Ryan Pratt reviews Amanda Earl's Kiki (2014)

Our good friend Ryan Pratt was good enough to review Amanda Earl's Kiki (2014) over at the ottawa poetry newsletter. Thanks, much! You can see his original review here. 

This is actually the seventh review of Kiki, after Jacqueline Valencia discussed the book at All Lit Up, Anne Burke reviewed such via The League of Canadian Poets, "Indiereadergirl" reviewed such over at her indiereadergirl0329 blog, Jonathan Ball reviewed such over at the Winnipeg Free Press, Douglas Barbour reviewed such over at his blog, and Matthew J. Hall was good enough to review such over at The Small Press Book Review. 

And of course, copies can be ordered directly via All Lit Up!

rob mclennan : his writing desk + an interview,

rob mclennan is interviewed over at the ottawa poetry newsletter, and even writes about his writing desk over at Real Pants. And don't forget about his participation in the Poetry Panel at 5pm this Saturday at Ottawa's Prose in the Park!

Chris Turnbull interview at the ottawa poetry newsletter

Ian Whistle has interviewed Chaudiere author Chris Turnbull over at the ottawa poetry newsletter blog. You can see the interview here. Amanda Earl was also featured in the same interview series a while back. And of course, copies of Turnbull's continua (2015) can be ordered directly, here.

rob mclennan : an interview, fiction-in-progress and an essay,

Chaudiere co-publisher and author rob mclennan was recently interviewed about coffee and other subjects over at Queen Mob's Teahouse, which includes an excerpt of his novel-in-progress, Don Quixote. An essay of his produced as part of the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter was also reprinted at berfrois.

Amanda Earl: poems, an essay and an interview,

Amanda Earl has been awfully busy lately, with some new visual poems posted at Otoliths, a poetics essay as part of Evening Will Come, and a new interview over at the ottawa poetry newsletter.

Ryan Pratt reviews Monty Reid's Garden (2014)

Ryan Pratt was good enough to review Monty Reid's Garden (2014) over at the ottawa poetry newsletter. Much thanks! This is actually the third review of Garden, after Douglas Barbour reviewed such here, and Rob Thomas reviewed such here. And of course, you can order a copy directly, here.

Michael Bryson essay, rob mclennan interview and essay, Amanda Earl review, and Pearl Pirie chapbooks

rob mclennan is interviewed over at 'poets touching trees,' Michael Bryson has a short essay posted in the "On Writing" series over at the ottawa poetry newsletter, Amanda Earl reviews Sina Queyras' latest poetry collection over at her blog, rob mclennan answers Amish Trivedi's "Where Do You Write, My Lovely?" and Pearl Pirie has been publishing a mound of chapbooks lately, including these, this one and this other one. See how active and exciting our authors are?

Ryan Pratt reviews rob mclennan's The Uncertainty Principle: stories,

Ryan Pratt was generous enough to review rob mclennan's The Uncertainty Principle: stories, (Chaudiere Books, 2014) over at the ottawa poetry newsletter. Thanks, Ryan! This is actually the second review of the collection, after C.A. LaRue's review up at The Small Press Book Review. And don't forget the Ottawa launch next week at The Manx Pub, as part of the Plan 99 Reading Series!

Ryan Pratt reviews Ground Rules: the best of the second deacde of above/ground press, 2003-2013

Our friend Ryan Pratt reviews Ground Rules: the best of the second decade of above/ground press, 2003-2013 (Chaudiere Books, 2013) over at the ottawa poetry newsletter. Thanks, Ryan!

On Writing #7 : Use of Writing : Pearl Pirie,

Pearl Pirie has a new essay, "Use of Writing," now online at the ottawa poetry newsletter as the seventh in the "On Writing" series.

a new essay by Anita Dolman, "A little less inspiration, please (Or, Whatever happened to patrons, anyway?)

Anita Dolman, contributor to Decalogue: Ten Ottawa Poets (Chaudiere Books, 2006) has a new essay, "A little less inspiration, please (Or, Whatever happened to patrons, anyway?)" now up at the ottawa poetry newsletter.

Pearl Pirie in St. Catharines + Marcus McCann in Ottawa: some reports,

Pearl Pirie [photo credit: Ryan Pratt] read in St. Catharines, ON at the Grey Borders Reading Series recently, and Ryan Pratt was good enough to post a report on the ottawa poetry newsletter blog. Pirie posted her own report as well, on her own blog. Back home, Marcus McCann read at the Manx Pub over the weekend, as part of the ottawa international writers festival, and Amanda Earl posted her report of such, here.