Resources
Arts Councils and Organizations for Writers
If you are an emerging writer or arts organizer looking for funding to help get your project off the ground, grants can feel imposing at best–and impossible at worst. If your project is still new, we recommend looking into funding at a municipal level–ask or search around to see if your city has something like the Toronto Arts…
Read MoreResources and Organizations to support BIPOC
The League of Canadian Poets is committed and invested in supporting racialized and marginalized individuals as well as amplifying their work in the arts. We hope that this list of resources, organizations, and arts-related reading specific to BIPOC and allies will be helpful in our mission to strengthen and support our inclusive and diverse arts…
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 MoreGETTING PAID FOR POETRY: PUBLIC LENDING RIGHT
Guest post for National Poetry Month and beyond, by Peter Schneider at the Public Lending Right PLR for Poets: Payment for Public Use Did you know that more than 10,000 Canadian poetry titles are now registered with the Public Lending Right Program (PLR)? PLR is an essential cultural support provided by the Canada Council for…
Read MorePOETRY 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 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 MoreSHARING AND PROMOTING YOUR NEWS
ONLINE EVENTS LISTINGS | GETTING HELP SPREADING THE WORD GETTING HELP FROM THE LEAGUE | WHERE SHOULD I SEND MY NEWS? There is no doubt in our minds that Canada’s literary community is bursting with talent, initiative, and promise right now—from coast to coast, groups and individuals are creating art, organizations, collectives, and projects that…
Read MoreHOSTING A POETRY READING
While we all love curling up on the couch with a great book of poetry and a warm cup of tea (or a cool cup of something stronger maybe, in this heat wave!), one of the best ways to get out and meet our fellow writers and readers is by attending a poetry reading. Many…
Read MorePOETRY WORKSHOP IDEAS FOR TEACHERS
Teaching History with Poetry, Glen Sorestad Identity and Autobiography, Aaron Tucker Canadian Poets Across the Curriculum, Kathryn Bjornson Poetry for Performance, Hilary Peach Contemporary Canadian Poetry-Tasting Hour, Catherine Grahm The Art of the Chapbook, Ursula Vaira (PDF) Using Contemporary Canadian Poetry in the Classroom, John Oughton Book Arts Unit for Teen Authors, Cathalynn Labonté-Smith Suggested…
Read MoreTEACHING FORM POETRY
Introduction “The sonnet might be one of the greatest achievements of human ingenuity; […] it isn’t some arbitrary construct that poets pit themselves against out of a perverse sense of craftsmanlike duty – it’s a box for their dreams and represents one of the most characteristic shapes human thought can take.” Don Patterson, 101 Sonnets…
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