Jean-Marc Desgent is widely considered a major figure in contemporary francophone poetry. 

Renée Sarojini Saklikar's latest book is a B.C. bestseller: Listening to the Bees (Nightwood Editions, 2018). 

Major Danish poet Ursula Andkjær Olsen's poems push back against injustice in a fractal asymmetry. 

Anomaly is a Montreal musician, poet, and community organizer. 

VERSeFest Hall of Fame Danielle K.L. Grégoire returns. 

Infinite Mind is an Ottawa-based spoken word poet. 

Manahil Bandukwala is the author of Paper Doll (Anstruther Press, 2019). 

Rhube Knox strives to leave her audience seen, trusted, and sometimes healed, but never broken.  

Writing led Sam Taskie towards a poetry community that he calls home. 

Spoken word artist Satinka is an actress and chef and will perform some delicious words.  

Shawn Katuwapitiya went to the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word with a poem called Gratitude. 

Shery Alexander Heinis’ poetry is imbued with eclectic imagery, colour, soul, power and warmth.  

Vanessa Rotondo merges science with art and words to facilitate expression.