Author Archives: Pearl

Jon Paul Fiorentino has news about his press that published Thirsts: From now on, Snare Books will be the name of the poetry imprint at Invisible Publishing. Further, I am pleased to announce that Invisible has agreed to take on the back list Snare titles and the titles will continue to be available to book […]

Arc sponsored the Lampman Award for National Capital region collections of poetry published last year. The short-list did a reading at Collected Works. Cheese and so on at Collected Works. Someone made homemade cookies. Dave was ready at the sound controls. Some social time before the reading. This year’s Diane Brebner Award winner Lauren Turner […]

St. Cats gets Ottawa’s troupe of Messagio Galore…sound poetry from the 1880s to the arrangements not conceived for sound, from the Italian futurists to the contemporary compositions alongside Ottawa artist Dennis Tourbin who did visual poems.

If you are in the Windsor area, come out to hear sound poetry. From European dadaist to Frank Zappa and acoustical experiences that defy categorizing.

You never know with a drop-in workshop how many will attend. Sometimes 4, sometimes 20 by serendipity. This week’s session was led by LM Rochefort on the Imagists, the principles, the legacy, examples and DIY time. (Oct 23rd is time to share what you’ve worked on and talk about how to voice your poems effectively.) […]