some author activity: Christie, Hall, Brockwell + Robinson,

Jason Christie has some new work posted at NationalPoetryMonth.ca; Phil Hall is interviewed by CBC Books; Stephen Brockwell has a new poem posted on the Chaudiere Books blog for National Poetry Month, as does Elizabeth Robinson.

some author activity: Barwin, Earl, Landman, fitzpatrick, McElroy + Hajnoczky,

Gary Barwin has a new poem up at NationalPoetryMonth.ca; Amanda Earl has new work up at Otoliths; the first issue of Seth Landman's Divine Magnet is now online; a new ryan fitzpatrick interview has been posted over at Touch the Donkey; a collaborative poem between Gil McElroy and his cousin, Christina McElroy, is now up at the Chaudiere Books blog; and Helen Hajnoczky has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog.

some author activity: Turnbull, beaulieu, mclennan, Ursuliak, Robinson + Carr,

Chris Turnbull has a new poem up at the Chaudiere Books blog as part of #NationalPoetryMonth, as does derek beaulieu and rob mclennan; rob mclennan is interviewed by Emily Ursuliak at University of Calgary radio's Writer's Block; Elizabeth Robinson has some new work up at Web Conjunctions; and Emily Carr has a new piece posted as part of Amanda Earl's NationalPoetryMonth.ca

some author activity: Whistle, Hancock, Rogal, Ladouceur, Hall + Massey,

Ian Whistle has a new poem up as part of AngelHousePress' National Poetry Month site; Damian Rogers selects Brecken Hancock to feature at All Lit Up; Stan Rogal, Brecken Hancock, Ben Ladouceur, Phil Hall and others are featured in an All Lit Up pdf poetry sampler for National Poetry Month; and Karen Massey has been posting poems to PoMoSco for National Poetry Month.

National Poetry Month: mclennan, hastain, Pirie, Barwin, Martin + Betts,

In case you missed it, Amanda Earl's National Poetry Month featured a number of new poems by above/ground press authors, including rob mclennan, j/j hastain, Pearl Pirie, Gary Barwin, Camille Martin, Gregory Betts, Karen Massey and Gil McElroy, as well as a number of other incredible works by poets (predominantly working with visuals) from around the world.

Some author activity: McCann, Robertson, beaulieu, Earl, Best + Maguire,

Marcus McCann has a new poem posted in the dusie "Tuesday Poem" series; Lisa Robertson has a new poem up at Jerome Rothenberg's Poems and Poetics blog; derek beaulieu had one of the last pieces in Amanda Earl's 2013 NationalPoetryMonth.ca; Amanda Earl discusses her work, including some of her above/ground press publications, over at the Oh Get A Grip! blog; Ashley-Elizabeth Best, author of a recent above/ground press "poem" broadside, was recently featured with a new poem on The Toronto Quarterly; and Shannon Maguire has a poem up on the BookThug blog as part of poetry month.

Some author activity: Mangold, Prevost, eckhoff, mclennan, Robertson + Earl,

More poetry month! Sarah Mangold and Roland Prevost are each featured with a new poem on The Toronto Quarterly; kevin mcpherson eckhoff answers the "12 or 20 questions"; rob mclennan is interviewed over at Ribbon Pig, and has a new short story over at Numero Cinq; Lisa Robertson has a new piece on Harriet, the blog of the Poetry Foundation; and Amanda Earl is once again posting a month's worth of poems over at NationalPoetryMonth.ca, focusing this year on visual poems.

some author activity: Anstee, Betts, Bradley, Brockwell, beaulieu, Armantrout, Martin, Robertson + Ackerson-Kiely,

poet and publisher Cameron Anstee now has a blog; AngelHousePress' NationalPoetryMonth site has works by above/ground press authors Gregory Betts, Jamie Bradley, and Stephen Brockwell; and The Toronto Quarterly, also for poetry month, posted new works by derek beaulieu and Stephen Brockwell; there's a new Rae Armantrout poem on the Poetry Foundation website (did you see her recently as an answer in the New York Times crossword?); Camille Martin posts a report (with photos!) from her recent reading in Chicago with Mark Goldstein; Sina Queyras writes on Lisa Robertson for Harriet, the blog of the Poetry Foundation; and Paige Ackerson-Kiely talks of birds and survival, and even recommends...

Some author activity: Earl, McElroy, Turnbull, beaulieu, McKinnon, Reid, Brockwell and mclennan

The Easter edition of Amanda Earl's "poetry talk"; a profile I wrote for Open Book: Ontario on Gil McElroy; Chris Turnbull has a poem on Amanda Earl's NationalPoetryMonth.ca, as do Pearl Pirie, Gil McElroy and derek beaulieu (so far--keep checking the rest of the month for updates!); Barry McKinnon and the literary culture of Prince George, British Columbia is written up in Brian Fawcett's scathing "A Poetry War in Prince George" on Dooney's Cafe; Monty Reid and others read as part of the Bridgehead Reading Series on Saturday, to help launch Pearl Pirie's In Air/Air Out; Stephen Brockwell reads at the Dusty Owl Reading Series in Ottawa on Sunday, and again, on May 10 for 17 Poets in New Orleans with rob mclennan and Laura Mattingly; make sure to keep checking the sidebar buttons for upcoming readings (Rob Manery and Robert Hogg on May 25; info tba) and recent publications, and watch for forthcoming titles from Jay MillAr, George Elliott Clarke and Rob Manery, among others!

Some author activity: Martin, mclennan, Earl, Armantrout, beaulieu + Robertson,

A new poem from Camille Martin's forthcoming trade book appears online at The Toronto Quarterly as part of Poetry Month 2012; a new poem by rob mclennan's work-in-progress, "How the alphabet was made," appears online at Amanda Earl's NationalPoetryMonth.ca (be sure to check the entire month's worth of poems here), as does a piece by Camille Martin; there's a new interview with Rae Armantrout here, and "CCWWP Pedagogy Interview # 2 with derek beaulieu" is now online as well; see also, Amanda Earl's report on beaulieu's recent AB Series appearances in Ottawa, with Pearl Pirie's photos of same; and Lisa Robertson participates in "A Evening in Conversation with Lisa Robertson" in Toronto on Monday, April 9, 2012.