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Festival Performance Pass
Admission to all individual events (except the two poetry workshops) from Wednesday though Sunday
Words and Image
24 Jan 2026 • 05:00 PM–07:00 PM Eastern
Ottawa Art Gallery, Alma Duncan Salon
Join our Poets Laureate, David O'Meara and Véronique Sylvain, for an evening of Ekphrasis! Ottawa poets react and reflect on Ottawa visual art! Featuring Sonia-Sophie Courdeau, Catherine Couture, Leslie Roach, Bardia Sinaee, Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Stephen Brockwell, Michèle Margaret Cook, and Michel Thérien.
The Poets
Former Ottawa poet Bardia Sinaee makes a welcome return with his astute debut collection, Intruder.
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Ottawa's David O'Meara's newest moving collection is Masses on Radar (Coach House, 2021).
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Le poème involontaire is Michel Therien's eleventh collection.
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Sonia-Sophie Courdeau has written three books of poetry, including À tire d'ailes, which won her the Trillium Poetry Award in 2012
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Véronique Sylvain is Ottawa’s Francophone Poet Laureate for 2024-2026.
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