some author activity: hastain, Polyck-O'Neill + Bolster,

j/j hastain is the subject of an essay over at many gendered mothers; Julia Polyck-O'Neill has a new poem posted in the "Tuesday poem" series at dusie; and Stephanie Bolster has some new poems up at Numéro Cinq.

Some author activity: Mangold, Prevost, eckhoff, mclennan, Robertson + Earl,

More poetry month! Sarah Mangold and Roland Prevost are each featured with a new poem on The Toronto Quarterly; kevin mcpherson eckhoff answers the "12 or 20 questions"; rob mclennan is interviewed over at Ribbon Pig, and has a new short story over at Numero Cinq; Lisa Robertson has a new piece on Harriet, the blog of the Poetry Foundation; and Amanda Earl is once again posting a month's worth of poems over at NationalPoetryMonth.ca, focusing this year on visual poems.

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!