some author activity: Kroetsch, Earl, Schmaltz + Christie,

Robert Kroetsch gets a short write-up by Wendy McGrath as part of Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry; Amanda Earl provides a short write-up for her most recent chapbook, A Book of Saints; THE ASSEMBLY LINE OF BABEL by Eric Schmaltz opens on September 25 a the Niagara Arts Centre, St. Catharines ON, Schmaltz also has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; and Jason Christie is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

above/ground press at Congress 2014: Maguire, Dueck, Schmaltz, Weaver + Betts,

above/ground press authors are apparently all over this year's Congress at Brock University, including a reading at Niagara Artists Centre in downtown St. Catharines, Ontario, 354 St. Paul Street on Sunday, May 25, 2014 from 8-10pm. Lovingly hosted by Gregory Betts (Brock) and Tanis MacDonald (Wilfrid Laurier), the Soirée des Refusés off-site Congress local cultural event features an array of poets from across the country, featuring above/ground press authors and non-authors alike, including nathan dueck, Phoebe Wang, Charmaine Cadeau, Shannon Maguire, Andy Weaver, Peter Midgley, Eric Schmaltz, James O'Sullivan, and more! Snacks, books and beer, I'm told. All welcome.