some author activity: The Peter F Yacht Club, Martin, MillAr, mclennan, Markotic + Poe,

For the first time in years, we actually had a meeting of The Peter F Yacht Club! Pictured left to right are Pearl and Brian Pirie, Vivian Vavassis and Gwendolyn Guth, listening intently to an unseen (by the camera, at least) Laurie Fuhr; others in attendance included rob mclennan, Stephen Brockwell, Danica Brockwell and Christine McNair.

Camille Martin has a collage essay over at Talking Writing, and Jay MillAr is interviewed over at Canadian Poets Petting Cats; rob mclennan's "Daily Offerings: a note on 'Songs for little sleep,'" is now online at Branta, anticipating his newest trade poetry collection; Nicole Markotic has some new poems over at Numero Cinq, along with an afterward on her poems by Tammy Armstrong; and there's a new interview with Deborah Poe over at womens quarterly conversation.

Also, copies of Hugh Thomas and Michael Blouin/Elizabeth Rainer's bpNichol Chapbook Award shortlisted titles will be available at Toronto's Meet the Presses, as at the ottawa small press book fair on Saturday!

some author activity: Armantrout, Reid, mclennan, Jaeger, McNair + the above/ground press 19th anniversary!

(photo of our Lemonade) Rae Armantrout's poem "Chirality" appears as an animation; Monty Reid is building a new website; rob mclennan and upcoming above/ground press author Peter Jaeger have short short stories online at Reader's Digest Canada; and Christine McNair now has an interview up at Canadian Poets Petting Cats.

Details will be coming out soon about the above/ground press nineteenth anniversary reading/party/launch on Thursday, August 9th at The Mercury Lounge, Ottawa, with readings and launches by Cameron Anstee, Marilyn Irwin, Stephen Brockwell and others tba. Check back here for details!

Some author activity: Pirie, beaulieu, mclennan, McCann, McNair

Pearl Pirie was good enough to write a healthy post on this spring's ottawa small press book fair, as well as a flickr stream; derek beaulieu, rob mclennan and Pirie have all answered interview questions over at Canadian Poets Petting Cats; Lori Emerson has posted pdfs of her 1999/2000 journal Laughing Gland, including works by Stephen Scobie and Douglas Barbour, bpNichol, beaulieu and mclennan; Marcus McCann wins the EJ Pratt Medal for Poetry; and mclennan and Christine McNair launch a collaborative above/ground press chapbook as part of their July 15 reading at The Dusty Owl Reading Series. Might we see you there?