some author activity: Rexilius, Mody, Earl, mclennan, Logan + Dewinetz,

Andrea Rexilius is interviewed, alongside Heather Garbo, for Westword; Monica Mody is discussed in an article by Yashaswini Krishna, "Poetry's role and the financial struggles of poets today," at NewsTrail; Amanda Earl has a visual poem in the "poetry pause" series via The League of Canadian Poets; rob mclennan has an excerpt of the work-in-progress, "the green notebook," up at Annulet, and is interviewed by Ivy Grimes for Writing Thoughts; Nate Logan has a new poem up at LEAVINGS and then another new poem up at LEAVINGS and also a poem at The Tiny; and did you know that Jason Dewinetz received a "Distinguished Alumni Award" from the University of Victoria a few years back?

some author activity: Novak, Babineau, Sikkema, Bowering + Ross,

JoAnna Novak has new work at MerionWest; Kemeny Babineau has new work in the Spotlight series; Michael Sikkema has some new work up at cul-de-sac of blood; George Bowering is quoted in this recent piece on the infamous 1963 Vancouver Poetry Conference; and Stuart Ross has three new poems in Gargoyle.

above/ground press' anniversary in Apt613, Toronto Star + Amanda Earl's substack!

We will see you at tonight's above/ground press 30th anniversary event tonight, yes? In case you hadn't seen, Steven W. Beattie was good enough to include myself and above/ground in an article on small press that ran in the Toronto Star (as well as some other places), Ryan Pepper wrote on tonight's event at Apartment613, and Amanda Earl was kind enough to provide some anniversary/birthday acknowledgement via her clever substack. Thanks so much!

some author activity: O'Reilly, Siklosi, Spinosa, Chernoff, Best + the ottawa small press book fair,

Nathanael O'Reilly has a new poem up at Identity Theory; Kate Siklosi and Dani Spinosa are conducting a Late Winter Writers Residency Online through Banff Centre (apply now!); MLA Chernoff has a poem in the poetry pause series via The League of Canadian Poets; Ashley-Elizabeth Best has an article up at Chatelaine; and don't forget the ottawa small press book fair returns in two weeks, yes?

some author activity: O'Reilly, Joseph, Mavreas, Tate, Betts + MacEachern,

Nathanael O'Reilly is interviewed over at Fevers of the Mind, and has a new poem up at Beir Bua Journal; Alexander Joseph has a poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series; a CBC article on Montreal's Billy Mavreas closing down his "curiosity shop and art gallery" after twenty years; and Bronwen Tate, Gregory Betts and Jessi MacEachern all have new work online at Carousel magazine.

some author activity: Boyle, Kratz, Joseph, Johnson, Eleftherion, Koss, Cortese, Kaplan + Betts,

Frances Boyle has a new poem up at Literary Mama, three at Anti-Heroin Chic, and further in issue #11 of CP Quarterly; Al Kratz has a new essay over at my (small press) writing day; Alexander Joseph's above/ground press debut is written up in an article for The Mountain Ear, and he was interviewed as part of The Mountain Ear Podcast; Chris Johnson has a new poem posted as part of National Poetry Month at the Chaudiere Books blog, as do Melissa Eleftherion and Frances Boyle and Zane Koss and Franco Cortese and Genevieve Kaplan; and Gregory Betts has a new poem posted as part of the "Tuesday poem" series.

some author activity: Pirie, Christie + Earl,

Pearl Pirie provides some worthwhile tips on writing and survival over at Writing and Wellness; Jason Christie is interviewed over at the Chaudiere Books blog; and Amanda Earl and a.m. kozak's podcast, The Small Machine Talks, is profiled by Jamie MacPherson over at Apt 613.

some author activity: Spinosa, Siklosi, Beaulieu, Swensen, Smith, Ross + Schmaltz,

Dani Spinosa writes on Kate Siklosi for Open Book, Kate Siklosi also has some new work up at Poem Atlas, as does Derek Beaulieu; Cole Swensen has new work up at The Brooklyn Rail, as does Dale Smith; Stuart Ross has a new poem online as part of National Poetry Month at the Chaudiere Books blog; and Dani Spinosa writes on Eric Schmaltz for Open Book.

some author activity: Izsak, Christie, Burgoyne, Sweeney, Spinosa, Beaulieu + Ball,

Emily Izsak, Jason Christie, Sarah Burgoyne and Heather Sweeney have new work in the sixteenth issue of where is the river; Dani Spinosa has a new visual poem up at Train : a poetry journal; Derek Beaulieu is interviewed over at Train : a poetry journal; and Ryan Pratt has a new piece on working through the late Nelson Ball's literary archive.

