some author activity: Pirie, Anstee, Brockwell, eckhoff, Robertson, Armantrout + beaulieu,

Pearl Pirie was good enough to write a report on the recent VERSeFest fundraiser hosted by The Factory Reading Series, featuring lectures/talks by herself, Stephen Brockwell and Cameron Anstee (Pearl's photo of Cameron, above); see what Harold Rhenisch recently posted about kevin mcpherson eckhoff (among others) here; there's a recent interview with Lisa Robertson and co-editor Matthew Stadler on their Revolution: A Reader (she also has some new work up on the new Lemonhound); there are some new poems by Rae Armantrout on Jacket2; and Laura Broadbent reviews 2 recent titles by derek beaulieu's NO Press on the new Lemonhound.

above/ground press authors MacLean and Dachsel make the Robert Kroetsh Award shortlist!

Congratulations to all who have made the Robert Kroetsch Award shortlist: Kathy Mac, Kath MacLean, Michael Nardone, Laura Broadbent, Nathan Dueck, Marita Dachsel and Jeremy Stewart.

Kath MacLean's above/ground press chapbook, ten: ways to skin a cat (2003), is still available for $3, but, unfortunately, Marita Dachsel's Learning to Breathe (1996) is long out of print. Still, other items of hers are still available here and here.

Looking forward to seeing the finished book by the winner, and perhaps, a few others as well.