some author activity: Newlove, Clarke, Earl + Best,

Both John Newlove (by Shazia Hafiz Ramji) and George Elliott Clarke (by Jeffrey Mackie) have new write-ups on their work as part of the Brick Books Celebration of Canadian Poetry; Amanda Earl is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Ashley-Elizabeth Best is interviewed over at The Town Crier.

some author activity: Earl, beaulieu, Barwin, Anstee + Smith,

Amanda Earl collaborates with Ikenna Onyegbula; derek beaulieu does a short write-up on a poem by bill bissett as part of the "Singular Encounters : : First Encounters" series over at Coldfront; Gary Barwin has a new poem posted up at h&; Bardia Sinaee wrote an essay on the work of Cameron Anstee for The Town Crier; and Pete Smith has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog.

some author activity: Ball, Kronovet, mclennan, babineau + Barwin,

Nelson Ball has a new poem up at The Week Shall Inherit The Verse; Jennifer Kronovet is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; rob mclennan is interviewed over at The Town Crier; kemeny babineau participates in Amanda Earl's "One Thing"; and Gary Barwin has new work up at Our Teeth.