Thursday

Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo is a poet, a publisher and a university researcher who won the Trillium Prize. 

When you hear Guy Jean read, you will understand why he has been acclaimed for his contribution to Outaouais literature. 

Mark Frutkin's quiet glow of Hermit Thrush was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award in 2016. 

An intense reader who could still and silence any pins in the room. 

Celebrated widely in North America and Japan, Marco Fraticelli is a true master of the haiku form.  

A leader in haiku nationally, Maxianne Berger pushes constraints and constants. 

Jill Jorgenson finds voice for the tender and the bitter, the peace and the turmoil, the playful and the wise.  

The incomparable Lisa Robertson’s feminist poetry is a deeply satisfying, sexy, workout for the mind. 

Phoebe Wang critically engages how we construct ourselves, among gender, diversity and other gaps. 

One of Canada's most loved English writers, Robyn Sarah, writes of the lyrical beauty of the daily. 

Evan J. Hoskins likes the words non-sequitur disjunctive parataxis polysemous. He’d like to dent normalization. 

Frédérique Champagne's muse is among the epic battles fought under fleur-de-lys adorned flags. 

The sweeping diverse landscapes of Windsor-Essex Country inspires Lauren Stiers. 

“To invent the poet to complete the century…I would create Mark Doty just as he is, a maker of big, risky, fearless poems.”-Philip Levine  

New Poets Laureate inducted.  

Louis Bertholom of France has a committed, powerful, lucid poetry, in tune with the world on the move. 

Are you part of the Heighton fan club? A live appearance to tide you over until next time.