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Poetry Month with MQUP »
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 >
Trio Shortlisted for Pat Lowther Memorial Award »
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 >
The Trio Prize Performance »
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 >
National Poetry Month »
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 >
Q&A: Unforced Flourishing Author Thomas Salumets speaks with Jaan Kaplinski »
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 >
Jan 27: Dilys Leman reading from The Winter Count at Ottawa Tree Reading Series »
Next Tuesday, January 27, 8:00 PM
Dilys Leman will be a featured speaker at the Ottawa Tree Reading Series with author rob mclennan, reading from her first full-length collection of poetry, THE WINTER COUNT.
About THE WINTER COUNT:
Although relatively few First Nations joined the 1885 Métis insurgence, the Canadian … Read More >
Poets at MQUP: Helen Hajnoczky »
National Poetry Month is drawing to a close this week, but don’t worry! Our poetry month sale will be going strong until mid-May. The online sale features all titles in the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, including our newest releases, Some Dance, by Ricardo Sternberg, and Outside, Inside, by Michael Penny. Click here
To … Read More >
Poets at MQUP: Mark Abley »
To continue our celebration of Poetry Month, today’s guest blogger is MQUP editor and award-winning writer, Mark Abley.
Poetry has many roots, many functions. One of its functions is elegy. One of its roots is the human need to recall and celebrate the dead. What I attempted to do in my poem “A Labrador Duck” is to … Read More >
Poets at MQUP: Jack Hannan »
We’ve got lots to celebrate for Poetry Month!
Along with the titles in the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, currently on SALE, we also want to showcase the incredible poetic talent we have among us at McGill-Queen’s.
Jack Hannan, MQUP Sales Manager, released his first full-length poetry collection, entitled some frames, with Cormorant … Read More >
Poetry Month Sale »
Happy National Poetry Month! This April is the 16th annual, nation-wide celebration of poetry and its vital place in Canadian culture. To mark this important month, we’re having a BIG SALE.
Receive a 30% discount on all of our poetry titles in the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series, named in honour of the … Read More >
