Name: Navigating the Journey to Building a Poetry Collection
Start: 2026-06-04T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-06-04T20:30:00-04:00
Location: Small Arms Inspection Building

Navigating the Journey to Building a Poetry Collection

Join us for an engaging artist talk and reading with Mississauga's 6th Poet Laureate Sneha Subramanian Kanta.
This session invites you into the full journey of creating a poetry collection, from the first spark of an idea to the reality of a published book. Drawing from her latest collection Hiraeth, Sneha will share a transparent and thoughtful look at the writing process, exploring how themes of heritage, ecology, and displacement are shaped into a cohesive body of work.
Blending reflection with practical insight, this talk moves beyond theory to explore what it really means to build a sustainable creative practice. Sneha will speak to the “process to product” journey, offering guidance on refining your craft, navigating international publication, and developing your voice as a writer.
The session will include a live reading of her work, followed by a Q&A, giving audiences the chance to dive deeper into the realities of a writing life.
Whether you’re an emerging writer, an experienced creative, or simply curious about the making of literary work, this is a space to learn, reflect, and be inspired.
This is a PWYC (Pay What You Can) event, suggested donation $10.
About the Artist: Sneha Subramanian Kanta is an award-winning writer and academic whose work spans poetry, research, and interdisciplinary collaboration. In April of 2026 she was named Mississauga's the 6th Poet Laureate, and she will serve as the City's literary ambassador until 2028. She has authored six chapbook collections and has been recognized with multiple honours, including Mississauga’s 2025 Civic Award of Recognition and the 2025 Cultural Award from Heritage Mississauga. She was the 2025 Woodhaven Artist in Residence at UBC Okanagan, and her collection Hiraeth was an honouree for the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award. Her writing has appeared internationally, including in The Penguin Book of Indian Poets. She leads the biodiversity niche as a writer in Manufactured Ecosystems and is an editor at Parentheses Journal.
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This programming is generously supported by the Ontario Trillium Foundation.