Readings

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Upcoming Events

Tues. May 15, 2012, 7:30-9:30pm

twigs & leaves, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue

season 5 at Café T.W.I.G.S., 85 Rue Ste Anne, Quebec.
June 22, 2012, 7pm (tbc)

Call and Response, SPAO

Season-end reading with the participants of the year's ekphrasis photography-word program at SPAO's read wall gallery.
June 24, 2012, 7pm

St. Catharines, ON

A summer reading of In Air/Air Out with the folks in that part of Ontario thru NLAF/GBRS. Details to follow.
May 27, 2013

Regina, Saskatchewan

Pearl Pirie - Novelist/Poet (Ottawa) and Greg Frankson – Poet (Toronto)

Past Readings

 

Have read at Art Bar, AvantGarden, Pivot (Toronto), Guerrilla Poetry Series (Vancouver), Poets Live, Spoken Word Paris (Paris, France), some pub basement series (London, England), Glór Sessions (Dublin, Ireland), First Edition Reading Series (Perth), Grey Borders Series (St. Catharines), Ottawa International Writers Festival, The AB Series, Bywords Quarterly Journal launch, The Muses, Dusty Owl, Sasquatch, Tree, and Factory Reading Series (Ottawa)

 

Video from an open mic at the Tree Series.

 

April 26, 2012, 7pm

OIW

Talks on poetry for the Ottawa Independent Writers organization at Library and Archives Canada, Wellington St, room 156. Ottawa poets, editors and bloggers Pearl Pirie and rob mclennan do an informal talk, and answer questions on writing and publishing contemporary poetry, the rivet and pivots:
what holds it together and makes it spin? what makes it poetry? what does poetry do differently from prose? what's out there? how to find the poetry you will like and where. looking at styles and ideas in the literary dialogue. there are poetic forms but no poetic formulas. there are however, better and worse applications of ideas.[follow up post here]
April 14, 2012, 7pm

SLOWest Coffeehouse

A spring reading of In Air/Air Out with the Poets for the Guatemala at SLOWest reading series at Bridgehead with Czandra, Shai Ben Shalom, Monty Reid, Jorge Etcheverry and Luciano Díaz. P.S. We raised enough for one stove in a night!
March 27, 2012, 6:45pm

Arts Court, Ottawa

Continuing from the sessions of January 10 and 24, another Tree Poetry Workshops on haiku.
March 2, 2012, 7:00pm

VERSeFEST, Ottawa

Ottawa's poetry festival, Feb 28-Mar 4, Versefest where I'm reading with Bruce Taylor and Susan McMaster at the Arts Court Building, just east of Rideau Centre.
March 13, 2012, 8:00pm

Chromatic Beliefs and of a wall's sharp white, Ottawa

Launches of the Tree Press/phafours press group chapbooks at the Tree Reading Series.
January 19, 2012, 7pm (tbc)

Collected Works, Ottawa

Hosting the In Air/Out Out launch with Luminita Suse, Allison Armstrong (aka Amazon Syren), rob mclennan, Mike Montreuil, and Amanda Earl.
January 24, 8:00pm

Tree Arts Court, Ottawa

Official Ottawa launch of Thirsts at Tree. Co-reader Nadine McInnis.
Dec 22, 2011, 7:00pm doors, 7:30pm reading

Carleton Tavern, Ottawa

The 2011 launch of the peter f. yacht club issue is due to sail. Sailors aboard include: Amanda Earl, Pearl Pirie, Vivian Vavassis, Monty Reid, Roland Prevost, Janice Tokar, rob mclennan, and Christine McNair. There may be more port of calls to haul sailors aboard before she leaves port.
Dec 10, 2011, afternoon

Small Press Fair of Toronto

The Small Press Fair runs 11-5 at the Hart House. I'll be there for some of it at the Chaudiere Table. Toronto, ON
Dec 11, 2011, 6:30pm

