ottawater: 15.0 : Barton, Clarke, Dolman, Earl, Graf, Massey, Pirie, Radmore + Reid

A variety of above/ground press authors (as well as plenty of other former and current Ottawa-area poets) have new work in the fifteenth issue of the online Ottawa poetry pdf annual ottawater, which is now available online.

Edited/published by rob mclennan, you can see new poems at www.ottawater.com by John Barton, George Elliott Clarke, Anita Dolman, Amanda Earl, Adele Graf, Karen Massey, Pearl Pirie, Claudia Coutu Radmore and Monty Reid, among others. 

If you can, why not go to tomorrow night's launch? 7:30pm at the Carleton Tavern, Parkdale Market, Ottawa. Lovingly hosted by editor/publisher rob mclennan.

some author activity: Caple, Cassidy, McNair, Bolster, Lea, Whistle, Christie, Spinosa + mclennan,

Natalee Caple has a new essay online at Room magazine, on #MeToo backlash and burnout; Sara Cassidy, Christine McNair, Stephanie Bolster, N.W. Lea, Ian Whistle, Jason Christie and Dani Spinosa all have new work in the fourteenth issue of ottawater; and rob mclennan has a poem-in-progress, "snow day," posted over at his blog.

the launch of ottawater #14: Ottawa's annual poetry pdf journal

Ottawa’s annual pdf poetry journal
edited by rob mclennan

Come out to the launch of the fourteenth issue of ottawater, featuring new writing by Manahil Bandukwala, Stephanie Bolster, Sara Cassidy, Jason Christie, JM Francheteau, Spencer Gordon, Chris Johnson, N.W. Lea, Leah MacLean-Evans, Christine McNair, Colin Morton, Dani Spinosa, Priscila Uppal, Jean Van Loon, Ian Whistle and Maha Zimmo.

http://www.ottawater.com

The launch, featuring readings by a number of this issue’s contributors, will be held on Friday, February 2, 2018, upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, Parkdale at Armstrong; doors 7pm, reading 7:30pm.

Lovingly hosted by editor/publisher rob mclennan.

Founded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, "ottawater," and its chemical formula/logo "O2(H2O)," is a poetry annual produced exclusively on-line, in both readable and printable pdf formats, and found at http://www.ottawater.com. An anthology focusing on Ottawa poets and poetics, its first issue appeared in January 2005, 150 years after old Bytown became the City of Ottawa.

The issue itself isn't online yet, but all previous issues remain archived on the site. Thanks to designer Tanya Sprowl, the ottawa international writers festival, and Randy Woods at non-linear creations for their continuing support.

the launch of ottawater #12: Ottawa's annual poetry pdf journal‏

Ottawa’s annual pdf poetry journal
edited by rob mclennan
www.ottawater.com

Come out to the launch of the twelfth issue of ottawater, featuring new writing by Sylvia Adams, Susan J. Atkinson, John Barton, Frances Boyle, Stephen Brockwell, Carellin Brooks, Sara Cassidy, George Elliott Clarke, Anita Dolman, nina jane drystek, Claire Farley, Mark Frutkin, jesslyn gagno, Shoshannah Ganz, Jenna Jarvis, Ben Ladouceur, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Karen Massey, Robin McLachlen, Colin Morton, Peter Norman, Julia Polyck-O’Neill, Roland Prevost, Tim Mook Sang, Lesley Strutt, D.S. Stymeist, Anne Marie Todkill, Deanna Young and Changming Yuan.

The launch, featuring readings by a number of this issue’s contributors, will be held on Saturday, February 6, upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, Parkdale at Armstrong; doors 7pm, reading 7:30pm.

Lovingly hosted by editor/publisher rob mclennan.

Founded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, "ottawater," and its chemical formula/logo "O2(H2O)," is a poetry annual produced exclusively on-line, in both readable and printable pdf formats, and found at http://www.ottawater.com. An anthology focusing on Ottawa poets and poetics, its first issue appeared in January 2005, 150 years after old Bytown became the City of Ottawa.

