Joe Blades interviewed tonight on Literary Landscapes, CKCU FM, Carleton University, Ottawa ON

Joe Blades will be interviewed tonight on CKCU Literary Landscapes, talking about his most recent poetry collection, Casemate Poems (Collected), published by Chaudiere Books.

The interview will be listenable at 93.1 in Ottawa or www.ckcufm.com, by Ottawa poet and Literary Landscapes co-host Christine McNair.

Watch for a recording of the interview to appear on McNair's blog at www.cartywheel.wordpress.com.

Co-hosts Bardia Sinaee, Kate Hunt, and Neil Wilson. 6:30-7:00 pm.





winter solstice 2011

west chezzetcook eastern
shore nova scotia dawn in
half an hour orange; yellow
golden glow on eastern horizon
a few lavender; burgundy
clouds and frosted everything

even frozen puddles
of hillside trickle
saltmarsh grasses
mossed apple trees
spruce and mountain
ash sprays of red berries

and there's a pheasant under
an apple tree eating seeds

a new essay by Monty Reid, published online by AngelHousePress

The latest in the AngelHousePress essay series is Monty Reid's "Twenty Minor Improvements for Greg Betts" http://angelhousepress.com/essays/monty_reid.pdf

in response to "Poets Against Authorship: A 5 minute Manifesto in 20 parts, 15 seconds each" by Gregory Betts, published in 17 Seconds, Summer 2011 Issue http://www.ottawater.com/seventeenseconds/issue3/PoetsAgainstAuthorship.pdf

Chaudiere author Pearl Pirie reads with Ottawa poet Christine McNair at AvantGarden, Toronto, December 11, 2011

Ottawa poet Christine McNair and Chaudiere Books author Pearl Pirie read at Toronto's AvantGarden Reading Series on Sunday, December 11, 2011 at Holy Oak Cafe, 1241 Bloor Street West, 6:30-9:30pm.

Ottawa author Elizabeth Hay compliments John Newlove's A Long Continual Argument

The lovely and talented writer Elizabeth Hay recently compliments our John Newlove title on her website, as part of a list of worthy books she's reading. How sweet, thanks!

A Long Continual Argument, The Selected Poems, John Newlove, 2007, Chaudiere Books

■I open this book in the middle and wonder why I read anyone else. He was a very difficult man (he liked to say that for his sins he lived in Ottawa) with such a pure voice, mordant and aching. He says things no one else says, and that I don’t realize I need to hear until I hear them. This is an excellent posthumous collection published by a small, valiant Ottawa publisher.

Profile of Pearl Pirie at Open Book; Ontario

[photo of Pearl Pirie at the Art Bar Reading Series, Toronto, November 22, 2011] Profile of Pearl Pirie (with a few questions) by rob mclennan at Open Book: Ontario.

Chaudiere author Joe Blades at the Fredericton Crafters Dec 10 Sale

Chaudiere author Joe Blades will be at the Fredericton Crafters Last Minute Christmas Show, Saturday, December 10 from 10am to 4pm with various items from Broken Jaw Press and Maritime Arts Productions, as well as his recent Casemate Poems (Collected).