In Review: The Week of April 23rd

On the Blog

Our last week of Poetry Cure included healing poems and interviews from poets and even more Instagram poetry:Art by Nat Lumby, @littlechestnuts 

~ The Size of a Bird (Inanna Publications)~ Happinesswise (ECW Press)~ reole métisse of french canada, me(Kegedonce Press)~ Bodymap (Mawenzi House)~ And to top off NPM, Tightrope Books’ Best Canadian Poetry series editor Anita Lahey gives us the recipe for a satisfying poetry anthology.

Around the Web

~ More proof that books make a difference in the world: I’ll Be Gone in the Dark . ~ Local authors and indie bookstores are ready for Canadian Independent Bookstore Day festivities on April 28. (We hope bookshop pets are aplenty too!)~ Move over Alexa, the future is now with reports of Amazon’s first home robot in development. 

What Else We’re Reading

Christen is reading Intertidal by Daphne Marlatt (Talonbooks).