We've had a few reports of attendees testing positive for COVID-19 since the festival. If you were in attendance in-person, please consider taking a rapid test and self-isolating where possible.
if you are coming down to #versefest tonight for @riverbedreads & the @VERSeOttawa Best of #Ottawa feature here are the road closures taking place in the area from 4pm onwards. may impact you depending where you are coming from.
Unflinching, funny and bare in oh so many ways, @MollyECB's EXHIBITIONIST hit close to home when it came out during the pandemic, and we are thrilled that she is coming to Ottawa to be part of our #VERSeFEST lineup tomorrow. Tickets and info: verseottawa.ca/en/events?dat…@VERSeOttawa
Yesterday was a beautiful night of readings at @VERSeOttawa! Thank you to all who came out or watched, and to all our readers: Ciku Gitonga, @HadzicVera, Vivian Vavassis, @mrrazovsky, & @jobitek! Deeply powerful and vibrant performances!
ALT Vivian Vavassis reading at the podium.
ALT Stuart Ross joining us virtually through Zoom.
ALT Juliane Okot Bitek reading at the podium.
ALT Ciku Gitonga and Vera Hadzic pictured together after the event.
The structure matched our usual open-mic readings and longer featured readings to create that wonderful Tree atmosphere. If you missed it, you can watch the full livestream here!
youtube.com/live/h_YsGwuGK7s…
Tomorrow night at 8pm, Tree will be at @VERSeOttawa featuring readings from Vivian Vavassis, Juliane Okot Bitek (@jobitek), Ciku Gitonga, Vera Hadzic (@HadzicVera)! Tickets are available to join us in-person at Knox Church, or join us on the live-stream!
verseottawa.ca/en/event/tree…
Coming up this Thursday at 9pm! I'm thrilled to be part of this stellar lineup. Live in Ottawa and streaming everywhere on the @VERSeOttawa website. (The bio is outdated but the poems will be fresh!) Hope to see you at @VERSeFest !
ALT Event page for 9 pm March 23 VersFest reading (at Knox Church and streamed), with photos of performers Frances Boyle, Stephen Brockwell, Jennifer Pederson, Liam Burke and Natalie Hanna.
Tomorrow night at 8pm, Tree will be at @VERSeOttawa featuring readings from Vivian Vavassis, Juliane Okot Bitek (@jobitek), Ciku Gitonga, Vera Hadzic (@HadzicVera)! Tickets are available to join us in-person at Knox Church, or join us on the live-stream!
verseottawa.ca/en/event/tree…
Exciting news: Tree will be at @VERSeOttawa this Tuesday March 21st at 8pm!!! Join us for a beautiful night of poetry! More details here (and some still to come):
verseottawa.ca/en/event/tree…
Watch Justin Million orchestrate KEYBOARDS!, a performance event where attendees are encouraged to talk amongst themselves so that their conversations might be mined for improvisational typewritten poems, March 24.