Past

Past Events

Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: VERSeFest Volunteers Showcase

Online event

Hosted by Brecken Hancock

Allison Calvern
English Local
Christine Sung
English Local Canada
Lana Crossman
English Local Canada
Laurie Koensgen
English Local Canada
LM Rochefort
English Local Canada
Mike Caesar
English Local Canada
Sanita Fejzic
English Local Canada
Sultana Shazi Shirin
English Local Canada

Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour Reception

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Jennifer Pederson

David O’Meara
English Local Canada
Kevin Matthews
English Local Canada
Monty Reid
English Local Canada
Phil Hall
English Local Canada
Rusty Priske
English Local Canada

Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 2:30 PM Eastern: American Interests

Online event

Hosted by Monty Reid & Ramon Sepulvedra

Diane Seuss
English USA
Ian Williams
English Canada
Rodrigo  Toscano 
English USA
Sara Uribe
Spanish Mexico

Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Trans-Atlantic Showcase

Online event

Hosted by David O'Meara & Eric Charlebois

David Wheatley
English Ireland
Jean-Philippe Cazier
French France
Radna Fabias
Dutch The Netherlands
Victoria Kennefick
English Ireland

Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Saturday Night Special

Online event

Hosted by Avonlea Fotheringham

Andrea Thompson
English Canada
Kuf Knotz and Elise
English USA

Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Ottawa International Writersfest Presents

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Neil Wilson

Bardia Sinaee
English Canada
Billie Chernicoff
English USA
Brecken Hancock
English Local Canada
Liz Howard
English Canada

Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 4:00 PM Eastern: KaDo Presents

Online event

Hosted by Michel Montreuil

Dave Read
English Canada
Jeanne Painchaud
French Canada

Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 2:30 PM Eastern: In/Words & Blue Mondays

Online event

Hosted by Leslie Roach

Amelie Trottier
French Local
Andreae Callanan
English Canada
McKenzie McDonald
English Local Canada
Molly Cross-Blanchard
English Canada

Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Factory Lecture Series

Online event

Hosted by rob mclennan

Amish Trivedi
English USA
Khashayar Mohammadi
English Canada

Friday Nov 19 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: VERSeFest Invitational Poetry Slam

Online event

Hosted by Rusty Priske

Apollo the Child
English Local
Dimorphic
English Local Canada
DMP
English Local Canada
Jason Selman
English Canada
Kevin Matthews
English Local Canada
Manahil Bandukwala
English Local Canada
Namitha Rathinappillai
English Local Canada
Poetiquette
English Local Canada
Sean O’Gorman
English Canada
textcurious
English Local Canada

Friday Nov 19 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Verse Across Canada

Online event

Hosted by Teresa Yang & Myriam Legault

Catherine Hunter
English Canada
Lillian Necakov
English Canada
Medrie Purdham
English Canada
Vanessa Bell
French Canada

Thursday Nov 18 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Plan 99 Presents

Online event

Hosted by David O'Meara & Eric Charlebois

Donna Kane
English Canada
Michael Prior
English Canada
Michaël Trahan
French Canada
Sylvia Legris
English Canada

Thursday Nov 18 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Arc Poetry Magazine Presents

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Lise Rochefort

Amanda Merpaw
English Canada
Jean-Philippe Bergeron
French Canada
Jim Johnstone
English Canada
Rhonda Douglas
English Local Canada

Wednesday Nov 17 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Projet TERRE

Online event

Hosted by Les Éditions David

Amber O’Reilly
French Canada
Jean-Philippe Raîche
French Canada
Martine Audet
French Canada
Michel Thérien
French Local Canada
Nelson Charest
French Local Canada
Véronique Sylvain
French Local Canada

Wednesday Nov 17 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Tree Reading Series Presents

Online event

Hosted by Brandon Wint & Michel Therien

Andre Bagoo
English Trinidad
Cecily Nicholson
English Canada
Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek
English
Stéphane Despatie
French

