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#NPM18: WEEKLY ROUND-UP | WEEK TWO
Overwhelmed by all the amazing National Poetry Month content coming out every day? Need a refresher? We’ll be rounding up our blog content, along with the awesome stuff our friends at Open Book, All Lit Up, 49th Shelf, and CBC Books are releasing – plus other NPM news that catches our eye each week; all month long. This week we’re also highlighting…
#NPM18: 10 WAYS TO SUPPORT YOUR FAVOURITE POETS
At the League, we work hard to support poets by administering programs and funds for governments and private donors and encouraging an appreciative readership and audience for poetry through educational partnerships and presentations to diverse groups. As the recognized voice of Canadian poets, we represent their concerns to governments, publishers, and the public while maintaining connections with similar organizations working…
#NPM18: 13 SPOOKY POEMS AND POETRY TIDBITS FOR FRIDAY THE 13TH | GUEST POST BY DOMENICA MARTINELLO
“April is the cruelest month,” writes T.S. Eliot at the beginning of The Waste Land. Along with breeding lilacs out of the dead land etc., April is also National Poetry Month! But this National Poetry Month is arguably even crueler—or cooler—than ever, due to the inclusion of an auspicious date: Friday the 13th. Poetry casts…
LCP50: Celebrating 50 years
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