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Mic Drop! A Middle Grade Poetry SLAM with Patrick de Belen

November 6, 2026
In-Person
Chinguacousy SS
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Mic Drop! A Middle Grade Poetry SLAM with Patrick de Belen

Join us at Chinguacousy Secondary School for a high-energy, FOLD Kids Book Fest event where students in Grades 6–8 experience the thrill of spoken word poetry as three dynamic poets—Martin Gomes, Sam Lu and Nathan Nicholas— compete in an interactive Poetry SLAM hosted by award-winning poet Patrick de Belen.

Free books provided by First Book Canada.

Poets

Patrick de Belen

Patrick de Belen

Poet

Patrick de Belen is a poet, filmmaker, educator and storyteller of many other mediums.

Martin Gomes

Martin Gomes

Poet

Martin Gomes is a writer born and based in Toronto. His poetry has been featured twice on the TTC. He’s facilitated arts programming with organizations such as JAYU and more.

Samantha Lu

Samantha Lu

Poet

Samantha Lu is a spoken word poet based in Toronto. She is a member of the Toronto Youth Poetry Slam collective and a grand slam finalist.

Nathan Nicholas

Nathan Nicholas

Poet

Nathan Nicholas is a spoken word artist from Toronto bringing his own style of storytelling to stages throughout the province and online.

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