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 […]
Author Archives: Pearl
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 […]
Events coming
I’m going to try to share a few things again of interest to other writers. It’s my week-anniversary of feeling lousy and another headache is rising, but I’ll post while I can. * The schedule for VerseFest, spring 2025, running March 25-29th is now up. It’s at venues around the city. * An informal writing […]