Reviewed by Jeevan Bhagwat In his debut poetry collection, The Other Life (Mosaic Press, 2021), Patrick Conners takes us on…
Reviewed by Katerina Fretwell A Near Memoir: New Poems, Penn Kemp's elegant chapbook, features her father's portrait of her at…
Reviewed by Marguerite Pigeon “I have compounded another thingamajig,” exclaims Phil Hall partway through his recent collection, Niagara & Government…
Getting Involved with the League: Communications Overview We love to support our members in every way we can! Here is…
Fraser was one of the first supportive people I met in the literary community many years ago. The scene was…
Mick Burrs (Steven Michael Berzensky) 1940 -2021 For more than three decades we would run into each other at poetry…
Heather was a fine and caring person, a wonderful poet, a light of shining energy. I'll certainly miss her…
Reviewed by Louise Carson We know right away after reading the first poem of In the Shadow of Vimy that…
The League of Canadian poets stands in mourning alongside Indigenous communities as they grieve the lives of 215 children whose bodies were found buried at the site of the…
Reviewed by Kate Rogers The poems in Khashayar Mohammadi’s new poetry collection, Me, You, Then Snow, skillfully evoke the…
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…
Reviewed by John Vardon Ever since my mother died almost two years ago, memories of her surface into consciousness at…
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…