John Newlove at 76

rob mclennan's short essay, "John Newlove at 76," is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Monty Reid interviewed on Arc Poetry Magazine

Chaudiere author and Arc Poetry Magazine managing editor Monty Reid is interviewed over at The Review Review on all things Arc, including their special issue, "The North."

a little interview with rob mclennan

rob mclennan is interviewed on his new Chaudiere title, The Uncertainty Principle: stories, over at David Prosser's barsetshirediaries.

Pearl Pirie to guest-speak at Carleton University's 2014 Creative Writing Camp

Carleton University Creative Writing Camps

Carleton University is pleased to announce its new summer creative writing camps for children and teens. These camps will give young writers a chance to explore their creativity with Ottawa writers and an Aboriginal storyteller over the course of one week. Campers will compose a poem, tell stories, pen a comic, and work on a videogame narrative. They will also have a chance to share their work with the group.

Learn more about our instructors and guest speakers: Pearl Pirie, Lauran Gagnon, Caroline Pignat, Chris Johnson and Andrew Connolly.

Camps will run in July and August:

• July 21-25 (Ages 8-12)
• July 28 - August 1 (Ages 13-16)
• August 11-15 (Ages 8-12)
• August 18-22 (Ages 13-16)

Registration is $250 and includes one lunch per day. Camp hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Registration form: http://www.library.carleton.ca/forms/create-writing-camp-2014-registration-form

The deadline to register is June 30, but space is limited, so register now.

For more details email creativecamp@library.carleton.ca

Carleton Creative Writing Camps are made possible by the Carleton University’s MacOdrum Library, Carleton University’s English Department, the Carleton University Discovery Centre, the Ottawa International Writers Festival, and the Centre for Aboriginal Culture and Education.

Michael Bryson essay, rob mclennan interview and essay, Amanda Earl review, and Pearl Pirie chapbooks

rob mclennan is interviewed over at 'poets touching trees,' Michael Bryson has a short essay posted in the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter, Amanda Earl reviews Sina Queyras' latest poetry collection over at her blog, rob mclennan answers Amish Trivedi's "Where Do You Write, My Lovely?" and Pearl Pirie has been publishing a mound of chapbooks lately, including these, this one and this other one. See how active and exciting our authors are?