riverbed x flo.
une célébration littéraire
une célébration littéraire
wednesday, february 18, 2025 • mercredi le 18 février 2025
7:30pm ET • 19h30 HE
hybrid event • événement hybride
live at Club SAW and online via Zoom • en direct au Club SAW et en ligne via Zoom
7:30pm ET • 19h30 HE
hybrid event • événement hybride
live at Club SAW and online via Zoom • en direct au Club SAW et en ligne via Zoom
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DOMINA ELIAHOU
Domina Eliahou is a guitarist and artist who sticks her nose in every form of music. She has performed with punk groups and done solo ambient and rock, as well as noise. She lives in Toronto.
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JILLIAN CLASKY
Jillian Clasky is a poet and fiction writer based in Toronto. Her work has appeared in Maisonneuve, Room, the Fiddlehead, and elsewhere. She is currently an MA in Creative Writing student at the University of Toronto and Associate Editor of Echolocation Magazine.
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LANA CROSSMAN
Lana Crossman is an Ottawa-based poet who grew up in rural New Brunswick. Her work has been published in flo., Arc Poetry Magazine, Room, Untethered, and other journals, and in her chapbooks, Buoyant, at last (Rose Garden Press, 2022) and Pics or it didn't happen (Pinhole Poetry, 2024). Lana was shortlisted for the John Newlove Poetry Award (2018), and is a member of the Bywords.ca selection committee.
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SUSANNE FLETCHER
Susanne Fletcher lives in Ottawa’s south end near Sawmill Creek, one of the many streams that flow into the Rideau River. She walks along the path that follows the creek year-round taking inspiration from what the stream environment delivers. Susanne's short fiction, poetry, and narrative non-fiction can be found in the New Quarterly, Bywords.ca, flo., Existere, among others.
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VERA HADZIC
Vera Hadzic is based on the unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation in Ottawa, Ontario. Her poetry chapbook, Fossils You Can Swallow, was published by Proper Tales Press in 2023. She has an Honours BA in English and history from the University of Ottawa, and an MA in English Literature from Queen’s University. Her first full-length book of poems, Several Small Animals Enclosed in a Benedictine Monastery, was published by Anvil Press in 2025.
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KEES KAPTEYN
Kees Kapteyn (pronounced 'Case Kaptine') has been published in such magazines as flo., NonBinary Review, Camel Magazine, Blank Spaces, Great Lakes Review, Infocalypse and various other publications. His flash fiction collection, Temperance Avenue, was published by Grey Border Books and he has independently published two books, the novellas individe and Holocene. HIs short story “A Hierarchy of Needs” was shortlisted for the Gilmer Prize in 2024. He now lives in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, where he works as an educational assistant.
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AMBER RAWSON
Amber Rawson is a queer Métis woman, who was born and raised in a beautiful, small French town just two hours north of Toronto. Currently, Amber resides in Ottawa, Ontario, and is getting a Ph.D. in English Literature. She pursues her passion for writing in every spare moment she has and frequently finds herself writing about themes of identity, mental health, and trauma in the hopes of making people feel a little less alone in their journeys.
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MIRA SROUR (TBC)
[BIO HERE IF CONFIRMED]
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OPEN MIC • MICRO OUVERT
4 slots • 4 endroits
2 mins each • 2 mins chacun
sign up in person or via email • s'inscrire en personne ou par courriel
4 slots • 4 endroits
2 mins each • 2 mins chacun
sign up in person or via email • s'inscrire en personne ou par courriel
