Poems, on occasion
, On Occasion: Poems for the People, ed. Sina Queyras (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social),
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some author activity: Clayton, Niespodziany, Sikkema, Earl, Levy + MacEachern, Conyer Clayton is included in the Canadian Poets Series over at Peripety and/or Tronies ; Benjamin Niespodziany has two new poems up at HAD ...

some above/ground press author activity: Conyer Clayton, Benjamin Niespodziany, Michael Sikkema, Amanda Earl, John Levy + Jessi MacEachern, / @michael-sikkema.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social @conyerclayton.bsky.social ;
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Background is yellow flowers overlaid with a photo of snow covered buildings and a pink sky. Photo credit: Charles Earl. Logos of Amanda Earl, the Canada Council for the Arts, the City of Ottawa and the Writers Union of Canada. TEXT: 2026.04.26 14 h EDT. for Zoom link: amanda@angelhousepress.com. Celebrate the end of winter with Eliza Rankin & Amanda Earl. songs & poems!

I'm pleased to announce that singer-songwriter extraordinaire, Eliza Rankin will be joining me on April 26 for a celebration of the end of winter in poetry and song! 2pm EDT. contact me for the Zoom link if you might be coming.

rob reading and podcasting in Victoria, April 24 + 25. I seem to be doing a whole slew of events in Victoria, British Columbia later this month, in case you are around. Reading twice, and even on...

rob reading and podcasting in Victoria, April 24 + 25. / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
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National Poetry Month : Andy Weaver, Beachheads 1. The day spins and starts precisely as it always has which is how it never has.                     Always new.            ...

National Poetry Month (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social): Andy Weaver, / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ;
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Pearl Pirie the others are complex :      vampire mark, independent, strong makes you their thrall ;       vampire mark, distracted with adhd ...

did I mention these new poems here? talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com/2026/04/pear...

Issue 7 of Common House is OUT NOW! Issue 7 is Out Now! Issue 7 of Common House, "What We Take With Us (& What We Leave Behind)" is currently available on our website! Click ...

Issue 7 of Common House is OUT NOW!
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Issue 7 of Common House is OUT NOW! Issue 7 is Out Now! Issue 7 of Common House, "What We Take With Us (& What We Leave Behind)" is currently available on our website! Click ...

Issue 7 of Common House is OUT NOW!
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Launch Party - Common House Mag Come Celebrate Issue 7 with Us!! Hey there! With the publication of Issue 7 on the horizon, Common House is gearing up to celebrate! Join u...

Launch Party - Common House Mag / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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Lydia Unsworth : At Last I Have Been Here Long Enough: some notes on an urban poetics presented on March 29, 2026 as part of The Factory Lecture Series, VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival         My th...

newly posted: Lydia Unsworth : At Last I Have Been Here Long Enough: some notes on an urban poetics / @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: BIODÔME: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, by Stephanie Bolster BIODÔME: Twentieth Anniversary Edition Stephanie Bolster with an introduction by Misha Solomon and new afterword by the author $6 HOUSING TH...

new from above/ground press: BIODÔME: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, by Stephanie Bolster / @mishasolomon.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ;
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above/ground press author spotlight #24 : Guy Birchard
POETRY MONTH! celebrating his three titles published through above/ground press, / @bcbooklook.bsky.social ;
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EVE, outlandish a new poetry manuscript in progress

A new poetry manuscript in progress: Eve, outlandish, feminist retelling of women begins with these two poems in the Periodicities folio of 45 poets and today's The League of Canadian Poets Poetry Pause. amandaearl.substack.com/p/eve-outlan....

VERSeFest 2026
Time and Place: in person and live-streamed
Web: www.verseottawa.ca
tickets, passes and full program on site
March 27 - The Happy Goat, 35 Laurel. 7pm: Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Vera Hadzic, Jennifer Bake. 8:30pm: Paul Vermeersch, Jérôme Melançon, Hajer Mirwali

newly posted: folio : Forty-five Ottawa poets : edited by rob mclennan,
, via periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics,
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A cartoon of a trophy featuring a laurel wreath, accompanied by three question marks. The background is intense blue. The words "VERSeFest Hall of Honour - Sunday, March 29 - 4:30pm - Arts Court Black Box Studio" appear above the trophy in white text.

The words "VERSeFest 2026 - March 24-30 - A World of Poetry in Ottawa! - Check out the lineup and get your tickets here" appear in white text above a white QR code. Use the QR code to get to the VERSeFest 2026 website, check out the lineup, and buy tickets for all our events. The background is, again, intense blue.

