Award-winning poets Anne Boyer (author of A HANDBOOK OF DISAPPOINTED FATE) and Tongo Eisen-Martin (author of HEAVEN IS ALL GOODBYES) will share the podium for our first Vocarium reading of the season. A reception and book-signing will follow the event. Learn more here.
Words Worth Books presents an evening of poetry with Tanis MacDonald and Moez Surani, reading from their most recent poetry collections, Mobile and Are the Rivers in Your Poems Real respectively. Learn more here.
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 …
This celebration of one of Canada's most famous poets features a rare screening of the 2015 feature documentary Al Purdy Was Here, as well as live performances from two of the artists featured in the film: Doug Paisley and Snowblink. Learn more here.