some author activity: Niespodziany, Beaulieu, mclennan, Boyle, Pirie + Patton,

Benjamin Niespodziany listed his favorite authors and their books that he read in 2021; Derek Beaulieu offers his list of most engaging books of 2021; and rob mclennan offers his best of list of 2021 Canadian poetry titles via dusie, as well as a new poem up at the clever blog; Frances Boyle has two new poems up at Blackbird; Pearl Pirie has some new work up at Red Alder Review; and forthcoming author Christopher Patton has new work up at where is the river.

some author activity: Does, Graham, Niespodziany, O'Reilly + Hogg,

Amelia Does has new work up at where is the river; Lea Graham is interviewed on NPR radio's KUAR: Public Radio from UA Little Rock (online as a podcast); forthcoming author Benjamin Niespodziany has a new poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series; Nathanael O'Reilly has a new poem up at Olney; and Robert Hogg is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Coulton, fitzpatrick, Adams + mclennan,

Valerie Coulton has a new essay in the "Talking Poetics" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; ryan fitzpatrick has a new poem up at Train : a poetry journal; Carrie Olivia Adams is included in rob mclennan's SPOTLIGHT series; and rob mclennan has three poems up at where is the river.

some author activity: Izsak, Christie, Burgoyne, Sweeney, Spinosa, Beaulieu + Ball,

Emily Izsak, Jason Christie, Sarah Burgoyne and Heather Sweeney have new work in the sixteenth issue of where is the river; Dani Spinosa has a new visual poem up at Train : a poetry journal; Derek Beaulieu is interviewed over at Train : a poetry journal; and Ryan Pratt has a new piece on working through the late Nelson Ball's literary archive.

some author activity: Boyle, Lederer, mclennan, Gurton-Wachter + Turnbull,

Frances Boyle has new poems and a statement posted in rob mclennan's Spotlight series; Katy Lederer and rob mclennan both have new work in the twelfth issue of where is the river; rob mclennan also has a new poem up at Empty Mirror, and is interviewed by Train : a poetry journal; Anna Gurton-Wachter has a new poem up at Peach Mag; and Chris Turnbull has some new work up at UTSANGA.

some author activity: Sharp, mclennan, Rohrer + Bowering,

Travis Sharp is interviewed via poetry mini interviews, and has new work up at where is the river; rob mclennan is interviewed by the Ottawa Arts Council, as part of a spotlight; forthcoming author Jane Virginia Rohrer has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month; and Rob Taylor conducts a two-part interview with Georges Bowering and Stanley (among other BC poets) for National Poetry Month.

some author activity: Pirie, Prevost, Robinson, Dyckman, Coulton, Smallfield, Wilkinson + Banu,

there is new collaborative work in the tenth issue of where is the river by above/ground press authors Pearl Pirie and Roland Prevost, Elizabeth Robinson and Susanne Dyckman, and Valerie Coulton and Edward Smallfield; Joshua Marie Wilkinson has a poem online via the Poetry Foundation; and forthcoming author Simina Banu has an essay in the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter.

some author activity: dueck, hastain, mclennan, Radmore + Manery,

nathan dueck has some new work in where is the river; j/j hastain and Juliet Cook have some collaborative work online via The Operating System; rob mclennan and forthcoming author Claudia Coutu Radmore participate in Vallum magazine's 2018 year in review; and Rob Manery is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Siklosi, Robinson, mclennan, Earl + Dyckman,

Kate Siklosi is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Elizabeth Robinson has six new poems up at where is the river; rob mclennan has a new piece up at 8 Poems; Amanda Earl has a new piece up at The League of Canadian Poets' Poetry Pause; and Susanne Dyckman is featured in rob mclennan's monthly Spotlight series at Medium.

some author activity: Siklosi, mclennan, Graham, Turnbull + Flemmer,

Kate Siklosi has a new essay on the work of M. NourbeSe Philip up at The Puritan; rob mclennan has a new poem up at Dream Pop; Lea Graham has some new collaborative work with John Breedlove in the new issue of where is the river, as do Chris Turnbull and Bruno Neiva; and Kyle Flemmer has new work in rob mclennan's Spotlight series over at Medium.

some author activity: Polyck-O'Neill, Braune, Deen, Syersak, Schmaltz + Tokar,

Julia Polyck-O'Neill, Sean Braune, Faizal Deen and Jake Syersak etc all have new work in the sixth issue of where is the river; Eric Schmaltz is interviewed at the ottawa poetry newsletter; and Janice Tokar is shortlisted for the 2018 Far Horizons Poetry Award, via The Malahat Review.

some author activity: mclennan, Coulton, Townsend + dueck,

rob mclennan has a new poem posted on the Chaudiere Books blog for the end of National Poetry Month, and is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Valerie Coulton and forthcoming author Jamie Townsend have new work in where is the river ; Townsend is also featured in rob mclennan's monthly Spotlight series ; and nathan dueck is interviewed by Ian Whistle at the ottawa poetry newsletter.

some author activity: Earl, Tucker, Betts, Archer + Kronovet,

The second issue of where is the river :: a poetry experiment features new work by Amanda Earl and Aaron Tucker; Gregory Betts has some new visual work up at Brave New Word; Sacha Archer is featured over at rob mclennan's monthly "Spotlight" series; and Jennifer Kronovet is interviewed via Podcast over at Public Radio International.

some author activity: mclennan, Archer, dueck + Earl,

rob mclennan and Sacha Archer have new poems in the first issue of where is the river :: a poetry experiment; nathan dueck has new work up at Lemonhound; and Amanda Earl reads next week at Toronto's Harbourfront, as part of the International Festival of Authors.