some author activity: Hogg, Mody, Carpenter, Earl + Niespodziany,

Robert Hogg is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Monica Mody is featured in Episode 223, S3 of the podcast Jazz Ready, hosted by Magdalena Gómez, Poet Laureate of Springfield, MA; J.R. Carpenter was longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize; Amanda Earl writes on the artist statement, and revisiting old ones; and Benjamin Niespodziany has new work up at HAD.

the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize longlist: Stephanie Bolster + Franco Cortese,

above/ground press authors Stephanie Bolster and Franco Cortese are among the thirty-three writers included in the 2019 CBC Poetry Prize longlist! Hooray! Stephanie Bolster is the author of the above/ground press chapbooks Three Bloody Words (1996), Biodome (2006), Three Bloody Words: Twentieth Anniversary Edition (2016) and Ghosts (2017), and was also included in the 2012 shortlist and the 2017 longlist! Franco Cortese is the author of, among other items, the 2019 above/grond press chapbook uoiea. Congratulations to all! And good luck!

CBC Poetry Prize longlist : Bolster + mclennan,

above/ground press authors Stephanie Bolster and rob mclennan made the 2017 CBC Poetry Prize longlist, alongside thirty-one other Canadian writers. Hooray! Congratulations to all! Stephanie Bolster is the author of more than a couple of above/ground press titles still in print, including Three Bloody Words: Twentieth Anniversary Edition (2016) and GHOSTS (2017), which is made up of poems from the same work-in-progress as her poems on the longlist; and rob mclennan is the author of far too many items that remain in print, but most recently include King Kong (2014) and It's still winter (2017), which is also made up of poems from the same work-in-progress as his poems on the longlist.

CBC Poetry Prize Longlist: Brockwell + Elmslie,

above/ground press authors Stephen Brockwell and Susan Elmslie are among the longlist of thirty-eight writers on this year's CBC Poetry Prize. Congratulations to you both! You can see the entire longlist, here.

Stephen Brockwell is the author of five trade poetry collections, and has had three chapbooks produced through above/ground press over the years: Marin County Poems (2001), Impossible Books (the Carleton Installment) (2010), and Excerpts from Impossible Books, The Crawdad Cantos (2012). Susan Elmslie, the author of a trade poetry collection through Brick Books, has a wee chapbook produced through above/ground press many moons ago, her I, Nadja (2000), which, if you can imagine, might even still have a few copies left, lying around.

The 2014 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist will be announced on Monday, September 8.

some author activity: Earl, McNair + mclennan, hastain, Bolster;

In case you weren't aware, Amanda Earl spent the month of August celebrating Anne Carson; the sixth issue of summer stock features part of the ongoing collaboration by Christine McNair and rob mclennan (featured in their recent above/ground press title), as well as new work by j/j hastain, and a collaboration hastain is working on with Joseph Cooper, Travis Macdonald and Michelle Taransky; and rob mclennan answers Jonathan Ball's "what are you working on right now?"

And Stephanie Bolster has made the CBC Poetry shortlist!

above/ground press authors Bolster, Young + mclennan on the 2012 CBC Poetry Prize longlist,

above/ground press authors Stephanie Bolster (author of two above/ground press chapbooks, most recently the 2006 chapbook, BIODOME), Deanna Young (author of the 2012 chapbook, Mediterraneo) and rob mclennan (author of too many things to count, but some recent above/ground press items include This, circular tower, goldfish: studies in fine thread, Sextet: six poems from Songs for little sleep, The underside of the line, the interview chapbook ECONOMIES OF SCALE, and (with Christine McNair) prelude: selections from a collaboration) were announced as part of a list of thirty-six on this year's CBC Poetry Prize longlist. Congrats to all!

Apparently we have to wait for September 17th to see what the shortlist looks like, and then another week or so to see who may have won...