Monday, February 23, 2015

announcing: VERSeFest 2015, March 24 – 29, 2015

The schedule for our fifth annual poetry festival, VERSeFest, is now online!

Readers to this year's festival include Alessandra Naccarato, Amanda Earl, Anne Compton, Anthony Bansfield, Arleen Paré, Armand Ruffo, Artemysia Fragiskapof, bill bissett, Claire Caldwell, dalton derkson, Daphne Marlatt, Deanna Young, Dennis Cooley, Eric Charlebois, El Jones, Emily McRae, Emma Blue, Forrest Gander, Frances Itani, Frederic Lanouette, Gail Scott, Gary Geddes, Geneviève Bouchard, Gilles Latour, Gillian Wigmore, Herménégilde Chiasson, Ikenna Onyegbula a.k.a OpenSecret, JC Bouchard, Rational Rebel, Jeramy Dodds, John Akpata, Kande Mbeu, Kathleen Goulet, King Kimbit, Komi Olaf, Lillian Allen, Lisa Jarnot, Lise Gaboury-Diallo, Lorna Crozier, Margaret Michèle Cook, Marilyn Dumont, Marshall Hryciuk, Mehdi Hamda, Michel Therien, Nick Laird, Nicole Brossard, Patrick Friesen, Patrick Lane, Paul Vermeersch, Pearl Pirie, Raúl Zurita Canessa, Roland Prevost, Sacha Vachon, Sandra Ridley, Sheri-D Wilson, Stan Dragland, Stephen Brockwell, Steven Artelle, Stevie Howell and Titilope Sonuga. See the entire schedule, including author bios, information on tickets (as well as a number of free events) (and even how to volunteer) here.

The Factory Reading Series is once again participating, with lectures by Armand Ruffo and Lisa Jarnot.

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