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March 21 – 26, 2017
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Schedule
Poets
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1pm: National Capital Region Showcase
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street
Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo
Angèle Bassolé Ouédraogo is a poet, a publisher and a university researcher who won the Trillium Prize.
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Guy Jean
When you hear Guy Jean read, you will understand why he has been acclaimed for his contribution to Outaouais literature.
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Mark Frutkin
Mark Frutkin's quiet glow of
Hermit Thrush
was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award in 2016.
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Sandra Ridley
An intense reader who could still and silence any pins in the room.
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3pm: KaDo (New Time)
Pressed Cafe, 750 Gladstone
Marco Fraticelli
Celebrated widely in North America and Japan, Marco Fraticelli is a true master of the haiku form.
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Maxianne Berger
A leader in haiku nationally, Maxianne Berger pushes constraints and constants.
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3pm: Arc
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street
Jill Jorgenson
Jill Jorgenson finds voice for the tender and the bitter, the peace and the turmoil, the playful and the wise.
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Lisa Robertson
The incomparable Lisa Robertson’s feminist poetry is a deeply satisfying, sexy, workout for the mind.
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Phoebe Wang
Phoebe Wang critically engages how we construct ourselves, among gender, diversity and other gaps.
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Robyn Sarah
One of Canada's most loved English writers, Robyn Sarah, writes of the lyrical beauty of the daily.
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4:30pm: Student Showcase
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street
Evan J. Hoskins
Evan J. Hoskins likes the words non-sequitur disjunctive parataxis polysemous. He’d like to dent normalization.
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Frédérique Champagne
Frédérique Champagne's muse is among the epic battles fought under fleur-de-lys adorned flags.
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Lauren Stiers
The sweeping diverse landscapes of Windsor-Essex Country inspires Lauren Stiers.
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7pm: Poet Laureate Inauguration plus Mark Doty
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street
Mark Doty
“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
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Poet Laureate/ Poète lauréat
New Poets Laureate inducted.
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9pm: Sawdust
Knox Presbyterian Church, 120 Lisgar Street
Louis Bertholom
Louis Bertholom of France has a committed, powerful, lucid poetry, in tune with the world on the move.
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Steven Heighton
Are you part of the Heighton fan club? A live appearance to tide you over until next time.
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