The International Poetry Festival presents nearly 250 poetry-related activities. Over the course of 10 days in Trois-Rivières, the event is held at nearly thirty places sites. For this event, around 100 poets from 5 continents will come face to face with the 35,000 - 40,000 participants who come to hear them in the presence of national and international media. A wide array of activities are part of the Festival’s programme: contests, classroom visits by poets, a poetry hanging line where visitors can express themselves, Poetry Promenade, poets at work, poetry readings in cafés, poetry meals (morning, noon and night), poetry expositions, writing workshops with professionals and so much more.