Poetry Posts

The Interruption With Shane Book
We're pleased to feature an interview with Shane Book, award-winning poet and filmmaker. Shane is a finalist for the 2015 Griffin Poetry Prize, and in …

Public Poetics
Critical Issues in Canadian Poetry and Poetics

Notes from a Children's Librarian: Poetry Books
Because Canadian children's poetry doesn't begin and end with Alligator Pie, Julie Booker offers up some excellent titles for National Poetry Month.

Measures of Astonishment
Poets on Poetry

2015 Canadian Poetry Awards

Coteau Books Spring 2015 List

Intrepid Travellers: Canadian Women in the World
In the run-up to International Women's Day, we're celebrating women's stories, beginning with this cross-genre list—memoir, fiction and poetry—of …

Visceral: Shivers & Thrills

P.K. Page: I could do with the good solid reality of you
An excerpt from the fabulous new anthology of love letters by Canadian poets, Where the Nights Are Twice as Long.

Doing It!
Writing the Perfect Poem