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  • "Write Whatever Weird Poems and Books You Think Should Exist" Cameron Anstee on Embracing the Strange in His Genre-Bending Minimalist Poems
    "Write Whatever Weird Poems and Books You Think Should Exist" Cameron Anstee on Embracing the Strange in His Genre-Bending Minimalist Poems
    October 06, 2022

    "Write Whatever Weird Poems and Books You Think Should Exist" Cameron Anstee on Embracing the Strange in His Genre-Bending Minimalist Poems

    Maybe it's a response to how chaotic and unpredictable the world feels at the moment, but there has been a notable increase in our cultural interest in minimalism – from home decor to tossing anything ...

  • June Writer in Residence NShannacappo on Rhythm, Flow, and Writing More than 1500 Poems
    June Writer in Residence NShannacappo on Rhythm, Flow, and Writing More than 1500 Poems
    May 31, 2022

    June Writer in Residence NShannacappo on Rhythm, Flow, and Writing More than 1500 Poems

    Ottawa-based Nakawe graphic novelist and poet NShannacappo knows how to tell a story in myriad different forms, using art, verse, and dialogue to weave compelling tales that take in everything from ...

  • Book Therapy: The Music Game
    Book Therapy: The Music Game
    February 03, 2022

    Book Therapy: The Music Game

    “I was a human being, and human beings needed to say goodbye, to get together, to cry in the same room.”—Stéfanie Clermont, The Music GameThis deep into the seemingly never ending story that is ...

  • February 10, 2017

    Ottawa finally gets a city Poet Laureate (again)

    In case you weren’t aware, we’ve recently been celebrating the fact that VERSe Ottawa, the organization responsible for the organizing of Ottawa’s annual VERSeFest poetry festival, has announced ...

  • Five Things Literary: Ottawa, with Monty Reid
    Five Things Literary: Ottawa, with Monty Reid
    July 11, 2016

    Five Things Literary: Ottawa, with Monty Reid

    Ontario is a literary province in every sense — it's chockablock with historically significant points of interest that anyone can visit, but it's also full of seemingly simple local spots beloved by ...

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