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October 24, 2016#WritingTips Mondays: Audition Your Ideas, Forget Brilliance & More
Claire MessudThe Guardian, England's premiere newspaper, is known for their traditionally strong literary coverage, from career-making reviews and long-form criticism to their occasional but memorable ...
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October 24, 2016The Dirty Dozen, with Genevieve Lehr
Genevieve Lehr's second collection of poetry, Stomata (Brick Books), fearlessly explores the experience of grief, from the personal to the political. From abuse and cancer to residential schools, Stomata brings ...
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October 23, 2016
Poetic Inspiration III
This is the third in a series of posts highlighting inventive poems that have broadened my sense of what poems can be and do, and sparked me to stretch further in my own work. (The previous instalments ...
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October 22, 2016
Beautiful Chapbooks
Chapbooks are versatile. They can take a multitude of forms and serve a multitude of functions. It’s generally a lengthy process for a regular book to make its way into print, but a chapbook can enter ...
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October 21, 2016
Adventures in Letterpress
Lately, book news has taken an optimistic turn. It’s been reported that millennials prefer paper to electronic books, and that sales at independent bookstores are steadily rising. Hooray on both counts! ...
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October 20, 2016The In Character Interview, with Nora Gold
If you've ever known someone who couldn't get over that one old flame, you'll recognize the obsessive protagonist of Nora Gold's The Dead Man. Eve is still fixated on her brief relationship with music ...
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October 18, 2016
Poetic Inspiration II
This is the second in a series of posts highlighting poems that have made my synapses crackle, broadened my sense of what poems can be and do, and sparked me to stretch further in my own work. The first ...
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October 17, 2016
New Fall 2016 Children’s and YA Books! Part 2
Today, I’m continuing my fun chat with five authors of exciting fall 2016 hot-off-the-press children’s books, including a picture book, a chapter book, a middle grade novel, a nonfiction book, and ...
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October 15, 2016
Literary Tourism
Every time I visit London, I stay in a different area. This time, I’m just a few blocks from Chancery Lane, in the heart of Dickens’ London. I suppose all of London is Dickens’ London given the ...
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October 13, 2016Finalists for the 2016 bpNichol Chapbook Awards Announced
The Meet the Presses collective has announce the finalists for the 2016 bpNichol Chapbook Award. The prize, awarded annually since its establishment in 1985, goes to the author of the best poetry chapbook ...
