VERSeFest Was A Time!

We want to thank everyone who was out at VERSeFest this past weekend. It was such a blast. Thank you to Monty, Avonlea, all the volunteers, and all the new friends and old who we were able to visit with. Special thanks to all the people who came out to see Evan J Hoskins read on a rainy Saturday afternoon, thanks to Justin Lam from In/Words magazine, and Mark Frutkin for helping get us in the festival. VERSeFest continues to be the best festival in the country.

The following pic is by far our favourite, featuring two of the most amazing talents from the most memorable events of the festival, Fire and Ice. Meet Beth Anne Ellipsis and Truth Is, two of the four breathtaking spoken word performers at that show. Beth Anne Ellipsis and Truth Is also happen to run Guelph Spoken Word, so if you’re in that Ontario area you’ve gotta go and check them out. We hope to do a bit of collaboration on an event in Toronto very soon.

Sarah MacDonell! April 23rd!

On April 23rd we’ll be featuring emerging Ottawa based poet Sarah MacDonell. Sarah published her first chapbook, The Lithium Body, with In/Words Magazine and Press in January, which she discusses in this interview with The Small Machine Talks podcast!

Access and Slackline

Slackline is committed to making our shows accessible for all peoples. For more info please check out our new page on how we assist with access.

JM

March Show Pictures

The lovely photographer Marissa Magneson took some picture for us! Check em out on our Pictures page. Find more of Marissa’s pictures here.

C.J. Garrett

That was such a great show!

It seemed like a home-run: 11 people took the stage, everybody killed it, the sun was out, MANY books were sold, the audience didn’t want to leave, and we made new friends! That is exactly what Slackline is about. Thank you everyone!

+ We will be posting soon about all of our fun stuff we have planned for the Summer!

This Sunday People!

Happy Women’s Day! We have so many wonderful female presenters coming up this Spring Slackline season, including two amazing features this Sunday. Come check em out!