We are so glad to be able to fund National Poetry Month readings all across the country, thanks to the generous support of Canada Council for the Arts. Today, we’re sharing a look at 20 of the events we’re funding this #NPM18; maybe there’s one taking place in a city near you! Have you always wondered what…

League member Leah MacLean-Evans lives on the unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg people. She’s the 2017 fiction winner of the Blodwyn Memorial Prize. Her writing has appeared in Qwerty, untethered, Ottawater, On Spec Magazine, and elsewhere. She has an MFA in Writing from the University of Saskatchewan and is the proofreader of Grain Magazine.  We spoke with Leah  – the winner of our 2018 National Broadsheet Contest –…

In case you didn’t already know, April is the League’s favourite time of year! It’s National Poetry Month, and this year is extra special because we get to celebrate its twentieth anniversary! Established in Canada in April 1998 by the League of Canadian Poets, NPM brings together schools, publishers, booksellers, literary organizations, libraries, and poets from…