2022
Fresh Voices 27
Fresh Voices 27 features poetry by: Zein Mari Alsaka, Angel Edwards, Mark Featherstone, Meg Freer, Dagne Forrest, Ben Gallagher, Norma Kerby, Josephine LoRe, Sally Quon, Gordon Taylor and Cathy Thorne.
Read MoreQuilting a Life by Malika Sharma
Watch the full presentation: The Canadian Association for Health Humanities and the League of Canadian Poets are partnering to deliver a series of monthly rounds focused on health, arts and humanities. These live sessions will feature both artists and professionals in the Health Humanities field for a multi-faceted conversation about topics related to healthcare, art,…
Read MoreLoose Ends a Tightly Woven Collection: Review of Loose Ends by Ann Carson
Reviewed by Sean Arthur Joyce Loose Ends by Ann Carson (Aeolus House, 2022) Poet Ann Elizabeth Carson has released a book any poet would be proud of, at any age. That she has done it in her 90s only proves that creativity is the ever-living flame that can animate all of us, whatever the state…
Read MoreStatement in Support of Iranian Women’s Rights and Iran’s Fight for Freedom
Statement in Support of Iranian Women’s Rights and Iran’s Fight for Freedom The Feminist Caucus of the League of Canadian Poets strongly condemns the Islamic Republic of Iran’s systemic infringements of women’s rights for more than four decades, including the arrests, torture, and killing of women, men, and children protesting for equality and freedom. We call upon Canadian and international writers’ and…
Read MoreFeminist Caucus: Support for Iranian Women’s Rights
Statement in Support of Iranian Women’s Rights and Iran’s Fight for Freedom
Read MoreThings to Do around Winnipeg when you’re Black By Michael Fraser – Winner of the 2022 Lesley Strutt Poetry Prize
Congratulations to Michael Fraser, whose poem “Things to Do around Winnipeg when you’re Black” is the 2022 winner of the Lesley Strutt Poetry Contest!
Read MoreFresh Air by Gordon Taylor – Winner of the Toronto Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award
Congratulations to “Fresh Air” by Gordon Taylor, winner of the 2022 Arts and Letters Club of Toronto Foundation Poetry Award!
Read More2022 Anne Szumigalski Lecture – Cyclical by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer
The 2022 Anne Szumigalski Lecture presents: “Cyclical,” a ruminating lecture on aging and writing presented by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky Dancer was raised on Saddle Lake Reserve and attended Blue Quills Residential School. Louise is married, has two adult children and three grandsons. She graduated with a Bachelor of…
Read MoreAdventitious Sounds
Candace de Taeye, Ivy Deavy, Annie Foreman-Mackey, Kaylie, Kathleen Klassen, Madeline McKenzie, Lori-Anne Noyahr, Savita Rani, Eleonore Schönmaier, Lauren Seal, Kimberley Thomas, James X. Wang, Laura Zacharin.
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