November 14th, get your refill of the Phil at Queens.

The chapbook officially exists. The velum layer when it stands open here obscures the title: Where There’s Fire. Poems by Jacqueline Bourque, Frances Boyle, Mary Lee Bragg, Laurie Koensgen, Robin K. Macdonald, Pearl Pirie, LM Rochefort, Deborah-Anne Tunney and Jean Van Loon.
What a lot of fun putting it together, sing-along and stories.
A couple pictures from the binding bee:


The singing not included. (Photography has its limitations.)
They’re poems I’m proud to put out.

60 numbered copies, using the last of the paper stock. $12 a piece.
The official sales thru St. Cats, ottawa small press fair, from poets in it at Collected Works, etc.
A launch, hm, that’s an idea.

When: November 2 at 7:00pm until November 4 at 3:00pm
Where: impresario Artisan Market, 37 King St. West, Cobourg
Cobourg’s new IMPRESARIO ARTISAN MARKET, in collaboration with Scotland’s intermedia artists, ZORRAS, presents a three-day festival of poetry and literary arts November 2nd to 4th at 37 King Street West.
For three days, Cobourg will be treated to readings and performances from local poets such as STUART ROSS [Winner of the 2012 L.I. Segal English Fiction & Poetry Award], poet laureate TED AMSDEN and LINDA HUTSELL-MANNING, as well as visiting writers from Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton and Edinburgh, Scotland. All events are pay-what-you-can or free.
For the duration of the festival, the gallery will also feature visual art that incorporates text, including stunning works by local textile artist LAURIE SIBLOCK and Toronto artist KAREN MIRANDA AUGUSTINE. The opening night will showcase strange and humourous poetry videos by various artists such as Cobourg’s WALLY KEELER and Hamilton’s GARY BARWIN. The night will culminate with a performance from Scotland’s Zorras, who combine poetry, music and video in a unique and mesmerizing performance.
• Friday, November 2nd, 7-10pm
Opening Night Party, Readings, Video Screenings & Performances
PWYC (suggested $5)
Featuring DAVID KEYES, JENNIFER LOVEGROVE, STUART ROSS and ZORRAS
• Saturday, November 3rd, 2-4pm
Readings
Free (we will pass the hat for the artists)
Featuring GARY BARWIN, ANDREW KAUFMAN, LEAH MURRAY and PEARL PIRIE
• Sunday, November 4th, 2-4pm
Readings
Free (we will pass the hat for the artists)
Featuring TED AMSDEN, BEATRIZ HAUSNER, LINDA HUTSELL-MANNING, ROSINA KAZI and EMILY POHL-WEARY
Plus ongoing visual art and video by Sandra Alland, Gary Barwin, Wally Keeler, Karen Miranda Augustine, Laurie Siblock + more
More information at Impressario Market

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 buyers.
I am thrilled to announce the continuation of The Robert Kroetsch Award for Innovative Poetry. The administration of this award will fall under the purview of Matrix Magazine in partnership with Invisible Publishing and these books will be published every fall by Invisible under my editorship and the Snare imprint. The prize will be awarded annually to the best poetry manuscript by an emerging Canadian writer (a writer who has published two books or less). Each year the winning manuscript will be selected by established and well-known Canadian writers. The 2013 award will be judged by innovative poet and BookThug mastermind, Jay MillAr.

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 read a few poems.

Mike Blouin read from his dark and comic historical fiction book length poems of Alden Nowlan and Johnny Cash in Wore Down Press

rob mclennan read from his book Glengarry about the landscapes and cosmic and bodily memories of the Eastern Ontario county.

Sandra Ridley read from her book-length poem of a morphine-addled captive/patient in Post-Apothecary .
Thelma Poirier for Rock Creek Blues (Regina: Coteau Books, 2011) was also short-listed but did not attend the reading.
There are videos of the event.

The announcement will be made at the Ottawa Book Awards at the Shenkman Center Oct 24th.