# Event Details - **Event Name**: Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) - **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 31 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am – Sat, 31 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: A full day to develop your poetry writing with a supportive group of peers.About this EventSpend a day honing your poetry skills!Topics include:Finding Your Personal VoiceIs There Such a Thing as Bad Poetry?Poetic Techniques and What They're Good ForWhat's In a Line Break?Poetry and WellnessRich with generative writing exercises, the poetry workshop will help you develop your writing practice through friendly engagement with similarly motivated peers.You will have opportunities to optionally share your work throughout. Sharing your words and offering your thoughts on others' work will be encouraged, but not mandatory.I welcome writers of all backgrounds and walks of life, and to make it accessible to everyone, I am offering one Pay-What-You-Can spot.We will break for half an hour for lunch. You are welcome to bring food with you.Coffee and a variety of teas will be available onsite at no extra cost.About the Organizer:Marion Lougheed is a writer, anthropologist and editor who grew up in Canada, Benin, Belgium, and Germany. Her poetry book "Baggage Claim" delves into this experience and is dedicated to everyone whose hometown is a suitcase.Marion's poem "Rooftops" won the Prime 53 Poem Summer Challenge, and "Pavane for a Dead Letter" was featured in the League of Candian Poets' "Poem In Your Pocket Day" series. Marion runs Off Topic Publishing and ML Edits. She also writes fiction, which has appeared in This Will Only Take A Minute: 100 Canadian Flashes (Guernica Editions, 2022), Reflex Press and The Arcanist, among others.Her work was shortlisted for the Sunlight Press Flash Fiction Contest, longlisted for Furious Fiction and the Fish Publishing Short Story Prize, and chosen as a finalist in the "Dystopian" category for Globe Soup's 7-Day Writing Challenge, among other things.In addition to writing and editing, she has written for The Guardian, Psychology Today, Writer's Digest, and others. Meanwhile, she is slowly working on a PhD dissertation in social anthropology about political belongings, cosmopolitan aspirations, and identity at an international school in Germany. Maybe by the time we gather for this event, the dissertation will be done. Fingers crossed.Find her at https://linktr.ee/marionlougheed https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events9/banners/3c47eba0-a9e4-11f1-ad57-411ed296ae31-rimg-w591-h740-dcf8f8f8-gmir.jpg - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, contests, workshops, health-wellness - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 5 hours - Location: Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 169, currency: CAD ## Event venue details - **city**: Toronto - **state**: ON - **country**: Canada - **location**: Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) - **lat**: 43.650018 - **long**: -79.3971586 - **full address**: Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/5d85b7d3885398449ea9d1fa681e7968dca2ac62971d336261d547b66312f02d-rimg-w1200-h600-dcc0ff73-gmir.jpg?v=1781595072 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) being held? - **A:** Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) takes place on Sat, 31 Oct, 2026 at 11:00 am to Sat, 31 Oct, 2026 at 04:00 pm at Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), 192 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada. - **Q**: Who is organizing Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto)? - **A:** Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) is organized by Off Topic Publishing. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) is ideal for curious learners, students, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Toronto, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto) sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast. ## Structured Data (JSON-LD) ```json [ { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Event", "name": "Poetry Writing Day, with Marion Lougheed - IN PERSON (Toronto)", "image": "https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/5d85b7d3885398449ea9d1fa681e7968dca2ac62971d336261d547b66312f02d-rimg-w1200-h600-dcc0ff73-gmir.jpg?v=1781595072", "startDate": "2026-10-31T11:00:00-04:00", "endDate": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620", "eventStatus": "https://schema.org/EventScheduled", "location": { "@type": "Place", "name": "Centre for Social Innovation (CSI)", "address": { "@type": "PostalAddress", "streetAddress": "192 Spadina Avenue", "postalCode": "M5T 2C2", "addressLocality": "Toronto", "addressRegion": "ON", "addressCountry": "CA" }, "geo": { "@type": "GeoCoordinates", "latitude": "43.650018", "longitude": "-79.3971586" } }, "eventAttendanceMode": "https://schema.org/OfflineEventAttendanceMode", "description": "A full day to develop your poetry writing with a supportive group of peers.", "offers": [ { "@type": "AggregateOffer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-06-16", "availabilityEnds": "2026-10-31T16:00:00-04:00", "validFrom": "2026-06-16", "lowPrice": "0.00", "highPrice": "169.00", "price": "0.00", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-06-16", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620", "price": "169.00", "name": "Regular Price" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-06-16", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620", "price": "139.00", "name": "Early Bird Tickets" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/SoldOut", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-06-16", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620", "price": 0, "name": "Pay What You Can/Financial Hardship Tickets" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-06-16", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620", "price": "129.13", "name": "1-on-1 Writing Coaching with Editor (60 mins)" }, { "@type": "Offer", "availability": "https://schema.org/InStock", "priceCurrency": "CAD", "availabilityStarts": "2026-06-16", "availabilityEnds": "", "validFrom": "2026-06-16", "url": "https://allevents.in/toronto/poetry-writing-day-with-marion-lougheed-in-person-toronto/100001991581413620", "price": "20.00", "name": "Baggage Claim, by Marion Lougheed - Signed" } ], "organizer": [ { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Off Topic Publishing", "url": "https://allevents.in/org/off-topic-publishing/18973091" } ] } ] ```