Category: Writers
Discovering wisdom on our journey.
Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas Every missed chance becomes a memory filled with regret. Unknown...
Belynda Wilson Thomas
Call for Submissions: Trillium Book Award – Ontario Creates
Ontario Creates invites submissions for their Trillium Book Award for titles published in Nov and Dec 2024. Deadline is Jan 31, 2025.
Jan 9, 2025 | Call for Submissions, Jobs / Calls, Writers | 0 |
Legislative Assembly of Ontario: Matthew-Ray Jones is Ontario’s Next Poet Laureate
Learn more about Matthew-Ray Jones, Ontario’s Next Poet Laureate.
Writing the Caribbean Experience: Class, Colour, & Culture with Gayle Gonsalves | Heart to Art Ep #5
In this episode of Heart to Art, host Peta-Gaye Nash speaks with Gayle Gonsalves, author of My...
Nov 14, 2024 | Hub Highlights, Writers | 0 |
Quill & Quire: Cassandra Myers and Lisa Shen named Lillian Allen spoken word prizes
Quill & Quire shares the news that poets Cassandra Myers and Mississauga’s own Lisa Shen have been named Lillian Allen spoken word prizes.
Mechanics of Playwriting Workshop
In the workshop, Participants can expect to explore different playwriting techniques used in...
Oct 25, 2024 | Playwright, Workshops, writing | 0 |
Winners Announced for the Mississauga Writers Group’s Annual Writing Contests
This our 4th year, we had 3 Writing Contests – Young Voices 18 years and younger, Seniors 65 and...
Mississauga Writers Group
Breaking the Silence: Healing from Childhood Trauma with Author Sheila E. Tucker | Heart to Art Ep #4 – OUT NOW!
Have you ever felt burdened by painful memories and wondered how to heal? In this episode of Heart...
Oct 10, 2024 | Hub Highlights, Writers | 0 |
Polyphonic celebration for Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary by Anna Yin
From Anna Yin via Sureway Press: Mississauga is home to Indigenous peoples and diverse ethnic...
Oct 3, 2024 | Community News, Writers | 0 |
Quill & Quire: Qurat Dar wins inaugural Claire Harris Poetry Prize
Published by Quill & Quire. Article by: Cassandra Drudi, September 19th, 2024 Learn more about...
Call for Open Mic Performers – The & Festival: The & Soirée Open Mic
To close out the first day of the & Festival, The Ampersand Review will be hosting the &...
Sep 23, 2024 | Call for Artists, Call for Writers, Jobs / Calls, Writers | 0 |
Self-expression, being part of a group, finding our voice, and helping others to find theirs.
Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas Self-expression must pass into communication for its...
Literary Creation Projects (Works for Performance) Grant – Ontario Arts Council
Are you a literary performer creating or recording your own work? Take a peek at this program from Ontario Arts Council.
Sep 6, 2024 | Jobs / Calls, Writers | 0 |
Modern Mississauga: Learn About the 29th Annual Mississauga Symphony Orchestra’s Giant Used Book Sale
Learn all about Mississauga Symphony Orchestra’s annual Used Book Sale, returning to Sheridan Centre Mall for its 29th year!
Words Of Writers – WOW!
The tagline – ‘local wordsmiths reading aloud’ – explains what this event...
Exploring Family Secrets Through Poetry with Poet Jennifer Walcott – Heart to Art Ep. #2 out now!
Peta-Gaye Nash sits down with Poet Jennifer Walcott to discuss the secrets and stories of family, and how they inform her written work.
Aug 19, 2024 | Hub Highlights, Podcast, Writers | 0 |
The Hazel McCallion That I Knew
By Alex GregoryFor a while, she was superhuman.Hazel McCallion was a woman who defied explanation,...
Aug 9, 2024 | Uncategorized, Writers | 0 |
Defining a woman, who would have thought defining a woman, would be so difficult and contentious?
Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas To ask the right question is already half the solution to the...
Remembering Mayor Hazel
By Anna Yin Who can tell how many places are named after you?Who can know how many books have been...
