VERSeFest begins tomorrow! & interviews w Dial, Avasilichioaei, Weaver, Hiemstra, Paige, Hall + Whittall,

We already know you're excited about the fifteenth anniversary edition of VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival, which begins tomorrow night at Club SAW. Eileen Myles! Zoe Whittall! Kimberly Quiogue Andrews! Rebecca Kempe! King Kimbit! Chelene Knight! Pamela Mosher! Terese Mason Pierre! Bridget Huh! Sara Berkeley! Stephanie Roberts! etc etc etc. As part of such, we've been working a series of pre-festival interviews with an array of performers for this year's event, all posted online at periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics (with a whole slew posted last fall and last spring as well, as part of prior festivals; scroll back here to catch them all).

rob mclennan : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Em Dial ; nina jane drystek : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Oana Avasilichioaei ; rob mclennan : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Andy Weaver ; Amanda Earl : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Jessica Hiemstra ; Jen Jakob : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Salem Paige ; rob mclennan : Doubt is Form : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Phil Hall ; Amanda Earl : 2025 VERSeFest interviews: Zoe Whittall ;

and tickets are still available! and there are even some free events, including Friday noon, when Eileen Myles reads at Carleton University, or Saturday's reading at The Manx Pub! donations welcome, also.