Sunday Mar 26 2023 @ 3:00 PM Eastern: Simple Structures: a chapbook binding workshop

Knox Church

Hosted by Christine McNair & Tiffany Eng Moore

Christine McNair
English
Tiffany Eng Moore
English

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.

Cameron Anstee
English
Emilia Morgan
English
Justin Million
English
Natalie Hanna
English
rob mclennan
English

John Barton
English
Ben Borg
English
Erik Johnson-Scherger
English
Glenn Nuotio
English
John Ian
English
Renée Dahn
English
River
English
Seiiizi
English
Stefan Schneider
English
Stephen Eckert
English
Taylor Stocks
English
Woodpigeon
English

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

Amy Dennis
English
Natalie Eilbert
English

Friday Mar 24 2023 @ 9:00 PM Eastern: Keyboards!

Cooper's Bar, Embassy Hotel & Suites

Justin Million
English

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.

Annick MacAskill
English
Devon Rae
English
Nicholas Dawson
English
Patrick Grace
English

Frances Boyle
English
Stephen Brockwell
English
Jennifer Pederson
English
Liam Burke
English
Natalie Hanna
English

Thursday Mar 23 2023 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: Riverbed Reading Series

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Nina Drystek/Ellen Chang-Richardson

Chantal Neveu
French
Liam Burke
English
Manahil Bandukwala
English Local Canada
Molly Cross-Blanchard
English Canada

Wednesday Mar 22 2023 @ 7:00 PM Eastern: KaDo Haiku & Tanka

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Claudia Radmore

kj munro
English
Philomene Kocher
English

Vivian Vavassis
English Local
Ciku Gitonga
English
Juliane Okot Bitek
English
Stuart Ross
English
Vera Hadzic
English

Antoine Leclerc
English
Lucia de Luca
English
Marijke van den Hoeven
English
Raïssa Simone
English

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

Conyer Clayton
English Local
Danny McLaren
English
Natalie Lim
English
Sanna Wani
English

Sunday Mar 19 2023 @ 1:00 PM Eastern: Canthius Panel

Knox Church + streamed online

Hosted by Manahil Bandukwala

Ellen Chang-Richardson
English
Manahil Bandukwala
English Local Canada
Natalie Lim
English
Sanna Wani
English

Jane Munro
English
Bren Simmers
English

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

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

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

Amish Trivedi
English USA
Khashayar Mohammadi
English Canada

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
Juliane Okot Bitek
English
Stéphane Despatie
French

Anne Carson
English Canada
Canisia Lubrin
English Canada

Kirby
English Canada
Martine Audet
French Canada
Rob Winger
English Canada

MA|DE
English Canada

"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

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

Sanchari Sur
English Canada

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.

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
Helen Robertson
English Local
David O’Meara
English Local Canada
Eric Charlebois
French Local
Jennifer Pederson
English

Oana Avasilichioaei
English
Monika Rinck
English
Lindsay B-e
English

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

Shazia Hafiz Ramji
English
J.R. Carpenter
English

Conyer Clayton
English Local
Ken Babstock
English
Annick MacAskill
English

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

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

Andre Fenton
English
Brandon Wint
English

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

Adèle Barclay
English
Gabrielle Marceau
English
Ben Ladouceur
English Local

Janick Belleau
French
Marshall Hryciuk
English

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

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

Laura Kasischke
English
Johannes Göransson
English
Philip Metres
English

Shawn K
English
Larissa Tarasoff
English
Namitha Rathinappillai
English
Jayde
English Local
Kamal Hakim
English
Switch Bridges
English Local
Dimorphic
English Local Canada
Natalie Hanna
English

Angye Gaona
Spanish
Irfan Ali
English
stephanie roberts
English

Sara Dignard
French
Andrée Christensen
French
Maya Cousineau Mollen
French Canada

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

Bahar Orang
English
Ken Victor
English
Pearl Pirie
English Local

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

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

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

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

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

Émilie Turmel
French
Richard Harrison
English
Melissa Ouimet
French

Lenard Moore
English
Alrick Huebener
English

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

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

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

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

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

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

Klara du Plessis
English
Sennah Yee
English

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

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

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

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

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

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

Tanya Evanson
English
CéZuRe
French
Chukky Ibe
English

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

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

Nicole Brossard
French
Andrée Lacelle
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

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

Lady Vanessa Cardona
English
Miles Hodges
English

Georgette LeBlanc
French
2018 Hall of Honour Inductees
French

Hans Jongman
English
Luce Pelletier
French

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

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

Steve McCaffery
English
Gary Barwin
English
Sjón
English

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

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

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

Hoa Nguyen
English
Klara du Plessis
English

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

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

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

Lynn Crosbie
English
Valerie Charnish
English
Rasiqra Revulva
English

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

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

Ahmed Ali
English
Chris Tse
English
Natasha Kanapé Fontaine
English