"That these things: bicycle, plant, chair, gentle cat, symbols of inner goal, supply their own light." #TodaysPoem #poetry Arrangements by Judith Copithorne from Another Order: Selected Works, edited by Eric Schmaltz (2023 Talonbooks) tinyurl.com/2pur43nr

Eric Schmaltz writes about the life and legacy of the late, inimitable Judith Copithorne for The Globe and Mail. theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

It's Pride Month! We’re going to celebrate the best way we know how: by getting excited for a whole new slew of top-tier titles by queer and gender-diverse authors. Here are a handful of new and forthcoming works by LGBTQIA2S+ writers. Check them out! talonbooks.com/news/pride-mon…

Feast by Guillermo Verdecchia and Wet by Leanne Dunic are on Read Local BC's list of BC-published titles that will take you around the word. Check it out! readlocalbc.ca/2025/05/30/8-l…

Author of dream / arteries Phinder Dulai will be reading as part of this month's Surrey Muse on June 28! Check it out! surreymuse.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/sur…

Catch Meredith Quartermain, author of U Girl, and Catriona Strang, author of Unfuckable Lardass, and Brook Houglum reading at the above/ground press chapbook launch at People’s Co-Op Bookstore on June 15. Admission is free! The reading begins at 7:00 p.m. abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/meredi…

On June 22, catch A Jamali Rad reading from their new hybrid work No Signal No Noise alongside S F Ho at a matinee poetry reading at 1034 Dundas Street in London, Ontario!

rob mclennan reviews Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson! Check it out: robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/cecily…

We’ve got one hundred and one reasons to love Bookworm! Read Grace Henkel on “Dark Chapters,” edited by Nic Wilson (U of R Press), and Alexandra Oliver on cecily nicholson’s “Crowd Source” (Talonbooks). Plus, our semi-serious, semi-annual book cover awards. reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-…

“and here i am / signed, / All The Worst” -Julie Désil, Allostatic Load (Talonbooks) …n-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com/products/desil…

Steven Ross Smith writes about Jeff Derksen's latest poetry collection Future Works in The British Columbia Review! Check it out here: thebcreview.ca/2025/05/27/256…

June is Audiobook Month! We love to listen to a book on the go. At the grocery store? Audiobook! In transit? Audiobook! Washing the dishes? (You get it.) Here are a few available/forthcoming audiobooks to keep you company as you go about your day. talonbooks.com/books/audioboo…

rob mclennan reviews Hajer Mirwali's debut poetry collection Revolutions! Read it here: robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/hajer-…

Alexandra Oliver reviews new poetry collection Crowd Source by Cecily Nicholson in the Literary Review of Canada! Read it here: reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-no-…

rob mclennan reviews the new poetry collection allostatic load by Junie Désil! Read it here: robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/06/junie-…

A production of Kisses Deep by Michel Marc Bouchard, translated by Linda Gaboriau runs from November 26–December 14 at Centaur Theatre! Check it out! centaurtheatre.com/shows/kisses-d…

Tom Rowlands, co-founder of The Chemical Brothers, has a new track out featuring samples from lunaria’s top poet (and author of the forthcoming th book uv lost passwords 1) bill bissett! electronicgroove.com/the-chemical-b…

On July 10, head to the Kay Meek Arts Centre for Arthur Erickson: Beauty Between the Lines and The Architecture of Encounter with author of Future Works, Jeff Derksen! kaymeek.com/events/arthur-…

On July 9, join Samantha Nock and Rachael Moorthy for an evening of poetry and conversation presented by Word Vancouver and Enabling Arts! RSVP at the link below. eventbrite.com/e/saltwaterswe…

July is Disability Pride Month! Celebrate with these stellar new and forthcoming Talon titles written by disabled authors to add to your TBR pile. talonbooks.com/news/disabilit…