As I mentioned in an earlier there was an annual National Poetry Month in the Pontiac event in Shawville, population 1600. Fun fact, unlike most municipalities in Quebec, it has no Catholic church. This is an area I’ve been researching for family history and I learned that thanks to a person in charge of handing out […]
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National Poetry Month Recap
Hey all, Sit tight. It’s going to a longer one. I used to do it a lot of testing out poems at reading series around Ottawa before the Great Crash of the Year I was Dead, and moved out of the province. I used to get out a couple to a few night a week […]
Upcoming Readings
National Poetry Month Event in the PontiacWed, April 23rd 7-9pm; Doors at 6:30pm at Hursty’s, 368 Main Street, Shawville, QC. Come early and grab food and drinks. Bilingual open mic starts at 7pm – up to 10 people. Featured reader: Pearl Pirie at 8pm Haiku Canada Weekend: launchesFri May 16th, 7pm, at the Uplands Cultural […]
VerseFest is now on
VerseFest runs March 25-29. The kickoff was at Saw Gallery, Ottawa. It runs every day. We are so lucky to have access to this and some events are even offered for free. What a strange thing for this rural hermit to be in a city, teeming like an anthill. More pedestrians per block than I’ve […]
Read, in the Head
A month or so ago, shared titles completed as first instalment of Read in the Head, (the RITH is gonna get you?). New name for #95books I guess. From where I left off, with the third in bold being my favourites, which isn’t to say the others weren’t interesting. They held my interest long enough […]