I’m a couple weeks behind the curve but this year’s Lampman Scott Award finalists are announced:
Nadine McInnis for Two Hemispheres (Brick Books) about a woman’s insane asylum inmates who read at the Decalogue launch.
Michael Blouin for I’m not going to lie to you (Pedlar Press) which were part of his Factory series reading [He will release his new novel Oct 16. – deets]
and Shane Rhodes for The Bindery (NeWest Press) who by some means I’ve missed hearing read anywhere anytime. It’s his third book from NeWest.
And a few more days left to participate in the Reader’s Choice Awards for Arc.
My short-list in the blind-judging is
p. 5 Plant Food
p. 7 A Model Close at Hand
p. 15 Chopping Wood on Ivan’s Farm
p. 16 Unspooling
p. 28 This Old Home
p. 40 Stroke
p. 42 To See You Like This
p. 50 Since You Died the Days are Broken and Meant for Stereotypes
p. 55 Oyster
But have to pick 3. (What stories resonate that do we need and why?) Earl J Wilcox at Poetry Superhighway has a story…Close Shave.
Other (unrelated) news, Douglas Lochhead who was appointed life-time Poet Laureate of Sackville, NB, 2003, reads excerpts from Love on the Marsh his newest, 30th book, a long poem. It’s published by Sybertooth, est. 1996, managed by Chris Paul.
And really unrelated hyponymy, what a lovely thesaurusie concept.