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Ottawa Book Award finalists are announced. (bios if you scroll down). Proulx was the feature at the Tree and a previous Factory. Winger, who was up for the Golden Cherry last week are also short-listed with Itani, Hay and Borksi in the fiction category. The ceremony will be October 18th at the Writers Fest

The Comstock Review has come. Only 2 issues a year but I haven’t got one in 3 years where I haven’t enjoyed quite a few of the poems. Each is set in like a renga, some subtle pivot connecting one poem to the next and yet each is distinct in style, tone, content, voice. It’s […]

More dates in The A B Series winter season are tba but so far The A B Series launches its second season with Sean Miller on October 2nd. On November 21st the second reading will be by Michelle Desbarats. On January 24th, 2009, jwcurry gives a rare performance of Messagio Galore. Performances take place in […]

Who says prophets are not recognized in their own town. (oh yeah) Anyhew, the Ottawa Citizen reports who gets the biggest encouraging nods: rob mclennan was named best poet of the year (written), and Oni the Haitian Sensation was best spoken-word poet of the year. The best work of fiction was Late Nights on Air, […]

Les Prix Golden Cherry Awards: Ottawa-Gatineau’s premier arts awards show Friday, September 5, 2008, 7:00pm – 11:00pm (various price schemes, $20 at door for most) Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts and Humanities After-party at Galerie SAW Gallery from 11PM to 2AM (free) Over dour dozen categories of awards cover theatre, art, music, architecture, graphic […]