Jaaword - Jamaal Amir Akbari

08/18/2025

This Wednesday, let's speak, read, write.
6:30pm, register online or at the branch.

Participants will be invited to engage in shared recitations of selected writers. Discussions will follow each reading with the intention of sharing personal interpretations. Upon reflection, participants will be asked to create poems of their own, using effective poetic devices as tools for their w...

08/04/2025

This Saturday, adults 50+.
Poetry at the Sunnyside Library.

Participants will be invited to engage in shared recitations of selected writers. Discussions will follow each reading with the intention of sharing personal interpretations. Upon reflection, participants will be asked to create poems of their own, using effective poetic devices as tools for their w...

01/21/2025

Parents/Educators that care for children passionate for literary or visual arts!

⏰ An exciting event for students in grades 4-8. Enjoy a full-day of artist-led masterclasses, author readings, interactive poetry performances and more! Sign-up for ONE or BOTH days, April 8th & 9th 2025, at the Museum of Science and Technology.
👉To register or for more information, please visit🔗 https://www.masconline.ca/event/masc-young-authors-illustrators-festival/ or [email protected].

We bring the arts to schools and communities! | Nous rendons l'art accessible aux écoles et communautés !

01/05/2025

be the advance

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-doors-open-hearts-tickets-1097402052079?aff=oddtdtcreator

02/07/2024

see you tomorrow: interview, Q&A, book signing

Join author Kai Thomas in conversation with Jamaal Amir Akbari and learn more about his debut award winning novel, In the Upper Country.

01/29/2024

Black Legacy Month: Feb-08-2024

Join author Kai Thomas in conversation with Jamaal Amir Akbari and learn more about his debut award winning novel, In the Upper Country. The fates of two unforgettable women—one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery and the other completing her life’s last vital act—intertwine in this sweeping, powerful novel set at the terminus of the Underground Railroad.

Join author Kai Thomas in conversation with Jamaal Amir Akbari and learn more about his debut award winning novel, In the Upper Country. The fates of two unforgettable women—one just beginning a journey of reckoning and self-discovery and the other completing her life’s last vital act—intertwi...

11/30/2023

20/11/23
never speak weak

11/28/2023

I'll be leading a free writers circle tomorrow.
Many thanks to Rise Centre Ottawa University.

11/24/2023

11/09/22
may the more of your force be the core of your source