Name: VERSeFest Volunteer Appreciation and Recruitment Event
Start: 2026-02-01T15:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-01T17:00:00-05:00
Location: Ottawa Embassy Hotel & Suites

VERSeFest Volunteer Appreciation and Recruitment Event

Friends! We're recruiting!
VERSeFest kicks off on Tuesday, March 24 and we want YOU to help make it happen!
Come out for our Volunteer Recruitment and Appreciation Event
Sunday, February 1
3pm to 5pm
Cooper's Creative Kitchen (main floor of the Embassy Ottawa hotel at Cooper and Cartier, one block east of Elgin)
Featuring performances by Performances by Myriam Legault-Beauregard, Daniel Groleau Landry, and Margo LaPierre.
Sign up for a volunteer shift (postering, ticket-taking, airport drop-offs, and everything in between) and we'll get you a glass of wine or beer, a 0% beverage (mocktails, 0% beer), or a non-alcoholice beverage (tea, coffee, pop) of your choice as a thank you for being part of what makes VERSeFest such a success, and such a great time, every year.
Bring a friend and we'll see you there!

ABOUT THE POETS:
MYRIAM LEGAULT-BEAREGARD is a teacher, a literary translator, a poet and a spoken-word artist. She is also currently completing her PhD at the University of Ottawa. Her own works and shorter translations have been published in various magazines and journals, and her first poetry collection, Comme un myosotis, was launched in September 2023. Her first book-length translation, De plâtre et de platine (French version of Shashi Bhat’s The Most Precious Substance on Earth), was a finalist to the John-Glassco prize in the fall of 2024. She lives in Gatineau, Québec, with her partner and their two children.
DANIEL GROLEAU LANDRY est un poète et musicien qui habite à Ottawa. Auteur de trois recueils de poésie parus aux Éditions L’Interligne — dont l’un a été traduit en anglais — il a aussi contribué à de nombreux collectifs. Son premier recueil, Rêver au réel, lui a valu le Prix Trillium en 2014. Son second recueil, Amorragies (2016), remporte le Prix littéraire du Centre de la francophonie des Amériques la même année. Son plus récent recueil, Fragments de ciels (2018), a été finaliste au Prix du livre de la Ville d’Ottawa et au Prix Trillium en 2020.
DANIEL GROLEAU LANDRY is a poet and musician based in Ottawa. He is the author of three poetry collections published by Éditions L’Interligne — one of which has been translated into English — and has also contributed to numerous anthologies. His first collection, Rêver au réel, earned him the Trillium Book Award in 2014. His second collection, Amorragies (2016), won the Centre de la francophonie des Amériques Literary Award that same year. His most recent collection, Fragments de ciels (2018), was a finalist for both the City of Ottawa Book Award and the Trillium Book Award in 2020.
MARGO LAPIERRE is a freelance editor and writer. Her second poetry collection, Ajar, was published by Guernica Editions in 2025. An alumnus of Banff Centre and Sage Hill residencies, she has served on Arc Poetry magazine’s editorial board since 2019. She holds an MFA in creative writing from UBC and a publishing certificate from Toronto Metropolitan University. Find her on Instagram @Margo_LaPierre.