I was happy to meet this good folks of the Canadian Author’s Association last night thinking about remixing poetry and source materials. Fun was had all around. (A few people out of shot.) The Canadian Authors Association of National Capital Region will hold its 1st Annual Book Fest this Saturday — April 12, 2014. That’s […]
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Poetry on Spines
OPL’s first ever ‘Poetry on spines’ contest takes place April 7-11 The Ottawa Public Library is running a 5-day contest contest called ‘Poetry on spines / Poésie sur dos’ to celebrate National Poetry Month. How to play? The subject of the photo should be book spines. Align them in a creative way to make poetry […]
Textual Artivity
Small town doesn’t mean mall town nothing. At the Human Bean on the main drag of Cobourg all month is an installation of vispo. I took some phone snapshots while we went thru Cobourg. bill bissett on right and consensus was that right is Judith Copithorne. Which is another funny overlap since we just saw […]
fw: League of Canadian Poets award news
The League of Canadian Poets (LCP) is pleased to announce the shortlists for the 2014 Raymond Souster, Gerald Lampert and Pat Lowther Memorial Awards. Congratulations to all of the authors for their fine work, and many thanks to the jurors for their dedication to this year’s awards. Winners of these awards will be announced during a […]
Versefest – Day 2 – Books
The book table. See if you can spot something familiar or intriguing from left to right. And at the end, bookseller David Dollin (and crew who jumped aside camera shy) are there to get you your books. More as I have time. Day 3 at Versefest: 7pm is old guard: David McFadden, Sue Goyette and […]