About the Author
Jane Munro
Author
Jane Munro is the author of five previous books of poetry. Her work has received the Bliss Carman Poetry Award and the Macmillan Prize for Poetry, and was nominated for the Pat Lowther Award. She is a member of Yoko's Dogs, a poetry collective whose first book, Whisk, appeared in 2013. She lives in Vancouver.
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In Review: The Week of March 16th
Social distancing didn't stop us from featuring some pretty great authors on the blog this week: Raquel Fletcher talks about diversity in Quebec; Brian Orend talks Epilepsy and writing; and Jane Munro contemplates the relationship between deep listening and poetry. Plus we've ... Read more
Inner Ear: Listening for poems
The iceberg of consciousness …
Once, I asked workshops of undergraduate and graduate poetry students to complete the following statement: “Learning to write poetry is like ….”
The undergrads chose similes involving eyes and hands and minds. They said writing poetry is ... Read more
Two Poems from What is Long Past Occurs in Full Light by Marilyn Bowering
Marilyn Bowering's newest What is Long Past Occurs in Full Light (Mother Tongue Publishing) is a collection that meditates on absence, loss, and the natural world which Jane Munro calls "Tender. Passionate. Informed. Haunting. [...] giving us much to reflect on as we, too, ... Read more
World Alzheimer's Day: A Reading List
September 21st marks World Alzheimer's Day, a day where Alzheimer’s organizations around the world concentrate their efforts on raising awareness about Alzheimer’s and dementia. While we're not an Alzheimer's organization ourselves, we definitely support the cause: ... Read more
This Week in Lit Events: February 13-19th
Hi, Valentines! Our single literary listing is a blowout of a festival on BC's Galiano Island: the Galiano Literary Festival!
Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, time, ... Read more
This Week in Lit Events: September 12-18th
Did someone say festival season? Eden Mills, and Word on the Streets Halifax and Saskatoon are all this week, plus great readings and signings.
Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, ... Read more
This Week in Lit Events: March 14-20th
Ottawa's VERSEfest is going on this week; if you're in that neck of the woods, be sure to check out their amazing programming. We've included events with All Lit Up authors here for your convenience.
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This Week in Lit Events: January 4-10th
Happy New Year, all! We've got a couple of events to kick off literary 2016 in Toronto and Vancouver this week.
Are you hosting an event featuring an author whose titles are available on All Lit Up? Send the event details, including author, book, date, time, and address to ... Read more
This Week in Book Events: October 26-November 1st
Holy Toledo: there are THREE LPG40 events coming at'cha this week in St. John's, Vancouver, and Winnipeg! Not enough? There's also IFOA going down in Toronto, and some author readings mixed in for good measure.
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Canada Keeps Reading Day 3
After a tense day yesterday, the stakes seemed even higher today as we get closer and closer to a winner being crowned in this year's Canada Reads. Each of the three remaining titles were put in the hot seat today as questions of literary merit, privilege, and subtly. Unfortunately ... Read more
