World Poetry Day Reading Event 2026

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The City of St. John’s will be hosting a World Poetry Day Reading Event on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m. in the Foran Greene Room, Fourth Floor, City Hall.

The event will be hosted by the City’s Poet Laureate Mark Callanan and feature the following five poets:

Allie Duff
Paul Moorehead
Julia Polyck-O’Neill
Anna Swanson
Agnes Walsh

This is a public event and registration is not required. Tea, coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Learn more about the featured poets on the World Poetry Day Reading Event page.