Local Poets

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Amanda Earl
English Local

Amanda Earl (she/her) is a queer writer, visual poet, editor, and publisher

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David O’Meara
English Local

Ottawa's David O'Meara's newest moving collection is Masses on Radar (Coach House, 2021).

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Dümideya
English Local

Dumideya is a spoken word poet and writer who turns raw emotion into rhythm and verse.

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Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
English Local

Kimberly Quiogue Andrews is an American poet and literary crit, and Associate Professor of English and creative writing at the University of Ottawa. 

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King Kimbit
English Local

King Kimbit is a literary Hip-Hop artist, passionate about empowering youth and community care

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Laurie Koensgen
English Local Canada

Ottawa poet Laurie Koensgen’s poetry has appeared in journals, anthologies and online magazines across North America and in the UK.

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Luna Cardenas-Ibarra
English Local

Luna's work draws inspiration from her personal life experiences as well as human rights inequities, exploring themes such as migrant rights, conflict, and identity.

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Manahil Bandukwala
English Local Canada

Author of Heliotropia and MONUMENT, which was shortlisted for the 2023

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Monty Reid
English Local

Monty Reid gathers short poems, wraps them into longer sequences, and gathers poets to assemble.

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Nshannacappo
English Local

Nshannacappo is a Nakawe (Saulteaux), Poet, Graphic Novelist

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Pamela Mosher
English Local

Pamela's writing has appeared in the Ex-PuritanGrainEVENTQWERTY, and The New Quarterly

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Phil Hall
English Local Canada

Phil Hall's most recent books are Vallejo's Marrow, The Green Rose (with Steven Ross Smith), and Devotion.

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Rebecca Kempe
English Local

Rebecca Kempe is a writer, zinester, and multidisciplinary artist.

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Susan Atkinson
English Local

Susan's second collection, all things small, was released in April 2024

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