Missed last night’s show? Talk of water and poetry, from the director of Avatar to the tar sands to our capacity to make the world better instead of eroded, Rita Wong on Literary Landscape. Never fear, it’s on playback. Also ready to play again is last week’s show when 3 novelists shared Memories of Jane […]
Author Archives: Pearl
95books in 2015, list 7: Mixing it Up Like Batter
59. Conversations with the Kid by Marco Fraticelli (King’s Road Press, 2015) How neat to get a copy of this. It is haibun by Marco of conversations with his grandchild. A limited edition given out at Haiku Canada which I couldn’t attend this year. It was made using one of my templates that I offer […]
Worse Case Ontario Tour
A kickstarter for the Worse Case Ontario Tour five young emerging Canadian authors are hoping to raise funds to tour North America promoting Canadian literary arts through readings. Poetry Book Tour of August 2015 will feature Jessica Bebenek, JC Bouchard, dalton derkson, JM Francheteau and Julie Mannell. They’ll tour fron Toronto, ON to St. Catherines […]
95books in 2015, list 6: chaos, morals, stories and refusing story
This set of poems is a coin of two sides, observation of concrete world, and moral engagement. To my eye it doesn’t look well for tanka and haiku side but it’s not a football match where winner takes the cup, is it? Thinking about diversity more, what is salient to define? What is achieved with […]
Hat tip
Thanks to rob mclennan for the notice or Anita Dolman and Michael Dennis’ mini chapbooks from phafours.