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Tawahum Bige is a Finalist for an Indigenous Voices Award
Tawahum Bige is a Finalist for an Indigenous Voices Award

We are excited to announce that Tawahum Bige's Stages of Tanning Words and Remembering Spells is a 2026 IVAs Finalist in the category of Published Poetry.  In their second poetry collection, Tawahum Bige exp...

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Author Q&A with Renée Sarojini Saklikar
Author Q&A with Renée Sarojini Saklikar

On the last day of National Poetry Month, we're pleased to celebrate one of our recently released titles that has been ten years in the making. Get to know Renée Sarojini Saklikar through this "Author Q&...

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Author Q&A with Jes Battis
Author Q&A with Jes Battis

Jes Battis' I Hate Parties was the winner of the Saskatchewan Book Awards’ Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski, Lammy Award finalist for LGBTQ+ Poetry and long-listed Gerald Lampert Memorial Award. In ou...

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Author Q&A with Christina Shah
Author Q&A with Christina Shah

Come with us on a short journey back to Fall 2025 to revisit if: prey, then: huntress. In this third "Author Q&A" for National Poetry Month 2026, get to know Christina Shah and learn why Tom Wayman said ...

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Author Q&A with Nick Thran
Author Q&A with Nick Thran

This is the second "Author Q&A" that we are sharing for National Poetry Month 2026, this time looking back at a title from our Spring 2025 season. Get to know Nick Thran through his Fiddlehead Poetry Boo...

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Nick Thran is Shortlisted for the Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize
Nick Thran is Shortlisted for the Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize

We are excited to announce that Nick Thran's Existing Music is on the 2026 New Brunswick Book Awards' shortlist for The Fiddlehead Poetry Book Prize. The poems in Existing Music both celebrate and interrogat...

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Author Q&A with jaz papadopoulos
Author Q&A with jaz papadopoulos

To bring back our Author Q&A series, we're looking back at jaz papadopoulos's excellent debut poetry collection I Feel That Way Too from our Fall 2024 season. Get to know jaz and revisit their poetry thr...

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Joseph Dandurand is shortlisted for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize
Joseph Dandurand is shortlisted for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize

The Al Purdy A-frame Association has announced the shortlist for the 2026 Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize, recognizing a range of distinguished voices in contemporary Canadian poetry and celebrating the en...

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Spring books from Nightwood Editions!
Spring books from Nightwood Editions!

Nightwood Editions is proud to present our Spring 2026 list, offering an Olympic athlete's memoir, two collections of poetry, a novel and a Kwantlen legends children's book.   When the World Was Twice as B...

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Jes Battis is a 2025 Lammy Award Finalist
Jes Battis is a 2025 Lammy Award Finalist

We are thrilled to announce that Jes Battis’ I Hate Parties is a finalist for the 2024 Lammy Awards in the LGBTQ+ Poetry category. The virtual ceremony to announce winners will take place Saturday, October ...

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Fall books from Nightwood Editions!
Fall books from Nightwood Editions!

Nightwood Editions is proud to present our Fall 2025 list, offering a debut novel, three collections of poetry and crossword puzzles.   Most Grievous Fault by Meg Todd This masterful debut novel follows a ...

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Jes Battis wins Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry
Jes Battis wins Saskatchewan Book Award for Poetry

We are thrilled to announce that Jes Battis won the Saskatchewan Book Awards’ Poetry Award Honouring Anne Szumigalski for their debut poetry collection, I Hate Parties. The 32nd annual awards were presented ...

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