Nicole Brossard, Fred Wah and Dionne Brand fielding questions from the audience while on panel. Parliamentary Poet Laureate Fred Wah organized this salon that to present The Political Poem with Nicole Brossard and Dionne Brand, “two of Canada’s most outstanding textual activists. Though the range of their writing is expansive, including novels, essays, collaborations, and […]
Category Archives: Poetry reading write-up
Steffler at Tree
John Steffler was the feature reader at Tree Feb 12th. He read from poem 27 years ago to new poems still being edited. You know the sensation when someone read something and… they just sold a book? how well do you know yourself? the various people waiting inside? heroes, hysterics, killers who push to the […]
BQJ Launch and Fundraiser for Cornerstone
Jill Zmud (who you can hear on iTunes) was the featured music at the Bywords Quarterly Journal launch at the Manx Pub on Sunday the 27th. It was special not only because of her sweet music singing of the prairies and her a capella voice, that had half a dozen people I saw reaching for […]
Ottawa Woman's Slam Championship 2013
The 2013 Women’s Slam Championship, presented by VERSeOttawa was at the Mercury Lounge Saturday, January 26th. With a $8 charge at the door, the downstairs and upstairs were standing room only. It was a good night with strong voices and stories. It was in the space that Capital Slam uses each Saturday night, including next […]