some author activity: Clayton, Beaulieu + Saklikar,

Conyer Clayton is interviewed in the Six Questions series at the Chaudiere Books blog; Derek Beaulieu has some new work up at Train : a poetry journal; and Renée Sarojini Saklikar writes on Flight 752 and Air India Flight 182 for Chatelaine.

some author activity: Hogg, Earl, Barwin, Clayton + Cortese,

Robert Hogg has some new poems up at Empty Mirror; Amanda Earl has a new essay in the "Talking Poetics" series at the ottawa poetry newsletter; Gary Barwin writes on the "&" for Macleans magazine; Conyer Clayton has two poems up at The /tƐmz/ Review here and here; and Franco Cortese has new work up in the Tuesday poem series over at the dusie blog.

some author activity: Ross, Claxton, Baus, Johnson, Gold + Perry,

some of Stuart Ross' poems have been translated into Russian; Dana Claxton has won the Hnatyshyn Foundation's $25,000.00 prize for outstanding achievement by a Canadian mid-career artist; Eric Baus is interviewed over at Neon Pajamas; Chris Johnson has a short poem, after Artie Gold, with a couple of interview questions, online at Canadian Literature; and Paul Perry has an article in the Irish Times on writing a children's novel.

some author activity: Tate, Unsworth, Eleftherion + Schmaltz,

Bronwen Tate has some poems in The Tiny, and there is a recent article on her and her work online at Potash Hill: The Magazine of Marlboro College; forthcoming author Lydia Unsworth has a new poem up at Litter, and another up at Train : a poetry journal; Melissa Eleftherion has new work up at SWWIM; and the last of Eric Schmaltz' commentaries is now online at Jacket2.

some author activity: Saklikar, Barwin, Siklosi, Campanello, Unsworth + a report on Yee & du Plessis @ VERSeFest

the Surrey Now-Leader writes on the end of Renée Sarojini Saklikar's three-year term as Surrey, British Columbia's first City Poet Laureate; Gary Barwin is interviewed over at talking about strawberries all of the time, where Kate Siklosi, Kimberly Campanello and forthcoming author Lydia Unsworth also have new work; and Manahil Bandukwala was good enough to blog about VERSeFest, including The Factory Reading Series event, featuring lectures by Sennah Yee and Klara du Plessis!

some author activity: Perry, Mavreas, Dreiblatt, Iijima, Reed + Gray,

forthcoming above/ground press author Paul Perry answers the "12 or 20 questions" interview; Billy Mavreas is interviewed over at poetry mini interviews; Ian Dreiblatt is now a columnist for The Believer; Brenda Iijima introduces the late Marthe Reed's Arc Hive via Tupelo Quarterly; and Evan Gray has a poem up in the Tuesday poem series via the Dusie blog.

some author activity: Kaminski, Collis, Rosenthal, Lederer + mclennan,

Another article on Megan Kaminski and her new above/ground press title appears, this time via The University Daily Kansan; Stephen Collis has a new essay up at my (small press) writing day; Sarah Rosenthal has new work posted in all the sins; Katy Lederer is interviewed over at Touch the Donkey; and rob mclennan has a new poem over at his clever blog.

some author activity: Hall, Landman, mclennan, Gray + Townsend,

University of New Brunswick writer-in-residence Phil Hall is written up in in the brunswickan; Seth Landman has a poem up in the "Tuesday poem" series over at the dusie blog; rob mclennan answers the "12 or 20 questions," via Vallum magazine, and has a new poem up at his clever blog; forthcoming author Evan Gray has an essay in the "my (small press) writing day" series; and Jamie Townsend has new work in the second issue of baest : a journal of queer forms & affects.

some author activity: Eleftherion, Kaminski, Reed + Barwin,

Melissa Eleftherion has some new work in issue #20 of the online Pretty Owl Poetry, as well as two new poems up at Nomadic Coffee; an article on the University of Kansas website features Megan Kaminski and her latest above/ground press chapbook; Jacket2 posted a short piece remembering the late poet Marthe Reed; and Gary Barwin is interviewed for the first in a new series of podcasts hosted by Hamilton Review of Books, conducted/hosted by Krista Foss.

Barry Schwabsky writes on Geoffrey Young for Hyperallergic,

Barry Schwabsky wrote on three Geoffrey Young chapbooks--including his 2017 above/ground press title, THIRTY-THREE (copies of which are still very much available)--as well as about Young's work generally, in a very cool article for Hyperallergic. Thanks so much! You can see the original article here.

some author activity: Archer, McFadden, Adams + Flemmer,

Sacha Archer recently posted the audio of his reading of his above/ground press chapbook, upROUTE; there's a very nice article on the late David W. McFadden in the Globe & Mail; Carrie Olivia Adams is interviewed on editing over at the Chicago Review of Books; and Kyle Flemmer has new work up at h&.