Tuesday Nov 16 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Director's Choice

Online event

Hosted by Monty Reid

Anne Carson
English Canada
Canisia Lubrin
English Canada

Tuesday Nov 16 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Official Opening

Knox Church + streamed online

Kirby
English Canada
Martine Audet
French Canada
Rob Winger
English Canada

Sunday Nov 14 2021 @ 2:00 PM Eastern: Approaches to Collaboration: A Workshop with MA|DE

Online event

MA|DE
English Canada

Sunday Nov 14 2021 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Poet Laureate Reading

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Brecken Hancock

Albert Dumont
English Local Canada
Gilles Latour
French Local Canada
Louise Bernice Halfe
English Canada

Saturday Nov 13 2021 @ 2:00 PM Eastern: Bodily Feelings: Writing Poetry Using Affective Objects

Online event

Hosted by In Our Tongues

Sanchari Sur
English Canada

Sunday Nov 22 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Closing Event: Festival readers

Online event

Chuqiao Yang
English Local
Susan Atkinson
English Local
Michel Therien
French
rob mclennan
English Local
Shery Alexander Heinis
English Local
Vivian Vavassis
English Local
Mike Montreiul
French Local
Jennifer Pederson
English Local
Helen Robertson
English Local
David O’Meara
English Local Canada
Eric Charlebois
French Local

Sunday Nov 22 2020 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: Sunday Afternoon Special

Online event

Oana Avasilichioaei
English
Monika Rinck
English
Lindsay B-e
English

Sunday Nov 22 2020 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Tree Reading Series

Online event

D.A. Lockhart
English
Nicola Vulpe
English Local
K.B. Thors
English

Sunday Nov 22 2020 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Factory Lecture Series

Online event

Shazia Hafiz Ramji
English
J.R. Carpenter
English

Saturday Nov 21 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Plan 99

Online event

Conyer Clayton
English Local
Ken Babstock
English
Annick MacAskill
English

Saturday Nov 21 2020 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Transatlantic Showcase

Online event

ísta Fanney Sigurdardóttir
English
Julie Morrissy
English
Stephen Sexton
English

Saturday Nov 21 2020 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: In/Words and Blue Mondays

Online event

Justin Million
English
Karuna Vellino
English Local
Dominique Bernier-Cormier
French
Eve Bilodeau
French Local

Friday Nov 20 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Urban Legends

Online event

Andre Fenton
English
Brandon Wint
English

Monday Nov 16 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: AAOF

Online event

Nelson Charest
French Local
Eric Charlebois
French Local
Véronique Sylvain
French Local Canada

Sunday Nov 15 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Arc Poetry Magazine

Online event

Adèle Barclay
English
Gabrielle Marceau
English
Ben Ladouceur
English Local

Sunday Nov 15 2020 @ 3:15 PM Eastern: KaDo

Online event

Janick Belleau
French
Marshall Hryciuk
English

Sunday Nov 15 2020 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Translate This

Online event

Catherine Lalonde
French
Oana Avasilichioaei
English
Simon Brown
French
Maude Pilon
French

Saturday Nov 14 2020 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Canthius

Online event

Margo LaPierre
English Local
Chuqiao Yang
English Local
Nicole Raziya Fong
English

Saturday Nov 14 2020 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: American Interests

Online event

Laura Kasischke
English
Johannes Göransson
English
Philip Metres
English

Friday Nov 13 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: VF Invitational

Online event

Shawn K
English
natalie hanna
English Local
Larissa Tarasoff
English
Namitha Rathinappillai
English
Jayde
English Local
Kamal Hakim
English
Switch Bridges
English Local
Dimorphic
English Local Canada

Tuesday Nov 10 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Writers Festival Showcase

Online event

Angye Gaona
Spanish
Irfan Ali
English
stephanie roberts
English

Sunday Nov 8 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Éditions David

Online event

Sara Dignard
French
Andrée Christensen
French
Maya Cousineau Mollen
French Canada

