Speaking Crow May 2026 in-person edition featuring Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman
Schedule
Tue May 05 2026 at 06:30 pm to 07:45 pm
UTC-05:00Location
Saint Boniface Library, 131 Provencher Boulevard, Winnipeg MB | Winnipeg, MB
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We are returning to our First Tuesday in-person events at the public library.NOTE:
-the start time is 6:30 pm. Arrive early to sign up for the open mic and chat.
-the location is the St. Boniface library branch, right across the Provencher Bridge at Provencher and Tache. Free parking is available. The upstairs room is accessible by elevator.
-Polish up your new poems for your 2 minutes of fame at the open mic! (We'll return to 3 minutes at the virtual events in July and August, but for now, 2 minutes each seems to work best at the in-person events.)
-No need to register in advance. There will be a sign-up sheet on the back table.
Speaking Crow is a space that values diversity, creativity, and encouragement. Whether you do spoken word or page poetry, whether you have published widely or just started writing, we can't wait to hear your poems. Avoid racist/sexist/transphobic/homophobic/ableist terms and stereotypes, to make this a respectful place for all.
If you have questions regarding the event, please email host Angeline Schellenberg: speakingcrow at thinairwinnipeg dot ca.
Speaking Crow is funded and facilitated by Plume Winnipeg (formerly called the Winnipeg International Writers Festival) which is committed to creating safe and respectful opportunities for writers, volunteers, audience members, and workers to share knowledge, explore ideas, and build community.
Featured reader: Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman
Dr. Rehman Abdulrehman is a psychologist and two-time bestselling author whose writing moves between professional psychology, poetry, culture, and speculative fiction—fields that together shape questions of identity, memory, and belonging. He is the author of Jinn in the Family, a Zanzibar Gothic novel that blends myth, history, and psychology, and which reached #1 in Kindle’s Middle Eastern Literature category. His other books include Developing Anti-Racist Cultural Competence and Movies, Miniseries & Multiculturalism: How Film and Television Help Us Understand Culture and Social Justice. He is also the editor-in-chief of The Poetry of Angry Black and Brown People. An assistant professor of clinical health psychology at the University of Manitoba, Abdulrehman has held visiting professorships in Zanzibar and Tanzania—experiences that deeply inform his literary voice. In 2024, he was named one of the 100 Most Fascinating Manitobans.
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Saint Boniface Library, 131 Provencher Boulevard, Winnipeg MB, 131 Provencher Blvd, Winnipeg, MB R2H 0G2, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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