some author activity: fitzpatrick, Kemp, mclennan, Beaulieu, Saklikar, Collis + Manery,

the Calgary Guardian offers "a day in the life" of poet ryan fitzpatrick; Penn Kemp has new work up at Public Reverie; rob mclennan is interviewed at On Creative Writing, and also has some new work up at Public Reverie; Derek Beaulieu once again offers his annual list of Most Engaging Books; and the audio of Renée Sarojini Saklikar’s Vancouver chapbook launch, hosted by Stephen Collis with readings by Stephen Collis, Annie Lafleur (read by Stephen Collis), Rob Manery, Renee Rodin, Marguerite Pigeon, and Renée Sarojini Saklikar at People’s Co-op Bookstore on Dec. 6, 2025, is now online via Rob Manery.

some author activity: Browne, Maloukis, Saklikar, Manery, Robinson, Boughn + Kemp,

a video conversation of Kate Colby and Al Filreas discussing a poem by Laynie Browne at Kelly Writers House is now online; Rose Maloukis had a poem longlisted for The 2025 Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse contest, via The New Quarterly; Renée Sarojini Saklikar etc read in Vancouver on June 28th as part of Rob Manery's Some Reading; Ben Robinson has some new poems and book recommendations over at Etcetera, as does Michael Boughn; and Penn Kemp has four new poems up at The Typescript.

some author activity: Manery, Markotić, Doller, Straumsvåg, Heroux, Fagan, Barwin, Reid + Solomon,

forthcoming author Sandra Doller is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Dag T. Straumsvåg and Jason Heroux's collaborative chapbook gets a nice mention by Cary Fagan over at his review blog; Gary Barwin has an archived poem up at The Walrus; Monty Reid is reviewed by Dawn Macdonald; and Misha Solomon has new work up in the Spotlight series.

The Factory Reading Series, March 16, 2025: Etcheverry, Manery, mclennan, Turnbull + Wilkins,

The Factory Reading Series Presents:
readings by:

Jorge Etcheverry Arcaya (Ottawa)
Rob Manery (Vancouver)
rob mclennan (Ottawa)
Chris Turnbull (Kemptville)
+
Grant Wilkins (Ottawa)

lovingly hosted by rob mclennan
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Doors 7pm / Reading 7:30pm
Avant-Garde Bar, 135 Besserer Street, Ottawa

Jorge Etcheverry Arcaya, Chilean-Canadian poet, lives in Ottawa, Canada. Professor of philosophy, master's degree in Hispanic language and literature, doctor in comparative literature. He was a member of the Escuela de Santiago and Grupo América, Chilean poetic groups of the 1960s-70s. His poetry, prose and criticism have been published in various countries in magazines and books in Spanish and translations into English, French, Italian and Portuguese. He has published art in various media and formats, on paper and virtually. His latest books are Clorodiaxepóxido, poems, Chile, 2017; Los herederos, science fiction novel, 2018; Canadografia, anthology of Spanish-Canadian prose, Chile, 2017; Samarkanda, poems, Canada, 2019; Outsiders, narratives in English, 2020; Orejas y vanguardias, Chile, 2024. Recently appears in the anthologies Wurlitzer, cantantes del recuerdo en la poesía chilena, Chile, 2018; Antología de la Revista Entre Paréntesis Chile, 2018; Antología de la poesía chilena de la última década, (Chile, 2018), Antología mundial: la papa, seguridad alimentaria (Bolivia, 2019), Bolivia, 2019; Anthologie de la poésie chilienne, 26 poètes d'aujourd'hui (France 2021). He is a collaborator and member of the editorial committee of Entreparéntesis magazine, from Chile, and Off the Record magazine, also Chilean. His latest book of poems is Orejas y vanguardias, Chile, 2024.

Robert Manery lives in Vancouver, BC, where he is the editor of Some, a print-only poetry magazine. He is the author of As They Say (BlazeVOX, 2024), It’s Not As If It Hasn’t Been Said Before (Tsunami Editions, 2001), and the chapbooks Richter-Rauzer Variations (above/ground press, 2012), Many, Not Any (Some Books, 2019), and Elegies (above/ground press, 2022).

Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. His latest collection is Snow day (Spuyten Duyvil, 2025).

Chris Turnbull's recent book is cipher (Beautiful Outlaw Press 2024). Her most recent chapbook is x° (Gap Riot Press). She curates a footpress, rout/e, whereby poetry can be found on trails or their pieces found on trails.

Grant Wilkins is an occasional poet, printer and papermaker who has made a practice of doing strange things to other people’s words. He has degrees in History & Classical Civilization and in English, and he’s working on another one in Art History. He lives in Ottawa on the unceded and unsurrendered land of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people.

collage by Gary Barwin,

A (Vancouver) Reading in Memory of Bob Hogg : February 12, 2023

some author activity: Boughn, Manery, Graham, Earl, Clayton + Stallone,

Michael Boughn has a poem in the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; Rob Manery is interviewed in the "Six Questions" series via Chaudiere Books; Lea Graham has four poems in The Fortnightly Review; Amanda Earl has some new work posted at Watch Your Head; as does Conyer Clayton; and finally, you guessed it: Frank Stallone.

new from above/ground press: ELEGIES, by Rob Manery

ELEGIES
Rob Manery
$6

Elegy I

and yet and if
as with few

and frolic
courteous riddles

nor pampered play
but if

inhabits
another house

published in Ottawa by above/ground press
March 2022
a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

cover image/artwork: Robyn Laba

Rob Manery lives on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, where he is the editor of Some, a print-only poetry magazine. With Louis Cabri, he previously edited hole magazine in Ottawa.