Sunday Nov 8 2020 @ 2:00 PM Eastern: OIWF Co-presentation with A.F. Moritz

Online event

A.F. Moritz
English

Saturday Nov 7 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Official Welcome

Online event

Karen Solie
English
Kaie Kellough
English
Anne-Marie Desmeules
French
Albert Dumont
English Local Canada

Friday Nov 6 2020 @ 7:30 PM Eastern: Prelude

Online event

Bahar Orang
English
Ken Victor
English
Pearl Pirie
English Local

Sunday Nov 17 2019 @ 10:00 AM Eastern: Brunch with a Bunch of Poets

AllSaints

Afua Cooper
English
Jason Heroux
English
Julie Pellissier-Lush
English
Margaret Michèle Cook
French

Saturday Nov 16 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Readings and Music

Library and Archives Canada

Paul Edward Costa
English
Victoria Butler
English
Marty Gervais
English
Call Me Katie
English
Jean-Philippe Raîche
French Canada

Saturday Nov 16 2019 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Panel: What is a Poet Laureate?

Library and Archives Canada

Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier
French
Pierrette Requier
French
Jean-Philippe Raîche
French Canada
Rachel McCrum
English

Saturday Nov 16 2019 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Panel: What Is a Poet Laureate?

Library and Archives Canada

Afua Cooper
English
John Barton
English
Jason Heroux
English
Marty Gervais
English
Deanna Young
English

Friday Nov 15 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Opening Reading

Library and Archives Canada

John Barton
English
Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier
French
Pierrette Requier
French
Deanna Young
English
Rachel McCrum
English

Friday Nov 15 2019 @ 5:00 PM Eastern: Reception/Welcome

Library and Archives Canada

Sunday Mar 31 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Closing Event

Knox Church

Émilie Turmel
French
Richard Harrison
English
Melissa Ouimet
French

Sunday Mar 31 2019 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: Jazz Interlude

Knox Church

Lenard Moore
English
Alrick Huebener
English

Sunday Mar 31 2019 @ 4:00 PM Eastern: French Slam

Le Troquet

José Claer
French
Fanny Lachambre
French
Le Scap
French
Daniel Groleau Landry
French
Annie St-Jean
French

Sunday Mar 31 2019 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: In/Words & Blue Mondays

Knox Church

Chloé LaDuchesse
French
Celena Bedford
English
Clara Lagacé
French
Tess Liem
English
Ren Iwamoto
English

Sunday Mar 31 2019 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Short-forms Showcase

Knox Church

Lenard Moore
English
Cameron Anstee
English
Mike Montreuil
French
Claudia Coutu Radmore
English

Saturday Mar 30 2019 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson and Band

Knox Church

Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
English

Saturday Mar 30 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Transatlantic Showcase

Knox Church

Aifric Mac Aodha
English
Katharina Schultens
English
Mary Noonan
English
ísta Fanney Sigurdardóttir
English

Saturday Mar 30 2019 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: What the Poets Are Doing Launch

Knox Church

Rob Taylor
English
Linda Besner
English
Armand Garnet Ruffo
English
Phoebe Wang
English

Saturday Mar 30 2019 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Talk Talk

Knox Church

Ursula Andkjær Olsen
English
Renée Sarojini Saklikar
English
Mark L. Winston
English
Bob Hogg
English

Saturday Mar 30 2019 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Factory Lecture Series

Knox Church

Klara du Plessis
English
Sennah Yee
English

Saturday Mar 30 2019 @ 10:00 AM Eastern: Poetry & Pyjamas

Knox Church

Dennis Lee
English

Friday Mar 29 2019 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: VerseFest Invitational Slam