Join us on March 29, at 4:30pm, as we induct two new poets into VERSeOttawa's Hall of Honour.
Who are our poets of honour this year?
Come and see!

Admission: FREE

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Sanita Fejzic's photo and bio. Sanita is a queer woman with extremely short, dark hair and glasses. She's photographed in profile. Her bio is as follows: Sanita Fejzić’s first book of poetry, Refugee Mouth, was published by Frontenac House in 2025. Her poetry and prose have appeared in Prairie Fire, Room Magazine, The Antigonish Review, ellipse, and Bywords, and shortlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize and the Malahat Review Long Poem Prize. Sanita lives with her wife and children on the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg (Ottawa).

Olivia Tapiero's photo and bio. Olivia is a woman with long dark hair, wearing a trench coat. Her bio is as follows: Olivia Tapiero (1990) is a writer, translator and musician, born in Montreal. She has authored several books, including Les murs (2008), Phototaxis (2017/2021), Nothing at All(2021/2026), and Un carré de poussière (2025). Her work has been awarded the Robert-Cliche Prize and the Spirale Eva-le-Grand Prize, and has been shortlisted for awards such as the Lambda Literary Awards, the Grand Prix du livre de Montréal and the Governor General’s Literary Award. The editor-in-chief of the Quebec creative writing review Moebius, she regularly contributes to national and international publications. She has translated authors such as Anne Boyer, Roxane Gay and Billy-Ray Belcourt. Her performance and musical work, in collaboration with choreographer and composer Charlie Khalil Prince, has been presented at the Festival TransAmériques in 2025. She lives in Marseille.

Le phot et biographie de Marie-Celie Agnant, une femme Ayisyen avec de longs cheveux noirs. Elle port un veste jaune. Sa biographie suit: Marie-Célie Agnant (née à Port-au-Prince, Haïti en 1953) est une auteure qui vit au Québec, Canada, depuis 1970. Agnant est une écrivaine de poèmes, romans et nouvelles, et elle a également publié des livres pour enfants. Elle est aussi conteuse et se produit occasionnellement avec le Bread & Puppet Theater du Vermont. Ses œuvres ont été traduites en espagnol, anglais, néerlandais, italien, catalan et coréen. Parmi ses livres figurent Le Silence comme le sang (1997), qui a été nominé pour le Prix du Gouverneur général en 1998, et La Dot de Sara.

A QR Code inviting you to check out the VERSeFest lineup and get tickets to all our shows. VERSeFest international poetry festival runs March 24-30.

Join us on Tuesday, March 24 for VERSeFest x Riverbed Reading Series at 7:00pm at Club SAW.

Tickets here:
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Katrina Wilcox : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Vera Hadzic Vera Hadzic is a writer based on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation in Ottawa, Ontario. Her poetry chapbook, F...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Katrina Wilcox : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Vera Hadzic @hadzicvera.bsky.social / launching her debut next week as part of VERSeFest 2026! / @anvilpress.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: Wee Walk, by Jennifer Baker Wee Walk Jennifer Baker $6 In June of 2025 two poets —and relatively inexperienced hikers— decide on a whim  to walk Scotland’s West Highlan...

new from above/ground press: Wee Walk, by Jennifer Baker / launching next week in Ottawa at VERSeFest! / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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Have you been working on an essay about Canadian poetry? Do you want to write an analysis of a poem? Have you been thinking about interviewing a prominent Canadian poet? Pitches can be sent to prose@arcpoetry.ca any time! For more details, visit our submissions guidelines: buff.ly/RkD46CA

VERSeFest / Factory Reading Series : Lydia Unsworth and Nada Gordon, In case you hadn't caught, The Factory Lecture Series returns to VERSeFest this year , with lectures by Manchester poet Lydia Unsworth and ...

VERSeFest / Factory Reading Series : Lydia Unsworth and Nada Gordon, / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @nadagordon.bsky.social ;
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new from above/ground press: Origin stories, by rob mclennan Origin stories rob mclennan $6 005 : “Origin Story” My mother said very little. I came gift-wrapped, delivered. An empty chamber. By the wat...

new from above/ground press: Origin stories, by rob mclennan
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Three Poems by rob mclennan from Fair bodies of unseen prose . Eroding marriages of thought. . Direction: the desire to. Fabric, tether. Listen, the word. The sound of her footsteps. The body no cure, no durability. Of interl…

"Leaves, are falling. A narrow cone. Real thread. Narrative. A philosopher of forestry. Kitchen cupboards are an illusion."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
solely to dispel her infernal distemper by @robmclennan.bsky.social (2026 North of Oxford) northofoxford.wordpress.com/2026/03/04/t...

