Author Archives: Pearl

Coming to Chaudiere Books this fall. Launching on Sunday, November 7, 2010, 2:00pm @ Dusty Owl, Swizzles Bar & Grill, 246-B Queen Street, between Bank and Kent, Ottawa. Ottawa poet Pearl Pirie’s been shed bore (Chaudiere Books, 2010), her first trade poetry collection, follows years of a small voice gaining in strength, and in volume, […]

The Writers Festival of Ideas is coming in a month or so. The schedule is starting to go up. It begins April 22 and has a new venue: the Mayfair Theatre in Old Ottawa South (1074 Bank Street at Sunnyside). So far, changing how we eat — foodies, 100-milers, urbanites, farmers, gardeners and chefs Jane […]

Looking for other photos from Montreal or Toronto launches of Rogue Stimulus I found: Kinda close… The snowmen salute Parliament. According to CPAC The Speech from the Throne is almost always delivered mid-afternoon. But the October 2007 address was held at 6:35pm ET. Amidst heightened election speculation, critics accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the […]

“Does anything we say ever leave us?”, Rodney Hall writes about the body as the space/house for the voice. [via Leigh Warren] Laurie MacFayden has this Spatherdab poetry blog that knocked me back on my heels. Perhaps part of that is medium; I get used to speed over refinement in the internet press for current […]

This season we are featuring: Susan McMaster – Autobiographical Poetry (March 28) Patrick Gauthier – Play Writing (May 23) Marie Bilodeau – Fantasy Writing (June 27) All workshops will take place @ Sushi 88 (690 Somerset St. W) Join all three workshops for $30! Tickets go up to $15/workshop after March 29. Seating is limited, […]