Tree Reading Series Presents Amanda Jernigan and Carla Hartsfield

Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 8:00pm

Black Squirrel Books & Tea
1073 Bank Street
Ottawa, ON
K1S 3W9

This week we are pleased to host two wonderful and talented poets in Ottawa.

Amanda Jernigan is the author of two books of poems, Groundwork (Biblioasis, 2011) and All the Daylight Hours (Cormorant, 2013), as well as of the prose work Living in the Orchard: The Poetry of Peter Sanger (Frog Hollow, 2014). Her first book was shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Award and named to National Public Radio’s list of ‘Best Books’ of the year; her second was named to Michael Lista’s ‘best poetry’ list for 2013 (National Post).

Carla Hartsfield is a classically trained pianist, singer-songwriter, guitar player and poet. She has published three major poetry collections, the most recent being Your Last Day on Earth (Brick Books), which was long-listed for the BC ReLit award. Current projects include completion of a fourth poetry collection with working title Heart Brake.

Our readings will get started at 8 p.m. with an open mic so bring a poem or two to share.