Beginning this Thursday, catch the return of Ottawa's annual poetry festival, VERSeFest! With readings and performances by DS Stymeist, Mary Lee Bragg, Susan McMaster, Sneha Madhaven-Reese, Jaclyn Piudik, AJ Dolman, Klara du Plessis + Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi, Anita Lahey, Monty Reid, Marjorie Silverman, Laila Malik, Daniel Groleau Landry, nina jane drystek, MayaSpoken, Amanda Earl, IAN MARTIN, Shane Rhodes, Chris Turnbull, Mark Goldstein, Derek Webster, Sandra Ridley, David O’Meara, Madeleine Stratford, Myriam Legault-Beauregard, Nduka Otiono and Jason Christie. See the full schedule of events, venues and performers (and how to purchase tickets for Saturday night's reading) at https://www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest