some author activity: Reid, Mohammadi, Weaver + Kemp,

Monty Reid has new work up at The Pi Review; Khashayar Mohammadi is interviewed over at The Mahalat Review; Andy Weaver has a small essay up at The Woodlot; and Harold Rhenisch and forthcoming author Penn Kemp have a collaborative poem and new interviews online at Canadian Literature.

some author activity: Earl, Cochrane, Maloukis + Carpenter,

Amanda Earl is the October winner of the "Arc Award of Awesomeness" from Arc Poetry Magazine; Mark Cochrane has a new poem up at Canadian Literature; Rose Maloukis has a new essay in the "Talking Poetics" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; and J.R. Carpenter posts part of an audio collaboration with Darren Hagen.

some author activity: Ross, Claxton, Baus, Johnson, Gold + Perry,

some of Stuart Ross' poems have been translated into Russian; Dana Claxton has won the Hnatyshyn Foundation's $25,000.00 prize for outstanding achievement by a Canadian mid-career artist; Eric Baus is interviewed over at Neon Pajamas; Chris Johnson has a short poem, after Artie Gold, with a couple of interview questions, online at Canadian Literature; and Paul Perry has an article in the Irish Times on writing a children's novel.

some author activity: Bolster, Paige, Cortese, Downs + Ackerson-Kiely,

Stephanie Bolster has a new essay up at my (small press) writing day; Abby Paige has a poem included in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets; Franco Cortese has a poem and short interview online at Canadian Literature; Buck Downs is interviewed at DCPL Radio; and Paige Ackerson-Kiely has a poem up at The Millions.

some author activity: Cook, Earl, Jarvis, Bridgman + Iijima,

[the first park day of spring] Sarah Cook has a new essay, "Poet in Space," over at So To Speak; Amanda Earl is interviewed by Vanessa Shields for AngelHouse / DevilHousePress, and also has a poem and brief interview posted online at Canadian Literature; forthcoming author Jenna Jarvis has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month, as does Alyssa Bridgman; and Brenda Iijima writes on Roberto Harrison for The Operating System.

some author activity: Robinson, Tucker, Saklikar + Trivedi,

Elizabeth Robinson writes on Ebbe Borregaard for the operating system; Aaron Tucker has a new poem on the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month; Renée Sarojini Saklikar has new work posted by Canadian Literature; and Amish Trivedi's essay "Taylor Swift is a Barbarian, or: Stephanie Burt’s Defense of Poetry" is now online at Plume.

some author activity: Barwin, Prevost, mclennan, Hajnoczky + Rogal,

Gary Barwin's essay, "A Kama Sutra of Words: Some Thoughts on Pwoermds" is now online at Coldfront; two new poems by Roland Prevost, and a commentary by rob mclennan, is now online at Jacket2; a newish poem and corresponding interview with rob mclennan is now online at Canadian Literature; Helen Hajnoczky has some new work up at NewPoetry; and Stan Rogal is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Rogal, Abel, Martin, Stewart + mclennan,

Stan Rogal has a poem up as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; Mercedes Eng writes on Jordan Abel over at Jacket2; Camille Martin has some new work in the third issue of Posit: a journal of literature and art; both Jordan Abel and Fenn Stewart have new work in the new issue of The Goose: A Journal of Arts, Environment, and Culture in Canada; rob mclennan has a new poem and corresponding short interview online at Canadian Literature; and has three tiny poem-chapbooks reprinted/reissued by Poems-For-All.

some author activity: Abel, Martin, eckhoff, beaulieu, Wilkinson + Robertson,

Jordan Abel has a poem now available online at Canadian Literature; Camille Martin has a new poem up at Similar Peaks; kevin mcpherson eckhoff gets some love in the Vernon Morning Star; derek beaulieu is interviewed at Open Book as part of The WAR Series; Joshua Marie Wilkinson writes on Graham Foust over at RescuePress; and Lisa Robertson writes on Denise Riley over at Lemonhound.

Some author activity: Mangold, Young, mclennan, McNair, Armantrout + CWILA,

More poetry month! Sarah Mangold is featured on the NPM daily blog; Deanna Young is featured in The Toronto Quarterly, and rob mclennan is featured on the League of Canadian Poets' National Poetry Month blog, each with new poems; mclennan and Christine McNair read tonight in Toronto, through Skanky Possum; Laura Sims writes on Rae Armantrout's most recent book over at Harriet; and "Poetic Visuality and Experimentation, A Brief Guide to English-Canadian Poetry" is now online as part of Canadian Literature. Also, have you seen the work that CWILA: Canadian Women in Literary Arts has been doing?