Dans la presse
VERSEFEST 2021
Festival de poésie d'Ottawa: le VERSeFest est de retour... mais conserve sa formule hybride, par Yves Bergeras le Droit, 4 Nov., 2021
Défendre la planète, un vers à la fois, par par Marie-Ève Duguay La Rotunde1 Oct, 2021
Poésie au cœur du parc
VERSe Ottawa celebrates the art of poetry with communal event Apt613, August 2021
Ottawa en Poésie, Fernand Ackey en parle avec les poètes Gilles Letour poète lauréat francophone de la ville d’Ottawa ainsi que monsieur Éric Charlesbois, Unique FM, 26 août 2021
Poètes lauréats, printemps 2021
Meet the new Poet Laureates of Ottawa, Ottawa Citizen, April 30, 2021
Ottawa’s new English Poet Laureate: Albert Dumont Apt613, May 19, 2021
Gilles Latour, poète lauréat francophone d’Ottawa pour les années 2021–2022, Apt613, May 19, 2021 Michel Picard interviewed Gilles Latour, Unique FM, May 3, 2021 (4:35 pm) Michel Picard interviewed Gilles Latour le recueil Débris du sillage Unique FM, 20 fev, 2020
Ottawa Poet Laureate Albert Dumont talk about his new role. CBC Radio's All in a Day, April 21, 2021, 4:45 PM
Albert Dumont named city's English poet laureate CBC News online, April 25, 2021
Un article perspicace sur Gilles Latour, le nouveau poète lauréat (de langue française) d'Ottawapar Yves Bergeras à Le Droit, 21 Avr, 2021
Ottawa’s new poet laureates step onto the stage by Peter Robb, Artsfile, April 22, 2021
2020
Local poet Justin Million becomes downtown Peterborough’s first artist in residence, founding VERSeFest member news, by Sarah McNeilly Kawartha Now Nov 11, 2020
Pearl Pirie on CBC radio (All in a Day with Alan Neal) at 5:45 pm, Nov. 6, 2020
Kaie Kellough interview with Giacomo Panico on 91.5-FM. Nov. 7, 2020 at 8:15 am. Shazia Hamfiz Ramji also interviewed on In Town and Out that morning.
Ben Ladouceur on CBC news at 6 pm (TV), Nov 20, 2020
Sandra Abma discussed VERSeFest as part of happenings around town and played excerpts from Ben Ladouceur’s poetry as well as their interview together, Nov 2020.
Online edition of VERseFest showcases Ottawa's vibrant poetry scene by Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen Nov. 6, 2020
Brandon Wint, Conyer Clayton, Kamal Hakim, Pearl Pirie, Angye Goana, and more great poets feature in VERSeFEST’s virtual lineup by Greggory Clark, Apt613 on October 27, 2020
VERSeFest 10 finds new avenues to convey poetry to online audiences by Alayne McGregor, Centretown Buzz, Oct 16, 2020
Le VERSeFest se tiendra en ligne en novembre by Yves Bergeras, Le Droit, 1 novembre 2020
Véronique Sylvain, Les Voix de la Poesie
Le Festival international de poésie d’Ottawa se réinvente ! Par Gaëlle Kanyeba, La Rotunde, 6 nov, 2020
VERSeFest turns 10, by Susan J. Atkinson, Centretown Buzz, March 16, 2020
Journée du poème à porter avec Anne-Marie Desmeules, La poésie partout, 30 avr, 2020
La Rotunde – print interviews with Véronique Sylvain and Michel Therien
Rogers TV live interview with Éric Charlebois March 24th, 2020
2019
Une overdose poétique avec le VERSeFest par Miléna Frachebois, La Rotunde, 25 mars, 2019
Ottawa Poet Laureates have passed on the torch City of Ottawa, Feature Stories, March 25, 2019
VERSeFest: the sound of beauty, memory, pain and joy by Stephen Thirlwall, The Centretown Buzz, April 15, 2019
VERSefest: The itch that keeps Dennis Lee scratching at poetry by Peter Robb, ArtsfileMarch 26, 2019
Put poetry and plays on the agenda for the weekend on Amal El- Mohtar as the inaugural poet-in-residence at this year's VERSeFest by Sandra Abma, Ottawa Citizen, Mar 22, 2019
2018
VerseFest to shine light on Ottawa's thriving poetry scene, Yahoo Style, March 17, 2018
VerseFest Presents Angye Gaona, Irfan Ali & stephanie roberts!, Ottawa Public Library,
MARS 2017
Eclectic Mix is driving poetry festival success Peter Robb, Artsfile, March 16, 2017
VERSeFest: GG-award winner Steven Heighton, Peter Robb, Artsfile, Mar 21, 2017
Ottawa introduces first poets laureate in nearly three decades Jon Willing, Ottawa Citizen, March 27, 2021
De la grande visite poétique à l’U d’O: Têtê-à-Têtê avec Zachary Richard par Florence Linteau, La Rotunde, 27 mars, 2017
Poesie ottawa avec Zachary Richard, à Le Téléjournal, CBC, 2017
Centretown has gone to the bards by Vivian Vavassis, Centretown Buzz, Mar 19, 2017
VERSeFest: Canadian poet Dennis Lee, on how he gets 'drunk on all these glorious syllables' by Lynn Saxberg, Ottawa Citizen, March 22, 2019
Local favourites return to the VERSeFest stage by Vivian Vavassis, Kitchissippi Times, March 16, 2017
VERSeFest Spotlight: An Interview with Kitchissippi poet Sandra Ridley by Vivian Vavassis, Kitchissippi Times, March 16, 2017
VERSeFEST: Phoebe Wang on identity by Kabriya Coghlan, Apt613, March 23, 2017
Poésie Métallique, Metal Poétique, La Press, 2017
Versefest event brings poetry to Carleton by Matt Yuyitung, Charlaton, March, 2017
VERSeFest 2017: Pas piqué des vers par Myriam Bourdeau-Potvin, La Rotonde, mars, 2017
VERSeFest poets in All in a Day #CBCPopUp series
- March 9 – Bar Robo, Baraa Arar;
- March 16 – Black Squirrel Books – Brandon Wint;
- March 23 – Stomping Ground – Faizal Deen
Writing Through Silence: An Interview with Faizal Deen by rob mclennan, Ploughshares, Mar 18, 2017
Radio Canada aired an interview with Louise Boucher on March 18th, 2017