Readers: MAIN STREET LIBRARY (Toronto) POETRY SERIES: 1979-1985

Main Street

Library Poetry Series

1979 – 1985 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On November 15, 1979 I founded this monthly poetry series at the Main Street Library in Toronto’s east end. The main Toronto literary venue at that time was the Axletree Coffeehouse located downtown, and this series was created to provide both a local forum and an alternative and additional outlet for poets. The readings ran until December 11, 1985. The following poets and musicians performed during these 62 readings:

PETER ACKER                                  SUSAN GLICKMAN       LESLIE NUTTING

MILTON ACORN                               SHARON GOODIER        PAM OXENDINE

LILLIAN ALLEN                                AMANDA HALE              SUSAN PARKER

With TRUTH AND RIGHTS              CHRIS HEGGE                  BEN PHILLIPS

GAY ALLISON                                    LARRY HOPPERTON      TED PLANTOS

ROSEMARY AUBERT                       MARSHALL HRYCIUK  NICHOLAS POWER

DAVID AYLWARD                             BRUCE HUNTER          ROBERT PRIEST

HERB BARRETT                                SUSAN IOANNOU       BRIAN PURDY

SHAUNT BASMAJIAN                MARIA JACOBS            WAYNE RAY

SHARON BERG                                 BETH JANKOLA            DAVID REID

DENISE BERTRAND                         PAT JASPER                    JIM ROBERTS

KRISANTHA SRI BHAGGIYADATTA   KARL JIRGENS             STUART ROSS

ROBERT BILLINGS                          GEORGE JONAS            HUGH RUDDEN

bill bissett                                             jones (Daniel)          MARGARET SAUNDERS

ANDREW BROOKES                         CLIFTON JOSEPH          LIBBY SCHEIER

BRIAN BURCH                                ANITA KELLER              JEFF SEFFINGA

HEATHER CADSBY                           LALA KOEHN               DEE SEPTEMBER

DENNIS CHIASSON                           LYNNE KOSITSKY      GERRY SHIKATANI

LESLEY CHOYCE                            MARK LABA                MARTY SINGLETON

TOM CLEMENT                                 DONNA LANGEVIN      JIM SMITH

DENISE CONEY                               ERIC LAYMAN          PATRICIA K. SMITH        

ROSALIND EVE CONWAY         ROSS LECKIE                DOUG STEWART

AFUA PAM COOPER                  CAROLE LECKNER      RICHARDSUMMERBELL

HELEN COSTAIN                              JUSTIN LEWIS          GEORGE SWEDE

JENI COUZYN                                  FRIEDA LING           KEITH SOUTHWARD

RITA COX                                  DALE LOUCAREAS          JAN DAWSON

TOM CRANE                                   RICHARD LUSH           IRENE MCGUIRE

NORM CRAVEN                         LARRY MACDONALD     NANCY PRASAD

jw curry                                            JULIE MCNEILL        LOLA L. TOSTEVIN

BEV DAURIO                               CAROL MALYON       YVES TROENDLE

JAMES DEAHL                              RAY MARTIN             ANDREW VAISIUS

BRIAN DEDORA                      SHEILA MARTINDALE     STEVE VENRIGHT

MICHAEL DENNIS                  BRUCE MEYER              BRONWEN WALLACE

PIER GIORGIO DICICCO        GEORGE MILLER          TOM WAYMAN

MARY DIMICHELE                   ERIN MOURE                CARLY WHITE

ABBE EDELSON                     NEIL MUSCOTT               BARBARA WILSON

DAVID FREEDMAN                 LILLIAN NECAKOV      ELIZABETH WOODS

GLENN FREW                             bp nichol                         

STEPHEN GILL                                                                   ROBERT ZEND

peace, poetry power! and great memories ...  Chris Faiers, series coordinator