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#NPM19: What does poetry mean to you?
April is our favourite time of year because everyone is talking about poetry! We are incredibly proud of and humbled by the role we play in supporting and amplifying the voices of Canada’s incredible poets and their contributions to the Canadian – and global – poetry community. Poetry does so much: it can elicit emotion,…
Read More#NPM19: 10 Ways to Support your Favourite Poets
At the League, we work hard to support poets by administering programs and funds for governments and private donors and encouraging an appreciative readership and audience for poetry through educational partnerships and presentations to diverse groups. As the recognized voice of Canadian poets, we represent their concerns to governments, publishers, and the public while maintaining connections with similar organizations working…
Read More5 Simple Activities to Get Kids Celebrating Nature with Poetry
To help the little ones in your life celebrate National Poetry Month, we came up with a few activities that will help you engage them with poetry, naturally. These are activities you can do indoors or during a quick trip outside because, let’s face it, lots of Canada is still frozen, freezing, or just plain…
Read More#NPM19: Place by Gwen Benaway
1. I want to start here. “no language is neutral seared into the spine’s unraveling. here is history too.” Dionne Brand, No Language is Neutral 2. I can’t write an essay on the political implications of Canadian nature poetry. I don’t believe in Canada, nature, or poetry. These categories are persuasive logics, but they do…
Read MorePoem In Your Pocket Day 2018
Poem in Your Pocket Day is an international movement that encourages people to centre poetry within their daily interactions. On PIYP Day, select a poem, carry it with you, and share it with others at schools, bookstores, libraries, parks, workplaces, coffee shops, street corners, and on social media using the hashtag #PocketPoem. The 2018 Poem in Your…
Read More#NPM18: LA POÉSIE PARTOUT | GUEST POST BY JONATHAN LAMY
de diffusion, de médiation et de dissémination de la poésie La poésie peut être faite partout, avoir lieu n’importe où. Voilà le principe fondateur de La poésie partout, un organisme à but non lucratif mis sur pied à Montréal en janvier 2017, dans le but d’inventer, produire, relier et diffuser des activités poétiques variées. La…
Read More#NPM18: 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 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 own…
Read More#NPM18: THE WRITING PARENT: A LESSON ON PATIENCE
Column by Vanessa Shields I know there are many of us who are writers and parents. This is a wild duality to live. My intention with this column is to write about the challenges of being a parent and a writer. I aim to share stories that reflect both the difficult and the extraordinary experiences of…
Read More#NPM18: A LIST OF TWENTY CURRENT CHAPBOOK PRESSES | GUEST POST BY ROB MCLENNAN
1. above/ground press, Ottawa ON: edited/published by rob mclennan It does feel strange to talk about my own press here, and, thanks to the alphabet, this does appear first, but there you go. Having produced nearly nine hundred items since July 9, 1993, above/ground press focuses on single-author chapbooks in runs in the 250-300 range,…
Read More#NPM18: 16 INDIGENOUS WRITERS AND ARTISTS TO LEARN FROM | GUEST POST BY CHELENE KNIGHT
Recently, someone tried to tear me down on social media because of the work I am trying to do around inclusion and self-care for underrepresented writers. As a Black, female writer, on social media, self-care is important. That very same day almost as if a timely gift dropped down from depths of Twitter, I saw…
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