The issue itself won't be online for another few weeks, but all previous issues remain archived on the site. Thanks to designer Tanya Sprowl, the ottawa international writers festival, and Randy Woods at non-linear creations for their continuing support.

the launch of ottawater #11 : Ottawa's annual poetry pdf journal,

Ottawa’s annual pdf poetry journal
edited by rob mclennan
www.ottawater.com

The eleventh issue of ottawater will soon be online, featuring new writing by Steven Artelle, Jennifer Baker, Selina Boan, Frances Boyle, Jamie Bradley, Ronnie R. Brown, Catherine Brunet, Jason Christie, Faizal Deen, dalton derkson, Amanda Earl, Phil Hall, Chris Johnson, Matt Jones, a.m. kozak, Brenda Liefso, rob mclennan, Cath Morris, Colin Morton, Alcofribas Nasier II, Pearl Pirie, Nicholas Power, Ryan Pratt, Monty Reid, Sonia Saikaley, Dean Steadman, Rob Thomas, Dennis Tourbin, Lauren Turner and Vivian Vavassis, well as new interviews with Matt Jones (conducted by Amanda Earl), Brecken Hancock (conducted by Lesley Strutt) and Phil Hall (conducted by Jennifer Baker).

Come out to the launch (featuring readings by a number of this issue’s contributors) on Friday, January 30, upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, Parkdale at Armstrong; doors 7pm, reading 7:30pm. Lovingly hosted by rob mclennan.

Founded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, "ottawater," and its chemical formula/logo "O2(H2O)," is a poetry annual produced exclusively on-line, in both readable and printable pdf formats, and found at http://www.ottawater.com. An anthology focusing on Ottawa poets and poetics, its first issue appeared in January 2005, 150 years after old Bytown became the City of Ottawa.

All previous issues remain archived on the site as well. Thanks to designer Tanya Sprowl, the ottawa international writers festival, and Randy Woods at non-linear creations for their continuing support.

Amanda Earl reviews ottawater #10

Amanda Earl was good enough to write a review of the tenth issue of the Ottawa poetry pdf journal ottawater over at her fine blog, focusing on submissions by Patti Normand, Scott Fairchild, Sylvia Adams, George Elliott Clarke, JM Francheteau, Richard Froude, Karen Massey, Justin Million, Colin Morton, Roland Prevost, Armand Garnet Ruffo and Matthew Walsh. Thanks, Amanda!

ottawater #10 : Anstee, Barton, Bolster, Clarke, Dolman, Lea, Massey, Prevost + Young,

The tenth issue of the Ottawa poetry pdf annual ottawater is now online at www.ottawater.com, featuring new work by above/ground press authors Cameron Anstee, John Barton, Stephanie Bolster, George Elliott Clarke, Anita Dolman, N.L. Lea, Karen Massey, Roland Prevost and Deanna Young, as well as numerous others. Happy tenth anniversary!

the launch of ottawater #10 : Ottawa's annual poetry pdf journal

ottawater is now a decade old!
Ottawa’s annual pdf poetry journal
edited by rob mclennan
www.ottawater.com

The tenth issue of ottawater is soon online (somewhere in January, before the launch), featuring new writing by Sylvia Adams, Cameron Anstee, John Barton, Stephanie Bolster, Frances Boyle, Heather Brunet, Sara Cassidy, George Elliott Clarke, Stewart Cole, Anita Dolman, JM Francheteau, Richard Froude, Elisabeth Harvor, Jenna Jarvis, Nicholas Lea, Michael Lithgow, N.L. Lea, Anne Le Dressay, Sneha Madhavan-Reese, Karen Massey, Justin Million, Colin Morton, Andrew Oliveira, Roland Prevost, Adrienne Ho Rose, Armand Garnet Ruffo, Tim Mook Sang, jesslyn delia smith, D.S. Stymeist, Priscila Uppal, Will Vallières, Gabriel Wainio-Théberge, Matthew Walsh and Deanna Young.

Come out to the launch (featuring readings by a number of this issue’s contributors) on Friday, January 24, upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, Parkdale at Armstrong; doors 7pm, reading 7:30pm.
See the Facebook invitation here.

Founded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, "ottawater," and its chemical formula/logo "O2(H2O)," is a poetry annual produced exclusively on-line, in both readable and printable pdf formats, and found at http://www.ottawater.com/. An anthology focusing on Ottawa poets and poetics, its first issue appeared in January 2005, 150 years after old Bytown became the City of Ottawa.

All previous issues remain archived on the site as well. Thanks to designer Tanya Sprowl, the ottawa international writers festival, and Randy Woods at non-linear creations for their continuing support.

some author activity: Anstee, McKinnon, mclennan, Landman, eckhoff, Hall + Bowering,

Over on his mighty blog, Cameron Anstee (briefly) discusses a couple of things, including above/ground press, and his poems in the new issue of ottawater; the first of a four-part interview with Barry McKinnon, conducted by rob mclennan, is now online at the filling Station magazine website, as an extra to their new issue focusing on Prince George BC poets and poetics; Seth Landman has something new in HTMLGIANT; kevin mcpherson eckhoff is offering a series of what he calls "inside fridge painting originals"; and Phil Hall and George Bowering perform along with many others at The Al Purdy Show in Toronto, February 6, 2013, as a celebration of poetry and music to benefit to the Al Purdy A-Frame.

