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Each year, The New Quarterly’s Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse Contest celebrates poems shaped by moments of public and private significance. In On Occasion: Poems for the People, poet and editor Sina Queyras gathers work that marks grief, celebration, encounter, memory, and community. In this conversation, Queyras reflects on editing the anthology, the social life of […]

New line-up for our Toronto event on July 22! Very much looking forward to meeting those of you I haven’t yet met, and to seeing old friends. Come if you can! What a line-up!

Thanks for the interview! Brooke Lee and I had a conversation about On Occasion. You can find it up on Montreal Review of Books. Thanks to the editors there as well.

New line-up for our Toronto event on July 22! Very much looking forward to meeting those of you I haven't yet met, and to seeing old friends. Come if you can! What a line-up!

Launching in Montreal May 12 & Toronto May 21 The Toronto launch on May 21 is a group launch—we are planning a separate launch. Possibly not until the fall. Stay tuned. We are slowly planning other launches as well. If you want a launch in your town, be in touch!! editor@occasionalpoems.ca