Interview
2023 Book Awards: Meet the Winners
We asked the winners of our 2023 Book Awards some questions to get better acquainted with them and their winning collections! What does JOY mean to you? The theme of…
Read More2022 Anne Szumigalski Lecture – Cyclical by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer
The 2022 Anne Szumigalski Lecture presents: “Cyclical,” a ruminating lecture on aging and writing presented by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer was raised on…
Read MoreSageing, Wider and Deeper: Penn Kemp in Conversation with Jane Munro
by Penn Kemp. The Words Festival has been one of London ON’s liveliest cultural events, presented annually since 2014. But this year, “WordsFest.ca 2020 was presented online in the belief…
Read More2020 Poetry Awards: Interview with Charlie C Petch
Charlie C Petch is the winner of the 2020 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award from the League of Canadian Poets. Find out more about Charlie’s poetry and process below. …
Read More2020 Poetry Awards: Interview with Chantal Gibson
Chantal Gibson is the author of How She Read (Caitlin Press), and winner of the 2020 Pat Lowther Memorial Award from the League of Canadian Poets. Find out more about…
Read MoreTo me, poetry is love: An interview with 2019 Golden Beret winner, Andrea Thompson
Andrea Thompson is, among so many things, the winner of the League’s 2019 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award for excellence and innovation in spoken word poetry. The Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret…
Read MoreTHE SHORTLIST IN CONVERSATION: Adam Dickinson & Alice Major
The Shortlist in Conversation is a series in which poets shortlisted for the League’s 2019 Book Awards engage with each other’s works and talk poetry. In this installment, Adam Dickinson, author of Anatomic…
Read MoreThe Shortlist in Conversation: Klara du Plessis & Laura Ritland
The Shortlist in Conversation is a series in which poets shortlisted for the League’s 2019 Book Awards engage with each other’s works and talk poetry. In this installment, Klara du…
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