Monty at the mic, chatting to the audience. He's a balding man with an excellent beard, wearing a VERSeFest t-shirt under a black blazer, and very comfortable shoes. His glasses also have ornate frames. His VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour award is on the table next to him. The VERSeFest banner is in the background.

Monty at the mic, gesturing, chatting to the audience. He's a balding man with an excellent beard, wearing a VERSeFest t-shirt under a black blazer, and very comfortable shoes. His glasses also have ornate frames. His VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour award is on the table next to him. The VERSeFest banner is in the background.

Monty at the mic, chatting to the audience. His VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour award is on the table next to him. He's a balding man with an excellent beard, wearing a VERSeFest t-shirt under a black blazer, and very comfortable shoes. His glasses also have ornate frames.

Monty at the mic, chatting to the audience. He's a balding man with an excellent beard, wearing a VERSeFest t-shirt under a black blazer, and very comfortable shoes. His glasses also have ornate frames. His VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour award is on the table next to him. The VERSeFest banner is in the background.

Monty Reid, receiving his VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour award, and talking about - among other things - VERSeFest.

#Ottawa #VERSeFest2026 #OttPoetry #OttawaPoetryHistory #PoetryEvent #PoetryFestival #VERSeHallOfHonour #HallOfHonour

Susan McMaster - A short, frail-looking white woman with a halo of silver-white hair and a vibrant red gown - at the mic giving her thank you speech. Her VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour statuette is on the table next to her, and the VERSeFest banner is in the background.

Susan McMaster - A short, frail-looking white woman with a halo of silver-white hair and a vibrant red gown - at the mic giving her thank you speech. Her VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour statuette is on the table next to her.

Susan McMaster - A short, frail-looking white woman with a halo of silver-white hair and a vibrant red gown - at the mic giving her thank you speech. Her VERSeOttawa Hall of Honour statuette is on the table next to her.

Susan McMaster receiving her induction in the Hall of Honour, and talk about - among other things - starting Branching Out feminist magazine in 1972.

More about Branching Out here:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branchi...

#Ottawa #OttPoetry #OttawaPoetryHistory #feminisms #womenspoetry #versefest2026

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TODAY, March 29, at 3:00pm
VERSeFest x Factory Lecture Series:
Nada Gordon + Lydia Unsworth

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

Admission: FREE
OR watch online: versefest.ca

#OttPoetry #OttawaEvents #PoetryLecture

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Photos of: Claudia Coutu Radmore - A white woman with red hair wearing black clothes D.A. Lockhart - a Linape man with long grey hair and a wry sense of humour, reading from a blue book Gwen Aube - a 30-something woman with shoulder-length hair and an orange shirt, gesturing wildly while at a the mic

Photos of: Isabella Wang: A slight woman with long black hair, streaked with pink, wearing an orange toque, reading at a mic next to a music stand Lucia Farinon: A white woman with long, dark hair, and black clothes, reading from sheets of 8.5x11 paper and T Liem, a soft-spoken person with shoulder-length black hair and a grey dress shirt, speaking into a mic before beginning another poem

Pics from March 25:

Slide 1 - Our hosts
Slide 2 - EARLY SHOW ft Claudia Coutu Radmore, DA Lockhart, and Gwen Aube
Slide 3 - VERSeFest x Arc Poetry Magazine ft Isabella Wang, Lucia Farinon, and T Liem

#VERSeFest2026 #OttPoetry #CanPoetry #queerpoetry #indigenousvoices #PoetryFestival #ottawaevents♥️

Immune compromised? Feeling under the weather and don't want to risk getting someone else sick? Broke as hell this month and need a by-donation option? Have out-of-town friends who wish they could attend the festival?

@arcpoetry.bsky.social showcase is kicking off.

If you're not at Black Box Studio with us, you can watch it live at versefest.ca

#OttPoetry #Ottawa #OttawaEvents #Poetry #PoetryShow #PoetryFestival #VERSeFest2026

An extremely blurry photo of a Haitian-Canadian woman reading at a microphone. The words "l'enfant more assassine - MArie-Celie Agnant" appear in white text in the upper-left corner of the image.

