some author activity: Gunnars, Mohammadi, Clayton, Hancock + O'Reilly,

[Khashayar Mohammadi, Amish Trivedi + rob mclennan during the recent VERSeFest/Factory Lecture Series event; photo by Pearl Pirie] Kristjana Gunnars participates in Turnstone Press' 2 Poem Tuesday alongside D.A. Lockhart; Khashayar Mohammadi participates in the "12 or 20 questions" interview series; Conyer Clayton has a poem in the "poetry pause" series via The League of Canadian Poets; VERSeFest 2021 poet-in-residence Brecken Hancock does an interview for Rogers Ottawa; and Nathanael O'Reilly has a new poem in the latest issue of Backstory.

some author activity: Campos, Earl, mclennan, Cooley + Stuart,

Isabel Sobral Campos has some work in Folder magazine; Amanda Earl has contributed an experimental review to Carousel on Bahar Orang's debut; rob mclennan and Dennis Cooley read in the online 2Poets2 Tuesday Reading Series via Turnstone Press' YouTube channel; and Cecilia Stuart has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" at the dusie blog.

some author activity: Cooley, Best, Pirie, Roberston + Stewart,

Dennis Cooley is interviewed by Turnstone Press, and has a new poem (audio and text) online at Winnipeg Free Press; Ashley-Elizabeth Best has a new essay in the "On Writing" series at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Pearl Pirie has a new poem posted at h&; and Lisa Robertson reads with Christine Stewart on May 24th in Vancouver!

some author activity: beaulieu, Anstee, Lea, Tokar, Cooley + Press,

derek beaulieu (pictured) is named the first artist in residence in the 124-year history of Calgary's Lougheed House, from May 1 to June 30, 2015; Cameron Anstee is profiled over at Apt 613; N.W. Lea is interviewed over at the Chaudiere Books blog; Janice Tokar has a new poem posted on the Chaudiere Books blog as part of Poetry Month; and Dennis Cooley and K.I. Press write on Turnstone Press for the CV2 blog.