January 30, 2023
Reviewed by Michael Edwards Rags of Night in Our Mouths by Margo Wheaton (MQUP, 2022) I. Margo Wheaton’s second poetry…
January 30, 2023
Reviewed by Dawn MacDonald Arborophobia by Nancy Holmes (University of Alberta Press, 2022) “Pray inwardly,” the 15th-century Christian mystic Julian…
January 10, 2023
Heartfelt: A Poetry Experience for Valentine’s Day Meet with a Canadian poet and receive a custom poem written for you…
December 6, 2022
Reviewed by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews Poetry, azure coloured glass of a sunlit window, encases celestine light on the glossy…
December 1, 2022
Watch the full presentation: The Canadian Association for Health Humanities and the League of Canadian Poets are partnering to…
November 24, 2022
Reviewed by Sean Arthur Joyce Loose Ends by Ann Carson (Aeolus House, 2022) Poet Ann Elizabeth Carson has released a…
October 24, 2022
Reviewed by Nancy Daoust the correct fury of your why is a mountain (Gordon Hill Press, 2021). By kevin…
October 6, 2022
Reviewed by Patricia Keeney Susan Glickman, Artful Flight, Essays and Reviews. 1985-2019 (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2022) “Artful flight.” That’s…
August 11, 2022
The 2022 Anne Szumigalski Lecture presents: “Cyclical,” a ruminating lecture on aging and writing presented by Louise Bernice Halfe – Sky…
July 14, 2022
Reviewed by Elana Wolff White by George Elliott Clarke Gaspereau Press, 2021; 252 pages ISBN: 9781554472307 In his…
July 13, 2022
Reviewed by Cynthia Coristine Poetry is the soul’s DNA; poetry is the soul’s map. – Stephen Morrissey The Green…
July 13, 2022
Reviewed by Stephen Morrissey J'Accuse...! (Poem versus Silence) George Elliott Clarke Exile Editions, 2021 The title of George Elliott…
July 5, 2022
Edited by Kyle Flemmer Contributors: Christian Bok, Moni Brar, Benjamin C. Dugdale, Sarah Imrisek, Daze Jefferies, Samantha Jones, Eimear Laffan,…
June 30, 2022
Congratulations to the 2022 Winners of the Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize. The jurors were incredibly impressed with the quality of…
June 10, 2022
Reviewed by Padmaja Battani The Untranslatable I by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press, 2021) Roxanna Bennett’s newest book of poetry…
May 5, 2022
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2022 Book Awards winners of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award,…
May 2, 2022
The League of Canadian Poets is always interested in conversations with volunteers who would be a great fit for the…
April 28, 2022
Poem in Your Pocket Day – April 29, 2022 – is an international movement that encourages people to centre poetry…
April 27, 2022
How do poets respond to precarious events in the world? In his famous elegy for W. B. Yeats, W. H.…
April 21, 2022
Effective performers have a talent for making the audience feel seen. They say the things you’d only think, and never…
March 30, 2022
National Poetry Month April 2022 Poster, Digital The theme is intimacy... has that made any parents,…
March 16, 2022
From the LCP Chapbook Series edited by Adebe DeRango-Adem Purchase your copy today! Featuring poetry from Donald B Campbell Sam…
February 14, 2022
The LCP and Freedom to Read Week present: Into Words: a discussion on identity in writing A panel on the joys,…
February 8, 2022
Reviewed by K.V. Skene Bricolage: A Gathering of Centos by A. Garnett Weiss (Aeolus House, 2021) A. Garnett Weiss’s Bricolage…
February 2, 2022
Reviewed by Lynn Tait Shape Taking by Elana Wolff (Ekstasis Editions, 2021) Colour, art, fairytales, surrealism, humour—whether writing about the whites…
January 31, 2022
Reviewed by David C. Brydges However good the usage of words may be, a poem with nothing to touch…
January 28, 2022
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon Keeping Count by M. Travis Lane (Gordon Hill Press, 2021) How can we think about…
January 26, 2022
Reviewed by Michael Edwards Cattail Skyline by Joanne Epp (Turnstone Press) Joanne Epp’s Cattail Skyline (Turnstone Press, 2021)…
January 24, 2022
Reviewed by Louise Carson The Blue Moth of Morning by P.C. Vandall, The Porcupine’s Quill, 2020. It wasn’t until I…