Knox Church

Anomaly
English
Danielle K.L. Grégoire
English
Rhube Knox
English
Sam Taskie
English
Infinite Mind
English
Shawn K
English
Shery Alexander Heinis
English Local
Manahil Bandukwala
English Local Canada
Poetiquette
English Local Canada
Vanessa Rotondo aka V
English

Friday Mar 29 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Writersfest showcase

Knox Church

Ursula Andkjær Olsen
English
Renée Sarojini Saklikar
English
Jean-Marc Desgent
French

Thursday Mar 28 2019 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Plan 99

Knox Church

Dani Couture
English
Harold Hoefle
English
Stefan Psenak
French
Armand Garnet Ruffo
English

Thursday Mar 28 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Arc Poetry Magazine

Knox Church

Jenny Haysom
English
David O’Meara
English Local Canada
Doyali Islam
English
stephanie roberts
English

Wednesday Mar 27 2019 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Sawdust Reading Series

Knox Church

Rebecca Pāpucaru
English
Gillian Sze
English
Adeena Karasick
English
Billeh Nickerson
English

Wednesday Mar 27 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Tree Reading Series

Knox Church

Jack Davis
English
Brenda Leifso
English
Elizabeth Ross
English
Marie Darsigny
French

Tuesday Mar 26 2019 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Urban Legends

Knox Church

Tanya Evanson
English
CéZuRe
French
Chukky Ibe
English

Tuesday Mar 26 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Opening Night

Knox Church

t'ai freedom ford
English
Billy-Ray Belcourt
English
Pierre Nepveu
French
Monique Manatch
English

Saturday Mar 23 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Poet Laureate Inauguration

City Hall

Amal El-Mohtar
French
Deanna Young
English
Margaret Michèle Cook
French

Saturday Mar 23 2019 @ 3:00 PM Eastern:

City Hall

Andrée Lacelle
French
Nicole Brossard
French
Julie Huard
French
Pierre Nepveu
French
Michel Ouellette
French
Eric Charlebois
French Local
Guy Jean
French
Herménégilde Chiasson
French
Michel Côté
French
Paul Savoie
French

Friday Mar 1 2019 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: 2019 Schedule to be Announced

TBA

Rebecca Pāpucaru
English
Anomaly
English
Chloé LaDuchesse
French
Tanya Evanson
English
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
English
Émilie Turmel
French

Sunday Mar 25 2018 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Closing Night

Knox Church

Lady Vanessa Cardona
English
Miles Hodges
English

Sunday Mar 25 2018 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Hall of Honour Reading

Knox Church

Georgette LeBlanc
French
2018 Hall of Honour Inductees
French

Sunday Mar 25 2018 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: KaDo: Haiku pop-up

Knox Church

Hans Jongman
English
Luce Pelletier
French

Sunday Mar 25 2018 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: American Interests

Knox Church

Jasmine Dreame Wagner
English
Robyn Schiff
English
Major Jackson
English
Didi Jackson
English

Sunday Mar 25 2018 @ 1:30 PM Eastern: National Capital Region Showcase

Knox Church

Henry Beissel
English
Christine McNair
English
Madeleine Stratford
French
Chris Johnson
English

Saturday Mar 24 2018 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Ottawa International Writersfest

Knox Church

Steve McCaffery
English
Gary Barwin
English
Sjón
English

Saturday Mar 24 2018 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: The Magic and Usefulness of Poetry

Knox Church

Natalie Wee
English
Sneha Madhavan-Reese
English Local
Brandon Wint
English
Jamaal Jackson Rogers
English

Saturday Mar 24 2018 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Sawdust Reading Series

Knox Church

Claire Kelly
English
Jean Van Loon
English
J.Roger Léveillé
French
Louise Bernice Halfe
English Canada

Saturday Mar 24 2018 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Transatlantic Showcase

Knox Church

Peter Sirr
English
Gonzalo Hermo
Spanish
Berta Garcí­a Faet
Spanish
Colette Bryce
English
Erin Mouré
English

