Seven books are shortlisted—four international and three Canadian—for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more
Donato Mancini shortlisted for Griffin Poetr...
April 11, 2018
April 11, 2018
Seven books are shortlisted—four international and three Canadian—for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more
April 2, 2018
Poetic Licence is a special feature highlighting poets during National Poetry Month. Tina Biello is the current Poet Laureate for Nanaimo.Go to full post …read more
March 21, 2018
In honour of World Poetry Day, The League of Canadian Poets has announced the first-ever longlists for the 2018 Poetry Awards.Go to full post …read more
November 20, 2017
This year, four ground-breaking authors use their unique voice to explore the concepts of time and place. Go to full post …read more
November 2, 2017
Dina Del Bucchia recently published her debut collection of fiction after three poetry books. Here Dina delvers into her experiences writing in multiple genres and embracing different styles. Go to full post …read more
October 16, 2017
With the Vancouver Writers Festival and Surrey International Writers Conference included in this week’s event round-up, there is lots of lit to see and do around town.Go to full post …read more
September 20, 2017
At Read Local BC, we are gearing up for the latest season of Poetry in Transit launching September 24 at Word Vancouver with a fantastic reading event. You can expect to see wonderful poems from BC poets on your daily commute. Go to full post …read more
July 7, 2017
A Feed Dog Book aims to fill gaps in the spectrum of Canadian poetry with new surrealist works.Go to full post …read more
June 12, 2017
Nisga’a writer Jordan Abel has won the 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize for his latest collection of poetry, Injun, an erasure book-length poem about racism and the representation of Indigenous peoples.Go to full post …read more
May 24, 2017
In her debut volume of poetry Collecting Silence (Ronsdale, 2017) Ulrike Narwani reminds us that it is in silence that the music of connection becomes audible.Go to full post …read more