A project of Deanna Young, Ottawa’s English poet laureate is to poster the streets with poetry. 21 are taped around the core I believe.
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Links to not miss
Jamaal Jackson has a look at the future of spoken word in Ottawa at Apt613. Rising star to watch for? Shayan Saddiq. Future of small press Ottawa poetry at seen at Apt 613 by rob mclennan points at two thousand pages of the Ottawa poetry pdf annual ottawater and calls for a literary book publisher to rise […]
Poetry Read
64. A Sonic Boom of Stars: 2020 Southern California Haiku Study Group Anthology, edited by Beki Reese & Susan Rogers Southern California (2020) is a set of haiku, then a “foreign language” section including Spanish, a few haibun and then a chapter of haiku in a theme of windows. There are several outstanding poets but […]
Pat Lowther
footlights is on the 2021 longlist for Pat Lowther Award, for Canadian women poets. The award carries a $2000 prize, and is sponsored by the LCP. See the rest of the dozen excellent books at the League site, or below. Some of these are my favourites of the year, including Burning Sugar, the Gospel of […]
Online reading Coming soon
Pictured in the before-times, Ilse Turnsen & I at a Woman’s Day reading. Soon Ilse will host the inaugural of the Heart of The Library Reading Series, Wakefield. I’m chuffed to be the guest reader for a digital reading of footlights and a Q&A at the series launch, as a part of the 100-Mile-Artist Network. […]