Search Results by tag: National Poetry Month

Poem in Your Pocket Day comes to Canada

Poem in Your Pocket Day, an event that encourages readers to carry a specially selected poem around with them and share it with others, will be extended to Canada for the first time ever on ... Read More »

March 29, 2016 | Filed under: Book news

Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi issues poetry challenge to cities

By Becky Robertson

Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi is challenging his counterparts across the country to open a council meeting in March or April with a reading by a poet. The annual Mayor's Poetry City Challenge commemorates UNESCO's ... Read More »

February 10, 2016 | Filed under: Industry news, People

Poetry Month Q&A: K.I. Press on motherhood and her latest collection

By Ariel Gordon

Originally from rural Alberta, poet K.I. Press has lived in Toronto, Vancouver, Edmonton, and Ottawa. She’s now lived in Winnipeg for a decade, long enough, she says, that it “has slowed down the pace at ... Read More »

April 29, 2015 | Filed under: Authors, Writing life

Poetry Month Q&A: Bren Simmers on writing from and to her neighbourhood

By Ariel Gordon

Bren Simmers’ second collection, Hastings-Sunrise (Nightwood Editions), is a long poem that spans a year of living in the East Vancouver residential neighbourhood, one of the city's oldest. Though she is now based in Squamish, ... Read More »

April 21, 2015 | Filed under: Authors

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Search Results by tag: National Poetry Month

Poem in Your Pocket Day comes to Canada

Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi issues poetry challenge to cities

Poetry Month Q&A: K.I. Press on motherhood and her latest collection

Poetry Month Q&A: Bren Simmers on writing from and to her neighbourhood

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