In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Saskatchewan Legislative Library is pleased to host a reading by the Saskatchewan Poet Laureate, dee Hobsbawn-Smith. “Weather Within, Weather Without” is a perfect fit for the National Poetry Month’s 2024 theme: weather.

 
Join us:

April 16, 2024 at 3:30 p.m. This event is free and open to all.

Please RSVP here, or email programs@skwriter.com before April 14.

A reception with refreshments will follow the reading.

The Legislative Library Reading Room is located on the second floor (east wing) of the Legislative Building. All visitors must provide photo ID. Learn more:

• Legislative Building security and access
• Parking and entry information

dee Hobsbawn-Smith (she/her) is the 10^th Saskatchewan Poet Laureate. She lives rurally on Treaty Six Territory west of Saskatoon, where she runs, gardens, quilts, and grows orchids. She writes award-winning poetry, novels, short stories, and essays, which are sometimes influenced by her background as a chef and local foods advocate. She’s served as a mentor, as an editor, and as the Saskatoon Public Library’s 35th Writer in Residence. She earned her MFA in Writing and MA in English at the University of Saskatchewan. Dee taught creative writing at St. Peter’s College in Muenster, and has taught thousands of people how to cook. She’s written ten books, most recently Among the Untamed: poems, a shortlisted finalist in the SK Book Awards for Poetry Award, and City of Saskatoon Award.

Presented in cooperation with the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild