Congratulations to the 2022 Winners of the Jessamy Stursberg Poetry Prize. The jurors were incredibly impressed with the quality of…
Reviewed by Padmaja Battani The Untranslatable I by Roxanna Bennett (Gordon Hill Press, 2021) Roxanna Bennett’s newest book of poetry…
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2022 Book Awards winners of the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award,…
Date Posted: Apr 28, 2022 Application Deadline: May 25, 2022 Start Date: Jun 20, 2022 Salary From: 40K To 45K Province: Ontario Region: Metro Toronto Area City: Toronto Employee…
Poem in Your Pocket Day – April 29, 2022 – is an international movement that encourages people to centre poetry…
How do poets respond to precarious events in the world? In his famous elegy for W. B. Yeats, W. H.…
Effective performers have a talent for making the audience feel seen. They say the things you’d only think, and never…
National Poetry Month April 2022 Poster, Digital The theme is intimacy... has that made any parents,…
From the LCP Chapbook Series edited by Adebe DeRango-Adem Deadline to submit: April 30, 2022 LCP invites submissions for…
The LCP and Freedom to Read Week present: Into Words: a discussion on identity in writing A panel on the joys,…
Reviewed by K.V. Skene Bricolage: A Gathering of Centos by A. Garnett Weiss (Aeolus House, 2021) A. Garnett Weiss’s Bricolage…
Reviewed by Lynn Tait Shape Taking by Elana Wolff (Ekstasis Editions, 2021) Colour, art, fairytales, surrealism, humour—whether writing about the whites…
Reviewed by David C. Brydges However good the usage of words may be, a poem with nothing to touch…
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon Keeping Count by M. Travis Lane (Gordon Hill Press, 2021) How can we think about…
Reviewed by Michael Edwards Cattail Skyline by Joanne Epp (Turnstone Press) Joanne Epp’s Cattail Skyline (Turnstone Press, 2021)…
Reviewed by Louise Carson The Blue Moth of Morning by P.C. Vandall, The Porcupine’s Quill, 2020. It wasn’t until I…
National Poetry Month 2021: Resilience The League of Canadian Poets invites you to celebrate the 23nd National Poetry Month this April…
Applications for this program are accepted from January to April annually, to reserve funding for events in April through to…
If you are familiar with the League's Poets in the Schools funding program and looking for the application details and…
Poetry in Union - A Poetry Experience for Valentine's Day We have all experienced distance and disconnection in the past…
Reviewed by Vanessa Shields footsteps in the garden by Bob MacKenzie (cyberwit.net, 2021) Bob MacKenzie’s latest collection of poetry,…
Reviewed by Padmaja Battani The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak by Grace Lau, Guernica Editions, 2021 The…
NEW: The League of Canadian Poet Local In-Person Events Funding Program Update: As of June 2, 2022, the funds for this…
Reviewed by Emma Odrach Metastasis by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews (Mosaic Press, 2021) Insightful. thoughtful and timely Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews says…
Reviewed by Carol MacKay Wild Hope: Prayers and Poems by John Terpstra (St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2020) John Terpstra’s book…
Reviewed by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews Thimbles by Vanessa Shields (Palimpsest Press, 2021) In poetry, everything has a deeper meaning.…
September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and Survivors…
Reviewed by Philomene Kocher Haiku in Canada: History, Poetry, Memoir by Terry Ann Carter. Victoria, BC: Ekstasis Editions, 2020. 170 pp.…
Reviewed by Pearl Pirie Locked in Different Alphabets by Doris Fiszer (Silver Bow Publishing, 2020) I’ve had the privilege of…
Reviewed by Pearl Pirie The Muse Sings by Dennis Cooley (At Bay Press, 2020) I’ve long admired the playfulness of…