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rob mclennan was inducted into the VerseFest Hall of Honour last night here in Ottawa in recognition of his long service to the poetry community as a publisher, editor, organizer of events, ambassador, historian, bibliographer, writer, and a hundred million other roles he has taken on over the years. He has been a great supporterContinue reading “rob mclennan | VerseFest Hall of Honour”

Following last year’s year-end post, here is a self-centred accounting of 2015 as a doctoral candidate, poet, and publisher. As of last week, I have now completed drafts of all four chapters of my dissertation on bookselling and the small press in Canada after the Second World War. It is sitting at some 200 pagesContinue reading “2015 Year-in-Review”

Oh boy. I’m all full of inarticulate emotions right now reading this piece that Bardia Sinaee wrote. I’ve got an enormous amount of respect for Bardia as a poet, a reader of poetry, a thinker-about of poetry (he’s more articulate than I am). I really can’t believe that he spent this much time and energy reading andContinue reading ““Sequential Gestures: Reading Cameron Anstee””

Watch William Hawkins reading from The Collected Poems of William Hawkins in Ottawa recently (Saturday November 28, The Manx, Ottawa). Reading is the wrong word; he recites his poems from memory, giving an astonishing performance. It is easy to see why Hawkins was such an influential figure in Ottawa when at his most active asContinue reading “William Hawkins, Poetry Reading”

A few recent things: Samantha Lapierre interviewed me over at Ottawa Life about Apt. 9 and making books. Sean Lamb interviewed me at The Town Crier (the Puritan) also about making books but also about small poems. Melanie Janisse-Barlow is working on what she calls a “growing archive of paintings of poets.” Read about theContinue reading “Interviews, Publications, Readings”

One year ago today, I was excited and lucky to be starting a five-day poetry reading tour with Jesslyn Gagno, Jeff Blackman, Justin Million, and Rachael Simpson. We read in Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto, Peterborough (and later Kingston). Apt. 9 published its first book with a spine to coincide with the tour, and today, to mark the one year-anniversary, thatContinue reading “An Accord of Poets – One-Year Anniversary and Sale”

I’ll be hosting this reading on October 18 that I was looking forward to attending already. BookThug and Chaudiere, together at last! Josh Massey, The Plotline Bomber of Innisfree N.W. Lea, Understander

I’ll be on Literary Landscape on CKCU tomorrow evening speaking to Pearl Pirie about a number of things I have on the go with Apt. 9 Press and my own writing. I’m looking forward to it. CKCU is great at putting programs up for on demand streaming following the show, so you’ll be able toContinue reading “Radio, Readings, Reviews”

I’ve got a new chapbook coming along in October from Baseline Press. Consider Each Possibility is a set of fairly short poems. The manuscript goes back about two years. Re-reading it now, it seems clear that these poems were a step towards a properly minimalist manuscript I’ve got in the works now. I’m excited aboutContinue reading “Chapbook (Baseline Press), Rubber-Stamp Rotary Press”

I’ve had three tiny poems make appearances online in the last couple weeks. “Chronology”, a plundered thing, is up over at Flat Singles Press (thanks Joe Labine) and I’ve got two (two!) up in the July 2015 issue of The Steel Chisel (thanks David Emery) beside new work from Justin Million and Dave Currie. To quoteContinue reading “Two Recent Publications”