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Author Appearances

Naomi Beth Wakan will be reading from A Roller-coaster Ride: Thoughts on aging on May 17th at 2 pm at the Parksville library (100 Jensen Ave E, Parksville, BC).

Catherine Owen will be reading from Catalysts: Confrontations with the muse on May 17th at 7 pm at the Robson Reading Series (UBC Bookstore, 800 Robson Street, Plaza level). Admission is free.

On May 24th, Naomi Beth Wakan will be reading from A Roller-coaster Ride: Thoughts on aging at the Courtenay library (300 6th Street) in BC at 2 pm.

Naomi Beth Wakan will read from A Roller-coaster Ride: Thoughts on aging at Central Library in Victoria (735 Broughton St.) on June 2 at 2 p.m.

On June 10th, Chris Pannell will be reading at the Poetry Diner Series, hosted by Sara Ries, at Woodlawn Diner (3200 Lakeshore Rd.) in Blasdell, New York.

Moez Surani will be reading from Floating Life at the Pivot Reading Series on June 13 at 8 p.m. at The Press Club (850 Dundas Street W.) in Toronto. Pay what you can.

Announcements

Buried in Print has written up their thoughts on the books shortlisted for this year's ReLit Awards, including Ian Williams' You Know Who You Are.

Congratulations to Ian Williams! You Know Who You Are has been shortlisted for the 2011 ReLit Award for Poetry!

Oana Avasilichioaei will be posting commentaries on Canadian experimental poetry at Jacket2 a couple of times a week over the next three months.

Poet Cornelia Hoogland has been chosen to participate in The Global Search for Education, a series of interviews that will be published beginning next week with The Huffington Post.

Congratulations! to Ian Williams. His poem "Please Print Clearly in Block Letters" has been shortlisted for the Arc poem of the year contest!

Congratulations! to Eric Folsom for being named Kingston's first Poet Laureate!

Congratulations! to Chris Pannell for being named the People's Poet, 2010 as the winner of the Acorn-Plantos Award for Drive! And Congratulations! again to Chris Pannell on being awarded the 17th Annual Hamilton Literary Award for a Poetry Book for Drive!

eBooks Now Available! Shall, Sister Prometheus and The Mongoose Diaries have been converted to eBooks and are available for purchase from Kobo!

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