some author activity: Whistle, Harris, Braune, mclennan + Earl,

Ian Whistle wrote on Judith Copithorne for many gendered mothers; Sharon Harris has a new poem up as part of National Poetry Month on the Chaudiere Books blog, as does Sean Braune; and rob mclennan is interviewed by Nathaniel G. Moore in his new Roaring Nineties series, as is Amanda Earl.

Robert Kroetsch Conference this weekend : Anstee, Baker, Cooley, Markotić, Hall etc

In case you weren't aware, the 2017 Canadian Literature Symposium at the University of Ottawa is this weekend: Robert Kroetsch: Essayist, Novelist, Poet. Running from April 27-30, 2017, presenters include a variety of above/ground press authors (and non-authors), including panelists, presenters and chairs Nicole Markotić, Jennifer Baker, Rudy Wiebe, David Eso, Cameron Anstee, Claire Farley, Dennis Cooley, Aritha van Herk, Robert Stacey, Phil Hall and others. I even have a couple copies left of Robert Kroetsch's above/ground press chapbook, as well as the memorial chapbook we put together for him, if such appeals. Apparently the public is more than welcome to attend, and you can see the full schedule for the conference here.

And: I took this photo of Robert Kroetsch during our shared University of Alberta Press on-campus book launch, April 2010.

some author activity: Young, Hancock, Rogal + McEwen,

Geoffrey Young is interviewed by Thomas Fink and Leila Rosner on his recent poetry, over at Dichtung Yammer; Adrienne Gruber writes on Brecken Hancock over at many gendered mothers; Stan Rogal has a new poem posted on the Chaudiere Books blog as part of National Poetry Month; as does Andrew McEwen, a collaboration with Vancouver poet Elee Kraljii Gardiner.

New Orleans Poetry Festival + Small Press Fair, April 20-23, 2017 : Smith, Iijima, Hunter, Reed + Poe, etc

above/ground press authors Jessica Smith (The Lover is Absent, 2017), Brenda Iijima (SWAMP/SWAMP, 2017), Carrie Hunter (Series out of Sequence, 2017), Marthe Reed (After Swann, 2013) and Deborah Poe (Keep, 2012) read along with a whole mound of other poets as part of this year's New Orleans Poetry Festival and Small Press Fair, April 20-23, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana. You can see their full schedule here.

Greg Bem reviews Sarah Fox's Invisible Wife (2017)

Seattle WA poet and reviewer Greg Bem was good enough to provide the first review for Sarah Fox's Invisible Wife (2017) over at Yellow Rabbits. Thanks so much! You can see Bem’s review here.

some author activity: Blades, Ursuliak, Swan + Hogg,

Joe Blades has a new poem as part of the Chaudiere Books National Poetry Month series; Emily Ursuliak is interviewed in the "12 or 20 questions" series; Sarah Swan is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and Robert Hogg speaks stone mill, organics and poetry over at CBC Radio Ottawa.

some author activity: Ursuliak, Barwin, Blades, Polyck-O'Neill, Betts + Whistle,

Emily Ursuliak has a new essay in the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Gary Barwin has a new videopoem up at Moving Poems; Joe Blades has some new work and a short statement in rob mclennan's spotlight series; Julia Polyck-O'Neill has a new poem in Chaudiere Books' National Poetry Month series for 2017; and Gregory Betts was interviewed by Ian Whistle for the ottawa poetry newsletter.