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The Olive is the longest running, off-campus, out-of-bookstore, poetry series in Edmonton. From its start at Martini’s Bar and Grill, to Hulbert’s Cafe, Leva Cappuccino Bar, The Empress Ale House, The Almanac, and now The Rooster, The Olive Reading Series is recognized as a unique and stimulating venue by both emerging and established poets.

A key feature of the Olive is the publication of an eight-page chapbook highlighting the Olive Reading Series’ featured reader/writer’s new work. This chapbook serves not only as a record and a keepsake of each reading, it is also a vital part of the experience. The Olive believes that a truly complete poetry and prose experience happens when you take the words in through both the ears and through the eyes.

All organization of this series is done for free by their volunteer Olive Collective members: Paul Pearson, Thea Bowering, Luciana Erregue-Sacchi, Chris Hutchinson, Wendy McGrath, Paul Pearson, and Colby Clair Stolson.

All collective members of The Olive Reading Series stand by the importance of the reading, publication and promotion of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction as something essential to the vitality of Edmonton. The Olive Reading Series serves as a venue for the sharing of ideas and the discussion of writing in relation to pertinent cultural topics.

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