some author activity: Saklikar, Barwin, Siklosi, Campanello, Unsworth + a report on Yee & du Plessis @ VERSeFest

the Surrey Now-Leader writes on the end of Renée Sarojini Saklikar's three-year term as Surrey, British Columbia's first City Poet Laureate; Gary Barwin is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time, where Kate Siklosi, Kimberly Campanello and forthcoming author Lydia Unsworth also have new work; and Manahil Bandukwala was good enough to blog about VERSeFest, including The Factory Reading Series event, featuring lectures by Sennah Yee and Klara du Plessis!