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Last chance to see VerseFest tonight!

new from above/ground press: The Peter F Yacht Club #33 : 2024 VERSeFest Special, / @versefestottawa.bsky.social
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#versefest2024 begins! with a reading by Ottawa poet Anita Lahey, / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

The second reader of the second half is nina jane! @textcurious.bsky.social / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

The final reader of opening night is MayaSpoken! @versefestottawa.bsky.social

Stephen Brockwell introduces the first reader of our second night of #versefest2024 / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

And now IAN MARTIN! @ianmartin.bsky.social / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

Our final reader of the first set (second night) is Amanda Earl! @amandaearl.bsky.social / @versefestottawa.bsky.social #versefest2024

The first reader in tonight’s second set is Ottawa poet Susan McMaster! #versefest2024 / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

Our final reader for night two of #versefest2024 is Ottawa poet Shane Rhodes! / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

TONIGHT: @versefestottawa.bsky.social at Redbird: doors 7pm/reading 8pm
Jaclyn Piudik, Chris Turnbull, Derek Webster, Stephen Brockwell, Sandra Ridley, David O’Meara, Madeleine Stratford
have you picked up your tickets yet via Redbird? online or at the door!
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

Fantastic @versefestottawa.bsky.social events last. Great to see regular contributors @funnyposts.online and Sneha Madhavan-Reese wow a packed house.

Our first reader tonight for night three of our festival is Stephen Brockwell! #versefest2024/ @versefestottawa.bsky.social

The final reader in the first set of night three of #versefest2024 is Montreal/Toronto poet Derek Webster! / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

The first reader of the second half of tonight’s third evening of #versefest2024 is Ottawa poet and @bookhugpress.bsky.social author Sandra Ridley, / @versefestottawa.bsky.social

Our second reader is Madeleine Stratford, reading in both French and English! @versefestottawa.bsky.social

Not in Ottawa? Ottawa poets in Almonte: millstonenews.com/almonte-read...

both events for $12
Details: www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

Sunday Mar 24: free!
Where: Spark Beer, 702 Somerset Street West, Ottawa

8pm
AJ Dolman, Myriam Legault-Beauregard & Nduka Otiono,
    hosted by Madeleine Stratford
9pm
Jason Christie, Klara du Plessis & Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi
    hosted by rob mclennan

details: www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

Third Night, Session 1 and 2 Tickets | Red Bird Live

Day 3: Sat, Mar 23 : Redbird, 1165 Bank Street, 8pm
$12 for the evening: tickets available via: www.simpletix.com/e/third-nigh... 
Jaclyn Pudiuk, Chris Turnbull, Mark Goldstein, Derek Webster
    hosted by rob mclennan
Sandra Ridley, David O’Meara, Madeleine Stratford
    hosted by Zishad Lak

Day 2, events 3 and 4:

Friday, March 22, 2024 at Happy Goat, 35 Laurel Street, free poetry events:

8pm
Amanda Earl, DS Stymiest, IAN MARTIN, and Mary Lee Bragg
    hosted by Stephen Brockwell

and 9pm
Susan McMaster, Sneha Madhaven-Reese, and Shane Rhodes
    hosted by rob mclennan

Session 2: www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/ope...
March 21st, 9pm at Avant-Garde Bar with Daniel Groleau Landry, MayaSpoken, and nina jane drystek.

Events are up! Are you up for events?

Opening night, March 21: Anita Lahey, Laila Malik, Marjorie Silverman and Monty Reid

7pm at Avant-Garde Bar. Free.

www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/ope...

Or fewer for insomniacs!

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Thanks to all who contributed. $8,930 CAD raised!

Consider supporting the @versefestottawa.bsky.social fundraiser, if you can. Get great perks while supporting poets and Ottawa's international poetry festival. (I'm looking forward to my copies of flo. literary mag!)

Be aware that there are only THREE DAYS LEFT in the @versefestottawa.bsky.social fundraiser! and the schedule for the spring edition of VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival (March 21-24) will be announced soon!
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Be aware that there are only THREE DAYS LEFT in the @versefestottawa.bsky.social fundraiser! and the schedule for the spring edition of VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival (March 21-24) will be announced soon!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/ver...