“What is worth the intensity of poetic attention? My ear listens for a voice confident in its musicality and purpose.” —@SonnetLAbbe, WT #PoetryMentor

Submit your poetry manuscript by June 10: writerstrust.com/Mentorship #WTMentorship #poetrymonth #cdnpoetry #canlit #emergingpoets

Beyond excited for this Earth Day Webinar by Canadian Water Resources Association featuring Tasha Beeds, Mide-Kwe and Water Walker. Dont miss this event!
cwra.org/april-22-2024-…

I despair of the short shelf life that most books get in the publicity-media cycle, so I wrote about some of my favourite books published in Canada from two years ago.

wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2024/04/0…

So many seem focused on the chance they might lose something by speaking, but I ask:

What have your silences cost you?
In your moral life, what prison of ashes are you delivering yourself to?

I'm so sorry for you, for your unfreedom, for your profound & irreplaceable loss.

on April 5 we received the following reply, rejecting our panel proposal on the grounds that it would be a source of 'contention and division'. (4/n)

Right on cue, Lisa Young breaks down what #ableg *needs to know* about post-secondary funding & why this newest bill is a sure-fire way to tank AB's universities: open.substack.com/pub/lisayoung/…

I spoke with Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha about many things — about creating art during war, about the toll of destroying culture, about replanting flowers, and about birthdays and Eid in Gaza. I am deeply grateful for this conversation. open.spotify.com/episode/5nenUI…

'Diaspora does something powerful to the idea of the nation-state. It breaks up the idea that people naturally belong to specific geographies that make them who they are.'

I like big lists and I cannot lie. Congrats to the longlisters!! #CanLit #Poetry League of Canadian Poets poets.ca/longlist2024/?…

My regular reminder that PhDs are employed all over college and university campuses, including in roles that aren't teaching or research focused.

Here's the list! Pass it on.
fromphdtolife.com/2020/07/16/whe…

the Blackecologies Zine is an open resource containing sixty-six pages of essays, interviews, short fiction, poetry, experimental field notes, and original art globalracialjustice.rutgers.edu/sites/default/…

I don't even know what the word plausible means anymore after hearing Germany say it so many times.

Canadian writers & publishers can’t be left behind any longer. Despite clear promises, funding for the Canada Book Fund & Public Lending Right has not increased in over 20 years. Pascale St-Onge & Chrystia Freeland, prioritize Canadian books in #Budget2024 . 📚publishers.ca/increase-cbf-p…

DONT THROW AWAY YOUR ECLIPSE GLASSES‼️

stick your glasses in an evelope & mail to the address below so that kids in Latin America can use them Oct 2, to watch the South American Eclipse

Eclipse Glasses USA, LLC
PO Box 50571
Provo, UT 84605