Tag: poetry

I relate to the “no work of art is ever finished, only abandoned” school of thought.Go to full post …read more

Poetic Licence is a special Read Local BC column for National Poetry Month. Mercedes Eng’s Prison Industrial Complex Explodes is a finalist for the 2018 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more

Seven books are shortlisted—four international and three Canadian—for the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize. Go to full post …read more

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

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

This year, four ground-breaking authors use their unique voice to explore the concepts of time and place. Go to full post …read more

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

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

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

A Feed Dog Book aims to fill gaps in the spectrum of Canadian poetry with new surrealist works.Go to full post …read more

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

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