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WELCOME TO NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2016
DOWNLOADABLE GRAPHICS | NPM16 EVENTS | FRANCAIS We’re so excited to celebrate poetry with you this month! Here on the blog, we’ll have guest posts on poetry and travel from JC Bouchard and Alessandra Naccarato, as well as a virtual road trip across Canada with posts highlighting reading series and local presses from coast to…
Read MoreCELEBRATING POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY ACROSS NORTH AMERICA
The League of Canadian Poets and the Academy of American Poets Team Up to Celebrate Poem In Your Pocket Day Across North America As a special collaboration for this year’s National Poetry Month in April, the leading membership-based poetry organizations that sponsor the month in Canada and the United States—the League of Canadian Poets and…
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 MoreLCP50: LOOKING BACK, MOVING FORWARD
Our 50th anniversary has coincided with an incredibly exciting time of transition and progress at the League! We have been enjoying taking time in 2016 to look back fondly, and look forward eagerly at how the League has and will support poets and poetry in Canada. In the last 50 years, the League started several programs…
Read MoreREVIEW: TWENTY POEMS THAT COULD SAVE AMERICA | TONY HOAGLAND
Graywolf Press | November 2014 | $16.00 | Purchase online Review by Colin Morton — Don’t be misled by the title. Author Tony Hoagland doesn’t make unrealistic claims for the power of poetry to save, nor is it exclusively for or about Americans. Among the poems unpacked in these entertaining essays are ones by Yehuda…
Read MoreREVIEW: MARLENE DIETRICH'S EYES | BY ISABELLA COLALILLO-KATZ
Ekstasis Editions | October 2014 | 128 pages | $23.95 | Purchase online Review by Josie Di-Sciascio-Andrews — A child’s wide eyed beauty transforms into a woman’s gaze brimming with wonder. Innocence and artistic sensibility, tempered by life and the myriad waves of experience, chisel away at the superfluous skin of the soul, revealing the…
Read More2015 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner: Penn Kemp
and the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award goes to… Penn Kemp Poet, performer and playwright Penn Kemp has been celebrated as a trailblazer from her first poetry publication by Coach House (1972) to her latest: River Revery, Local Heroes (Insomniac Press) and Fox Haunts (Aeolus House). See pennkemp.weebly.com and pennkemp.wordpress.com. Jury’s Comments: “We are pleased to honor performance poet, activist and playwright Penn Kemp of…
Read More2015 Awards: Shortlists
We are thrilled to announce the 2015 Poetry Awards shortlists for the Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther Memorial Awards and the Raymond Souster Award. The winners of these awards will be announced at an awards ceremony in Toronto on Saturday, June 10. Throughout the next few months, visit our News page to find interviews with and more…
Read More2014 Book Awards: Winners
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2014 Book Awards Winners, including the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Raymond Souster Award. Learn more about the 2014 awards and celebrate the poetry of 2013: Congratulations to the winners, shortlisters, longlisters and publishers! 2014 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD WINNER Awarded annually…
Read More2014 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award Winner: bill bissett
and the Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award goes to… bill bissett Thank you to the 2013 Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Jurors: Tanya Evanson, Ian Ferrier and Sheri-D Wilson The Sheri-D Wilson Golden Beret Award is an annual literary prize crafted specifically to highlight the unique strengths and values of spoken word poetry. The Sheri-D Wilson…
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