Literary Community

The following are links to some of the literary ‘goings on’ in the Ottawa area.

 

ARC, Canada’s National Poetry Magazine.

     http://www.arcpoetry.ca/

 

Bywords.ca and Bywords Quarterly Journal. (Includes a calendar of local literary events)

     http://www.bywords.ca/

 

Get on rob mclennan’s list to be notified of literary events in the Ottawa area. His site contains new work, book reviews, information for the SPAN-O reading series, and lots of links to other literary stuff.

     http://robmclennan.blogspot.com

 

Book lover and Citizen columnist John W. MacDonald maintains a blog about great literary happenings in the city.

     http://weblog.johnwmacdonald.com/

 

17 Seconds: a journal of poetry and poetics - a open site for dialogue on poetic theory and practice.

     http://www.ottawater.com/seventeenseconds/

 

Roland Prevost’s poetry & music site:

     http://www.wordsters.net/

 

The Ottawa International Writer's Festival has great info on Literary Events, Ottawa writers, and resources on how to get published.

     http://www.writersfestival.org

 

The Sasquatch Reading Series is another long-running reading series in town featuring an eclectic mix of poetry, prose, song, and other artistic pursuits in the performance vein.

     http://www.e-sasquatch.ca

 

The Dusty Owl Readings – Another great reading series in the city

    http://www.dustyowl.com

 

Gillian Wallace shares her poetry editing techniques at Watch Me Edit:

     http://gillianwallace.ca

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