ottawa poetry newsletter

john curry , certainly a world class poet living in our community, is presently facing almost certain eviction. Stephen Brockwell alerted me...

Some reports on Haiku North America happenings are up including Hexagram launch including a new title from Ottawa poet Grant Savage, a tal...

If you write haiku, are curious about it, or fond of it or other short forms like haiga, tanka and senyru, you have an opportunity to explor...

Sunday, July 19, 2009, 2pm the Dusty Owl Reading Series Swizzles Bar, 246-B Queen St. Launch of the summer issue of the Bywords Quarterly Jo...

who split this year's bpNichol Chapbook Award. Both Sandra and Gary have Ottawa connections in that Sandra is an Ottawa resident and Gar...

Anita Dolman is a writer and editor whose poetry and/or short short fiction has appeared in numerous journals , websites , chapbooks and mag...

Tonight the Newstalgica Reading Series at Café Nostalgica will be hosting the launch of a new book entitled Dalhousie Blues. It’s a stunning...

Whether you write poetry or prose, tell stories or perform spoken word, there’s a place for your words to be heard in Ottawa. To read at an ...

Four upcoming events promise to make for a very exciting completion to The A B Series second season (autumn 2008 to spring 2009). The first...

ROBIN BLASER 1925-2009. One of the progenitors of the "open form," an ongoing poem sequence not necessarily written with specific ...

"Give this meaning as you may, or must," William Hawkins , #27 (from Ottawa Poems ) I’m a newcomer to Ottawa poetry, b...

Here’s what stood out for me as the most unique, bold and memorable: Garry Thomas Morse, Death in Vancouver (Talonbooks, 2009), a selection...

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The Al Purdy A-Frame Fundraiser had an event as part of Pre- Writers Festival on Al Purdy Day April 21 in Ottawa. Sean Wilson did the i...

Left to right: President Rosanne Runte, David O’Meara and Rob Winger Patti Harper, the Department Head of Archives and Research Collections...

Daily for poetry month there has been even more than usual lit events. Last night Wayson Choy read as part of the year round writers festi...

A brief amendment to Amanda's excellent and thorough post below on the Writer's Festival: A reminder to all Carleton University stud...

The festival begins on April 22 and goes until May 2 and marks its first official season at the new Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and H...

To celebrate National Poetry Month and get a daily dose of poetry, visit the following sites: AngelHousePress’s National Poetry Month featur...