This is Manery’s second chapbook with above/ground press, after Richter-Rauzer Variations (2012).

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; in US, add $2; outside North America, add $5) to: rob mclennan, 2423 Alta Vista Drive, Ottawa ON K1H 7M9. E-transfer or PayPal at rob_mclennan (at) hotmail.com or the PayPal button at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

the Vancouver launch of Rob Manery's SOME magazine, June 23, 2019 w Stephen Collis, Nicole Markotić etc

above/ground press authors Stephen Collis and Nicole Markotić read along with Michael Barnholden, Ted Byrne, Louis Cabri, Clint Burnham and Catriona Strang in Vancouver on Sunday, June 23, 2019 as part of the launch of the debut issue of Rob Manery's new poetry journal, SOME magazine. Further details on where and how to pick up an issue once that becomes available.

some author activity: dueck, hastain, mclennan, Radmore + Manery,

nathan dueck has some new work in where is the river; j/j hastain and Juliet Cook have some collaborative work online via The Operating System; rob mclennan and forthcoming author Claudia Coutu Radmore participate in Vallum magazine's 2018 year in review; and Rob Manery is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

above/ground press participates in The Capilano Review's epic kickstarter!

above/ground press has donated a mound of chapbooks for The Capilano Review's epic fundraiser! For a donation for $50 or more, you can pick up a set of fourteen above/ground press chapbooks. Only three sets available!

Each set includes: Gregory Betts, Who Let the Mice in Brion Gysin (2014), rob mclennan, How the alphabet was made (2014), Rae Armantrout, Rituals (2013), Fenn Stewart, An OK Organ Man (2012), Robert Manery, Richter-Rauzer Variations (2012), Mark Cochrane, Cat. (2012), Shannon Maguire, Vowel Wolves & Other Knots (2011), Ken Norris, GREEN WIND (2010), Natalie Simpson, The writing that should enter into conversation (2005), ryan fitzpatrick, Adolesce (2005), George Bowering (as "Ellen Field"), A, You're Adorable (2004), Meredith Quartermain, "Highway 99" (STANZAS #35) (2003), Donato Mancini, @phabet (2003), bpNichol, KON 66 & 67 (for jiri valoch (2002).

Rob Manery's Vancouver launch of Richter-Rauzer Variations (above/ground), with Nicole Markotic,

Rob Manery launches Richter-Rauzer Variations (above/ground) alongside Nicole Markotic launching Bent at the Spine (BookThug) at Vancouver's People's Co-op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Drive, on Friday, July 27, 2012 at 7:30pm.

new from above/ground press: Richter-Rauzer Variations by Robert Manery

Richter-Rauzer Variations

Robert Manery

$4

each exposed

consolation

without knowledge

without aversion

seems exact

indeed

never uttering

never diminishing

else

elusive

indeed

seemed

yet we

grasp

and we

grasp

within (from “Dilemmas”)

published in Ottawa by above/ground press

May 2012

a/g subscribers receive a complimentary copy

Robert Manery studied with Bob Hogg at Carleton University in the 1980s. In response to Rob’s complaint about contemporary poetry, Bob suggested that he should read the language poets. This suggestion led to Rob’s continuing interest in the possibilities and limits of meaning-making. It also led to his collaborations with Louis Cabri, hosting literary events, including Bob Hogg’s seminar on Charles Olson’s The Special View of History, and then publishing hole magazine and hole books. Rob has published one book of poems, It’s Not As If It Hasn’t Been Said Before (Tsunami Editions). He currently teaches academic writing at Simon Fraser University where he is pursuing a doctorate in education.

Cover image/design by Robyn Laba.

To order, send cheques (add $1 for postage; outside Canada, add $2) to: rob mclennan, 402 McLeod St #3, Ottawa ON K2P 1A6 or paypal at www.robmclennan.blogspot.com

The Factory Reading Series presents: Rob Manery and Robert Hogg

span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:

The Factory Reading Series

with readings/launches by:

Rob Manery (Vancouver)
+ Robert Hogg (South Mountain)

lovingly hosted by rob mclennan
Friday, May 25, 2012;
doors 7pm; reading 7:30pm
The Carleton Tavern,
223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale; upstairs)

Rob Manery studied with Bob Hogg at Carleton University in the 1980s. In response to Rob’s complaint about contemporary poetry, Bob suggested that he should read the Language poets. This suggestion lead to Rob’s continuing interest in the possibilities and limits of meaning-making. It also lead to his collaborations with Louis Cabri, hosting literary events, including Bob Hogg’s seminar on Charles Olson’s The Special View of History, and then publishing hole magazine and hole books. Rob has published one book of poems, It’s Not As If It Hasn’t Been Said Before (Tsunami Editions). He currently teaches academic writing at Simon Fraser University where he is pursing a doctorate in education.

He will be launching the chapbook Richter-Rauzer Variations (above/ground press), sections of which appeared in ottawater #8.

http://www.radio4all.net/responder.php/podcast/podcast.xml?series=Poetry+and+Poetics

http://www.rainreview.net/rain-050104.html

Robert Hogg remembers well the night in 1960 when poetry became something utterly vital, visceral and necessary to his soul. He and Frank Davey had heard Robert Duncan read from The Opening of the Field. Hogg was transported: “It utterly blew me away. And I realized that I had to create something like that or life would not be worth living.” Hogg went on to complete his BA at UBC, where he became an integral member of the TISH movement. He holds a PhD in English literature from SUNY Buffalo; has taught at Carleton University in Ottawa; and has published five books of poetry.

http://www.theeastvillage.com/tc/hogg/p1.htm

http://talonbooks.com/authors/robert-hogg

http://www.thecapilanoreview.ca/there-is-no-falling-robert-hogg/