A VERSe For Every Ear

 2 Dope Boys in a Cadillac, Johnny MacRae and shayne avec i grec. All photos by Pearl Pirie. VERSeFest, Ottawa’s International Poetry Festival, is back. Poet Sue Goyette. Returning for its sixth annual edition, VERSefest will run from Tuesday, March 15th until March 20th, and it will host more than

The Creative World of Small Press Publishing

 All photos courtesy of Cameron Anstee Small press publishing is alive in Ottawa, providing local wordsmiths the opportunity to share their works in a tangible, creative and satisfying way. Apt. 9 chapbooks in progress A result of the Arts and Crafts movement lasting from 1880 to 1910, small presses publish

Local Poets Hit the Road in International Tour

 After a wildly successful Kickstarter campaign, a group of five young Canadian poets are on the road. The Worst Case Ontario poetry reading tour kicked off on August 21 in Toronto, Ontario. The poets are scheduled to visit nine North American cities in as many days. OLM sat down with

Poetry in the Capital

 Poetry has a long history, and while it’s unclear when it started exactly, the oldest surviving poem was said to have been written in 2500 B.C.E. To this day, in every country and at every age, poetry continues to be written, read and listened to for the purpose of sharing