Congratulations to the Winner of the 2021 Pat Lowther Memorial Award: Noor Naga – Washes, Prays (McClelland & Stewart)! Thank…
Congratulations to the Winner of the 2021 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award: Bertrand Bickersteth – The Response of Weeds (NeWest Press)!…
Congratulations to the Winner of the 2021 Raymond Souster Award: Ian Williams – Word Problems (Coach House)! Thank you to…
The League of Canadian Poets is proud to present the 2021 Book Awards Winners, including the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award,…
reviewed by Pat Connors There are certain canonical books to which I always return, as they have an almost scriptural…
We asked the poets longlisted for the 2021 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and -of course…
by Emily Schimp for National Poetry Month 2021 Coconut by Nisha Patel (April 2021, NeWest Press) Canadian National Slam Champion,…
We asked the poets shortlisted for the 2021 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and -of course –…
We asked the poets longlisted for the 2021 Book Awards some questions about their writing lives, inspirations and -of course…
Lesley Strutt was an incredible poet, friend and supporter of emerging poets across Canada. Her recent passing has left a…
I’m running another virtual Spoken Word workshop (COVID amirite?) and one of the participants, a young, queer, BIPOC musician asks…
Now that the Spring weather is beckoning us outside again, it is a wonderful time to revisit the ways that…
reviewed by Allan Briesmaster Locked in Different Alphabets by Doris Fiszer (Silver Bow Press, 2020) Books of poetry that…
Wind on the Heath: new and selected poems by Naomi Beth Wakan Shanti Arts Publishing, Brunswick, Maine 2020 Softcover, 219…
Luciana Ricciutelli-Costa February 19, 1958 – December 14, 2020 There are certain people who startle you with their kindness; who…
2019 GERALD LAMPERT MEMORIAL AWARD SHORTLIST Ekke by Klara du Plessis (Palimpsest Press) | Quarry by Tanis Franco (University of Calgary Press) | Unstable Neighbourhood Rabbit by Mikko Harvey (House of Anansi…
Reviewed by Sandra Stephenson Here is a little book I read with a haiku mind. A haiga mind, really, as…
Reviewed by Kim Fahner This review was originally published by Prairie Fire, Jan 28, 2020. In the title poem of…
Reviewed by John Vardon Originally published by The New Quarterly As a poetry editor for The New Quarterly, I first…
Reviewed by Frances Boyle Serve the Sorrowing World With Joy by Meg Freer and Chantel Lavoie (Woodpecker Lane Press,…
Reviewed by Josh Quirion My grandmother’s got two vertical freezers so full of food, it’s her house I’m running to…
Reviewed by Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni Toronto poet Gianna Patriarca’s new book, To the Men Who Write Goodbye Letters, has…
Reviewed by Louise Carson After reading A Beautiful Stone, and then the poem on the back cover – ‘Following the…
reviewed by Bob MacKenzie. In firmly holding onto the desire to love and cherish one another we keep faith…
Reviewed by Louise Carson. I’d seen a documentary about this woman, a Chicago nanny, born 1926, died 2009, who never…
with Kate Marshall Flaherty! This event took place on January 30, 2021. Spontaneous poetry writing is the act of connecting…
by Penn Kemp. The Words Festival has been one of London ON’s liveliest cultural events, presented annually since 2014. But…
Reviewed by Catherine Morrison DREAM FRAGMENTS is an incredible collection of poems that bring readers into her mind, experiencing the…
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon. In her last collection, Blue Sonoma (Brick Books, 2014), Jane Munro used dreamscapes and reportage as…