Videos of Past Events

Friday Late Reading

Chloé LaDuchesse
Eileen Myles
Zoe Whittall

Friday Early Reading

Andy Weaver
Phil Hall
Terese Mason Pierre

Riverbed Reading Series

Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
Oana Avasilichioaei
Xénia Gould

Opening Night

Em Dial
Jessica Hiemstra
Susan Atkinson

Small Press, Big Impact: A Panel Discussion

Cameron Anstee
Emilia Morgan
Justin Million
And 2 others ...

Factory Lecture Series

Amy Dennis
Natalie Eilbert

Arc Poetry Magazine Presents

Annick MacAskill
Devon Rae
Nicholas Dawson
And 1 other ...

Best of Ottawa

Frances Boyle
Stephen Brockwell
Jennifer Pederson
And 2 others ...

Riverbed Reading Series

Chantal Neveu
Liam Burke
Manahil Bandukwala
And 1 other ...

KaDo Haiku & Tanka

kj munro
Philomene Kocher

Tree Reading Series

Vivian Vavassis
Ciku Gitonga
Juliane Okot Bitek
And 2 others ...

Montreal's Throw! Poetry Collective

Antoine Leclerc
Lucia de Luca
Marijke van den Hoeven
And 1 other ...

Canthius Magazine Presents

Conyer Clayton
Danny McLaren
Natalie Lim
And 1 other ...

Canthius Panel

Ellen Chang-Richardson
Manahil Bandukwala
Natalie Lim
And 1 other ...

Opening Night

Jane Munro
Bren Simmers

VERSeFest Volunteers Showcase

Allison Calvern
Christine Sung
Lana Crossman
And 5 others ...

VERSe Ottawa Hall of Honour Reception

David O’Meara
Kevin Matthews
Monty Reid
And 2 others ...

American Interests

Diane Seuss
Ian Williams
Rodrigo  Toscano 
And 1 other ...

Trans-Atlantic Showcase

David Wheatley
Jean-Philippe Cazier
Radna Fabias
And 1 other ...

Saturday Night Special

Andrea Thompson
Kuf Knotz and Elise

Ottawa International Writersfest Presents

Bardia Sinaee
Billie Chernicoff
Brecken Hancock
And 1 other ...

KaDo Presents

Dave Read
Jeanne Painchaud

In/Words & Blue Mondays

Amelie Trottier
Andreae Callanan
McKenzie McDonald
And 1 other ...

Factory Lecture Series

Amish Trivedi
Khashayar "Kess" Mohammadi

VERSeFest Invitational Poetry Slam

Apollo the Child
Dimorphic
DMP
And 7 others ...

Verse Across Canada

Catherine Hunter
Lillian Necakov
Medrie Purdham
And 1 other ...

Plan 99 Presents

Donna Kane
Michael Prior
Michaël Trahan
And 1 other ...

Arc Poetry Magazine Presents

Amanda Merpaw
Jean-Philippe Bergeron
Jim Johnstone
And 1 other ...

Projet TERRE

Amber O’Reilly
Jean-Philippe Raîche
Martine Audet
And 3 others ...

Tree Reading Series Presents

Andre Bagoo
Cecily Nicholson
Juliane Okot Bitek
And 1 other ...

Director's Choice

Anne Carson
Canisia Lubrin

Official Opening

Kirby
Martine Audet
Rob Winger

Poet Laureate Reading

Albert Dumont
Gilles Latour
Louise Bernice Halfe

VERSeFest presents National Poetry Month 2021: Yusuf Saadi

VERSeFest presents National Poetry Month 2021: Selina Boan

VERSeFest presents National Poetry Month 2021: Barbara Nickel

Closing Event: Festival readers

Chuqiao Yang
Michel Therien
rob mclennan
And 8 others ...

Sunday Afternoon Special

Monika Rinck
Lindsay B-e
Oana Avasilichioaei

Tree Reading Series

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

Factory Lecture Series

Shazia Hafiz Ramji
J.R. Carpenter