About the Author
Jeanette Lynes
Author
Jeanette Lynes is the author of five poetry collections, most recently It's Hard Being Queen: The Dusty Springfield Poems (Freehand Books). Jeanette has been writer in residence at Saskatoon Public Library and Northern Lights College in BC. She teaches at St. Francis Xavier University and co-edits The Antigonish Review.
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This year's literary hangover is brought to us by three super awards: the Writers' Trust Awards, the Giller Prize, and the GGs. Check out our just-as-deserving indie followups to this year's nominees and winners while we mend our awards-fuelled reading binge with a greasy-spoon ... Read more
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Read This, then That: The Long Aftermaths of Hurricane Hazel
Dear reader, if you're an older-half millennial who grew up around Toronto, 1954's Hurricane Hazel was a mythic event that didn't stack up against our frequent, largely benign weather warnings. In both Jeanette Lynes' The Small Things that End the World (Coteau Books) ... Read more
Love Letters by Poets from Where the Nights Are Twice as Long
Collected in Where the Nights Are Twice as Long: Love Letters of Canadian Poets edited by David Eso and Jeanette Lynes (Goose Lane Editions) are letters and poems from over a 120 Canadian poets (including Leonard Cohen and Pauline Johnson!), and is uniquely presented in ... Read more
Forget-Me-Not: The Factory Voice
Jeanette Lynes' Giller-nominated The Factory Voice (Coteau Books) follows women working in an aeronautics factory during the Second World War, but don't let that make you think you're traipsing through the past reading this book. With sexist attitudes towards women going ... Read more
Forget-Me-Not: Bringing Canadian History's Footnotes to the Fore
To celebrate Canada150, All Lit Up is kicking off our great nation’s upcoming birthday in literary style. Over the next three weeks, we’re turning the page on the most celebrated historical moments and highlighting the footnotes for a change. Take a trip down literary lane ... Read more
Under the Cover: Begun in Grief and Silence—The Writing of Bedlam Cowslip
The romantic world of Victorian England is brought to life in Bedlam Cowslip, the latest collection from Jeanette Lynes, published this past fall by Wolsak & Wynn. Through an exploration of the life and work of John Clare, a working-class bard of the English countryside, ... Read more
Celebrate Women's History Month with Coteau Books
Since 1974, Saskatchewan publisher Coteau Books has been releasing Herstory, a women's weekly calendar highlighting 52 women and their stories, as well as photos, artwork, and topic pages. We think they're the perfect people to highlight books that celebrate women this Women's ... Read more
Poetry Primer #1: Elizabeth Bachinsky & Kayla Czaga
Our first established poet in our Poetry Primer series is Elizabeth Bachinsky. Applauded by Jeanette Lynes for her "sheer moxie" we knew she was a great poet to kick off our National Poetry Month festivities! When we asked her to select an up-and-coming poet Elizabeth chose ... Read more
Poetry City hits the East Coast
Today we've finally hit the East Coast and we know what that means, National Poetry Month is almost over. We started up north, then came right across the country from the West Coast, and now we're in Antigonish, Nova Scotia with a poem from Jeanette Lynes. From her collection ... Read more