AvantGarden, Toronto

Ottawa Disruptions: AvantGarden Ottawa Night with Christine McNair and Pearl Pirie at the Holy Oak Café, 1241 Bloor Street West, Toronto, ON
Nov 22, 2011, 8:00pm

Art Bar Reading Series, Pauper's Club, Toronto

Art Bar with rob mclennan, Shannon Maguire and Pearl Pirie, Paupers Pub (2nd flr), 539 Bloor St. W., by Bathurst subway.
Nov 2, 2011, somewhere in 12:30-1:30pm

CKCU, Midweek, Ottawa

Current Affairs show Midweek with host Hilary Duff interviewing Monty Reid, Pearl Pirie and rob mclennan about the Tree Seeds Workshop You Are Here, a poetry counter mapping project. [Audio Archive]
Nov 5, 2011, 12:00-5:00pm

Ottawa Small Press Fair, Ottawa

Come out and meet the small press in Ottawa: novels, poetry, cookbooks, letterpress wonders and more. Jack Purcell Centre, Upstairs. The air chapbooks are ready.
Oct 27, 2011, 7:00-9:00pm

Emerging Writers, Ottawa

Frances Boyle, Vanessa Hanson, Robin Macdonald, Jacqueline Bourque, Pearl Pirie, Gwen Smid, Anna Mancini, Peter Dixon and Bernadette Wagner, writers who met at Sage Hill Writing Experience and/or Banff Centre's Writing With Style. 223 Armstrong St, Carleton Tavern, Upstairs
Oct 2, 2011, 8:00pm doors, 8:30 reading

Snare Fall Launch, Montréal

A Snare, DC Books and Coach House fall launch of 10 new titles at The Sparrow Bar, 5322 boulevard Saint-Laurent. Readers: David McGimpsey (Li'l Bastard), Sina Queyras (Autobiography of Childhood), Lesley Trites (Echoic Mimic), myself (Thirsts), Louise Bak (Syzygy), Rob Benvie (Maintenance), kevin mcpherson eckhoff (easy peasy), Tristan Hughes (Eye Lake), Leigh Kotsilidis (Hypotheticals) and Jenny Sampirisi (Croak). [pics here]
Oct 3, 2011, 7:00pm doors

The Artel, Kingston

Snare and Coach House fall launches at The Artel, 205 Sydenham St. Lesley Trites, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, Pearl Pirie, Tristan Hughes, Leigh Kotsilidis, Jenny Sampirisi, Faith Mousa and Sherry Huang of the Kingston Slam Team. [Audio as broadcast on Bruce Kauffman's 'Finding a Voice' on CFRC November 11, 2011.]
Sept 20, 2011, 7:00pm

Poets Live, Paris, France

Poets Live: Anglophone Poetry in Paris Carr’s Pub, 1 rue Mont-Thabor, M Tuileries. Release of the chapbooks Mammals of Hoarfrost and Bonny Finberg's "Déja Vu" (Corrupt Press, 2011, France). Reading with Peter Hughes of Oystercatcher Press.
September 5 and 19th, 2011, 8pm until late

Spoken Word in Paris

Open Mic night at Culture Rapide,103 rue Julien Lacroix. First and third Monday night this month and in October it goes back to weekly.
August 5-Sept 22, 2011

Cities of Stone - People of Dust, Ottawa

The photography of Leslie Hossack and my ekphrastic responses to the Call and Response Series is Walls of Jerusalem. (3 poems and a process essay are at that link.) The remaining dozen poems will be on view from Aug 5 until Sept 22, 2011 at SPAO's Red Wall Gallery, 168 Dalhousie Street. [review of it]
August 23, 2011, 8:00pm

Local Lights, Arts Court, Ottawa

Tree readings by Robert Kroetsch Award shortlisters Sandra Ridley, Christine McNair, Amanda Earl and Pearl Pirie at the Tree Reading Series.
July 24, 2011, 2:00pm

Readings on the Tay, Perth

First Edition Reading Series special event with Holly Luhning, Catherine Graham, Susan Gillis and myself at the Ecotay Education Centre, 942 Upper Scotch Line
July 15, 2011, 7:30pm

Kroetsch Memorial Reading, Ottawa

Various people gathering for reading of and in tribute to Robert Kroetsch at the Carleton Tavern.
June 25, 2011, noon to 5pm

spring small press book fair, Ottawa

The fair is in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre. Come by the phafours table and I'll give a personalized reading.

