2021 Book Awards: Winners

May 5, 2021

The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2021 Book Awards Winners, including the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award. Learn more about the 2021 awards and celebrate the poetry of 2020: We are also proud to announce the 2021 Winner of the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award. Congratulations…

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NPM21 Blog: Broken and Beaten Things: On Resilience by Bertrand Bickersteth

April 24, 2021

Can you consider something resilient if it’s broken? This question emerges from my tendency to confuse persistence and resilience. There is a relationship, after all. To me, they are both impressive. Both have to do with a certain staying power. Both invoke a kind of underdog, against-all-odds achievement. But there is at least one key…

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Ask a Longlister: Who Do You Write Your Poems For?

April 24, 2021

We asked the poets longlisted for the 2021 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and -of course – poetry. Read on for their thoughts and stay tuned as we reveal more questions and responses from our esteemed 2021 Book Awards Poets up until the winner’s announcement on May 6, 2021. Who do you write…

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