Versefest is coming in the last week of March from the 25th-30th. What do we know so far? A lineup of local, regional, national and international is likely. January 30th Rusty Priske announced “VERSeOttawa (with a little help from the Capital Poetry Collective) crowned the 2014 Ottawa Women’s Champion last night at the Sisters of […]
Category Archives: PSA, Poetry
fw: 2014 Women's Slam
It’s back! This year, VERSeOttawa is teaming up with the Capital Poetry Collective to bring you Women’s Slam 2014. No qualifying rounds, all women-identified poets welcome, just step up to the mic and slam. Where: Pressed Cafe Date: Wednesday, January 29th, 2014 (that’s this week!) Doors & Sign-Up: 6:45 Show: 7:15 Cover: $8 at the […]
News Roundups
Tonight on Literary Landscape: Rory McIvor, a 3rd year student from the University of Edinburgh, will be talking about Robbie Burns. It’s Robbie Burns Day on the 25th. McIvor’s studying History and Politics at Carleton as part of the International Exchange Programme. Originally from Northern Ireland, McIvor has developed an understanding and appreciation of Scottish […]
Raw Sugaring the Poetry: Tonight & Saturday
Twice this week there are events at Raw Sugar (on Somerset beneath the Chinatown arch). Tonight at 7:30,… Mansfield Press invites you — yes, you! — to the launch of its fall titles: Poetry: – Complete Surprising Fragments of Improbable Books, by Stephen Brockwell – What The World Said, by Jason Camlot – Monkey Soap, […]
Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press
The lit place to be Saturday afternoon is to check out what’s new from Chaudiere Books. Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press 2003-2013 is launching tomorrow, Dec 7th at 5pm at 370 Elgin St, Ottawa. There will be readings by Sharon Harris who waslast reading in town in 2007 [two […]