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Vallum Magazine Reviews The Unlit Path Behind the House »
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 >
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 >
John Asfour’s Blindfold »
Open Book Toronto journalist Devyani Saltzman caught up with author of Blindfold, John Asfour:
"Being at Blue Met also gave me the chance to meet fantastic Lebanese-Canadian poet John Asfour. John read from his latest collection, Blindfold on Thursday. It was a wonderful intimate gathering and John, who lost his sight at … Read More >
Concluding Poetry Month 2011 »
To close poetry month, MQUP presents an excerpt from Singing from the Darktime by S. Weilbach, a compelling picture of a rural childhood in Germany at a time when the world was about to change.
By 1937 Hitler's power was beginning to penetrate the peaceful agricultural village in the Rhine Valley where … Read More >
A Blindfold reading »
Listen to Blindfold discussion and excerpts on RCI.
Blindfold is written by poet John Asfour. Blinded by a grenade in Lebanon as a teenager, Asfour came to Canada armed with James Joyce’s words, “For the eyes, they bring us nothing. I have a hundred worlds … Read More >
Poetry Month Continues… »
In honour of poetry month we bring you weekly excerpts of some of our favourite poetry books. This week's entry comes from Blindfold by John Mikhail Asfour.
One fifth of the worldshifts,turns into imagesand the sight you once hadis replaced by a metaphor.The vision you scanned the world with … Read More >
Singing from the Darktime »
The MQUP sat down with the author of Singing from the Darktime, S. Weilbach.
Listen to the author interview
Singing from the Darktime is a compelling picture of a rural childhood in Germany at a time when the world was about to … Read More >