Saturday Mar 24 2018 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Factory Lecture Series

Knox Church

Hoa Nguyen
English
Klara du Plessis
English

Saturday Mar 24 2018 @ 10:30 AM Eastern: Poetry and Pyjamas

Knox Church

Kalli Dakos
English

Friday Mar 23 2018 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Versefest Invitational Slam

Knox Church

Holly Painter
English
Mia Morgan
English
Playto
English
Bassam
English
Sarah Kabamba
English
Zee
English
Nathanaí«l Larochette
English
CauseMo
English
Billie the Kid
English
Apollo the Child
English Local

Friday Mar 23 2018 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Plan 99 Reading Series

Knox Church

Nyla Matuk
English
Daniel H. Dugas
French
Allison LaSorda
English
Jeff Latosik
English

Thursday Mar 22 2018 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: In/Words Magazine Presents

Knox Church

Kama La Mackerel
English
Victoria Gravesande
English
Alex Manley
English
Frédéric Lanouette
French

Thursday Mar 22 2018 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Arc Poetry Magazine Presents

Knox Church

Lynn Crosbie
English
Valerie Charnish
English
Rasiqra Revulva
English

Wednesday Mar 21 2018 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Blue Mondays

Knox Church

Jonathan Lamy
French
Jennifer Baker
English
Rachel McCrum
English
Tina Charlebois
French

Wednesday Mar 21 2018 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Tree Reading Series

Knox Church

Carolyn Marie Souaid
English
Kate Cayley
English
Louise Dupré
French
David Groulx
English

Tuesday Mar 20 2018 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Urban Legends

Knox Church

Ahmed Ali
English
Chris Tse
English
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
English

Tuesday Mar 20 2018 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Opening Night

Knox Church

David Charette
English
Jan Zwicky
English
Alice Notley
English

Sunday Mar 26 2017 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Sawdust

Knox Church

Steven Heighton
English
Louis Bertholom
French

Sunday Mar 26 2017 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Poet Laureate Inauguration

Knox Church

Mark Doty
English
Poet Laureate/ Poète lauréat
French

Sunday Mar 26 2017 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: Student Showcase

Knox Church

Frédérique Champagne
French
Evan J. Hoskins
English
Lauren Stiers
English

Sunday Mar 26 2017 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: KaDo (New Time)

Pressed Cafe

Marco Fraticelli
English
Maxianne Berger
French

Sunday Mar 26 2017 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Arc

Knox Church

Jill Jorgenson
English
Lisa Robertson
English
Phoebe Wang
English
Robyn Sarah
English

Sunday Mar 26 2017 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: National Capital Region Showcase

Knox Church

Sandra Ridley
English Local
Mark Frutkin
English
Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo
French
Guy Jean
French

Saturday Mar 25 2017 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Railroad

Knox Church

Alan Gillis
English
Leanne O'Sullivan
English
Jordan Abel
English

Saturday Mar 25 2017 @ 4:30 PM Eastern: Fire and Ice

Knox Church

LouNat
French
Truth Is
English
Beth Anne Ellipsis
English
Barâa Arar
English

Saturday Mar 25 2017 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Translation Panel

Knox Church

Patrick Friesen
English
Ulrikka S. Gernes
English
Chus Pato
English
Lisa Robertson
English
Erin Mouré
English

Saturday Mar 25 2017 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Factory Reading Series

Knox Church

Marilyn Irwin
English
Faizal Deen
English

Friday Mar 24 2017 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Cap Slam

Knox Church

Amélie Prévost
French
Invitational Poetry Slam
English

Friday Mar 24 2017 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Plan 99

Knox Church

Sharon McCartney
English
Moez Surani
English
Catriona Wright
English

Thursday Mar 23 2017 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Blue Mondays & In/Words

Knox Church

Kayla Czaga
English
Christian Milat
French
Alessia Di Cesare
English
Ali Blythe
English