Aug 2, 2024 | poetry, Poetry Submissions, Poets, Writers | 0 |
Call for Writers – Mississauga Writers Group Writing Contests
Mississauga Writers Group’s annual Writing Contests are back! Deadline to submit is September 30, 2024.
Jul 24, 2024 | Call for Submissions, Jobs / Calls, Writers | 0 |
Author Norma Nicholson featured on the Nikki Clarke Show
Congratulations to Mississauga author and youth advocate Norma Nicholson on her recent feature on the Nikki Clarke Show!
Mahendra Joshi Playwriting Competition
SAWITRI Theatre Group is happy to announce the inaugural of the Mahendra Joshi playwriting...
Jun 25, 2024 | Jobs / Calls, Playwright, Writers | 0 |
Is accepting other people’s negative thoughts like letting them walk through our minds with dirty boots?
Painting by Belynda Wilson Thomas It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive...
The Ampersand Review – Essay Contest 2024
It is time for the second annual Ampersand Review Essay Contest! Submit your creative non-fiction or personal essay by June 30, 2024.
Jun 13, 2024 | Call for Writers, Jobs / Calls, Writers | 0 |
New Podcast with author Peta-Gaye Nash – Listen to ‘Heart to Art’ here!
Listen to our debut episode of Heart to Art – a new podcast series hosted by award-winning author Peta-Gaye Nash!
May 30, 2024 | Hub Highlights, Writers | 0 |
Keith Garebian awarded the Ellen S. Jaffe Humanist Poetry Award from the Ontario Poetry Society
Keith Garebian has been named winner of the Ellen S. Jaffe Humanist Poetry Award from The Ontario Poetry Society for work about Ruth Asawa.
Meet author Sabyasachi Nag – HUB Highlights Artist Spotlight
Meet Sabyasachi (Sachi) Nag, author of Hands Like Trees, Uncharted and Could You Please, Please Stop Singing.
Apr 15, 2024 | Hub Highlights, Writers | 0 |
City of Mississauga: City of Mississauga welcomes its fifth Poet Laureate
Andrea Josic has been selected to serve as a literary ambassador for the city to help elevate the status of poetry, literary arts and writers.
Mississauga News: Mississauga to announce new poet laureate, hold poetry slam in celebration of Poetry Month this April
Check out this Mississauga News article highlighting all the events The City of Mississauga has to commemorate Poetry Month.
Youth Week Call for Submissions – Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA)
PAMA is looking for talented artists across the Peel Region to showcase their talents through visual arts and performances!
Apr 4, 2024 | Call for Artists, Call for Submissions, Dance, Jobs / Calls, Music, Visual Arts, Writers | 0 |
New on the Hub
Stranger Sings – The Parody Musical
The Randolph Theatre 735 Bathurst Street, Toronto
My Brother’s Keeper – Hans Poppe Solo Exhibition
Yorkminster Park Gallery 1585 Yonge Street, Toronto
Week of Events
Inside. Outside. Of.
