Karen Massey at The TREE Reading Series

above/ground press author Karen Massey features as part of the Hot Ottawa Voices at The TREE Reading Series. Celebrating thirty-five years of Ottawa's longest-running reading series with readings by three Ottawa poets: Karen Massey, David Stymeist and Susan Atkinson.

open set + featured reader(s)
Tuesday, May 12, 2015
8pm at Black Squirrel Books, 1073 Bank Street, Ottawa

for further information on Massey's latest above/ground press chapbook: http://abovegroundpress.blogspot.ca/2014/12/new-from-aboveground-press-strange-fits.html

for further information on The TREE Reading Series: http://www.treereadingseries.ca/

Jordan Abel at The TREE Reading Series, Ottawa, September 23, 2014

above/ground press author and Vancouver resident Jordan Abel heads east for his first Ottawa reading, appearing at The TREE Reading Series alongside David Groulx on September 23, 2014.

For a complete list of upcoming readers at The TREE Reading Series, check out their website at http://www.treereadingseries.ca/readings

some author activity: Irwin, Turnbull, Bowering, Reid + mclennan,

Video of Marilyn Irwin's recent co-featured reading as part of The TREE Reading Series is now online; Chris Turnbull has a new essay up in the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; George Bowering participates in "The Humour Issue Questionnaire" over at Poetry is Dead; Monty Reid is interviewed about Arc Poetry Magazine over at The Review Review; and there's a new interview with rob mclennan over at barsetshirediaries.

Marilyn Irwin reads as part of The TREE Reading Series' 'hot ottawa voices,' June 10, 2014

above/ground press author Marilyn Irwin reads as part of the annual 'hot ottawa voices' night at The TREE Reading Series, June 10, 2014, along with Gabriel Wainio-Théberge, Frances Boyle and Sneha Madhavan-Reese. Irwin is the author of three chapbooks, the first two of which--For when you pick daisies (reprinted in full in the anthology Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press, 2003-2013 (Chaudiere Books, 2013)) and flicker--appeared with above/ground press (and are most likely still available).

some author activity: Brockwell, McElroy, mclennan, Martin, Higdon, Betts, Cain + Poe,

Stephen Brockwell facilitates a TREE Seed Workshop on Tuesday, May 13, 2014 from 6:45 to 7:45pm on French Canadian Poetry; Gil McElroy, rob mclennan, Camille Martin and Hailey Higdon (among others) have new work in the first issue of Touch the Donkey; Gregory Betts writes on M. NourbeSe Philip over at Jacket 2, "Not against expression"; Stephen Cain responds as part of the "At the desk" series at Open Book: Ontario, as does rob mclennan; and Deborah Poe and Megan Burns posted a reading of part of their Poetry Month collaboration-in-progress over on SoundCloud.

Brecken Hancock and Camille Martin at The TREE Reading Series, Ottawa;

above/ground press authors Brecken Hancock and Camille Martin feature at Ottawa's TREE Reading Series on Tuesday, April 22, 2014 at 8pm! Admission is free, and there's even an open set.

Martin will be launching her new above/ground press chapbook, Sugar Beach, and Brecken Hancock (author of The Art of Plumbing) will be launching her first trade poetry collection, Broom Broom (Coach House Books, 2014). See the link at the TREE Reading Series website for more details. Might we see you there?

and: Brecken is also reading on Sunday, April 27th with Aisha Saint John as part of the Plan 99 Reading Series at the ottawa international writers festival!

some author activity: Bolster, Abel, Dolman, Dennis, hastain, Hall + Wilkinson;

Stephanie Bolster is interviewed by Montreal poet and blogger Susan Gillis; the website CanLit Guides writes on "Visual Poetry and Indigenous-Settler Issues: Shane Rhodes and Jordan Abel"; Anita Dolman reads at The TREE Reading Series, Ottawa, on December 10, 2013 alongside Mike Caesar and Peter Richardson; and above/ground press authors Amy Dennis, j/j hastain, Phil Hall and Joshua Marie Wilkinson each have new work up in the 8th issue of seventeen seconds: a journal of poetry and poetics.

above/ground press author Amanda Earl with Dawn Kresan @ TREE, June 11, 2013

The TREE READING SERIES PRESENTS AMANDA EARL & DAWN KRESAN

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

8:00 p.m. Readings – Open Mic and Featured Readers

Note LOCATION: ONE NIGHT ONLY Tree revisits The Royal Oak

On June 11 Tree will be held in the downstairs room of the Royal Oak at 161 Laurier Ave. E., Ottawa

Amanda Earl + Dawn Kresan

Amanda Earl is an Ottawa poet and blogger, author of numerous poetry chapbooks (including three with above/ground press) and managing editor of Bywords.ca. Amanda is the author of numerous poetry chapbooks published in Canada, the USA and the UK, most recently Sex First & Then A Sandwich (above/ground press, 2012). Two manuscripts, "Sessions from the Dream House Aria" and "Eve, a mere roar," a collaborative work with Sandra Ridley, have been shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Innovative Poetry Award. The managing editor of www.Bywords.ca, Amanda holds an Honours BA and an MA in French Language, Literature and Translation from the University of Waterloo, and Honours BA in Translation from the School of Translators and Interpreters at the University of Ottawa.

Dawn Kresan’s poetry has appeared in a number of literary journals, including The Dalhousie Review, Carousel, Vallum, Lichen, The Windsor Review, Prairie Journal, CV2, The Antigonish Review and Event. Her first full-length poetry collection will be published by Tightrope in 2013. She lives in Kingsville, Ontario, with her husband and their daughter.

More information at: http://www.treereadingseries.ca/

some author activity: Robertson, Pirie, Hancock, mclennan, Martin, hastain + Nichol,

Are you ready for spring yet? Until then, there's a new interview with Lisa Robertson at The Rusty Toque; Pearl Pirie has a new essay up at Canadian Poetries, and a new poem over at Poem in Which; Pirie was also good enough to post a photo of Brecken Hancock from her recent appearance in the open set at The TREE Reading Series; Camille Martin gets reviewed over at Bookslut; j/j hastain participates in The Next Big Thing self-interview series; and the online archive for the late Toronto poet bpNichol has been extensively updated.

some author activity: Armantrout, mclennan, beaulieu, Ferguson, Pirie + Maguire,

There is an audio of Rae Armantrout discussing her poem "The Way," and Lynn Behrendt included an image of Armantrout in homage in a recent collage; Armantrout also has a poem posted here, and is included in an essay, here; Harriet, the blog for the Poetry Foundation re-posted my blog entry on writing for Twitter, as well as this conversation derek beaulieu had with Vanessa Place and Natalia Federova from Jacket2; derek also has a small new item from Puddles of Sky; Jesse Patrick Ferguson is interviewed over at Canadian Poets Petting Cats; there's a video of Pearl Pirie reading in the open mike at The TREE Reading Series, Ottawa, on August 14, 2012; and Shannon Maguire is a finalist in Manitoba's "Maggie Awards" (to be announced September 13). Good luck, Shannon!

And don't forget the end-of-summer 19th anniversary sale currently on, ending September 15!

Some author activity: Amanda Earl and rob mclennan

above/ground press author Amanda Earl has a new poem and a short interview over at Australian online journal, The South Townsville micro poetry journal, as well as some recent "Poetry Talk" posts over at her blog; and Pearl Pirie took a photo of rob mclennan listening to Ron Silliman's reading on March 10, 2012 in Ottawa, and, for some reason, there's a YouTube post of him reading at The TREE Reading Series open mike from June, 2011.