Adam Dickinson, photo by Scott Turnbull.
Join us for an invigorating evening of poetry and prose at this Literary Cabaret, a sharing of works in the Summer Writers residency at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Across three nights, explore intimate readings of fresh contemporary literature by participants and faculty mentors.
Running for two weeks, Summer Writers is one of Banff Centre’s most popular open-genre Literary residencies, attracting participants working across fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and hybrid forms to dive into works-in-progress under the gorgeous Rocky Mountain sun.
This chapter is hosted by Dr. Adam Dickinson, a poet and interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between bodies, environments, science, and art. His writing has been nominated for a Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Book Award for poetry.
Enjoy a drink from the bar and immerse yourself in a vibrant literary atmosphere. Doors open at 6:15 p.m., with readings starting at 7 p.m. Afterward, mingle with the writers and faculty until 9:30 p.m.
Don’t miss this chance to discover the books of tomorrow.
Literary Arts is generously supported by the Flanagan Foundation and Fondation David R. Graham.
About Dr. Adam Dickinson
Adam Dickinson
Dr. Adam Dickinson iis a writer and professor of literature and creative writing at Brock University. His research-creation practice integrates expanded modes of writing with laboratory-based scientific experiments to investigate the complicated interplay between bodies and environments. He is the author of four books of poetry, a co-written book of architectural and poetic theory, an edited anthology, and a co-edited anthology. His work has been nominated for the Governor General’s Award for Poetry and the Trillium Book Award for Poetry. He has been featured at international literary festivals such as Poetry International in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and the Oslo International Poetry Festival in Norway. He was also part of the VERSschmuggel poetry translation project hosted in conjunction with Poesiefestival Berlin, Germany. Along with Claudia Rankine and Valzhyna Mort, he was a member of the jury for the 2022 Griffin Poetry Prize. In 2023 he was an affiliated artist with the University of Copenhagen working at the intersection of metabolism and art. His most recent book is a lyrical, multifaceted dialogue co-written with the Danish architect Søren Pihlmann, and featured as part of the 2025 Venice Biennale of Architecture.