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Nilsen, Enns, Belleau, & Morgan Capture 2018 League of Canadian Poets Awards

The League of Canadian Poets has announced the winners of their 2018 Annual Poetry Awards. This year marks a newly doubled prize purse for each award.Gerald Lampert Memorial Award Winner:Emily Nilsen ...

Tweet Tweet: writing and publishing as acts of resistance: a continuation in three acts

@erica_mojo: “@poetchelene I really appreciated your participation in the closing panel of #BookSummit18. Commanding, empathetic, supportive. Glad I got to hear you speak.” @poetchelene: “Thank ...

Father's Day at Open Book: Six Unforgettable Fathers in Literature

Just as in real life, there are no two dads exactly alike in literature. From the terrifying to the brave, the disinterested to the inspiring, father characters have been some of the most interesting ...

"All Transformations Have a Cost" Dian Day on Her Arresting New Novel The Madrigal

It's no surprise that in a novel called The Madrigal (Inanna Publications), music is front and centre. Frederick (who shares a surname with the title) and his mother are both singers - but they experience ...

Tara Atluri on Writing from "the Interstices of Belonging" in Bangalore's Kaval Bairasandra Neighbourhood

Tara Atluri's Uncommitted Crimes: The Defiance of the Artistic Imagi/nation (Inanna Publications) takes it title from a quote by Theodor Adorno, who said "every work is art is an uncommitted crime". ...

Contest! Win A Prize Pack of Essential Women Poets' Work from Porcupine's Quill

The Porcupine's Quill's Essential Poets series highlights some of the most exciting, innovative, and (of course) essential poets in Canada. Don't let your poetry section languish without these titles...The ...

Tweet Tweet: A City’s Past & Present: Remapping Vancouver

@poetchelene: After reading and researching about the setting in my novel I felt compelled to recognize the city as a character. #hogansalleyfactorfiction  “Junie stood on her balcony overlooking the ...

Tweet Tweet: Self-Care for Writers

@poetchelene “It's time to take a self-care hour! #amwriting #projects”People keep saying that they see me everywhere. How do you do all of this? Great question, I have no idea, but I do know how ...

Billy-Ray Belcourt is the Youngest Griffin Poetry Prize Winner Ever

Billy-Ray Belcourt has won the Canadian Griffin Poetry Prize for his acclaimed collection, This Wound is a World (Frontenac House). At 23 years old, he is the youngest winner of the prize ever. Belcourt ...

Lise Weil on Reconciling Zen and Desire, Visionary Books, & How a Lost Cat Led to Love

The '70s and '80s were a time of radical change and evolution, and the queer community was particularly instrumental in resisting and interrogating the environmental and social crises of that time, the ...