Or might. the pet radish, shrunken is up for the Lampman. Winning book is announced this fall. The three finalists are: David Groulx, Wabigoon River Poems (Neyaashiinigmiing, ON: Kegedonce Press, 2015) A ferocious, erudite collection centred around an unflinching epic poem, breathtaking in its wide-ranging look at oppression, revolution, and survival. Wabigoon River Poems draws upon Indigenous knowledge and traditions […]
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Poetry for Improving Lives
I know that poetry can go to the good. Fundraising through poetry works as a few years ago we raised enough money from poetry for the Guatemala Stove Project through chapbooks to convert words into the work of 3 stoves for the Maya in the Guatemala highlands. Natalie Hanna of Battleaxe Press got the idea that an […]
Arts Lecture
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VERSeFest photos
For those of you not on twitter and not following VERSeOttawa on Facebook, an album of 170 photos from the 6-day 2016 event.
Fw: VERSeFest Hall of Honour Inductees Announced
Ottawa, ON – Mar. 18, 2016 – VERSeFest, Ottawa’s International Poetry Festival, is pleased to announce this year’s inductees to the Hall of Honour, rob mclennan and Andrée Lacelle, for outstanding service to the Ottawa-Gatineau poetry community. mclennan and Lacelle will be inducted into the Hall of Honour 7:00 P.M., Sunday, March 20th. The ceremony […]