Pearl Pirie's Blog
June 12, 2015
Win One for the Gipper
Want a copy of radish? There's a giveaway this week: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh...
June 3, 2015
2 More Events
The season is winding down. Soon summer hammock season.
Sat, June 13, 2015, noon-5pm
Ottawa Small press fair, Ottawa
Ottawa Small press fair, Jack Purcell Community Centre.
Come out and see phafours and new titles my little press put out.
Also 40-Watt Spotlight, above/ground press, AngelHousePress, Apt. 9 Press, Arc Poetry Magazine, Bookburner Press, BuschekBooks, Bywords, catkin press, Chaudiere Books, GiddyPigs, The Grunge Papers, In/Words magazine & press, Ottawa Press Gang, ottawater, phafours, Puddles of Sky Press, Quattro Books, Renaissance Book Press, room 302 books / 1cent, Textualis Press and Touch the Donkey. Come on by and see some of the best of the small press from Ottawa and beyond!
Tues June 23, 2015, 7-8:30pm
Word for Word welcomes Canadian Poets, NYC
Best Canadian Poetry launch as part of Word for Word featuring the Canadian Poets: George Elliott Clarke, Aaron Kreuter, Kateri Lanthier, Pearl Pirie, Wanda O’Connor, Medrie Purdham, Brent Raycroft, Carl Watts and Special Guest: Sonnet L'Abbe, 2014 Best Canadian Poetry Guest Editor. In case of rain, events are held under a tent at the Bryant Park Reading Room. In case of severe weather, please check bryantpark.org for the indoor location.
Sat, June 13, 2015, noon-5pm
Ottawa Small press fair, Ottawa
Ottawa Small press fair, Jack Purcell Community Centre.
Come out and see phafours and new titles my little press put out.
Also 40-Watt Spotlight, above/ground press, AngelHousePress, Apt. 9 Press, Arc Poetry Magazine, Bookburner Press, BuschekBooks, Bywords, catkin press, Chaudiere Books, GiddyPigs, The Grunge Papers, In/Words magazine & press, Ottawa Press Gang, ottawater, phafours, Puddles of Sky Press, Quattro Books, Renaissance Book Press, room 302 books / 1cent, Textualis Press and Touch the Donkey. Come on by and see some of the best of the small press from Ottawa and beyond!
Tues June 23, 2015, 7-8:30pm
Word for Word welcomes Canadian Poets, NYC
Best Canadian Poetry launch as part of Word for Word featuring the Canadian Poets: George Elliott Clarke, Aaron Kreuter, Kateri Lanthier, Pearl Pirie, Wanda O’Connor, Medrie Purdham, Brent Raycroft, Carl Watts and Special Guest: Sonnet L'Abbe, 2014 Best Canadian Poetry Guest Editor. In case of rain, events are held under a tent at the Bryant Park Reading Room. In case of severe weather, please check bryantpark.org for the indoor location.
May 1, 2015
Authors for Indies
Tomorrow is Authors for Indies Day with hundreds of writers of all genres coming to their local bookstores. http://www.authorsforindies.com Check the listings for your area.
What's better than the smell of new books? You're strong. You can meet and greet authors, poke around, raise a hurrah for the independent bookstores without breaking your bank.
For my first paying job off the farm—not including my cut of doing cottage maintenance for people at the lake, raking, painting, washing windows—I first worked at an independent bookstore/fudge shop. I sometimes got paid but being offered to take wages in book or fudge my cash take home tended to be smaller than it could have been for those couple years of grade 9 and grade 10.
There may not be fudge but there will be refreshments and refreshing company at Books on Beechwood in Ottawa and 3 other area bookstores.
Come out and see what books we recommend you try for some new reading inspiration. It's on all day long but I'll be there 12 noon for a couple hours.
What's better than the smell of new books? You're strong. You can meet and greet authors, poke around, raise a hurrah for the independent bookstores without breaking your bank.
For my first paying job off the farm—not including my cut of doing cottage maintenance for people at the lake, raking, painting, washing windows—I first worked at an independent bookstore/fudge shop. I sometimes got paid but being offered to take wages in book or fudge my cash take home tended to be smaller than it could have been for those couple years of grade 9 and grade 10.
There may not be fudge but there will be refreshments and refreshing company at Books on Beechwood in Ottawa and 3 other area bookstores.
Come out and see what books we recommend you try for some new reading inspiration. It's on all day long but I'll be there 12 noon for a couple hours.
April 1, 2015
Launch Season
Walking for groceries on Wednesday we saw a familiar face. (Is this what it's like to meet yourself coming and going?) I knew a story was coming but I didn’t know about front page. The paper of March 19th 2015 is thanks to the Kitchissippi Times with the story on me by Anne Boys-Hope and the photos by Kate Settle. You can now read it from here
I competed at Battle of the Bards in Toronto and came home not the winner but it was a good experience and Deanna Young from Ottawa shortlisted.
