Open Book : my final two columns, part two:

My nearly-decade's worth of columns for Open Book has come to an end. My final column is now up, and features three poets worth paying attention to: Chris Johnson, Chuqiao Yang and Bardia Sinaee. My penultimate column, featuring Emily Izsak, Sarah MacDonnell and Faizal Deen, lives here.

Profile on Michelle Berry's Hunter Street Books, with a few questions,

My profile of Peterborough author Michelle Berry's new independent bookstore, Hunter Street Books, which opened this month, is now online at Open Book.

Profile for Open Book: How to keep a small chapbook press alive for twenty-three years (a primer,

My short piece, "How to keep a small chapbook press alive for twenty-three years (a primer," is now online at Open Book. And, have you thought of subscribing?

Profile on Show and Tell Poetry Series, with a few questions

My short profile on Justin Million and Elisha May Rubacha's Show and Tell Poetry Series (Peterborough ON) [thanks to Jenn Huzera for the photo) and small press bird, buried press, along with a few questions, is now on-line at Open Book: Ontario.

Dismantling Jane Jordan's Library : Open Book: Ontario

My short essay, "Dismantling Jane Jordan's library," is now online at Open Book: Ontario, composed as a continuation of an earlier piece I posted, here.

Profile on Monty Reid, with a few questions, at Open Book: Ontario,

My profile of Ottawa poet Monty Reid, anticipating his Meditatio Placentae (Brick Books, 2016) [launching this week in Ottawa via The TREE Reading Series], is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile on Amanda Earl's NationalPoetryMonth.ca, Open Book: Ontario

My profile on Amanda Earl's NationalPoetryMonth.ca (featuring, among other pieces, michèle provost's "name that painting") is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile on Sanita Fejzić, with a few questions

My profile of Ottawa-based poet, fiction writer, playwright and journalist Sanita Fejzić, who performs at Ottawa’s VERSeFest on March 19, 2016, is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile of Katherine Leyton, with a few questions, at Open Book: Ontario

My profile of Ottawa poet Katherine Leyton, author of the imminently-forthcoming All the Gold Hurts My Mouth from Goose Lane Editions, is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile of Christian McPherson, with a few questions, at Open Book: Ontario

My profile of Ottawa writer Christian McPherson, with a few questions, is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

A short profile on The Peter F. Yacht Club

My short profile on The Peter F. Yacht Club (an irregular publication through above/ground press) is now online at Open Book: Ontario, with input from Laurie Anne Fuhr, Anita Dolman, Vivian Vavassis, Peter Norman, Amanda Earl, Peter Richardson, Wes Smiderle, Janice Tokar, Pearl Pirie, Cameron Anstee, Ben Edgar Ladouceur and Marilyn Irwin.

above/ground press at twenty-two

My profile on above/ground press at twenty-two is now online at Open Book: Ontario. And have I mentioned that subscriptions are now available for 2016?

Profile of Ben Ladouceur, at Open Book: Ontario,

My profile of Toronto poet Ben Ladouceur, author of Otter (Coach House Books, 2015), is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile on Chuqiao Yang, with a few questions

My profile on Bronwen Wallace Award shortlisted poet Chuqiao Yang, with a few questions, is now online at Open Book: Ontario. Good luck! The winner will be announced on Tuesday.

Profile of Henry Beissel, with a few questions

My profile of poet, translator and editor Henry Beissel, with a few questions, is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile of Aaron Tucker, with a few questions,

My profile of Toronto poet Aaron Tucker, author of punchlines (Mansfield Press, 2015) is now online at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile of Rhonda Douglas, with a few questions, at Open Book: Ontario

My profile of Ottawa writer Rhonda Douglas, with a few questions, is now up at Open Book: Ontario. Douglas launches her first collection of short fiction, Welcome to the Circus (Freehand Books, 2015) in Ottawa as part of the Ottawa International Writers Festival on April 28, and again, at Black Squirrel Books on May 8 with Nadine McInnis and Leslie Vryenhoek.

Profile on The Sawdust Reading Series, with a few questions, Open Book: Ontario

My profile of The Sawdust Reading Series, with a few questions, is now up at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile of Karen Solie, with a few questions, Open Book: Ontario

My profile of Karen Solie, with a few questions, is now up at Open Book: Ontario.

Profile of Damian Lopes, Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie, with a few questions

My profile of Damian Lopes, Poet Laureate of the City of Barrie, with a few questions, is now online at Open Book: Ontario.