Through intuitive, tenuously articulated works, the four artists brought together in this exhibition reflect upon how we situate ourselves in relation to various planes of interconnection and existence. Works by […]
Stranger Sings – The Parody Musical
Take a trip back to Hawkins, Indiana: 1983…when times were simpler, hair was bigger, and unsupervised children were getting snatched by inter-dimensional creatures. STRANGER SINGS! THE PARODY MUSICAL is a […]
Together for Tomorrow: Earth Days in Action
This exhibit takes a look at how climate change is affecting our community, from rising temperatures and extreme weather events to disruptions in ecosystems and communities. Climate change is real […]
Spirit Seeds – Museums of Mississauga
Immerse yourself in the intricate and beautiful world of Indigenous beadwork at Spirit Seeds. Curated by Indigenous artist Naomi Smith (Chippewas of Nawash, Neyaashiinigmiing, Ontario), this exhibition presents a rich visual exploration […]
My Brother’s Keeper – Hans Poppe Solo Exhibition
Hans Poppe My Brother's Keeper February 23 to April 24, 2025 Reception: Sunday, January 23, 2025, 12:30 - 2:00 p.m. Hans Poppe, a Tanzanian-Canadian artist, is celebrated for […]
The Artistic Viewpoint
You are invited to an Opening Reception of SOVA's show, The Artistic Viewpoint, Sunday afternoon, March 30 from 1:30 - 3:30 pm, in the Helson Gallery at the Halton Hills […]
Spring Exhibition – Trazos Latinos
Join Trazos Latinos for their Spring 2025 Exhibition at the Grange (home of Heritage Mississauga) at 1921 Dundas St W, L5K 1R2. Opening March 28 from 7 pm to 9:30 […]
Community Collective: Sunday Edition – Styleworthy
Community Collective: Sunday Edition – Styleworthy
Join us for the Community Collective Speaker Series, a transformative event series designed to inspire, empower, and connect. Each session features dynamic speakers sharing their journeys, insights, and strategies for cultivating […]
9 to 5 The Musical – City Centre Musical Productions
9 to 5 The Musical – City Centre Musical Productions
Music and Lyrics by DOLLY PARTON Book by PATRICIA RESNICK Based on the Twentieth Century Fox Film Originally produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt, April 2009 Orchestrator BRUCE COUGHLIN | […]
Those were the days – West End Jazz
Those were the days – West End Jazz
West End Jazz presents "Those were the days" - Music from the 20's to the 80's. The Wintergarten orchestra is back - get a preview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tk7XLxhBeyM Doors open 4:00 PM, […]
The Ampersand Review March Writing Series
The Ampersand Review March Writing Series
Cassidy McFadzean will lead us in a two-hour poetry workshop titled Lists and Litanies. From anaphora and incantations to unconventional gratitude lists, grocery lists, bucket lists, and more, this workshop […]
Hello March Sip & Paint Night
Hello March Sip & Paint Night
Say goodbye to winter in style and say hello to March! It's the beginning of spring and it's time to be out and about. Celebrate the season’s end and welcome […]
Figurative Expressions
Figurative Expressions
Hello fellow artists! Our group Figurative Expressions is a life drawing group that meets up weekly to draw and paint the model. We run a class (no instruction) at Visual […]
Drawing Disco with Erin Finley
Drawing Disco with Erin Finley
Join us for a night of creativity, music, and pure disco energy at the Drawing Disco with Erin Finley at the Art Gallery of Mississauga! 
Get inspired by funky […]
Spring Exhibition – Trazos Latinos
Spring Exhibition – Trazos Latinos
Join Trazos Latinos for their Spring 2025 Exhibition at the Grange (home of Heritage Mississauga) at 1921 Dundas St W, L5K 1R2. Opening March 28 from 7 pm to 9:30 […]
COFFEE AND CANVAS PAINT NIGHT: EARTH HOUR
COFFEE AND CANVAS PAINT NIGHT: EARTH HOUR
Join us for a special Earth Hour Paint Night on March 28th! 
This eco-friendly event combines creativity and sustainability as we celebrate Earth Hour through art! 
In honor […]
Emotional Alchemy: Process Stress with Collage
Emotional Alchemy: Process Stress with Collage
Feeling Overwhelmed or Creatively Stuck? Try Collage as a Reset. Life moves fast. Stress builds up. Sometimes, we need a pause—a space to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with ourselves. Join […]
Mechanics of Playwriting Workshop – SAWITRI Theatre Group
Mechanics of Playwriting Workshop – SAWITRI Theatre Group
In the workshop, Participants can expect to explore different playwriting techniques used in various forms including Western Naturalistic Theatre, South Asian Folk Theatre, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit Theatre, Absurdist Theatre, […]
Beethoven & Schumann
Beethoven & Schumann
Experience the passion and power of Beethoven and Schumann with the Mississauga Symphony Orchestra - Saturday, March 29 at the Living Arts Centre. Internationally acclaimed pianist, Daniel Vnukowski, takes center […]