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VERSeFest - 14th International Poetry Festival
March 18-26
Avant-Garde Bar, Happy Goat Coffee Co., Red Bird Live, Spark Beer, 135 1/2 Besserer Street, 35 Laurel Street, 1165 Bank Street, 702 Somerset Street West
Price: some events are FREE, some events are ticketed $12 https://www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

Opening Night - Thursday, March 21st - 7pm at Avant-Garde Bar
https://www.facebook.com/events/1129563644736791/

Anita Lahey, Monty Reid, Marjorie Silverman, Laila Malik
hosted by Jennifer Baker / Arc Poetry Magazine,
Daniel Groleau Landry, nina jane drystek + MayaSpoken
hosted by Allison Armstrong

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Night Two - Friday, March 22nd - 8pm at Happy Goat Coffee Co. - Laurel
https://www.facebook.com/events/254821224263577/

Amanda Earl, DS Stymiest, IAN MARTIN, Mary Lee Bragg, hosted by Stephen Brockwell
Susan McMaster, Sneha Madhaven-Reese, Shane Rhodes, hosted by rob Mclennan

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Night Three - Saturday, March 23rd - 8pm at Red Bird Live
https://www.facebook.com/events/287308700899864/

Jaclyn Piudik, Chris Turnbull, Mark Goldstein, Derek Webster, hosted by rob mclennan
Sandra Ridley, David O’Meara, Madeleine Stratford
hosted by Zishad Lak

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Night Four - Sunday, March 24th - 8pm at Spark Beer
https://www.facebook.com/events/957173069301031

AJ Dolman, Myriam Legault-Beauregard, Nduka Otiono,, hosted by Madeleine Stratford
Jason Christie, Klara du Plessis + Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi,, hosted by rob Mclennan