some author activity: Pirie, mclennan, Saklikar, Collis + beaulieu,

Pearl Pirie writes on rob mclennan's work for Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry, and again, on rob mclennan and mentorship, for The League of Canadian Poets blog; part four of Renée Sarojini Saklikar's interview with Stephen Collis is now online; and derek beaulieu has five new visual poems up at A-Minor.

some author activity: Newlove, Clarke, Earl + Best,

Both John Newlove (by Shazia Hafiz Ramji) and George Elliott Clarke (by Jeffrey Mackie) have new write-ups on their work as part of the Brick Books Celebration of Canadian Poetry; Amanda Earl is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Ashley-Elizabeth Best is interviewed over at The Town Crier.

some author activity: mclennan, Bolster, beaulieu + Betts,

rob mclennan is interviewed in the "We Who Are About To Die" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Stephanie Bolster's work has a new write-up by Nancy Holmes as part of the Brick Books Celebration of Canadian Poetry; derek beaulieu has a new visual poem up at h&; and Gregory Betts is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Christie, Jones, Abel, Kroetsch + beaulieu,

Jason Christie has some new poems up at Our Teeth; Philip Lanthier's personal recollection of D.G. Jones is now online at The Walrus; Stan Mir writes on Jordan Abel over at Jacket2; Jean McKay wrote on Robert Kroetsch as part of the Celebration of Canadian Poetry over at Brick Books; and derek beaulieu discusses "The horror of being a novelist."

some author activity: beaulieu, Pirie, Reed + Best,

derek beaulieu and his work are written up in Metro Magazine, and beaulieu is referenced as part of the Calgary Mayor's annual Poetry Challenge; Pearl Pirie wrote on the work of Gustave Morin for the Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry; Marthe Reed has some new poems up at Entropy; and Ashley-Elizabeth Best has a new poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog.

some author activity: Maguire, beaulieu, Schmaltz + Armantrout,

Shannon Maguire is interviewed over at the BookThug website; derek beaulieu has new work up at NewPoetry; Eric Schmaltz writes on kaie kellough as part of Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry; and Matthew Gagnon writes on Rae Armantrout over at Jacket2.

some author activity: Pirie, Robertson, Earl + Moritz,

Pearl Pirie writes on her phafours over at Brick Books' ongoing Celebration of Canadian Poetry, where Christine Stewart also writes on Lisa Robertson; Amanda Earl is interviewed by Volodymyr Bilyk for Zouch Magazine; and Rachel Moritz is running "The Poem As Time Machine" as part of the Iowa Summer Writing Festival from July 9-10, 2016.

Amanda Earl : A Celebration of Canadian Visual / Concrete Poetry : Brick Books

Amanda Earl's expansive two-part post, A Celebration of Canadian Visual / Concrete Poetry, is now online [see part one here and part two here] as part of Brick Books' ongoing Celebration of Canadian Poetry. As part of her post, she features statements and work by an array of above/ground press authors (and not-yet-authors), including: Chris Turnbull, Jordan Abel, Gary Barwin, Derek Beaulieu, Michael e. Casteels, Judith Copithorne, Helen Hajnoczky, Donato Mancini, Billy Mavreas, kevin mcpherson eckhoff, gustave morin, michèle provost, a rawlings, Shane Rhodes, Eric Schmaltz [above: his “Desire — an extract from The Assembly Line Babel”] and Eric Zboya.

micro-presses in Canada : above/ground press as part of Brick Books' ongoing Celebration of Canadian Poetry

above/ground press has a short write-up (with plenty of links) as part of a list of micro-presses in Canada, compiled by Kitty Lewis as part of Brick Books' ongoing Celebration of Canadian Poetry. Thanks so much! Other presses on the list also include presses by a number of former and current above/ground press authors, including Amanda Earl's AngelHousePress, Cameron Anstee's Apt. 9 Press, derek beaulieu's NO Press, Kemeny Babineau's Laurel Reed Books, Pearl Pirie's phafours, Stuart Ross' Proper Tales Press, Meredith and Peter Quartermain's Nomados Literary Publishers, Gary Barwin's serif of nottingham and Nicole Markotić's Wrinkle Press.

some author activity: MacLeod, Bolster, Kroetsch + Barwin,

Kathryn MacLeod is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; both Stephanie Bolster and Robert Kroetsch are written up as part of Brick Books' year long Celebration of Canadian Poetry; and Gary Barwin has a new poem up at Paul Vermeersch's Sunrise with sea Monsters.

some author activity: Kronovet, Poe, Baus, Landman + Cooley,

Jennifer Kronovet's second full-length poetry manuscript has been picked up by Ecco, as part of the National Poetry Series; Deborah Poe reviews and interviews Elizabeth Savage over at Jacket2; Eric Baus and Seth Landman have pieces in the "Insect Poetics" issue, guest-edited by Mathias Svalina, of Evening Will Come; and Monique Sherrett writes on Dennis Cooley for Brick Books' year-long Celebration of Canadian Poetry.

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.

some author activity: Trivedi, Barwin, Earl, Anstee, Dennis + Reid,

Amish Trivedi has some new work over at OmniVerse; Gary Barwin has some new work online at Vallum; Amanda Earl has some new visual poems up at h&; Cameron Anstee and Michael Dennis' literary blogs are featured as part of an article over at Apt613; and Monty Reid gets a write-up by Bren Simmers as part of Brick Books' Celebration of Canadian Poetry.

some author activity: Baus, mclennan, Hall, Rogal, Graham + Massey,

Eric Baus writes on Eliane Radigue over at Coldfront; rob mclennan has a new poem up at Cosmonauts Avenue; Ruth R. Pierson writes on Phil Hall over at the Brick Books website; Stan Rogal writes on Emma Healey as "Poetry Primer #9" for All Lit Up; Lea Graham has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month, as does Karen Massey.