The Poet's House I (La casa del poeta I) Eduardo Chillida, 1980 www.eduardochillida.com/en/work #art #sculpture
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poet, gardener, intelligence expert former Managing Editor at Arc poetry Magazine former Director at VerseFest books with Brick, Chaudiere, Anansi, rdc, etc new book coming from University of Calgary Press
Raoul Vaneigem—Situationist, author, and lifelong aspiring revolutionary—has passed away at the age of 92. "Let ten people meet who are resolved on the lightning of violence rather than the long agony of survival; from this moment, despair ends and tactics begin." —The Revolution of Everyday Life
Mickaël Correia@mickacorreia.bsky.social · last wk.RIP Raoul Vaneigem 😪. "Les stupides résurgences du nationalisme et des religions ne sont que l'écume dérisoire du vrai danger : l'acquiescement suicidaire au sort qui nous est fait et par lequel une économie en dépérissement nous enjoint de dépérir avec elle." (1996) Toujours d'actualité.
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary continues to be celebrated, / @amishtrivedi.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @travissharp.bsky.social @reneesarojini.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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Happy birthday Frances Reid! Our front yard, with the hawthorne tree that I planted on her birthday 16 years ago!
Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part one, : Jason Camlot and Stuart Ross, + Monty Reid, / @jasoncamlot.bsky.social @razovsky.bsky.social @mreid.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/06/ongo...
Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part one, : Jason Camlot and Stuart Ross, + Monty Reid,
[ Manahil Bandukwala at the Brick Books table; Leigh Nash and Andrew Faulkner at the Assembly Press table] Another small press book ...
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we had such a wonderful time at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair, and would like to thank @robmclennan.bsky.social for organizing a fabulous event, and the rumours are true, Ottawa's poetry scene is not only vibrant, but friendly as well, thank you everyone!
A new chapbook! From a new press! Order it direct from Sider0xylon, or pick up a copy at Ottawa's small press book fair later in June. For all my spy-adjacent friends
sider0xylon press@sider0xylon.bsky.social · 2mo agoAnnouncing! ! ! Operatives by Monty Reid @mreid.bsky.social $10 (+$5 s&h for USA/International) isbn: 978-1-7770268-6-8 50 copies "1: Brush Pass You never know what you’ll be given. . . . . .You are the form the message takes, every time." sider0xylon.carrd.co#catalogue #poetry #canlit
Bpnichol.ca is up and live! Browse, search, and explore hundreds of links, downloadable ads, theses and dissertations -- its a clearinghouse of poetic/prosaic awesome: bpnichol.ca
Pieta, 2026 (garden assemblage with pinecones, on basswood)
Thank you all so much for making #VERSeFest2026! We had full houses every night for our funny, engaging, thoughtful, excellent #poets! See you at future VERSe Ottawa events, and at VERSeFest 2027! <3 <3 <3
Counterweight, 2025 (garden assemblage with brown-eyed susan, saskatoon, on balsa)
Thank you so much, #Ottawa, for an excellent opening night!
Our two live readers at VERSeFest x Riverbed: Marie-Célie Agnant (L) Sanita Fejzić (R) #VERSeFest2026 #ottpoetry #ottpoets #queerpoets #HaitianPoets #ottawa #ottawaevents
Friends! We're inducting two new poets into the Hall of Honour this Sunday, March 29! Our 2026 Inductees are: MONTY REID and SUSAN MCMASTER Join us for free on Sunday, March 29 4:30pm In Person - Arts Court Black Box Studio (2 Daly) Online - versefest.ca
the 16th annual VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival begins tonight (with livestream options as well); & if you pre-purchase tickets, there's less fiddling at the door, yes? lots of exciting readings this week! verseottawa.ca/en/events
Tuesday Mar 24
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folio : Forty-five Ottawa poets : ed. rob mclennan, , via periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics, / @mreid.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social @ajdolman.bsky.social @ehjchang.bsky.social @francesboyle19.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/folio-fort...
new from above/ground press: The Peter F Yacht Club #36; VERSeFest special! , @francesboyle19.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @snehaskanta.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @awapointe.bsky.social abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/03/new-...
new from above/ground press: The Peter F Yacht Club #36; VERSeFest special!
The Peter F Yacht Club #36 2026 VERSeFest Special lovingly hand-crafted, folded, stapled, edited and carried around in bags of envelopes by ...
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Karen Solie Discovers Leal Rental, 2026, (garden construction with misc plant materials, on basswood). See Karen Solie in Ottawa for VerseFest 2026.
Homage to above/ground press, 2026 (various plant material, maple bark, basswood).
The Factory Reading Series @ VERSeFest: Nada Gordon + Lydia Unsworth, March 29, 2026! / @subpresspoetry.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @knifeforkspoon.bsky.social @lydiaunsworth.bsky.social @nadagordon.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/03/the-...
The Factory Reading Series @ VERSeFest: Nada Gordon + Lydia Unsworth, March 29, 2026!
The Factory Reading Series as part of the sixteenth annual VERSeFest poetry festival presents: The Factory Reading Series Lecture Series ; ...
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"In the middle of my life, I found myself in a dark wood...." 2026. (garden assemblage with spirea, pine cones, on stained basswood)
VERSeFest Presents/présente : Ft Paul Vermeersch, Hajer Mirwali, Jérôme Melançon Friday, March 27 - 20:30pm Happy Goat Laurel Vendredi, le 27 mars - 20h30 Happy Goat (rue Laurel) $15 ($25 for both March 27 shows) 15 $ (25 $ pour les deux spectacles du 27 mars) www.verseottawa.ca/en/event/fri...
by the way, this year's VERSeFest is running two poetry workshops: one by Toronto poet/editor Paul Vermeersch, and another by Calgary poet/slam performer Sheri-D Wilson; see here for further information: verseottawa.ca/en/versefest
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