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March 26 – 31
Klara du Plessis
Chloé LaDuchesse
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Gillian Sze
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Nicole Brossard
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Announcing Versefest 2019
Six days, eighty poets, one festival. Celebrating written poetry and spoken word in English and French, VF ’19 brings you some of the most exciting poets on the planet.
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Anomaly
Anomaly is a Montreal musician, poet, and community organizer.
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Chloé LaDuchesse
Chloé LaDuchesse is the fifth poet laureate of the city of Greater Sudbury.
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Émilie Turmel
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Casse-Gueules
Émilie Turmel explores the internalized violence of women's bodies and pays tribute to their resilience.
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Dennis Lee
Lee’s collected poems, Heart Residence, will make your head spin. He's also one of Canada's most-loved children's authors.
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson is a renowned Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg artist, musician, poet and writer.
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Rebecca Papucaru
The Panic Room
by Rebecca Păpacaru won The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards 2018.
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Tanya Evanson
Tanya Evanson is an inspirational Antiguan-Canadian poet, performer, producer and arts educator.
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