I spent a fantastic afternoon with Michael Dennis this past Saturday scanning his book covers in order to upload them to his new blog (kindly set up by Christian McPherson). Michael is just great to spend a few hours with talking poetry. He’s read more than most people alive, and he has strong opinions aboutContinue reading “March Miscellany”
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Whatever Else: An Irving Layton Symposium | Registration Now Open
Registration is now open for the University of Ottawa Department of English’s annual Canadian Literature Symposium. The focus is on Irving Layton this year. I’ve got the privilege of helping to organize the conference with Prof. Robert Stacey this time around, and I’m incredibly excited about the three days of events that we have linedContinue reading “Whatever Else: An Irving Layton Symposium | Registration Now Open”
Peter Gibbon, William Hawkins
On heels of rob mclennan’s profile of In/Words two weeks ago, poet, editor and friend Peter Gibbon has written a short memoir on his time with the magazine as well and published it on his Conduit Canada blog. Pete has a pile of smart and insightful things to say about the mag, and some hilariousContinue reading “Peter Gibbon, William Hawkins”
rob mclennan on In/Words
From 2006-2009 (or thereabouts), I was an editor at In/Words Magazine & Chapbook Press at Carleton University. My first published poem was in In/Words (Volume 5, Issue 3, February 2006, on the same page as Ben Ladouceur). I worked editing for the magazine, editing chapbooks, and helping to make a monthly open-mic reading series happen.Continue reading “rob mclennan on In/Words”
ottawater Launch
The ninth issue of ottawater launches this week. Thursday, January 24 at the Carleton Tavern (233 Armstrong). Doors at 7:00, readings at 7:30. As I mentioned, I have two new, weird, plundered poems in there. The full issue has work from: Steven Artelle, Gary Barwin, Jeff Blackman, David Blaikie, Frances Boyle, Ronnie R. Brown, ColinContinue reading “ottawater Launch”
Some Links | 14 January 2013
Peter Gibbon wrote a fascinating post at the Conduit Canada blog about the Highway Book Shop that is well worth a read. Pete had been telling me about this store for years, but I was never able to get as far north as Cobalt. I regret it. Recently John W. MacDonald posted a documentary onContinue reading “Some Links | 14 January 2013”
November/December Reading Miscellany (Part Three)
Marilyn Irwin. little nothings. Ottawa ON: Self Published [“lovingly made for the Hallowe’en edition of Carleton University’s In/Words reading series], 2012. Marilyn Irwin has a minimalist bent that I admire. She seems to draw her poetic from visual, sound, and lyric traditions. Attentive to the materiality of the letter on the page, her work hasContinue reading “November/December Reading Miscellany (Part Three)”
Jim Smith (November/December Reading Miscellany Part Two)
Mansfield Press rolled into Ottawa at the beginning of December with its Fall lineup. Mansfield has developed a consistently exciting list in recent years, balancing young poets (Leigh Nash, Jamie Forsythe) with elder statesmen (David McFadden, Nelson Ball) under the careful editorial stewardship of Stuart Ross and good sense and design sensibility of publisher DenisContinue reading “Jim Smith (November/December Reading Miscellany Part Two)”
November/December Reading Miscellany (Part One)
Some notes on books acquired at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair, and other places, during the Fall that I have finally been able to sit down with and give a bit of time. Expect more of these posts over the next couple weeks. — Nelson Ball. Orphans. Paris ON: Rubblestone Press, 2012. —. TheContinue reading “November/December Reading Miscellany (Part One)”
Friday Morning Special Blend
In the build up to tomorrow’s reading and book launch for Apt. 9 (Phil Hall! Rachael Simpson! Claudia Coutu Radmore!), Susan Johnston interviewed the lot of us on Friday Morning Special Blend on CKCU 93.1. You can listen to the interview below. 23 November 2012 | Apt. 9 Press on Friday Morning Special Blend withContinue reading “Friday Morning Special Blend”
Cameron Anstee 