Sunday Mar 26 2023 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Simple Structures: a chapbook binding workshop
Knox Church
Hosted by Christine McNair & Tiffany Eng Moore


A short workshop on the binding of chapbooks introducing simple binding structures such as one section pamphlet sewings and other structures that might be useful for self-publishing small amounts of poetry. The workshop facilitators will show examples from various chapbook presses, discuss technicalities such as paper grain, binding materials, opening characteristics, edition work, and typography. Participants will have the chance to try their hand at making a few simple structures.
Materials will be provided.
Suggested tools that participants to bring to workshop if they have them but not required: small awl, bone folder, ruler, X-acto blade, small cutting mat.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is limited capacity and not included in Festival Pass access. Please purchase tickets separately to guarantee admission.
Sunday Mar 26 2023 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Small Press, Big Impact: A Panel Discussion
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by rob mclennan





Saturday Mar 25 2023 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Coda for the Victims Presented by Qu'ART
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Glenn Nuotio












An evening highlighting queer-themed poetry and music that spans recent Canadian history, contemporary figures, AIDS, romance, social issues, sex and local 2SLGBTQ+ Ottawa life, found within the poems from the Coda For the Victims section of John Barton’s sonnet memoir Lost Family, this Saturday March 25th special musical event (as part of 2023 VERSeFest) will feature an oratorio-style reading of poems by renowned Canadian gay poet John Barton.
Ensemble Allure is a collective presenter of contemporary classical and experimental music originally based in Ottawa, now spread apart interprovincially. The ensemble convenes annually and operates in a modular way. For this performance in Ottawa, the ensemble will be composed of Ben Borg, Guitar, Erik Johnson-Scherger, Violin, Renée Dahn, Viola, and Stephen Eckert, piano. https://www.ensembleallure.com/
Saturday Mar 25 2023 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Factory Lecture Series
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by rob mclennan

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At KEYBOARDS!, host Justin Million encourages attendees to talk amongst themselves so that he might mine their conversations for material for improvisational typewritten poems. He brings no notes, and there is no prep. He has a bell, which he will *DING* when he’s completed a poem, and then recite that poem immediately, without editing, and place that poem on a stool for a willing audience member to take away for a small donation to the “Art Jar”. Justin keeps no copies and takes no pictures of these poems, so the one you pick up off the stool is the only version of that poem.
PLEASE NOTE: This event is limited capacity and not included in Festival Pass access. Please reserve tickets in advance to guarantee admission.









Thursday Mar 23 2023 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Riverbed Reading Series
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Nina Drystek/Ellen Chang-Richardson




Wednesday Mar 22 2023 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: KaDo Haiku & Tanka
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Claudia Radmore







Monday Mar 20 2023 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Montreal's Throw! Poetry Collective
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by BeWyrd




The Throw! Poetry Collective runs a monthly poetry slam in Tio'tia:ke (aka Montreal). Local poets compete in an inclusive, bilingual space and a professional poet or author is featured at half-time to inspire the next generation. At Throw!, it's about the poetry and not the points because, as Jason 'Blackbird' Selman put it: "Poetry saves lives; poetry allows us to be human in a world that continuously tries to rinse that out of us."
You can find out more about shows, workshops, and our past recordings at linktr.ee/throwpoetry


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Sunday Mar 19 2023 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Canthius Panel
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Manahil Bandukwala


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Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: VERSeFest Volunteers Showcase
Online event
Hosted by Brecken Hancock







Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour Reception
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Jennifer Pederson





Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 2:30 PM Eastern: American Interests
Online event
Hosted by Monty Reid & Ramon Sepulvedra




Sunday Nov 21 2021 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Trans-Atlantic Showcase
Online event
Hosted by David O'Meara & Eric Charlebois




Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Saturday Night Special
Online event
Hosted by Avonlea Fotheringham


Saturday Nov 20 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Ottawa International Writersfest Presents
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Neil Wilson












Friday Nov 19 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: VERSeFest Invitational Poetry Slam
Online event
Hosted by Rusty Priske










Friday Nov 19 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Verse Across Canada
Online event
Hosted by Teresa Yang & Myriam Legault




Thursday Nov 18 2021 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Plan 99 Presents
Online event
Hosted by David O'Meara & Eric Charlebois




Thursday Nov 18 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Arc Poetry Magazine Presents
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Lise Rochefort










Wednesday Nov 17 2021 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Tree Reading Series Presents
Online event
Hosted by Brandon Wint & Michel Therien









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

"Writing is a lonely job," Isaac Asimov once said. "No one else is or can be involved in the matter." But he was wrong and we want to show you just how wrong he was. Join us for a workshop that offers historic and contemporary examples of two or more writers working together, as well as a toolbox of various approaches and processes for writing collaboratively. Whether you're new to collaborative writing, or a seasoned co-creator, this workshop will make you think more deeply about the possibilities of the field.
Sunday Nov 14 2021 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Poet Laureate Reading
Knox Church + streamed online
Hosted by Brecken Hancock



Saturday Nov 13 2021 @ 2:00 PM Eastern: Bodily Feelings: Writing Poetry Using Affective Objects
Online event
Hosted by In Our Tongues

This workshop intends to work with a physical object that one is emotionally/affectively attached to, and use that “affect” that object elicits within you, to write. What is affect? What makes objects affective? How does the “affect” of an object (physically or otherwise) affect you? How does your attachment to the object “feel” within your body? What does this “feeling” from this object mean to you? How can you use affective objects effectively to write poetry? These are some questions this workshop will explore. Through writing prompts and free-writing exercises, participants will be encouraged to write poetry using their affective objects, with a particular focus on the body and intersectionality.
Prep: Participants are encouraged to have already chosen an object that is personal to them. For example, photograph, coins, a piece of jewellery, toy, mug, etc.; basically any physical object that elicits a vivid memory and strong feelings.
Limit: 30 participants.














































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