Talonbook Poets at the OIWF

Garry Thomas Morse, Adeena Karasick, and bill bissett on stage at the Ottawa International Writers Festival. This event was hosted by Ottawa's rob mclennan who is making a point about something...which amuses the panel.

I like the basement setting with the grey concrete floor. About every fifteen minutes you hear beer bottles or glasses crash at someone's feet.

So what if there's no window light in the basement. Who cares. It's got a nice grotto feel to it with the awesome stonework surrounding the entire room. Major renovations are still underway which will make St. Brigid's a pleasing attraction for the many events to come to this venue. Also nice to see that there is a constant live video feed that is broadbast up on a big screen on the main floor for those who cannot make it down stairs. Very accommodating of the writers fest if I do say so myself.