Category Archives: PSA, Poetry

Factory Reading Series: Covid-era poet memorial. 233 Armstrong Avenue (at Parkdale Market, Ottawa)Friday, January 13, 2023doors 7pm, reading 7:30pmlovingly hosted by rob mclennan, Also, The Peter F Yacht Club #31; “The Factory Reading Series 30th anniversary” issue launch. Readings and recollections by Cameron Anstee, Rhonda Douglas, James Moran, natalie hanna, rob mclennan, AJ Dolman, Chris Johnson, […]

The 2022 Nelson Ball Prize will be announced Friday, Dec 30 at 9 a.m. ET via a recorded presentation on YouTube. Enjoy readings by the shortlisted authors and news about Nelson’s legacy. Stay tuned!

The Betty Drevniok award for English haiku has no entry fee and is open to all, except the Haiku Canada executive board. Enter by Feb 15. Hundreds of haiku have been entered. Winners, HM and judge to be announced at Haiku Canada in Montreal, the long weekend in May. Pour haïku en français,essayez ici: Prix […]

I redesigned the logo for Studio Nouveau in preparation for new classes coming in 2023. Design is underway on poems of emotion and of collating poems into a chapbook. I’m thinking a simpler route than a course platform. Pdfs, email and zoom calls.

Lines – Cameron Anstee (St. Andrew Books) wind – Guy Ewing (Puddles of Sky Press) a grain of sand – Helen Hajnoczky (above/ground press) A Number of Stunning Attacks – Jessi MacEachern (Invisible Publishing) Rain’s Small Gestures – Pearl Pirie (Apt. 9 Press) Last year the finalist was announced mid-December.