some author activity: McElroy, Nilson, Cortese + Townsend,

Gil McElroy has a new essay in the "Talking Poetics" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Geoffrey Nilson reviews Sonnet L'Abbé's Sonnet's Shakespeare over at the Hamilton Review of Books; Franco Cortese is interviewed at Touch the Donkey; and Jamie Townsend is interviewed on Steve Abbott over at FULL STOP.

Cordite Poetry Review: Robertson, beaulieu, Abel, Christie, Bolster + Barton,

As part of the collaboration between Arc Poetry Magazine and Cordite Poetry Review, the new issue of Cordite, "Oh Canada," includes work by a variety of above/ground press authors including Lisa Robertson, derek beaulieu, Jordan Abel, Jason Christie, Stephanie Bolster and John Barton, as well as work by non-above/ground press authors (as yet) Margaret Christakos, Stephen Collis, Sharon Thesen, Sachiko Murakami, Sonnet L'Abbé, Sandy Pool, Elizabeth Bachinsky, Aisha Sasha John and much much much more. Go read it now!

some author activity: beaulieu, Barwin, Smith, L'Abbe, McCann, Francheteau, Reid, Hall, Greenstreet, Hancock,

derek beaulieu offers his 'most engaging books of 2013' list over at his blog; Amanda Earl offers not one but two lists of 'chapbook love' over at her blog; Gary Barwin is interviewed over at papirmas; Jessica Smith reads a poem over as part of day eighteen of delirious hem; Sonnet L'Abbe receives some impressive coverage in the Toronto Star; Marcus McCann introduces crowdsourcing for the sake of a specific battle for human rights ; and JM Francheteau offers his list of 'A Year of Pretty Worthwhile Readings and Stuff,' including Factory and non-Factory readings by Monty Reid, Phil Hall, Gary Barwin, Kate Greenstreet, Brecken Hancock, Marilyn Irwin and the last ottawater launch (watch for the new issue to launch on January 24, 2014 at The Carleton Tavern!)

Ryan Pratt reviews Helen Hajnoczky and Sonnet L’Abbé at the ottawa poetry newsletter

Ryan Pratt was good enough to review Helen Hajnoczky's chapbook, The Double Bind Dictionary (2013) and Sonnet L’Abbé's "Influence" (“poem” broadside #316) over at the ottawa poetry newsletter blog. Thanks, Ryan!

North of Intention: Stewart, Quartermain, Betts, L'Abbe, echoff + others,

Various Canadian authors (and above/ground press authors) participate in North of Intention over at Jacket2, including Christine Stewart and Meredith Quartermain on Fred Wah, Gregory Betts on M. NorbeSe Philip, Sonnet L'Abbe on Stephen Collis, kevin mcpherson eckhoff and Jake Kennedy (collaboratively) on Jordan Scott, all curated by Sarah Dowling.

"poem" broadside #316: "Influence" by Sonnet L'Abbé

Influence
by Sonnet L'Abbé
above/ground press broadside #316

Sonnet L’Abbé is the author of two collections of poetry, A Strange Relief and Killarnoe, and a reviewer of Canadian fiction and poetry for The Globe and Mail. Her work has been included in Best Canadian Poetry 2009 and 2010 and was shortlisted for the the 2010 CBC Literary Award for poetry. She is currently teaching creative writing at the University of British Columbia and writing a dissertation on botanical metaphors in representations of human cognition in the work of American poet Ronald Johnson.