Events & Workshops

Please join the Saskatchewan Poet Laureate dee Hobsbawn-Smith at the Saskatchewan Legislative Library for a reading “Weather Within, Weather Without” in honour of National Poetry Month. The theme of 2024’s National Poetry Month is “weather”, fitting for a province that experiences the joys and challenges of ever-changing weather!

This event is free and open to the public; RSVPs are closed. All are welcome. A reception with refreshments will follow the reading.

The Saskatchewan Legislative Library is located on the second floor (east wing) of the Legislative Building. Free parking is available. The main entrance is wheelchair accessible, and the second floor is accessible by stairs and elevator.

All visitors to the Legislative Building must go through a security screening process upon arrival, including metal detector screening and showing a valid photo ID. Please allow 5-10 minutes for this screening process. For more information, please visit https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/visual-identity-and-protocol/the-legislative-building. 

dee Hobsbawn-Smith (she/her) is the 10^th Saskatchewan Poet Laureate. She lives rurally on Treaty Six Territory west of Saskatoon, where she runs, gardens, quilts, and grows orchids. She writes award-winning poetry, novels, short stories, and essays, which are sometimes influenced by her background as a chef and local foods advocate. She’s served as a mentor, as an editor, and as the Saskatoon Public Library’s 35th Writer in Residence. She earned her MFA in Writing and MA in English at the University of Saskatchewan. Dee taught creative writing at St. Peter’s College in Muenster, and has taught thousands of people how to cook. She’s written ten books, most recently Among the Untamed: poems, a shortlisted finalist in the SK Book Awards for Poetry Award, and City of Saskatoon Award.