Monty Reid at the Dusty Owl Reading Series, Ottawa

Ottawa poet Monty Reid, author of the Archibald Lampman Award-winning collection Disappointment Island (Chaudiere Books, 2006), will be reading as part of The Dusty Owl Reading Series, Sunday, December 2 at 5pm at Swizzles Bar & Grill, 246 (downstairs) Queen Street. The event also includes an open set, and, if you're feeling brave, stay after for the karaoke, hosted by Dog & Pony Sound. info: 613.230.7710 or steve@dustyowl.com

From their facebook notice: "And as usual, we'll follow our featured reader with our ever-surprising open mike (bring your own stories, songs, poems, and performances to share - anything goes!) and the Object of Desire competition will wrap up the night, so keep the writing implements sharp."

photos from Anne Le Dressay's Ottawa book launch

Here are two photos from the Ottawa launch of Anne Le Dressay's second poetry collection, Old Winter [check here for catalogue/ordering information] that happened last night at Collected Works, courtesy of poet/blogger Pearl Pirie.

Opening act Amanda Earl, reading from her chapbook E l e a n o r (above/ground press).

Anne Le Dressay, reading from Old Winter.

Stephen Brockwell, Jordan Fry & John Newlove

Ottawa poet Stephen Brockwell, post-ottawa small press book fair, going through Jordan Fry's recent purchase, the new A Long Continual Argument: The Selected Poems of John Newlove (photo courtesy Jordan Fry).

john newlove in jacket magazine (aus)

Australia's Jacket magazine has just posted three poems by Canadian poet John Newlove in their newest issue, as well as "These Things Form Poems When I Allow It: After John Newlove," an afterword by Jeff Derksen, to coincide with the publication of A Long Continual Argument: The Selected Poems of John Newlove, ed. Robert McTavish (Ottawa ON: Chaudiere Books)

http://jacketmagazine.com/34/newlove-3.shtml
http://jacketmagazine.com/34/derkson-newlove.shtml

for information about the book (and how to order one), go to: http://robmclennan.blogspot.com/2007/09/long-continual-argument-selected-poems.html

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