Michelle Porter talks with the Indy about her debut book of poems, writing with purpose, journalism’s place in her poetry, & her favourite Métis literature.
An event featuring three of the city’s top poets last week doubled as an occasion for library supporters to raise their voices in demanding an improved public library system for the capital city—and the province. The second event in The Once and Future Library series—organized by the St. John’s Public Library Board—took place on March 14 in the AC Hunter Public Library, and proved to be as lively as it was literary. All three poets, and the writers and librarians who introduced them, read from their works but also reflected on the value of libraries to themselves personally, as well as the role libraries play in the broader community. George Murray is a well-established poet. Author of eight books of poetry, as well as a published author of fiction and children’s literature, Murray has served as poetry editor for the Literary Review of Canada and contributing editor with Maisonneuve. In…
There’s been a serious degradation in political speech in recent years, says parliamentary poet laureate
Vol. 1 Issue 2
Spring 2014
Vol. 1 Issue 2
Spring 2014
Vol. 1 Issue 2
Spring 2014
From Vol. 1 Issue 1
February/March 2014
Some thoughts about the power and potential in and of us all…
Our host introduces himself…
Annual festival highlights writers – both new and established – from across Newfoundland and Labrador