 

June 22, 2011, 5-6pm

CHUO, Ottawa

Jessica Westhead and I are on air with Mitchell Caplan at Click Here, CHUO FM 89 www.chuo.fm. I'm on around 5:40. [Audio recording of my section of the interview.]
June 16, 2011, doors 7:00pm, reading 7:30pm

Mother Tongue Bookstore, Ottawa

With fellow obvious epiphanies press and Chaudiere Books poets Monty Reid and rob mclennan at 1067 Bank St.
May 22, 2011, 2:00pm

Sasquatch Reading Series, Ottawa

Feature reader at Royal Oak II at 161 Laurier East
May 1, 2011, 4:00pm

Ottawa International Writers Festival: Poetry Cabaret

Poetry Cabaret featuring Gillian Sze, Lorna Crozier and Pearl Pirie at the Mayfair Theatre hosted by Sandra Ridley.
April 9, 2011, 7:00pm

Eco-Jest-Us: An Eco-Fun Event, Ottawa

Eco-Jest-Us: A day of arts looking at green with musicians, youth, jugglers, theatre, poetry, visual art, craft workshops and eco-booths. Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa
March 22, 2011, 8:00pm

Tree Reading Series, Arts Court, Ottawa

As part of Arc #65 issue launch
March 13, 2011, 3:00pm

KaDo at VERSeFest, Arts Court, Ottawa

Group reading of our Ottawa haiku group at VERSeFest
Thursday Feb 17, 6:30pm

Interview on Literary Landscapes

Talking with Kate Hunt on the subject of performance. Listen to the recording.
Wednesday Feb 23, 2011

Pivot Reading Series, 850 Dundas St W, Toronto

Readings by Jon Paul Fiorentino, Carolyn Smart and Pearl Pirie the at Pivot Series.
Friday Dec 30, 2010

the peter f yacht club reading, The Carleton Tavern

Christmas party with readings by yacht club regulars & irregulars, including Monty Reid, rob mclennan, Pearl Pirie, Amanda Earl, & plenty of others at 223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale, upstairs)
Wednesday Nov 10, 2010

Grey Borders Reading Series, St. Catherines Ontario

Readings at the Grey by rob mclennan + Gregory Betts + James Millhaven + Pearl Pirie
Sunday Nov 7, 2010

Book launch at Dusty Owl, Swizzles Bar, 246-B Queen St, Ottawa

Launch of been shed bore, music by Call Me Katie + reading by Bernadette Wagner
Tuesday Oct 5, 2010

Collected Works Bookstore, Ottawa

West Meets East II - Winnipeg's Ariel Gordon + Regina’s Tracy Hamon + Ottawa's Christine McNair + Pearl Pirie
Saturday Sep 18, 2010

Barely Their Reading, Blink Gallery

In conjuction with the sculpture, the artists have invited other poets to perform on Saturday afternoon beginning at 2 p.m. including: TA Carter + Claudia Coutu Radmore + Sandra Ridley + Sean Moreland + LM Rochefort + Gillian Wallace + Laurie Koensgen + Pearl Pirie
Thursday Sep 16, 2010

Vernissage Reading, Blink Gallery

Barely Their, Exhibit at Blink Gallery
a collaborative poem sculpture by Lynda Cronin + Jean Jewer + Pearl Pirie + Maureen Sandrock