Author Archives: Pearl

Coming in two weeks…two poets I’ve had the privilege of workshopping with in one place. Lana Crossman’s Pinhole Press launchSat., January 18, 2pm at the Sunnyside Branch of Ottawa Public Library. Her launch of Pics or It Didn’t Happen will be with guest readings by fellow Pinhole Press poets Laurie Koensgen and Pearl Pirie

In 2024, I managed a title per day, averaging 118 pages a day. I aimed to review 10% of the number of titles I read, but managed to rview 5% of titles, about 20 reviews in the year, which is almost two a month. Not outrageously terrible. Two dozen were re-reads, a title per week […]

Before I enter year 14 of this recording, I’ll compare some aims, (to read older material and diversely, and equally for gender parity,) against what I actually did. I’ll elaborate on trends of books I have finished reading. (There are a few on the table that I may still finish but in rough shapes this […]

I added to literary resources, on the author site, where I make available tips for running s reading series, or open mic, or tools for writing, a card game for thinking poetics. I added to templates for flutter books and chapbooks from 8 pages— now there’s 36-page and 24-page templates for Apple pages and and […]

Towards to the end of the year I’ll post my usual summary of my reading stats, how many Canadian vs, not, and indigenous reads or gender parity, by genre and all the etc. For the moment, I’m collecting up my fav reads. With caveat that I have in progress probably a dozen. Here are my […]