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ASK A SHORTLISTER: Writing practice
We asked the poets shortlisted for our 2019 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and -of course – poetry. Join us for our weekly series Ask a Shortlister until the winners are announced on June 8, 2019. *** Do you feel that you’ve found a writing practice that works for you? If yes, can you tell…
Read MoreREVIEWING THE SHORTLIST: The Missing Field | By Jennifer Zilm
Guernica Editions | 2018 | 80 Page | $20.00 | Purchase online Reviewed by Kim Trainor Reviewing the Shortlist is a weekly series in which poets shortlisted for our 2019 Book Awards review books written by their peers. Join us for this series until the award winners are announced on June 8, 2019! In this week’s installment, Kim Trainor,…
Read MoreASK A SHORTLISTER: Writing lessons
We asked the poets shortlisted for our 2019 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and -of course – poetry. Join us for our weekly series Ask a Shortlister until the winners are announced on June 8, 2019. *** What lesson that you learned through a creative writing course/workshop/lecture sticks with you most presently? Tanis Franco: While doing…
Read MoreNPM19: Announcing a new award from the League of Canadian Poets!
To close out National Poetry Month 2019, the League is very excited to announce something big that we’re looking forward to launching this year… a brand new $10,000 poetry prize! We couldn’t think of a better way to say farewell to #NPM19 than to share something for rising talents in Canadian poetry to look forward…
Read MorePoem In Your Pocket Day 2019
Poem in Your Pocket Day – April 18, 2019 – is an international movement that encourages people to centre poetry within their daily interactions. On PIYP Day, select a poem, carry it with you, and share it with others at schools, bookstores, libraries, parks, workplaces, coffee shops, street corners, and on social media using the hashtag #PocketPoem.…
Read MoreNPM19: Weekly Round-Up | WEEK FOUR
Overwhelmed by all the amazing National Poetry Month content coming out every day? Need a refresher? We’ll be rounding up our blog content, along with the awesome stuff our friends at Read Local BC, Open Book, All Lit Up, and CBC Books are releasing – plus other NPM news that catches our eye each week; all month long. – From the League’s own…
Read MoreNPM19: Canadian Independent Bookstore Day
In honour of Canadian Independent Bookstore Day – a day to support the amazing independent bookstores in our communities that help maintain a thriving book industry across the country – we’re sharing a selection of photos sent to us by indie bookstores all around Canada of National Poetry Month displays! We’re touched to see how…
Read MoreASK A SHORTLISTER: Literary Icons
We asked the poets shortlisted for our 2019 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and –of course– poetry. Join us for our weekly series Ask a Shortlister until the winners are announced on June 8, 2019. *** Have you had the chance to meet your literary icon(s)? What was that experience like? Tanis Franco: There are…
Read MoreNPM19: Guest Post | By Fenn Stewart
As many Indigenous leaders and writers have pointed out, the colonial falsehood that Canada was initially, or is essentially, a place of “wilderness” (in other words, empty of people) “underl[ies] a lot of the issues going on today, specifically aboriginal title and rights, land claims, the land question.”[1] This falsehood has been reproduced in nature…
Read More#NPM19: Weekly Round-Up | WEEK THREE
Overwhelmed by all the amazing National Poetry Month content coming out every day? Need a refresher? We’ll be rounding up our blog content, along with the awesome stuff our friends at Read Local BC, Open Book, All Lit Up, 49th Shelf, and CBC Books are releasing – plus other NPM news that catches our eye each week; all month long. – From the League’s…
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