buses, poetry and lectures

Transpoetry Launch: February 9 at 1:30 pm. Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Ave. West, Jean Pigott Hall, Main Floor. Meet the poets then get on the poetry bus. Neat!

The Capital Poetry Collective proudly presents Capital Slam: The BlackHistory Month Edition on Friday, February 10. Doors open at 8 p.m. at The Gap of Dunloe 263 Bank Street. Feature is Andrea Thompson from Toronto.

2006 Munro Beattie Lecture: February 10 at 8:00 pm. Carleton University, 101 Azrieli Theatre with Shani Mootoo: "In the Temple of the Recurring Dream: Notes on Becoming a Writer" free and open to the public

Kwame Dawes: Library and Archives of Canada, 395 Wellington Street., Room A
Telling Our Stories: Celebrating Ourselves; Voices in the African Diaspora;
Weekend Pass $20; Individual Events $10 each
February 10 - Welcome reception, reading and book signing- 6:00 pm
February 11 - Reggae & The Art of Bob Marley: 7:30 pm
February 12 - Writers' workshop: 9:30am-2:30pm

(Many, many other cool lit events happening, too. See 'events' @ http://www.bywords.ca/)