Running since May 9, 1980, the Tree Reading Series (Tree) is one of Canada's longest-running literary events and an essential part of Ottawa's vibrant literary community. Tree is a non-profit organization that supports established and emerging writers from Ottawa and across Canada by offering a supportive public venue for writers …
The Art Bar is recognized as Canada's longest running poetry-only, weekly reading series. Since 1991, it has featured both emerging and established poets from across Canada and occasionally from abroad. It has become a hub for the poetry community, and entry point for new voices, a place for people to …
The 2019 Wild Words North Writing Festival and Art Exhibit features writers Billy-Ray Belcourt, Kym Gouchie, Erin Moure, Jillian Ridington, and Richard Van Camp. Learn more here.
It's the second installation of the new season of Pivot Reading Series, bringing you the literary stylings of the fantastic MLA Chernoff, Miles Forrester, and Sophie McCreesh. Learn more here.
In her latest book Surfacing (Sort of Books), poet and essayist Kathleen Jamie explores what emerges: from the earth, from memory and from the mind. Her travels take her from Arctic Alaska to the sand dunes and machair of Scotland in a quest to discover what archaeology might tell us …