some author activity: Schapira, Deutch, Davis + Jarvis,

Kate Schapira reads "Questions and Practice For Your Origin Story" for Ours Poetica; Amanda Deutch has some new work up at GASHER; forthcoming author Jordan Davis has a new essay on Ted Berrigan up via The Poetry Foundation; and Jenna Jarvis is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews.

some author activity: Pirie, Harvey, Boyle + Blouin,

Pearl Pirie has a poem in the poetry pause series via The League of Canadian Poets; Mikko Harvey "Recommends" via Poets & Writers; Frances Boyle has a new poem up at JMWW; and Michael Blouin is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews.

some author activity: Niespodziany, Nilson, Saklikar, Wang + Robertson,

Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Geoffrey Nilson has posted to Soundcloud the audio of a reading at the New Westminster Public Library in New Westminster BC on April 9, 2022 by "Five Contemporary BC Poets": Tolu Oloruntoba, Renée Sarojini Saklikar, Isabella Wang, Claire Matthews and Kevin Spenst; and Lisa Robertson is interviewed by Louis Klee for the Sydney Review of Books.

some author activity: Niespodziany, Brown, Unsworth, Melançon, Mody + Eleftherion,

Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Simon Brown has some work in the eleventh and final issue of antilang; Lydia Unsworth has new work online at Pamenar Press; Jérôme Melançon is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Monica Mody is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; and Melissa Eleftherion has new work up at The Hunger, hot pink mag and The Hopper.

some author activity: Niespodziany, Pakdel, Mc Donnell, Logan, mclennan + Earl,

Benjamin Niespodziany is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time; forthcoming author Saba Pakdel is featured over at rob mclennan's Spotlight Series; Conor Mc Donnell is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews, as is Nate Logan, who also has new work up at talking about strawberries all of the time; as does rob mclennan ; and Amanda Earl has a piece posted in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets.

some author activity: Reid, Hunter, mclennan, Nećakov + Brown,

Monty Reid has some new work posted online at IceFloe Press, and a poem-response to the #OttawaOccupation over at Train: a poetry journal; Carrie Hunter is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; rob mclennan's poem-response to the #OttawaOccupation is now up at his blog; Lillian Nećakov is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Simon Brown is interviewed via poetry mini interviews.

some author activity: Saklikar, Christie, Earl, Clayton + Siklosi,

Vicki Ziegler was good enough to mention a few above/ground press titles as part of her Silent Book Club (along with a ton of other titles, naturally): Renée Sarojini Saklikar's from The Book of Bramah (2019), Jason Christie's Bridge and Burn (2021) and Amanda Earl's a field guide to fanciful bugs (2021); Conyer Clayton has a poem up in the Poetry Pause series via The League of Canadian Poets; and Kate Siklosi is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews.

some author activity: Clayton, Tierney, Varrone + Beaulieu,

Conyer Clayton has two new poems in carte blanche; Orchid Tierney has two new poems posted in Plant-Human Quarterly; Kevin Varrone is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; and Derek Beaulieu is named Banff's new poet laureate!

some author activity: Hogg, Mody, Carpenter, Earl + Niespodziany,

Robert Hogg is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Monica Mody is featured in Episode 223, S3 of the podcast Jazz Ready, hosted by Magdalena Gómez, Poet Laureate of Springfield, MA; J.R. Carpenter was longlisted for the CBC Poetry Prize; Amanda Earl writes on the artist statement, and revisiting old ones; and Benjamin Niespodziany has new work up at HAD.

some author activity: Naughton, Tierney, Brockwell, Johnson + Flowers,

Katie Naughton has some new work up at Tagvverk, as does Orchid Tierney; Stephen Brockwell has a new poem up at The Typescript; Chris Johnson has four new poems in the October issue of deathcap; and Neil Flowers is being interviewed over at poetry mini interviews.

some author activity: Konchan, Reid, Maloukis, Mody + Hogg,

Virginia Konchan has some new work up at Bennington Review; Monty Reid is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Rose Maloukis is the July winner of the "Arc Award of Awesomeness" from Arc Poetry Magazine; Monica Mody has some new work up at The Fabulist; and Robert Hogg has some new work (that I seem to have missed last year, when it appeared) up at BlazeVOX.

some author activity: Joseph, mclennan, Moore, MacEachern + Dowling,

Alexander Joseph was interviewed for Boulder Jewish News; rob mclennan has posted a new poem to his blog, and another at Watch Your Head, and a further at Train : a poetry journal; Nathan Alexander Moore is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Jessi MacEachern participates in the "12 or 20 questions" interview series; and Sarah Dowling is co-editing (with Jane Malcolm) a special issue of Amodern, tentatively titled "Body and/as Procedure," and seeks critical papers!

some author activity: Barkman, Pirie, Prime + Christakos,

Carla Barkman (the poet formerly known as Carla Milo) is currently being interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Pearl Pirie is interviewed by Bill Arnott; Tom Prime is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Margaret Christakos has some new work up at Canthius.

some author activity, dueck, Dowling, Higdon, Barwin + Reid,

nathan dueck has two new poems and a statement up as part of the Spotlight series; Sarah Dowling is being interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Hailey Higdon has a new poem in Typo; Gary Barwin has an essay on the CBC website on surviving lockdown; and Monty Reid has some new work up at Train : a poetry journal.

some author activity: Townsend, Olsen, Hofmann + Blouin,

Jamie Townsend is being interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Geoffrey Olsen is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; Ava Hofmann has some new work online via the Action Books blog; and Michael Blouin has a book heading to the moon!

some author activity: Boyle, O'Reilly, Dennis, Pirie, Trivedi + Solomon,

Frances Boyle has been on fire (again) lately, with new work up at MookyChick, The Wild Word and Vox Viola; Nathanael O'Reilly has a new piece as part of the "Talking Poetics" series at the ottawa poetry newsletter ; Pearl Pirie has posted a short piece on Michael Dennis; Amish Trivedi is being interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; and Misha Solomon has started a newsletter of weekly poems, some gay poems, which you should totally sign up for.

some author activity: Adams, Desbarats, mclennan + hanna,

Carrie Olivia Adams is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Michelle Desbarats is interviewed over at the Who Cares if You Listen? podcast; rob mclennan has a new poem up at his blog, and offers his tenth annual 'best of Canadian poetry books' list via dusie; and natalie hanna is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey.

some author activity: Eleftherion, Cooley, Pirie, Bowering + Earl,

Melissa Eleftherion has new work up at Vallejo Poetry Society; Dennis Cooley is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Pearl Pirie is interviewed at the Chaudiere Books blog; George Bowering is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Amanda Earl has a visual poem in the poetry pause series via The League of Canadian Poets.

some author activity: o'brien, Robertson + Melançon,

forthcoming author katie o'brien has a poem up in the "poetry pause" series via The League of Canadian Poets; Elena Betros López interviews Lisa Robertson over at Cordite; and Jérôme Melançon is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews.

some author activity: Boyle, Clayton, Tracy + Gray,

Frances Boyle has three poems up at Cypress: A Poetry Journal; Conyer Clayton has an essay in the Talking Poetics series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Dale Tracy is being interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; and Marty Cain mentions Evan Gray's above/ground press title Body Birth (2019) as part of a blog post for Action Books (a title which is totally still available, by the way).