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| Formation | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Type | arts/poetry organization based in Canada |
| Legal status | active |
| Purpose | advocate and public voice, educator and network |
| Headquarters | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Region served | Canada |
Official language | English, French |
Dusty Owl is a poetry collective operating in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. [1]
The Dusty Owl Reading Series was first launched in 1994 by Steve Zytveld, then president of the English Literature Society at Carleton University. [1] The event was hosted monthly at Café Wim on Sussex Drive in downtown Ottawa [1] until 1999.
In 2004, the Dusty Owl Reading Series was revived with many of its original participants as the organizational force. Steve Zytveld and his wife Catherine MacDonald-Zytveld (an Ottawa-area mixed-media artist and photographer) co-host the event on the third Sunday of every month at Swizzles Bar and Grill in downtown Ottawa. [1]
The reading series has hosted poets and authors from across Canada and the United States; featured readers have included George Elliot Clarke, [1] Hal Niedzviecki, Rob McLennan, John Akpata, Suzanne Buffam, William Hawkins, and Sean Moreland.
The Dusty Owl Small Press publishes a quarterly chapbook literary magazine, The Dusty Owl Quarterly, as well as a biannual zine [1] featuring horror and dark science fiction literary genres. The press publishes short collections of poetry and prose, largely by Canadian writers and artists.
