January 13, 2022
National Poetry Month 2021: Resilience The League of Canadian Poets invites you to celebrate the 23nd National Poetry Month this April…
January 13, 2022
If you are already familiar with our funding programs and you are looking to submit an application, please visit this…
January 13, 2022
If you are familiar with the League's Poets in the Schools funding program and looking for the application details and…
January 11, 2022
Poetry in Union - A Poetry Experience for Valentine's Day We have all experienced distance and disconnection in the past…
December 13, 2021
Reviewed by Vanessa Shields footsteps in the garden by Bob MacKenzie (cyberwit.net, 2021) Bob MacKenzie’s latest collection of poetry,…
December 13, 2021
Reviewed by Padmaja Battani The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak by Grace Lau, Guernica Editions, 2021 The…
December 8, 2021
NEW: The League of Canadian Poet Local In-Person Events Funding Program December 8, 2021: The League of Canadian Poets is thrilled…
December 3, 2021
Reviewed by Emma Odrach Metastasis by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews (Mosaic Press, 2021) Insightful. thoughtful and timely Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews says…
November 22, 2021
Reviewed by Carol MacKay Wild Hope: Prayers and Poems by John Terpstra (St. Thomas Poetry Series, 2020) John Terpstra’s book…
November 19, 2021
Reviewed by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews Thimbles by Vanessa Shields (Palimpsest Press, 2021) In poetry, everything has a deeper meaning.…
September 29, 2021
September 30, 2021 marks the first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The day honours the lost children and Survivors…
September 21, 2021
Reviewed by Philomene Kocher Haiku in Canada: History, Poetry, Memoir by Terry Ann Carter. Victoria, BC: Ekstasis Editions, 2020. 170 pp.…
September 21, 2021
Reviewed by Pearl Pirie Locked in Different Alphabets by Doris Fiszer (Silver Bow Publishing, 2020) I’ve had the privilege of…
September 21, 2021
Reviewed by Pearl Pirie The Muse Sings by Dennis Cooley (At Bay Press, 2020) I’ve long admired the playfulness of…
September 20, 2021
Reviewed by Chantel Lavoie Nothing You Can Carry by Susan Alexander (Thistledown Press, 2020) The title hints at the spiritual…
September 1, 2021
Reviewed by Patricia Keeney Blood Rises by David Haskins (Guernica Editions. 2020) At the breathless top of the world along…
September 1, 2021
Reviewed by Kamal Parmar sfumato by David Stones (Blue Moon Publishing, 2021) In the book sfumato, the poet David…
August 31, 2021
Canthius celebrates poetry and prose by women, trans men, non-binary, Two-Spirit, genderqueer, and gender non-conforming writers, and these poems were chosen…
August 25, 2021
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August 23, 2021
Reviewed by Louise Carson Windfor by Allan Briesmaster, Ekstasis Editions, Victoria, 2021 As I was curious about the origin of…
August 23, 2021
Reviewed by Josie Di Sciascio-Andrews Sabyasachi Nag. Uncharted. Toronto, Ontario: Mansfield Press, 2020. Whether in the animal kingdom or amongst…
August 17, 2021
Reviewed by John Robert Colombo Very seldom these days do avid and adventurous readers come across a volume that meets…
August 16, 2021
Reviewed by Michael Edwards Walking Across The Day by d.n simmers, New Westminster, BC: Silver Bow Publishing, 2020. Vancouver poet…
August 11, 2021
Reviewed by By Louise Carson The Hammer of Witches by Kelly Rose Pflug-Back, Dagger Editions, 2020 One of the…
July 30, 2021
Reviewed by Renée M. Sgroi Gianna Patriarca’s latest poetry collection, To the Men Who Write Goodbye Letters (Inanna, 2020) balances…
July 27, 2021
Review by Kate Marshall Flaherty first published in Verse Afire, January 2021. The Dance Between: Poems About Women by…
July 27, 2021
Reviewed by Ronnie R. Brown first published in Verse Afire, January 2020. For the Love of Lazaros by Susan…
July 20, 2021
Reviewed by Jeevan Bhagwat In his debut poetry collection, The Other Life (Mosaic Press, 2021), Patrick Conners takes us on…
July 6, 2021
Reviewed by Katerina Fretwell A Near Memoir: New Poems, Penn Kemp's elegant chapbook, features her father's portrait of her at…
July 4, 2021
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon “I have compounded another thingamajig,” exclaims Phil Hall partway through his recent collection, Niagara & Government…