Residence

    March - April 2025
    Wichita State University
    Wichita, KS

  • 2024 PWFC Banff Symposium

    Nov 16, 2024 at 3:45 pm
    Banff, AB

    Highlight Performance

    For: Past Wrongs, Future Choices

Past Events

  • UNLV Craft Talk

    Oct 16, 2023 at 2:30 pm
    University of Nevada - Las Vegas
    Las Vegas, NV

    Hosted by: The Black Mountain Institute

  • Reading

    Oct 15, 2023 at 5:00 pm
    Rita Deanin Abbey Museum
    Las Vegas, NV

    With: Cole Swenson

    Hosted by: The Black Mountain Institute

  • Feature Presentation

    May 24, 2023 at 1:00 pm
    Fine Arts Building
    University of Victoria
    Victoria, BC

    For: The Past Wrongs, Future Choices International Artist & Scholar Residency

  • Meltwater by Claire Wahmanholm Book Launch

    Feb 28, 2023 at 6:00 pm
    Hook & Ladder Theater
    Minneapolis, MN

    Guest Reader

    With: Chris Santiago, Sarah Green, Elizabeth Tannen, and Su Hwang

    Hosted by: Milkweed Editions

  • NC State Literary Reading Series

    Apr 7, 2022 at 7:30 pm est (online)
    North Carolina State University
    Raleigh, NC

    Keynote Speaker

    Presented by: The Department of English

  • Fluid Vessels: A Poetry Reading Series

    Apr 5, 2022 at 5:00 pm est (online)
    McGill University
    Montreal, QC

    With: Heather Christie and Cameron Awkward Rich

    Presented by: The Montreal International Poetry Prize & the McGill University Department of English

  • Keynote Presentation

    Mar 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm
    Berger Forum, Stephen A. Scharzman Building
    The New York Public Library
    New York, NY

    For: The NYPL Cullman Center Fellowship

  • Writing North 12 Craft Talk

    Jan 29, 2022 at 10:00 am cst (online)
    Regina, SK

    Hosted by: The Saskatchewan Writers Guild

  • Valzhyna Mort and Michael Prior

    Jan 25, 2022 at 7:00 pm est (online)
    The Lannan Center for Poetics & Social Practices
    Georgetown University
    Washington, DC

    Moderated by Carolyn Forché

  • Storied: On Writing History and the Past

    Nov 24, 2021 at 7:00 pm pst (online)
    Vancouver, BC

    With: Shaena Lambert and Eve Lazarus; moderated by Fiona Tinwei Lam

    Presented by: The BC & Yukon Book Prizes

  • Versefest

    Nov 18, 2021 at 9:00 pm est (online)
    Ottawa, ON

    Panel: Plan 99 Presents: A Night of Poetry

    With: Donna Kane, Michaël Trahan, and Sylvia Legris; hosted by David O'Meara and Eric Charlebois

  • The Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing Alumni Reading

    Nov 11, 2021 at 5:00 pm
    Rhodes-Rawlings Auditorium, Klarman Hall
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, NY

    With: Julie Phillips Brown, Renia White, and Lena Nguyen

    Presented by: The Department of Literatures in English

  • BC & Yukon Book Prizes 2021 Gala and Viewing Party

    Sep 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm pst (online)
    Vancouver, BC

    Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize Finalist

  • Word on the Street Book Festival

    Sep 22, 2021 at 5:30 pm est (online)
    Toronto, ON

    Panel: “Reclaiming Narratives: Asian-Canadian Writers Roundtable”

    With: Larissa Lai and SJ Sindu; moderated by Christine Kim

  • SFU The Writers Studio Online

    May 15, 2021 at 12:00 pm pst (online)
    Simon Fraser University
    Burnaby, BC

    Guest Author

    With: David A. Robertson, J.B. McKinnon, Elizabeth Boyle, and Genki Ferguson

  • Mata Ashita Writers Circle

    Mar 6, 2021 at 3:00 pm est (online)
    Toronto, ON

    Guest Speaker

    Hosted by: The National Association of Japanese Canadians

  • The Fool by Jessie Jones Book Launch

    Nov 19, 2020 at 5:00 pm pst (online)
    Vancouver, BC

    Guest Reader

    With: Kayla Czaga

    Hosted by: Massy Books

  • Poets Corner Reading Series

    Nov 18, 2020 at 7:30 pm pst (online)
    Vancouver, BC

    With: Kate Flaherty

  • Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series

    Nov 10, 2020 at 7:00 pm est (online)
    York University
    Toronto, ON

    Keynote Speaker

    Presented by: The Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

  • Victoria Festival of Authors

    Oct 3, 2020 at 1:00 pm pst (online)
    Victoria, BC

    Panel: “Truth, Trauma, Beauty, Beast”

    With: Amanda Leduc and Jesse Thistle; moderated by Carla Funk

  • WORD Vancouver Literary Festival

    Sep 26, 2020 at 7:00 pm pst (online)
    Vancouver, BC

    Panel: “Canada, Do You Hear Me?”

    With: Chantal Gibson and Francine Cunningham; moderated by Heidi Greco

  • The David & Barbara Zalaznik Reading Series

    Sep 24, 2020 7:00 pm est (online)
    Cornell University
    Ithaca, NY

    Keynote Speaker

    Presented by: The Department of Literatures in English

  • Burning Province: Poems, plays and prose in a time of a pandemic and protest

    Jun 23, 2020 at 7:30 pm est (online)
    Toronto, ON

    With: Matt Miwa and Julie Tamiko Manning; moderated by Kerri Sakamoto

    Hosted by: The NAJC, Toronto Chapter

  • Alexandra Chang and Michael Prior in Conversation

    May 1, 2020 at 7:30 pm est (online)
    Ithaca, NY

    Hosted by: Buffalo Street Books

  • Burning Province US Book Launch

    POSTPONED

    April 2, 2020 at 5:00 pm
    Next Chapter Booksellers
    Saint Paul, MN

    With: Eduardo C. Corral

  • McClelland & Stewart Spring 2020 Poetry Launch

    POSTPONED

    Mar 26, 2020 at 7:00 pm
    The Art Gallery of Ontario
    Toronto, ON

    With: Nancy Lee, Canisia Lubrin, and Noor Naga