ottawa poetry newsletter

The A B Series presents two readings by Governor General's Award winning poet, Joe Rosenblatt. Reading #1 Doors open 7:30pm Read...

Marcus is the winner of Bywords' 2009 John Newlove Poetry Award for his poem Noise (from "Busy") published on Bywords.ca in F...

October 20, 2009 (not part of the festival but close enough), 8pm City of Ottawa Book Awards and Arc Magazine’s Lampman-Scott Prize Library ...

Share some poems randomly this week. This is Random Acts of Poetry Week in Canada. At their blog check out how it unfolds... TA Carter is ...

THE BE BLANK CONSORT performs ensemble with local poets AMANDA EARL, COLIN MORTON and SANDRA RIDLEY + surprise guests! Doors open at 7pm Per...

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...