Readings start in earnest this month with travels. At VERSeFest I was a reader on Friday with Stevie Howell, Giles Benaway and JC Bouchard. On its heels, launching the Cocoa Cabin anthology chapbook April 8th at At A Thing for Chocolate, 1262 Wellington Ave W. with Steven Artelle, Roland Prevost, Grant Wilkins, Natalie Hanna and Catina Noble.
Soon, I'm reading at Writers Fest which is moving to a new location on Sparks. (At the bottom I'm attaching all the events.)
Wed April 15, 7-9pm
Great Canadian PoeTrain Launch Event, Ottawa
At Pressed Café with an opening ceremony (blessing by elder Albert Dumont), poetry by Pearl Pirie, Max Middle ad Dennis Reid with Vimeo poetry and an open mic. 750 Gladstone Avenue.
Sat April 18, 1pm
Best Canadian Poetry 2014 Launch, Ottawa
With Tightrope Books at Octopus Books (116 Third Ave) with David O'Meara, Shane Rhodes, Pearl Pirie and Brent Raycroft.
Thurs April 23, 2015, 7:30 pm
BookThug Season Launch, Toronto
Spring BookThug Season launch at The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street in Kensington Market, Toronto. Poetry titles include: the pet radish, shrunken by Pearl Pirie, Endangered Hydrocarbons by Lesley Battler, Merz Structure No. 2 Burnt by Children at Play by Jake Kennedy, Their Biography: an organism of relationships by kevin mcpherson eckhoff and A More Perfect [ by Jimmy McInnes
Fri April 24, 2015, 7pm,
BorderBlur, St Catharines
Jake Kennedy, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, Pearl Pirie, Sonja Greckol, Bill Kennedy, and Paul Dutton at the Niagara Artists Centre, 354 St. Paul Street
Sun April 26, 2015, 6:45pm
Writers Fest, Ottawa
BookThug: Let's Do Launch: Carellin Brooks, Mike Steeves, Pearl Pirie, Jake Kennedy and kevin mcpherson eckhoff at Christ Church (new Festival Café), 414 Sparks Street Details and ticket prices.
Hope the writing life, social sphere, physical and mental tiers are all in good balance. To health and persistence.
And until next time, keep reading and keep writing,
Pearl
I competed at Battle of the Bards in Toronto and came home not the winner but it was a good experience and Deanna Young from Ottawa shortlisted.
Readings start in earnest this month with travels. At VERSeFest I was a reader on Friday with Stevie Howell, Giles Benaway and JC Bouchard. On its heels, launching the Cocoa Cabin anthology chapbook April 8th at At A Thing for Chocolate, 1262 Wellington Ave W. with Steven Artelle, Roland Prevost, Grant Wilkins, Natalie Hanna and Catina Noble.
Soon, I'm reading at Writers Fest which is moving to a new location on Sparks. (At the bottom I'm attaching all the events.)
Wed April 15, 7-9pm
Great Canadian PoeTrain Launch Event, Ottawa
At Pressed Café with an opening ceremony (blessing by elder Albert Dumont), poetry by Pearl Pirie, Max Middle ad Dennis Reid with Vimeo poetry and an open mic. 750 Gladstone Avenue.
Sat April 18, 1pm
Best Canadian Poetry 2014 Launch, Ottawa
With Tightrope Books at Octopus Books (116 Third Ave) with David O'Meara, Shane Rhodes, Pearl Pirie and Brent Raycroft.
Thurs April 23, 2015, 7:30 pm
BookThug Season Launch, Toronto
Spring BookThug Season launch at The Garrison, 1197 Dundas Street in Kensington Market, Toronto. Poetry titles include: the pet radish, shrunken by Pearl Pirie, Endangered Hydrocarbons by Lesley Battler, Merz Structure No. 2 Burnt by Children at Play by Jake Kennedy, Their Biography: an organism of relationships by kevin mcpherson eckhoff and A More Perfect [ by Jimmy McInnes
Fri April 24, 2015, 7pm,
BorderBlur, St Catharines
Jake Kennedy, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, Pearl Pirie, Sonja Greckol, Bill Kennedy, and Paul Dutton at the Niagara Artists Centre, 354 St. Paul Street
Sun April 26, 2015, 6:45pm
Writers Fest, Ottawa
BookThug: Let's Do Launch: Carellin Brooks, Mike Steeves, Pearl Pirie, Jake Kennedy and kevin mcpherson eckhoff at Christ Church (new Festival Café), 414 Sparks Street Details and ticket prices.
Hope the writing life, social sphere, physical and mental tiers are all in good balance. To health and persistence.
And until next time, keep reading and keep writing,
Pearl
