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.

some author activity: Earl, Abel, Dennis + Caple,

Amanda Earl has some new work up at h&; North Vancouver's Polygon Gallery now holds a text piece by Jordan Abel (above) on one of their walls; Michael Dennis has a new essay up at my (small press) writing day; and Natalee Caple has a new essay up at The Walrus.

some author activity: mclennan, Ladouceur, Babineau + Armantrout,

rob mclennan is interviewed by Oscar Martens; there is a new interview with Ben Ladouceur on The League of Canadian Poets blog, and he's a new poem up at The Walrus; Kemeny Babineau has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; and Rae Armantrout has a poem online at Granta.

some author activity: Christie, Jones, Abel, Kroetsch + beaulieu,

Jason Christie has some new poems up at Our Teeth; Philip Lanthier's personal recollection of D.G. Jones is now online at The Walrus; Stan Mir writes on Jordan Abel over at Jacket2; Jean McKay wrote on Robert Kroetsch as part of the Celebration of Canadian Poetry over at Brick Books; and derek beaulieu discusses "The horror of being a novelist."