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Highly Acclaimed Poet Derek Beaulieu Passionately Explores His Craft, and Implores Other Scribes to DO IT WRONG

Poetry handbooks often focus on rules, technique, and best practices. Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century (Assembly Press) starts from a different place, asking what happens when ...

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Sometimes Saving the World Means Breaking the Rules in LYING, STEALING, AND OTHER WAYS TO SAVE THE PLANET

Teen activism gets messy fast in Lying, Stealing, and Other Ways to Save the Planet (Annick Press), a sharp, funny YA novel that throws environmental politics, revenge, and high school grudges into the ...

May 28, 2026

Griffin Prize Giveaway! Win Two Tickets to the 2026 Readings, and a Poetry Prize Pack!

The Griffin Prize awards ceremony is right around the corner, and lucky poetry fans can hear all of the shortlisted authors at the upcoming Griffin Prize Poetry Readings right before the announcement ...

May 27, 2026

Ink & Imagination! Naseem Hrab and Kelly Collier on I WILL NOT WALK TO SCHOOL

Some mornings, even the smallest task feels impossible. In I Will Not Walk to School (Kids Can Press), that task is simply getting out the door in the morning!Monster is very clear about one thing. He ...

May 14, 2026

Collected Thoughts: The Editors of MUM'S THE WORD Discuss This Surprising New Anthology

Motherhood looks very different depending on who is telling the story in the new anthology, Mum's the Word (Guernica Editions), a collection that reaches far beyond sentimental clichés and simple narratives.The ...

May 12, 2026