A very blurry photo of Sanita Fejzic - a Bosniak lesbian in jeans and a red sweater, whose hair is very short - reading at a music stand. The words "...small and silent as a mouse / grade eleven / a girl throws me into a garbage bin..." (Sanita Fejzic) appear, in white text in the upper-left corner of the image.

Our two live readers at VERSeFest x Riverbed:
Marie-Célie Agnant (L)
Sanita Fejzić (R)

#VERSeFest2026 #ottpoetry #ottpoets #queerpoets #HaitianPoets #ottawa #ottawaevents

A petite queer Bosnian woman with very short hair, reads poetry at a music stand. She's wearing jeans and a red sweater. Lines from the poem she's reading - "small and silent as a mouse // grade eleven // a girl throws me into a garbage bin" ~ Sanita Fejzic - have been added, in white text, in the upper-left corner of this very blurry photo.

A photo from the very, very back of the room - thense the horrible blurriness - while Sanita Fejzić reads from her book, "Refugee Mouth", at VERSeFest x Riverbed.

#VERSeFest2026 #ottpoetry #ottpoets #queerpoets #ottawa #ottawaevents

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Leanna Dias : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Sneha Subramanian Kanta Born in Mumbai, Sneha Subramanian Kanta is an academician, editor, and award-winning writer residing in Mississauga. She is a 2026...

“Why does emotional care undermine intellectual growth in my colleagues’ minds?”

Leanna Dias interviews Sneha Subramanian Kanta:

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/lean...

#OttPoetry #Ottawa #PoetryFestival #VERSeFest2026

"VERSeFest Finale! Ft Kacper Bartczak, Alexandre Yergeau, and Karen Solie - Sunday, March 29 - 8:30pm - Arts Court Black Box Studio" These words appear, framing photos of the three poets, against a gradient background that shades from mint green to sky blue.

A black QR Code against a gradient background that shades from mint green to sky blue. Black text invites the viewer to use the QR code to check out the lineup and get tickets for VERSeFest 2026, which runs March 24-30, and presents a world of poetry in Ottawa.

Come for our Finale!

VERSeFest Presents // VERSeFest présente :
Karen Solie, Alexandre Yergeau, Kacper Bartczak

Join host Christine McNair for a night with Karen Solie, Alexandre Yergeau, and Kacper Bartczak.

Admission: $15

www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/lat...

#Ottpoetry #Poetry #Ottawa

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Canadian Artists who recieved (taxible - which I think is all of them?) grants this year and aren't sure how to list them on your taxes!

They go on line 13010:

www.canada.ca/en/revenue-a...

#OttPoetry #Writers #Canada #amwriting

The words "VERSeFest x Qu'ART - Thursday, March 26 - 7:00pm - SAW Gallery - Emma McKenna, Misha Solomon, Quick Cruising with Local Poets" 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 Qu'ART
Ft Misha Solomon, Emma McKenna

Thursday, March 26 - 8:30pm
SAW Gallery

Jeudi, le 26 mars - 20h30
La gallerie SAW

Admission: $15 ($25 for both March 26 shows)
Entrée: 15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 26 mars)

www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/qua...

#OttQueer #OttPoetry

A withering husk. A last visage before consumed by mold and decay. A poor player born of the sun and summer. Grown to provide sustenance, now plays its hour upon the stage. Before the coming winter.

How meaningful for the stabward market 😊

#OttPoetry #Ottawa

Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events Bywords Poetry and Ottawa Litery Events

Got a new poem up at Bywords!

A little bit of Beltane as we shuffle through the snow towards Imbolg.

www.bywords.ca/january2025/...

#Ottpoetry #Poetsky #Poetrysky
Thanks @amandaearl.bsky.social!

My submission is in. Is yours?

#Poetry #OttPoetry

#Nonbinary, #Genderqueer, and #TwoSpirit folks are invited to submit to this.

They want poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, hybrids, and visual art.

Get on it friends!

#Ottpoetry #Poetry