How to review an anthology of Canadian poets published by a U.S. press? Should I be unreservedly praising, fearing that if I utter one criticism, thousands (millions!) of U.S. readers desperate to ...

Scientific Marvel is a poetry book by Chimwemwe Undi. (House of Anansi Press, Imalka Nilmalgoda) Scientific Marvel is a poetry collection that looks into the history of and current life in Winnipeg.

A meeting of the Canadian poetry community over a simmering, contentious issue erupted into thoughtful discourse and occasional moments of polite applause on Monday. Canada’s Griffin Poetry Prize ...

The Griffin Canadian Poetry Prize is back. In an announcement on June 10, the trustees of the prize announced that the $65,000 Canadian Poetry Prize would be reinstated, along with a number of other ...

Eurithe Purdy, Al Purdy’s widow, has announced the creation of a major new Canadian literary prize to honour poets “who embody exceptional talent and a profound connection to the Canadian spirit, a ...

E verybody knows poets are weird. The turtlenecks, the notebooks, the opium, the daffodils: it’s all a bit much. But even by ...

An Associate Professor at the Carleton University, Canada, Nduka Otiono, has been shortlisted for the Archibald Lampman Award for poetry for his new collection of poems, “DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka ...

In any critical discourse, the word “best” occupies a nebulous position. Viewed with suspicion by a culture steeped in the relativism of postmodern theory, the word summons up all kinds of questions ...