Antler River Poetry, The Landon Branch of the London Public Library, London, ON (2025)

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The Landon Branch Of The London Public Library

12/02/2025

Meet JENNY BERKEL! Jenny | is a writer & singer-songwriter who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Jenny Berkel is a poet and singer-songwriter from rural Ontario, currently residing in London Township (Treaty 6) territory, where she owns a small bookshop. She has released three albums, and her debut chapbook, Grease Dogs, was published with Baseline Press. Her poems have appeared in Grain, Vallum, Riddle Fence, The /tƐmz/ Review, The Maynard, The Literary Review of Canada, and long con magazine, amongst others.

Colleening 2025 also features Penn Kemp, John Tyndall, Karen Schindler, David White, Nancy Tausky, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

12/02/2025

Meet PENN KEMP! Penn is a local writer & activist who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Poet, activist and playwright Penn Kemp has been celebrated as a trailblazer since her first publication of poetry (1972) and here at the Library in the 2018 Women Trailblazer Series. The League of Canadian Poets honoured her with their Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award (2025), Spoken Word Artist of the year, and as a foremother of Canadian Poetry. With 33 books published, Penn is active across the web and the London poetry community.

Colleening 2025 also features John Tyndall, Karen Schindler, David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

12/02/2025

Meet SUSAN WALLACE & JAMES STEWART REANEY! We’re thrilled to have Susan & James as part of our Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Retired teacher Susan Wallace & retired journalist James Stewart Reaney are honoured to be part of Antler River Poetry’s evening devoted to the words & life of Colleen Thibaudeau (James’s late mother). Susan & James met as MA English students at McMaster University in the 1970s & almost 50 years later are helping steer COLLEENING 2025, the year-long celebration of our greatest poet’s centenary.

Colleening 2025 also features Karen Schindler, Penn Kemp, John Tyndall, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson & David White.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

12/01/2025

Meet PATRICIA BLACK! Patricia is a writer who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Patricia Black is a published poet, former creative writing instructor, and theatre reviewer for London’s Scene Magazine. The wear and tear of age has only expanded her inner life and her readiness to reach out to others in care and delight.

Colleening 2025 also features Penn Kemp, John Tyndall, Karen Schindler, David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

12/01/2025

Meet JORDAN WILLIAMSON! Jordan is a local writer who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Jordan Williamson is a poet from London Ontario. His recent work has featured or is forthcoming from Contemporary Verse 2, Grain and PRISM International. His debut chapbook Love’s Little Dojo is available now from Pinhole Poetry.

Colleening 2025 also features John Tyndall, Karen Schindler, Penn Kemp, David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

12/01/2025

Meet DAVID WHITE! David is a local writer who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 
📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

David White is the author of two critically acclaimed books of poetry, The Lark Ascending and Local Haunts, both edited by (the late) Stan Dragland. White taught Theatre History and writing at Fanshawe College for twenty years. He lives in the Wortley Village in Old South, London Ontario.

Colleening 2025 also features Karen Schindler, Penn Kemp, John Tyndall, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

11/30/2025

Meet PENN KEMP! Penn is a writer & activist who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Poet, activist and playwright Penn Kemp has been celebrated as a trailblazer since her first publication of poetry (1972) and here at the Library in the 2018 Women Trailblazer Series. The League of Canadian Poets honoured her with their Inaugural Lifetime Achievement Award (2025), Spoken Word Artist of the year, and as a foremother of Canadian Poetry. With 33 books published, Penn is active across the web and the London poetry community.

Colleening 2025 also features John Tyndall, Karen Schindler, David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

11/30/2025

Meet KAREN SCHINDLER! Karen is a local writer & publisher who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

Karen Schindler is the founder of Baseline Press, publishing Canadian poets since 2011. She previously worked as an engineer, a high-school teacher, and a director of the Antler River Reading Series. In 2023, Gaspereau Press published her first chapbook of poems, The Sad Truth.

Colleening 2025 also features John Tyndall, Penn Kemp, David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

11/30/2025

Meet JOHN TYNDALL! John is a local writer who’s part of our fantastic Colleening 2025 lineup. Come join us for a cozy December evening of local poets & community members sharing their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.
Free | Accessible

John Tyndall lives in London, Ontario. His latest publications include Mangoes from the Seventh Dimension (First Place Winner of the 2023 Don Gutteridge Award) from Wet Ink Books, 2024, and Listen to People from Hidden Brook Press, 2020.

Colleening 2025 also features Karen Schindler, Penn Kemp, David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel, Patricia Black, Jordan Williamson, James Stewart Reaney & Susan Wallace.

Thanks as always to our sponsors & partners for their support:

11/26/2025

As part of the Colleening 2025 celebrations, join us as we bring together an incredible lineup of local poets and community members to share their favourite works by Canadian literary icon Colleen Thibaudeau.

📖 Colleen Thibaudeau: An Evening of Poetry and Memories 📅 Wednesday, December 3 ⏰ 7:00–8:30pm 📍 Landon Library, 167 Wortley Rd.

Featuring guest readers John Tyndall, Karen Schindler , Penn Kemp , David White, Nancy Tausky, Jenny Berkel , Patricia Black , Jordan Williamson , James Stewart Reaney, and Susan Wallace.

We’re grateful for the support of our sponsors and partners:

11/17/2025

Excited to share that this month’s reading will feature local musical opener Shawn Durant 🎶

Come see Shawn, as well as featured readers Melissa Powless Day & Matthew-Ray Jones this Wednesday, November 19 at 7-8:30pm at the Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)

Big thanks to our sponsors .council for your continued support.

11/15/2025

Meet Ontario’s Poet Laureate and featured reader for the month, Matthew-Ray Jones 🎤

Come see Matthew, as well as featured reader Melissa Powless Day , and local opener Shawn Durant this Wednesday, November 19 at 7-8:30pm at the Landon Library (167 Wortley Rd.)

Big thanks to our sponsors .council for your continued support.

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