The words "VERSeFest Presents - Friday, March 27 - 8:30pm - Happy Goat Laurel - Paul Vermeersch, Hajer Mirwali, Jérôme Melançon" appear in black text against a gradient background that shades from orange to yellow. The text is accompanied by photos of the three poets mentioned in the text.

The words "VERSeFest 2026 - March 24-30 - A World of Poetry in Ottawa - Check out the lineup and get your tickets here" appear in black text above a black QR code that can be used to get you to the VERSeFest 2026 website. The background, again, shades from orange to yellow.

VERSeFest Presents/présente :
Ft Paul Vermeersch, Hajer Mirwali, Jérôme Melançon

Friday, March 27 - 20:30pm
Happy Goat Laurel

Vendredi, le 27 mars - 20h30
Happy Goat (rue Laurel)

$15 ($25 for both March 27 shows)
15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 27 mars)

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The Factory Reading Series @ VERSeFest: Nada Gordon + Lydia Unsworth, March 29, 2026! The Factory Reading Series as part of the sixteenth annual VERSeFest poetry festival presents:  The Factory Reading Series Lecture Series ; ...

The Factory Reading Series @ VERSeFest: Nada Gordon + Lydia Unsworth, March 29, 2026! / @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @knifeforkspoon.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @nadagordon.bsky.social ;
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Last Call for Submissions! - Common House Hi there! I'm Grace Wildman, a member of the editorial board for Common House Magazin e —uOttawa's undergraduate literary magazine. There is...

Last Call for Submissions! - Common House
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The words "VERSeFest x Riverbed - Tuesday, March 24 - 7:00pm - SAW Gallery - Olivia Tapiero, Marie-Celie Agnant, Sanita Fejzic" appear in black text against a gradient background that shades from mint green to sky blue. The text is accompanied by photos of the three poets mentioned in the text.

The words "VERSeFest 2026 - March 24-30 - A World of Poetry in Ottawa - Check out the lineup and get your tickets here" appear in black text above a black QR code that can be used to get you to the VERSeFest 2026 website. The background, again, shades from mint green to sky blue.

VERSeFest x Riverbed
Marie-Célie Agnant, Olivia Tapiero, Sanita Fejzić

Tuesday, March 24 - 7:00pm
Mardi, le 24 mars - 19h00

Admission: $15 ($25 for both March 24 shows)
Entrée: 15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 24 mars)

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The words "VERSeFest - Wednesday, March 25 - 7:00pm - Arts Court Black Box Studio - Gwen Aube, D.A. Lockhart, Claudia Coutu Radmore" appear in black text against a gradient background that shades from orange to yellow. The text is accompanied by photos of the three poets mentioned in the text.

The words "VERSeFest 2026 - March 24-30 - A World of Poetry in Ottawa - Check out the lineup and get your tickets here" appear in black text above a black QR code that can be used to get you to the VERSeFest 2026 website. The background, again, shades from orange to yellow.

VERSeFest Presents/présente :
Claudia Coutu Radmore, DA Lockhard, Gwen Aube

Wednesday, March 25 - 7:00pm
Black Box Studio

Mercredi, le 25 mars - 19h00
Studio Black Box

$15 ($25 for both March 25 shows)
15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 25 mars)

www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/wed...

"VERSeFest x Factory Lecture Series - Sunday, March 29 - 3:00pm - Arts Court Black Box Studio - Nada Gordon, Lydia Unsworth" The above information appears, alongside photos of the poets mentioned (two white women, one with grey hair, one younger and wearing a really big scarf), against a background that shades from dark purple at the centre to sky blue at the edges.

A QR code that will take you the VERSeFest 2026 Events page, along with an invitation to check out our lineup and get your tickets. VERSeFest 2026 runs from March 24-30 and includes local, national, and international performers.

VERSeFest x la série de conférences Factory Lecture Series:
Ft Nada Gordon, Lydia Unsworth

Join host rob mclennan for a fascinating discussion between international guests Lydia Unsworth and Nada Gordon.

Admission: FREE

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VERSEFEST Special Edition! Sanita Fejzic, Refugee Mouth (Frontenac House, 2025) - The Lit Room - 2026-03-11 In the first of our special VERSEFEST editions, Sanita Fejzic joins Susan to talk about her Refugee Mouth (Frontenac House, 2025). About Sanita Fejzic: Sanita Fejzić is a playwright, poet, and litera...

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