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Poetry in Motion: Carlie Blume + Gigglepuss
Carlie Blume’s new poetry collection Gigglepuss (Guernica Editions), will be released in April. In this week’s Poetry in Motion feature, Carlie reads a few selections from her collection.
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Under the Cover: The Lost Expert
Author Hal Niedzviecki relates a family canoe trip gone awry with his latest novel The Lost Expert (Cormorant Books)—about a movie star that goes missing—and the necessity of getting lost in order to know yourself.
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Beautiful Books: Amik
Potowatomi educator and Juno-nominated artist Sharon King’s recently released new picture book Amik (Kegedonce Press) tells the story of Amik, the beaver, who works on his dam throughout the day while nature and the activities of other animals carry on around him. In this edition of Beautiful Books, Sharon discusses how her inspiration for Amik originally came from…
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Poetry in Motion: Nathaniel G. Moore + Constrictor
Nathaniel G. Moore’s fourth collection Constrictor(Mansfield Press) contains poems that do not sit still. They are rowdy and risky in their examination of the love-torn, of family tragedy, and economic anxiety. In this week’s Poetry in Motion feature, Nathaniel reads a few selections from the collection.
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Writer’s Block: Arleen Paré
Poet and novelist Arleen Paré, whose new poetry collection Time Out of Time (Caitlin Press) releases in February, sits down with us Q&A-style to talk about which writers have influenced her writing, her advice to writers, and how writing keeps her more or less sane-ish.
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Two Poems from Earth-cool, and Dirty
Jacob Lee Bachinger’s debut collection of poetry Earth-cool, and Dirty (Radiant Press) delivers a timely call to consider nature in all of it’s finest detail—an elegy to the wild that holds the earth in careful hands and shows us the ordinary as a gift to be nurtured.
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First Fiction Friday: The Empire
Fans of Game of Thrones and The Handmaid’s Tale will love reading this trilogy of plays in The Empire (Playwrights Canada Press) by Susanna Fournier. Spanning across five hundred dark years, Fournier reveals what we would do in the midst of revolution, war, and displacement — all in the pursuit of freedom.
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Writer’s Block: Paul Headrick
Paul Headrick whose soon to be published novel – Losing Shepherd (Signature Editions) releases in February, sits down with us Q&A-style to talk about which writers have influenced his writing, his current book recommendations, and how communication is the key in setting up priorities.
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Off/Kilter’s Most Anticipated Reads: Spring 2022
Forget the snow and cold with these fire forthcoming reads for spring, full of the surreal and strange.The selections below make up some of my most anticipated and recommended Off/Kilter reads hitting shelves this season.Stay weird and stay well,—Your Off/Kilter Host, Leyla T.
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Poetry in Motion: Talya Rubin + Iceland is Melting and So Are You
Talya Rubin’s Iceland Is Melting and So Are You (Book*hug Press) explores the urgency of the climate emergency, surveying the natural world and the human interior in search of where they meet: a crossroads of geological time and human time, emergency and forgetfulness, fear and awe. Below, Book*hug Press shares insights from an interview with Talya,…
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Under the Cover: Tell: Poems for a girlhood
Soraya Peerbaye’s poetry book Tell: Poems for a girlhood examines her own remembrance of an Asian adolescents twelve-year murder trial through the poetry of her girlhood, the unease of adolescence, and the circumstances that enable some to pass through unhurt. In this edition of Under the Cover, Soraya shares more with us about attending the trials…
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Where in Canada: Barangay
barangay is a new collection of poetry from Adrian De Leon that will pull readers into the tidal waves of the ocean that the barangays navigated long ago. A conversation with a taxi driver in his birthplace Manila, opens his eyes to the problem of Canada itself and the ways that we do not see how we wash…
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Poetry in Motion: This Way Home + Gianna Patriarca
Containing selections from her previous poetry collections as well as new poetry, Giana Patriarca’s This Way Home (Guernica Editions) is a collection of verses written as an act of survival and acknowledgement of an immigrant woman’s existence at a time when support and encouragement was as limited as visibility. Below, we share selections from the…
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Interview with Amber McMillian, author of The Running Trees
In The Running Trees, Amber McMillan’s third book, the author gambles within the genre of fiction itself, with a collection dominated by character voices rather than a deep dive in the pool of narrative. Below, we chat with Amber about researching authentic dialogue by listening to strangers, revisiting her characters in future works, and some…
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If You Liked X, Read Y: Meg Todd’s Exit Strategies
If you enjoyed Souvankham Thammavongsa’s Giller Prize winning debut novel How to Pronounce Knife, make your next read Meg Todd’s Exit Strategies (Signature Editions)—full of a similar tenderness, compassion and sensitivity that gives voice to the often overlooked experiences of immigrants and refugees.