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Feminist Caucus event: 2023 book launches
2023 Book Launches: Feminist Caucus, League of Canadian Poets Sunday, 29 Oct, 4-6 p.m. EST Please join Jennifer, Lindsay, Sonja, and Diana to celebrate together our new collections, published by international and Canadian presses, and share our desire to change the world through poetry. The Feminist Caucus strongly and uncompromisingly champions the rights of those who…
Read MoreFeminist Caucus: Support for Iranian Women’s Rights
Statement in Support of Iranian Women’s Rights and Iran’s Fight for Freedom
Read MoreWhat has been left out: Feminist Caucus Living Archive Series
Ayesha Chatterjee, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Joanne Arnott, Sadiqa de Meijer, Jónína Kirton, Valerie Mason-John, Andrea Thompson, Ayesha Chatterjee, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, Joanne Arnott, Sadiqa de Meijer
Read MoreLCP50: THE FEMINIST CAUCUS
The League’s Feminist Caucus came to be as a result of a long article by Sharon Nelson published in the summer 1981 edition of the League newsletter: she examined the disparity in representation of men to women poets within the League, which brought many of the female members together to ultimately form a new committee—the Feminist Caucus.…
Read MoreA note from your Poet Ambassador in Residence | Tara Borin
Tara Borin, inaugural Poet Ambassador in Residence for the League of Canadian Poets, shares a final reflection on their time spent in the role.
Read More“Midwinter Walk at the End of the World” by Tara Borin
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Midwinter Walk at the End of the World” by Tara Borin, part of our 2024 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection!
Read MorePoem in Your Pocket Day 2024
Held in the last two weeks of National Poetry Month, Poem in Your Pocket Day is an international movement that encourages people to center poetry within their daily interactions. Poem in Your Pocket Day 2024 will be celebrated on April 18, 2024.
Read MoreApril 4, 2024 (Zoom): Closer to the Core: strategies for revision (workshop)
In this poetry workshop with Tara Borin, discuss some tools for revision that will bring you closer to the core of the poem you’re trying to write. We’ll begin with a broad focus and then narrow down to the level of the line and individual word choice. Bring a poem you’d like to work on. 90 mins.
Read MoreFeb. 17, 2024 (Zoom): Drop-in poetry consultations with Tara Borin
Drop in on Zoom to workshop your poetry with Poet Ambassador in Residence Tara Borin! Registration required.
Read MoreLCP Chapbook Series: call for submissions from trans, nonbinary, and two-spirit poets
Being trans, nonbinary or two-spirit is a powerful and sacred thing, and sometimes, that can feel like a lot to carry. Send me your poems of trans ordinariness, your small joys and frustrations, your quiet moments of connection or escape, your quotidian. Let me see the power and beauty of your everyday.
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