some author activity: mclennan, Boyle, Johnson, Houbolt + Armantrout,

rob mclennan, Frances Boyle and Chris Johnson, along with Sadiqa de Meijer and Katia Grubisic, join Susan Johnston on CKCU to discuss Arc Poetry Magazine #100; forthcoming author Kyla Houbolt has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" via the dusie blog; and Rae Armantrout is part of a round-table conversation, "On Poetry and Complexity: A Conversation at the Interface of Art and Science" at Rungh, alongside Madhur Anand, Roald Hoffman, Sarah Tolmie and Osheen Harruthoonyan.

some author activity: de Meijer, Smith, Robertson, Francheteau, Jacobs + Hancock

Sadiqa de Meijer has both a new poem and an interview over at Susan Gillis' Concrete & River blog; Jessica Smith has some new work up at Cordite Poetry Review; Lisa Robertson's "Hotel Couplets" is now up at Poets.org; and Pearl Pirie was good enough to write up a post-reading report on the recent JM Francheteau, Danny Jacobs and Sadiqa de Meijer event (lovingly guest-hosted by Brecken Hancock) as part of The Factory Reading Series.

The Factory Reading Series : Jacobs, de Meijer + Francheteau, November 29, 2013;

with readings by:

JM Francheteau (Ottawa ON)

Danny Jacob (Riverview NB)

+ Sadiqa de Meijer (Kingston ON)

lovingly hosted by guest-host Brecken Hancock

Friday, November 29, 2013;

doors 7pm; reading 7:30pm

The Carleton Tavern,

223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale; upstairs)

JM Francheteau is a rural transplant based in Ottawa. In 2013 he released a chapbook, A pack of lies, and his writing has appeared in CV2, The Steel Chisel and Bywords. He has five wisdom teeth.

Danny Jacobs grew up in Riverview, NB. His poems have been published in a variety of journals across Canada, including ARC, Event, The Antigonish Review, Riddle Fence, The Malahat Review, The Fiddlehead, Grain and CV2. After living in a number of cities and towns in the Maritimes, Danny is back in Riverview and works as the librarian in the village of Petitcodiac, NB. Songs That Remind Us of Factories is his first book.

Sadiqa de Meijer [pictured] [see her '12 or 20 questions' here] was born in Amsterdam and moved to Canada as a child. Her poetry, short stories and essays have been published in a range of journals and anthologies, including The Malahat Review, Geist, Riddle Fence and Poetry Magazine. Her first book of poems is Leaving Howe Island (Oolichan Books). A selection from the manuscript won the CBC Poetry Prize in 2012.

"poem" broadside #312 / Queen’s University writer-in-residence (2012) poem-pick # 1: "Night" by Sadiqa de Meijer

Not dark. That makes it June,
or close. The curtain’s a screen
for foliage. Downstairs,
their walks, blind signatures.
Floating in abridged beds, 
sheets brittle and imbued
with backyard trees.
Even bicycles release
a sound in passing, tremulous
as insects. Awake, because
of the light. Loose thoughts
ascend to the white
ceiling: fantastic
Mr Fox’s plan, trick
knots, the voltage
in a friend’s stray touch,
visions of scoring from midfield.
Each night a penciled
tracing paper, overlaid to make
one form, almost opaque.
Words below, but aimless.
I forgot to memorize their faces.
Gods of fuselage and baggage trucks.
No, gods of clocks.

Night
by Sadiqa de Meijer
above/ground press broadside #312
& Queen’s University writer-in-residence (2012) poem-pick # 1
(curated by Phil Hall)

Sadiqa de Meijer’s poetry has appeared in a number of journals, as well as in the Best Canadian Poetry in English series and in the anthology Villanelles. Her poem “Great Aunt Unmarried” won the 2012 CBC Poetry Prize.

above/ground press introduces a "poem" broadside sub-set curated by Phil Hall: Sadiqa de Meijer + Kirsteen MacLeod

above/ground press introduces a new sub-series of the "poem" broadsides, the "Queen’s University writer-in-residence (2012) poem-pick," curated by award-winning poet and current Queen's University writer-in-residence, Phil Hall. As Hall writes:

In my capacity as Writer-In-Residence at Queen's University this fall, I have been meeting some terrific poets, both students at the University, & younger members of Kingston's large writing community.

To encourage these poets, and to share their poems in a wider, brighter form -- above/ground press & I offer these brief numbered POEM fliers, a small autumn series to unfold...

Ph

The first two pieces are now available:

Night
by Sadiqa de Meijer
above/ground press broadside #312
& Queen’s University writer-in-residence (2012) poem-pick # 1

and

Meditation On Stress
by Kirsteen MacLeod
above/ground press broadside #313
& Queen’s University writer-in-residence (2012) poem-pick # 2

Sadiqa de Meijer’s poetry has appeared in a number of journals, as well as in the Best Canadian Poetry in English series and in the anthology Villanelles. Her poem “Great Aunt Unmarried” won the 2012 CBC Poetry Prize.

Kirsteen MacLeod is a yoga teacher in Kingston, Ont., where she stays mostly unconfined.

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
October 2012
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy of each

Copies will be available (as supplies last) directly from the authors, or from Phil Hall at Queen's University.

Or to order, send a s.a.s.e. #10 envelope to: rob mclennan, 402 McLeod St #3, Ottawa ON K2P 1A6 or paypal $2 directly at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

Check out here for 2013 subscription information.