Events & Readings

Poetry Works! Pop-Up Dispensary of Free Poetry Advice
With Jenny Haysom and Cameron Anstee
Sunday, November 10, 2019, Ottawa, Ontario
Ottawa Farmers’ Market, Lansdowne Park
Aberdeen Pavilion, 9 AM to 1 PM

Laurete City 2
November 15-17, 2019, Ottawa, Ontario
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street

Poetry London
Wth Joshua Whitehead
Wednesday, November 20, 2019, London, Ontario
Landon Branch Library, 167 Wortley Road, 7:30 PM

The Reading Series, St. Jerome’s University
Friday, November 22, 2019, Waterloo, Ontario
290 Westmount Road North, SJ1 3027, 4:30 PM


RECENT 

2019 Archibald Lampman Award Shortlist Reading
With Jenny Haysom and Cameron Anstee
Thursday, October 3, 2019, Ottawa, Ontario
Vimy Brewing Company, 145 Loretta Ave N #1, Ottawa, 7 PM

Thin Air 2019: Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival
Afternoon Book Chat with Kaie Kellough 
Tuesday, September 24, Winnipeg, Ontario, 2:30 PM
Atrium, McNally Robinson – Grant Park, 1120 Grant Avenue

Thin Air 2019: Winnipeg International Writers’ Festival
Mainstage Poetry Bash with Cam Scott, Jim Johnstone, Kaie Kellough and Monica Kidd
Tuesday, September 24, Winnipeg, Ontario, 7:30 PM
Manitoba Theatre for Young People, The Forks

STRINGS and POETRY
Thirteen Strings Chamber Orchestra presents its annual Good Friday concert:
The Seven Last Words” by Joseph Haydn
Featuring poems by Ottawa Poet Laureates Margaret Michèle Cook and Deanna Young, and others
Friday, April 19, 2019, Ottawa, Ontario
Dominion Chalmers United Church, 355 Cooper Street, 7:30PM

POET LAUREATE INAUGURATION
With Margaret Michèle Cook and Amal El-Mohtar
Saturday, March 23, 2019, Ottawa, Ontario
City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue W., 7PM

READING
A living room event, open to the public (BYOB)
With Michael Dennis
Saturday, February 23, 2019, Vanier (Ottawa), Ontario
214 Dagmar Ave., 7:30PM

READING
With Jenny Haysom (Dividing the Wayside) and Jean Van Loon (Building on River)
Wednesday, February 6, 2018, Kingston, Ontario
Novel Idea Bookstore, 156 Princess Street, 7PM

READING
Tree Reading Series
Tuesday, November 27, 2018, Ottawa, Ontario
Happy Goat Coffee, 35 Laurel Street (1 block northwest of Gladstone & Preston), 8PM

READING
WordsFest
Saturday, November 3, 2018, London, Ontario
Museum London, 12PM

READING
Brick Books Fall 2018 Launch w/Julie Bruck and Susan Gillis
Thursday, November 1, 2018, Toronto, Ontario
Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, 6PM

LAUNCH OF REUNION
Double book launch with Jenny Haysom
Sunday, September 30, 2018, Ottawa, Ontario
The Cameron, 176 Cameron Avenue (@ the Ottawa Tennis and Lawn Bowling Club), 7PM