VERSeFest : Ottawa's International Poetry Festival, March 21-24, 2024 :

VERSeFest, Ottawa's International Poetry Festival, returns for our fourteenth glorious year of events.

This year's festival, as part of our ongoing rebuilding year, will feature a wide range of award-winning performers in English and French.

A mix of readings and performances will allow participants and poets to gather once more under the roofs of some iconic Ottawa establishments. Read on for full location details.

At this year's festival, poets/performers will have copies of their books/chapbooks/cds on hand to sell. Please support them directly!

Thursday, March 21, 2024: Avant-Garde Bar, 135 Besserer Street, 7pm
Anita Lahey, Monty Reid, Marjorie Silverman, Laila Malik [pictured]
    hosted by Jennifer Baker / Arc Poetry Magazine,
Daniel Groleau Londry, nina jane drystek, MayaSpoken
    hosted by Allison Armstrong

Friday, March 22, 2024 : Happy Goat, 35 Laurel Street, 8pm
Amanda Earl, DS Stymiest, IAN MARTIN, Mary Lee Bragg
    hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Susan McMaster, Sneha Madhaven-Reese [pictured], Shane Rhodes
    hosted by rob mclennan

Saturday, March 23, 2024 : Redbird, 1165 Bank Street, 8pm
$12 for the evening: available here
Jaclyn Piudik, Chris Turnbull, Mark Goldstein, Derek Webster
    hosted by rob mclennan
Sandra Ridley, David O’Meara, Madeleine Stratford [pictured]
    hosted by Zishad Lak

Sunday, March 24, 2024: Spark Beer, 702 Somerset Street West, 8pm
AJ Dolman, Myriam Legault-Beauregard, Nduka Otiono,
    hosted by Madeleine Stratford
Jason Christie, Klara du Plessis+ Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi
    hosted by rob mclennan

check out our website for further information, including full author biographies.
for information/queries: rob_mclennan@hotmail.com