Karasick is a NY-based Canadian performer of "œproto-ecstatic jet-propulsive word torsion" (George Quasha).
Afua Cooper "“ Poet Laureate, Halifax.
Irish-language poet and editor Aifric Mac Aodha comes in from Dublin for this reading.
Ottawa musician Alrick Huebener currently plays bass in the acoustic bandHurry Up and Wait.
VERSeFest is thrilled to introduce our inaugural Poet-in-Residence, local poet and short fiction author Amal El-Mohtar.
Andrée Lacelle is the first francophone to be appointed Poet Laureate of Ottawa.
Annie St-Jean is the editor of Slam Outaouais : 10 ans de parole (Renaud-Bray, 2018)
Anomaly is a Montreal musician, poet, and community organizer.
Armand Garnet Ruffo's Treaty# is from Wolsak and Wynn.
Billeh Nickerson is the author of five books and a silver medalist at the Canadian Gay Curling Championships.
The pride of Edmonton, Billy-Ray Belcourt won the Griffin with one of the year's most read books.
Retired English professor and organic farmer who now devotes his life to writing.
Leifso's Wild Madder is about way-finding"”through those moments in which you no longer recognize where you are.
Call Me Katie is an acoustic trio.
Cameron Anstee's most recent collection is —Sheets: Typewriter Works
Celena Bedford writes poetry with themes of feminism and relationships.
Slam Poet since 2008, CéZuRe quickly discovered a passion for the stage.
Chloé LaDuchesse is the fifth poet laureate of the city of Greater Sudbury.
Chukky Ibe's poetry often comments on politics and the role it plays in shaping the human condition.
Clara Lagacé's first poetry collection En cale sèche (David, 2017) won the Prix Jacques-Poirier at the Salon du livre de l'Outaouais.
The diverse poetry of Claudia Coutu Radmore has won several national contests.
Dani Couture received an honour of distinction for the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for Emerging LGBTQ Writers.
Daniel Groleau Landry was awarded the Trillium Book Award for French Poetry and his latest is Fragments de ciel
VERSeFest Hall of Fame Danielle K.L. Grégoire returns.
Ottawa's David O'Meara's newest moving collection is Masses on Radar (Coach House, 2021).
Deanna Young "“ English Poet Laureate, Ottawa.
Poetry for the whole family: Author of beloved Alligator Pie, Dennis Lee offers a delightful experience for all ages.
Doyali Islam's hot off the press second collection, heft investigates rupture and resilience.
It's as if there's a little swinging door inside the poems of Elizabeth Ross.
In Casse-Gueules Émilie Turmel explores the internalized violence of women's bodies and pays tribute to their resilience.
Poet, motivational speaker, Éric Charlebois specializes in English-language aboriginal poetry translation.
A committed humanist, Fanny Lachambre uses words and photographs to communicate her vision of life and all that moves and changes her.
Montreal writer Gillian Sze is the author of nine poetry collections.
A VERSeFest Hall of Famer and awarded Gatineau's Prix Hommage, Guy Jean's poetry is internationally acclaimed.
Harold Hoefle's debut poetry collection is The Night Chorus, ( McGill-Queen's University Press, 2018).
Herménégilde Chiasson is a visual artist, but also a writer, a filmmaker and a playwright.
Infinite Mind is an Ottawa-based spoken word poet.
ísta Fanney Sigur∂ardóttir is an Icelandic poet and an artist.
His well-received Faunics is masterly minimalism grounded in nature.
Jason Heroux "“ Poet Laureate, Kingston.
Jean-Marc Desgent is widely considered a major figure in contemporary francophone poetry.
Jean-Philippe Raiche is the Poet Laureate of Moncton.
Local poet Jenny Haysom presents her first full-length collection of poems, Dividing the Wayside .
John Barton is a poet, essayist, editor, and writing mentor.
Novelist, short story writer, cultural journalist and slam artist José Claer is, in all genres, first and foremost a poet.
Author Julie Huard is also a reporter/director, a facilitator, a photographer and a traveler.
Julie Pellissier-Lush M.S.M "“ Poet Laureate, Prince Edward Island.
Katharina Schultens has four poetry collections and has just won the Poetry Prize Basel
Our finite world is brimming with choices, possibilities, transformations suggests Ekke by du Plessis.
Le Scap is a Canadian battle rapper from Gatineau, Quebec.
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist, musician, poet and writer.
Haiku master Lenard Moore is a writer, musician, editor, and professor. The Geography of Jazz celebrates musicians.
Linda Besner's second collection is Feel Happier in Nine Seconds.
Ottawa poet to watch soar, Manahil Bandukwala explores in Orbital Cultivation.
Margaret Michele Cook is the official French Poet Laureate for Ottawa.
Funny, touching and heart-wrenching, Marie Darsigny's poetry combines nostalgia of spice-tinged Spice Girl and dépanneur wine.
Mark L. Winston received a GG award for his book Bee Time: Lessons From the Hive.
Marty Gervais "“ Poet Laureate Emeritus, Windsor.
Mary Noonan from Cork gives sonic delights through reflections on what skin remembers.
A songwriter and composer, Franco-Ontarian rocker Melissa Ouimet is also a poet.
Michel Côté is a poet and visual artist whose work has won many awards. He has also taught philosophy and Chinese thought.
Michel Ouellette is an author, playwright and poet.
A prevailing voice in tanka, haiku, senryu, tanka and haibun in English and French Canada.
Monique Manatch is Executive Director and one of the founders of Indigenous Culture and Media Innovations
Nicole Brossard is an acclaimed Montreal-born poet, novelist and essayist who has won numerous literary awards.
Noémie Pomerleau-Cloutier "“ La Poésie Partout, Montréal
Paul Costa "“ Poet Laureate, Mississauga.
Paul Savoie is a writer and translator with more than twenty books in both French and English.
Phoebe Wang is a Canadian writer and educator, author of Admission Requirements.
Pierre Nepveu wrote The Hardness of Matter and Water , translated by Donald Winkler, (Signal Editions, 2018).
Pierrette Requier "“ Past Poet Laureate, Edmonton.
Poetiquette explores the bleeding edge of hearts.
Rachel McCrum "“ La Poésie Partout, Montréal
The Panic Room by Rebecca Pāpucaru won The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards 2018.
Ren Iwamoto is a humble goblin trying to find meaning amongst the chaos.
Renée Sarojini Saklikar's latest book is a B.C. bestseller: Listening to the Bees (Nightwood Editions, 2018).
Rhube Knox strives to leave her audience seen, trusted, and sometimes healed, but never broken.
In Richard Harrison's Governor General's Award-winning poetry, elegy and love poem become one.
Vancouver poet and author Rob Taylor edited What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation.
Writing led Sam Taskie towards a poetry community that he calls home.
Sennah Yee's raw, down-to-earth honesty delights; hers is an important voice.
Shawn K went to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word with a poem called Gratitude.
Rising iterary star Shery Alexander Heinis is the author of Splinter.
Longtemps j'ai porté mes deuils comme des habits trop grands marks the return of Stefan Psenak to poetry.
stephanie roberts dreams of a compassion-based society and wrote rushes from the river disappointment
t'ai freedom ford uses language both evocatively rich and colloquially sharp and sly
Tanya Evanson is an inspirational Antiguan-Canadian poet, performer, producer and arts educator.
Tess Liem contends with the difficult practice of obituaries in her debut collection Obits .
Major Danish poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen's poems push back against injustice in a fractal asymmetry.
Vanessa Rotondo merges science with art and words to facilitate expression.
Victoria Butler - Youth Poet Laureate, Barrie
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