Ottawa and Everywhere Poets

6 years of experimental poets who are women in ditch, poetry.
On Friday above/ground celebrates 20 years Tickets are $8, doors open at 7 pm and the reading starts at 7:30 pm. who? what? Monty Reid from Moan Coach, Gary Barwin from Seedpod, Microfiche, Marthe Reed from After Swann, Wanda O’Connor from damascene road passaggio, selections and Marcus McCann from Labradoodle: An Essay on David McGimpsey.
This is Youthcanslam Festival 2013 Day 2. August 21th at Ottawa U. Details.
The Puritan is running a contest and the prize is books! Poetry books.
New at Dusie, a new poem by Stephen Brockwell.
Apt613 interviews Sandra Ridley. 613 is doing a series on Ottawa writers and has reviews of new work by Sonia Saikaley and rob mclennan as well.
Lisa Congdon writes on comparing ourselves to others.
The Kingston’s writers fest schedule and starts in September.
Pat Conners publishes his first chapbook and can track 88 people who helped him forward with it over the 9 years. Interview here.
I’m thinking I’ll extend or soften the deadline for the phafours press chapbook. If you have whimsical and zany poems you meant to send but missed the deadline, let’s say you, just between you and me, you have an extension to mid-September.