When? Wed April 15, 7-9pm
Where? Pressed Café, 750 Gladstone Avenue. Ottawa
What? Great Canadian PoeTrain Launch Event.
Who? An opening ceremony (blessing by elder Albert Dumont), poetry by Pearl Pirie, Max Middle add Dennis Reid who presents Vimeo poetry. An open mic.
If you’re Toronto-based there’s a fundraiser reading sooner with Max Layton, Cathy Petch and Robert Priest Feb 12 at The Hot House Café, 35 Church St, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1T3.
What’s the PoeTrain? The PoeTrain is a few days in April in a train carful of poets. You can do it all or legs going from Ottawa to Vancouver with stops in Toronto and Edmonton for the writing festival there. It is doing a boarding call for tickets Jan 31.
More information on the PoeTrain.
Actually it’s on Wednesday April 15th. And the open mic is with poetrainers. Exciting!!
cheers
Lesley