The Factory Reading Series presents: ottawater #9: reading + issue launch

ottawater #9 launch; featuring a number of this issue's contributors

ottawater: Ottawa’s annual pdf poetry journal
edited by rob mclennan
www.ottawater.com

The Carleton Tavern (upstairs)
233 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale)
lovingly hosted by rob mclennan
Thursday, January 24, 2013
doors 7pm; reading 7:30

The ninth issue of ottawater is now online, featuring new writing by Cameron Anstee, Steven Artelle, Gary Barwin, Jeff Blackman, David Blaikie, Frances Boyle, Ronnie R. Brown, Colin Browne, Murray Citron, George Elliott Clarke, Faizal Deen, Amanda Earl, Laura Farina, Jesse Patrick Ferguson, Mark Frutkin, Brecken Hancock, Carla Hartsfield, a.m. kozak, Ben Ladouceur, Nicholas Lea, Anne Le Dressay, rob mclennan, Cath Morris, Colin Morton, Alcofribas Nasier II, Peter Norman, Abby Paige, Pearl Pirie, Nicholas Power, Wanda Praamsma, Ryan Pratt, Roland Prevost, Monty Reid, Sonia Saikaley, Dean Steadman, Lesley Strutt, Rob Thomas, Lauren Turner and Vivian Vavassis.

Founded to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the City of Ottawa, Canada's glorious capital city, "ottawater," and its chemical formula/logo "O2(H2O)," is a poetry annual produced exclusively on-line, in both readable and printable pdf formats, and found at (http://www.ottawater.com). An anthology focusing on Ottawa poets and poetics, its first issue appeared in January 2005, 150 years after old Bytown became the City of Ottawa.

All previous issues remain archived on the site as well. Thanks to designer Tanya Sprowl, the ottawa international writers festival, and Randy Woods at non-linear creations for their continuing support.

The Factory Reading Series: some upcoming (December-March) events,

We at above/ground press and The Factory Reading Series know how excited you get about literary readings, so we thought we should let you know some of what is in the works for the next couple of months:

December 15: reading and chapbook launches by Roland Prevost, Shannon Maguire and Craig Calhoun
upstairs at The Carleton Tavern, 223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale) / 7pm doors; 7:30 reading

December 29: the annual Peter F Yacht Club reading/Christmas party/regatta
at The Carleton Tavern / 7pm doors; 7:30 reading

January 24: the launch of ottawater #9
at The Carleton Tavern / 7pm doors; 7:30 reading

February 22: Hugh Thomas and others tba
at The Carleton Tavern / 7pm doors; 7:30 reading

March 12-17: the third annual VERSeFest Poetry Festival
including The Factory Reading Series' annual lecture; readers and venue tba

March 28: reading and chapbook launches by Deborah Poe, Wanda O'Connor and tba
at The Carleton Tavern / 7pm doors; 7:30 reading

all lovingly hosted by rob mclennan
Can you believe it? In January 2013 The Factory Reading Series turns twenty years old!

And the triumphant return of rob mclennan's poetry workshops at Collected Works! January to March. Spaces still available.

further information on any/all of these events tba; watch this space for details

ottawater #5 launch!

Ottawa’s annual pdf poetry journal
edited by rob mclennan
http://www.ottawater.com/

the fifth issue of ottawater will go live in January 2009, with new writing by Cameron Anstee, Michael Blouin, Stephen Brockwell, Monique Desnoyers, Amanda Earl, Jesse Ferguson, Warren Dean Fulton, Adrienne Ho, Sean Johnston, Ben Ladouceur, Lainna Lane, Marcus McCann, rob mclennan, Christine McNair, Colin Morton, Jennifer Mulligan, Wanda O'Connor, Pearl Pirie, K.I. Press, Roland Prevost, Monty Reid, Shane Rhodes, Suzannah Showler, Sandra Ridley, Mike Spry, Gillian Wallace, Zack Wells, Rob Winger and Rachel Zolf, as well as an interview with poet Nina Berkhout.

The Ottawa launch will be happening Thursday, January 29 at the Ottawa Art Gallery in the Arts Court Building as part of the Factory Reading Series, lovingly hosted by rob mclennan, with readings from various contributors; doors 7pm, reading 7:30pm