Posts by LCP
NPM19: 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…
Read More#NPM19: 5 Nature Activities to Invigorate your Writing Practice!
The theme for National Poetry Month this year is nature – a broad topic, especially within the context of Canada across which are spread varied types of landscapes and natural environments. Whether it’s mountain ranges, deserts, forests, oceans, or plains; whether it’s a cityscape or a landscape, for #NPM19, we encourage you to spend time…
Read More“Still Be Still Be Still Be” by Harry Posner
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets’ daily poetry dispatch. Read “Still Be Still Be Still Be” by Harry Posner, part of the 2019 Poem in Your Pocket Day collection
Read MoreThirteen: New Collected Poems from LGBTQI2S Writers in Canada
John Barton, Karin Cope, Tanis Franco, Keith Garebian, Kayla Geitzler, matthew heinz, Rachel Lallouz, Chloe Lewis, Nisa Malli, Trish Salah, Jane Shi, Matthew Stepanic, John Emil Vincent
Read More#NPM19: What might grow from this | By Terrence Abrahams
“I got tired of learning masculinity from humans, so I studied the male wren, building his nest twig by twig, singing a sweet song to attract a mate, feeding his young via beak. I studied the barred owl, solitary witness calling out to others from his perch high up in an old burr oak, his…
Read More#NPM19: Fresh Voices 16
Welcome to the sixteenth edition of Fresh Voices, a project from and for the League’s associate members. The League’s associate members are talented poets who are writing and publishing poetry on their way to becoming established professional poets in the Canadian literary community. We are excited to be taking this opportunity to showcase the work of…
Read More#NPM19: Weekly Round-Up | WEEK TWO
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…
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