ottawa poetry newsletter

Nadine McInnis is the author of seven books, including the fiction collection, Quicksilver ( Raincoast ), which was nominated for the 2002 ...

Colin Morton was born in Toronto after WWII, grew up in Calgary during the oil boom, attended U. of Calgary when W.O. Mitchell was writer-i...

Ottawa's novelists are out in force this fall, with book launches by (among others) Elizabeth Hay , Rita Donovan , John Metcalf , Phil J...

The Archibald Lampman Award for Poetry was founded in 1986. This year the estate of Duncan Campbell Scott put its weight and his name behi...

It is with great sadness that I write to inform you that Ottawa-based writer and artist Alootook Ipellie passed away this pass week. For th...

As summer ends, Ottawa’s literary scene gears up with even more than the usual number of activities planned. Inevitably, there are schedulin...

John-James Ford (photo by Charles Earl ) was born in Kindersley, Saskatchewan . He studied at the Royal Military College and the University...

Stephen Brockwell (photo taken in Cardiff, Wales by rob mclennan ) lives, writes and works in Ottawa and other places. His third book, Frui...

Attention Ottawa area poets who have yet to publish your first book! Enter Arc Poetry Magazine's Diana Brebner Prize! $500.00 prize plus...

Well, this just seals the deal. Ottawa is officially faggadocious. Faggadocious is a new word for me (I know, shouldn't it be spelled...

The Sparrow , Ottawa's new literary magazine, is looking for aspiring, never-before-published writers to help fill its pages. We are cal...

Poet and Photographer Sharon Harris read first at the Factory reading July 19th. The subject was the pataphysics of the science of love. ...

Bywords Summer Reading-Sunday, July 15, 2007, 2pm Chapters, 47 Rideau St. (upstairs room) Launch of the summer issue of the Bywords Quarterl...

span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) & Griddle Grin Productions present: an ottawa small press book fair preview with readi...

The English-language finalists for the Trillium Book Award for poetry have been announced [amongst them Ottawan Anita Lahey]: * Ken Babstock...