hey, Ottawa! come out on Wednesday, October 21 to Perfect Books on Elgin Street to catch Victoria poet Garth Martens and myself launching ...

Join us for a special literary Q&A session featuring poet, writer, editor, and chapbook-maker Kevin Spenst in conversation with Bonnie Nish, Executive Director of Word Vancouver...

What does it mean to be an East Van writer? For almost 150 years, East Vancouver has been the predominant home for Vancouver’s immigrant and working-class communities. More than a geographic location...

The full report is available HERE Written by Renee Black, Edward Wu, Femi Gbolahan, Kaitlin Bustos, Ayla Khan and Mathushan Thialikanathan Edited by Courtney Doagoo Part II of our four-part ...

Blair Trewartha’s debut collection, Easy Fix (Palimpsest Press, 2014), was shortlisted for the Relit Award. He is the author of three chap...

Two poets at different stages of their careers come together to explore identity, memory, labour, and place.

Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws

On eve of the PM’s EU visit, European digital experts warn Canada’s Bill-22 poses a privacy threat to residents of the bloc

Origins Acknowledgement of the Land The Al and Eurithe Purdy A-frame Association acknowledges that our residency and the activities of our writers-in-residence are sited on the traditional territories...

Celebrate 60 years of The League of Canadian Poets with Junie Désil, Marc Perez, Christina Shah, & Kim Trainor. Hosted by Kyeren Regehr.

Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies — with some critics calling them a t...

Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of some fifty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, rob's most recent titles include On Beauty: stories (University of Alberta Press, 2024), the poetry collections the book of sentences…

Victoria Festival of Authors — an annual literary festival featuring readings, workshops, and conversations with Canadian and international authors.

I was interviewed on-stage by Kyeren Regehr (Victoria, British Columbia's seventh poet laureate, by the way, who I interviewed as part of t...

A few weeks ago, I managed to get up to Toronto to see the Summer launch of five brand new chapbooks from the mighty Anstruther Press. Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher, was gracious enough to an…

Two poets at different stages of their careers come together to explore identity, memory, labour, and place.

So, we’ve got a last-minute reprieve on the 50 per cent tariffs that U.S. President Donald Trump was threatening. And Trump is boasting about some...

Canadian books and authors

Join the chapbook launch for "when a country teaches you" (Baseline Press) by poet Jaeyun Yoo on August 15 (Sat) 5-7:30pm!