John NewlovePoetry Awards

Hosted by Amanda Earl

Admission

Free

Monday

Oct , 2014

6:30pm

Eastern

Fox and Feather, 2nd Floor

283 Elgin St. • Ottawa

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The poem is a restless marriage of the tragic and the banal, a sensual enigma drawing you in with its familiarity and strangeness. Every time I visit it, fresh ripples of awareness emanate from its heart composed of hearsay.

Camille Martin

Join us for the launch of “brood” by Rob Thomas, the 2014 recipient of the John Newlove Poetry Award. Featuring readings by this year’s honourable mentions and award recipient (to be announced at the reading), plus music by The Companionship Registry!

The Authors

Rob Thomas

Rob Thomas has worked as a barista, a bookstore clerk, a magazine editor and a CBC reporter. His poems have turned up places such as subTerrain, carte blanche, ottawater, In/Words and Bywords. He lives in Ottawa, with his wife and three children.