some author activity: Davis, Pakdel, mclennan, Beaulieu + Meyerson,

Jordan Davis has a poem up at The Pi Review, as does Saba Pakdel; rob mclennan has a poem up at Common House Magazine; Tony Trehy mentions a title by Derek Beaulieu as his book of the year, just as Beaulieu offers his "most engaging books of 2024" list; and Ben Meyerson is interviewed by Fan Wu over at Torben Robertson's Common Measure substack.

some author activity: Pirie, Ross, Barwin, mclennan, Stuart + Chernoff,

Pearl Pirie continues her series of mini-interviews with new interviews with Stuart Ross and Gary Barwin; the Chaudiere Books blog closes National Poetry Month with a new poem by rob mclennan; Cecilia Stuart is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and MLA Chernoff is interviewed by nothing/in particular.

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!