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"I know who the great poets are. William Bissette of Vancouver. An Indian boy. Bill Bissette, or Bissonnette." (Jack Kerouac, 1967)

Margaret Atwood's "astral twin" and James Reaney's "one-man civilization", living legend bill bissett comes to Ottawa for a feature reading in The A B Series.

A POETIC TRIBUTE to bill follows the reading with VIDEO TO BE SCREENED and APPEARANCES BY SEVERAL SPECIAL GUESTS reading from bill's oeuvre and from the anthology, 'radiant danse uv being: A Poetic Portrait of bill bissett'.

'radiant danse uv being: A Poetic Portrait of bill bissett' and books by bill bissett (including the recently released 'griddle talk: a yeer uv bill n carol dewing brunch' co-authored by Carol Malyon) will be available for sale.

This event is made possible with financial assistance from The Canada Council for the Arts through The Writers' Union of Canada.