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The Poets

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An intense reader who could still and silence any pins in the room.

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Mark Frutkin's quiet glow of Hermit Thrush was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award in 2016.

French

Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo is a poet, a publisher and a university researcher who won the Trillium Prize.

French

A VERSeFest Hall of Famer and awarded Gatineau's Prix Hommage, Guy Jean's poetry is internationally acclaimed.