some author activity: carisse, Ebbitt, Sikkema, fitzpatrick + McNair,

russell carisse is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Katie Ebbitt is interviewed by Nadia Prupis over at Hobart, and by Emily Roll over at BOMB; Michael Sikkema has a handful of new poems up at Broken Lens Journal; ryan fitzpatrick has some poems online at The Capilano Review; and Christine McNair offers "A List for Lost Words" over at 49th Shelf.

Conyer Clayton co-wins the Robin Blaser Poetry Award!

Congratulations to above/ground press author Conyer Clayton, who has co-won, along with Bardia Sinaee, this year's Robin Blaser Poetry Award! Her above/ground press title, Trust Only the Beasts in the Water (2019) is still, of course, very much available. As the press release reads:

ROBIN BLASER POETRY CONTEST WINNERS

In the generous spirit of the season, we’re happy to announce that this year’s Robin Blaser Poetry Award and $1000 prize will be shared by two contestants: Bardia Sinaee and Conyer Clayton.

BARDIA SINAEE was born in Tehran, Iran and currently lives in Toronto. His poems have appeared in magazines across Canada and in several editions of Best Canadian Poetry in English. His first collection, Intruder, is forthcoming from Anansi in spring 2021.

CONYER CLAYTON is an Ottawa based artist who aims to live with compassion, gratitude, and awe. Her most recent chapbooks are Trust Only the Beasts in the Water (above/ground press, 2019), / (post ghost press, 2019), Undergrowth (bird, buried press, 2018) and Mitosis (In/Words Magazine and Press, 2018). Her debut full length collection of poetry, We Shed Our Skin Like Dynamite, is forthcoming Spring 2020 with Guernica Editions.

Look forward to reading the winning entries in our upcoming Spring Issue!

Once again, we’d like to thank all the contestants for their highly compelling entries, as well as our judge, Jen Currin for the time and care put into selecting our winners.

some author activity: Anstee, Pirie, Abel + Bremner (timewell),

Cameron Anstee has a new poem up on the Flat Singles Press blog, as does Pearl Pirie; Jordan Abel has some new work in The Rusty Toque #8; and Lary Bremner writes on the late Jamie Reid on The Capilano Review blog.

some author activity: Abel, Hajnoczky, Markotić, Schmaltz, eckhoff, Lea, beaulieu + Reid,

Jordan Abel, Helen Hajnoczky, Nicole Markotić, Eric Schmaltz and kevin mcpherson eckhoff each have new work in The Capilano Review webfolio #11, co-edited by Brook Houglum and Daniel Zomparelli; N.W. Lea has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at dusie; an article on derek beaulieu appeared in the University of Calgary's U Today; and a new interview with Monty Reid on VERSeFest is now online.

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).

some author activity: Waldrop, Robertson, Smith, Massey + Poe,

Rosmarie Waldrop's "Inalienable writes (PoemTalk #47)" was recently featured at Jacket2; Lisa Robertson writes on Peter Culley over at Lemonhound; and audio from Robertson's reading in Vancouver on March 19, 2014 at The Western Front is now online at The Capilano Review; Jessica Smith writes on Susan Howe over at Literary Mothers; Karen Massey's "fuse," an erasure poem based on Charles Bukowski’s poem "funhouse," is now online at Bukowski on Wry; and Deborah Poe reviews Meredith Stricker's Mistake over at Jacket2.

some author activity: mclennan, Earl, Abel, Armantrout, Mangold + Wilkinson,

rob mclennan has four new poems online over at The Avatar Review; Gary Barwin writes on Amanda Earl's visual poetry over at Jacket2; Jordan Abel continues to blog for The Capilano Review; Rae Armantrout has a new poem posted as part of the dusie "Tuesday poem" series (and we have just confirmed that a second above/ground press chapbook of hers will appear this fall!); Sarah Mangold is featured with an "Author's statement" and a poem on the National Endowment for the Arts Writer's Corner; and Joshua Marie Wilkinson lists his "summer reads" over at HTMLGiant.

some author activity: Maguire, Earl, Graham, Abel, mclennan + McFadden,

Shannon Maguire answers some questions over at Open Book: Toronto; Amanda Earl discusses the narrative in poetry; Lea Graham discusses place in poetry over at the Atticus Review, introducing readers to the work of poets Michael Anania and Joseph Harrington; Jordan Abel has started blogging for The Capilano Review; rob mclennan has a new poem up at The Wonder Book, as selected by guest-editor Andrew Burke; and Griffin-nominee David W. McFadden graces the dusie Tuesday poem series with "three dubious sonnets."

some author activity: McKinnon, Pirie, Poe, Earl + mclennan

Barry McKinnon's first post for The Capilano Review blog is now up; Pearl Pirie wrote a report from the recent fall edition of the ottawa small press book fair (with a second post on the fair, here), highlighting Deborah Poe's newest chapbook, and an Amanda Earl piece from the new Peter F. Yacht Club; and rob mclennan has a new poem on Peter Ganick's experiential-experimental-literature blog.

Barry McKinnon: TCR Writer-in-Residence (Vancouver) | Fall 2012

The Capilano Review is thrilled to announce that poet Barry McKinnon will be in residence Nov 5-16, 2012.During his residency at Capilano University, Barry will give a talk on Friday, November 9 at 11:30am in Cedar 148 and a reading on Thursday, November 15 at 11:30am in Library 322.  As writer-in-residence, he is available for onsite manuscript  consultations.  Contact the TCR office to schedule an appointment: tcr@capilanou.ca or 604-984-1712.  Also watch for Barry's blog posts in Fall 2012.

Click here for information on his most recent title, Into the Blind World (above/ground press, 2012), and here for another section of the same poem, posted online on TRUCK.

The Capilano Review blog: rob mclennan, on collaborating with Lea Graham

My piece on collaborating with American poet Lea Graham on, among other things, the chapbook metric: a collaboration (above/ground press, 2011), is now up at The Capilano Review blog.

a tribute to Robert Kroetsch: a selection from his writings edited by Nicole Markotic

A tribute to recent above/ground press author Robert Kroetsch on The Capilano Review website, the second issue of their free web folio: a selection from his writings edited by Nicole Markotic.