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April is National Poetry Month. To mark the occasion, we asked Mark Abley, an MQUP acquisition editor and a poet himself, to reflect on how poetry fits into the press’s list.

Exactly twenty years ago, MQUP’s executive director, Philip Cercone, announced the birth of the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series. It was a departure for the … Read More >

We are pleased to share that MQUP poet Margo Wheaton is a Canadian Authors Association 2017 Literary Award-winner.

The Unlit Path Behind the House (Spring 2016) won the Canadian Authors Fred Kerner Book Award. It was also a finalist for two other 2017 awards: the League … Read More >

As National Poetry Month comes to a close, we’re looking back at all the titles in our Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series we’re proud to have published over the last twelve months. Launched in 1998, the series is named in honour of the late Hugh MacLennan, acclaimed Canadian novelist and a poet … Read More >

We are very pleased to have David Williams, author of upcoming Spring 2017 release Milton’s Leveller God, as our guest blogger. His new book takes a look at political evolution in Milton’s epic poems, from feudal monarchy to Leveller-style democracy in heaven and on earth. In his guest blog post, Williams discusses The Crisis of Liberal Democracy.

Academic … Read More >

Be sure to check out the current issue of Vallum magazine for an in-depth review of Margo Wheaton’s latest poetry collection The Unlit Path Behind the House.

The full review by Bill Neumire can be found in the 3:2 “THE WILD” issue (print or digital) of Vallum.

Below is an excerpt taken from … Read More >

April is poetry month, to celebrate we are sharing some of our favourite poems from a few of the titles in our Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series.

From Trio
Shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, 2016.
By Sarah Tolmie

See you and raise you. Raise you like an island
Hove in sight. Raise you like the window … Read More >

We are very excited to announce that Trio, a collection of 120 sonnets and part of our Hugh Maclennan Poetry Series, has been shortlisted for the Pat Lowther Memorial award. Congratulations to Sarah Tolmie for this well-deserved honour.

The Pat Lowther Memorial Award has been awarded annually since 1981 by The League of Canadian Poets (LCP), and is awarded to a … Read More >

On April 9th, Sarah Tolmie presented the Trio Prize to Erica de la Cruz, a 2013 piano graduate from the University of Waterloo.

The Trio Prize of $500 was a composition prize offered to music students and recent graduates at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo, to set 7-10 sonnets from Read More >

Happy Poetry Month! This month is the 17th annual, nation-wide celebration of poetry and its vital place in Canadian culture.

To celebrate, we’re offering an online sale with 30% off all poetry titles in the Hugh Maclennan Series, named in honour of the late Hugh MacLennan, acclaimed Canadian novelist and a poet in his own … Read More >

Among Europe’s major contemporary poets, Estonia’s Jaan Kaplinski offers a rare vision of human advancement and fulfillment: the less we intervene the more we flourish.

But how then can we remain involved in what evolves of its own accord? How can we move away from a life forged by human design towards a quietly attentive … Read More >