Dave Silverberg

By Brain Power in Guest Speakers

January 19th, 2017

15178159_10154761503351118_5363253818475582416_nOn January 18th, our Public Speaking class had the pleasure of hosting Dave Silverberg!

Dave Silverberg is the founder and artistic director of Toronto Poetry Project. He has performed poetry across Canada, including at a TEDx Talk event in Toronto, Vancouver Poetry Slam, and Saskatoon’s top poetry slam, “Tonight It’s Poetry.” He writes for BBC, Washington Post, Vice Magazine, NOW Magazine and other publications. Dave also leads workshops across Ontario on how to perform spoken-word pieces. His Toronto Poetry Slam events have been running for 10 years out of the Drake Hotel. His book of poetry, “Bags of Wires” was published in 2010 by LyricalMyricalPress, and he has a forthcoming book of science-fiction poetry from ChiZine Publications