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POETRY AND ACTIVITIES FOR EDUCATORS AND YOUNG READERS
We are absolutely in love with all the librarians and teachers who work day in and day out to put exciting stories into the hands of sometimes-not-so-excited kids, and this National Poetry Month we want to put together some ideas for how to celebrate poetry with young readers! If you’re on the fence about whether…
Read MoreNATIONAL POETRY MONTH… AND BEYOND!
Here we are again, in our favourite month of the year: it’s April and we’re celebrating National Poetry Month! We’re only three days into the month and we’ve already seen so many great projects, initiatives, and resources going around on social media–we’re excited to round up some of those resources for you here, as well…
Read More2017 Jessamy Stursberg Youth Poetry Prize Winners
Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the six winners of the 2017 Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize!
Read MoreFRESH VOICES: JOHN PICKERNELL, KJMUNRO, AND SUE BRACKEN
This first installation of Fresh Voices is a project spearheaded by the League’s Associate Membership Representative, Lesley Strutt. 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…
Read MoreREVIEW: ON NOT LOSING MY FATHER'S ASHES IN THE FLOOD | BY RICHARD HARRISON
Buckrider Books | 84 pages | $18.00 | Purchase online Review by Sharon Berg — Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people. –Spenser Johnson Richard Harrison has written an honest, poetic journal of his search for meaning during the aftermath from a) gradually releasing his father, who…
Read MorePOETRY TO GET THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL
Guest post by Nicole Brewer — I didn’t discover poetry until the summer before my fourth year of university, and as soon as I did I wished I had discovered it sooner. When poetry clicks with a reader or a listener, it clicks more loudly and with much more conviction than any other type of…
Read MoreREVIEW: FOREIGN SKIN | BY KATE ROGERS
Aeolus House | 84 pages | $20.00 | Purchase online Review by John Oughton — This is Kate Rogers’ third book, preceded by City of Stairs and Painting the Borrowed House. In this collection, her double(d) identity as a Canadian teaching at a community college in Hong Kong informs the writing. In a hectic, entrepreneurial metropolis — a “high wire…
Read MoreREVIEW: SERPENTINE LOOP | ELEE KRALJII GARDINER
Anvil Press | 104 pages | 2016 | $18.00 | Purchase online “Remembered Symmetris” — review by Aaron Boothby, excerpted from original publication on Debutantes. — So much swings on the hinge of what is remembered without being often thought of. To encounter a book titled Serpentine Loop, icy – riverine forms drawn on the cover-becomes…
Read MoreNPM17 POSTER AND BOOKMARK
We are so grateful to Kate Hargreaves for her amazing work designing our 2017 National Poetry Month bookmarks and posters! Our 2017 theme is time, and Kate interpreted this in a unique way that delighted all of us here at the League when we saw her first drafts: When I thought about what “time” meant to…
Read MoreGet Involved with National Poetry Month
Every year come April, we get so excited to read and promote poetry for four solid weeks as we celebrate National Poetry Month! We love getting to chat with poets, we love organizing our own events and seeing what comes into our calendar, and most of all we love seeing how all of you take part in…
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