Calgary's New Poet Laureate: Derek Beaulieu
Of all the unlikely venues – and hours (9:30 Monday) – to attend a poetry reading, City Hall’s Council Chambers ranks right up there. Yet, the hall was ripe with literary embellishment this morning,...
View ArticleGriffin nominee wants poetry to be relevant
For budding writers, Ian Williams’ take on penning that troublesome first novel may not seem all that reassuring. In an interview from his office at the University of Calgary, the newly minted...
View ArticleHave any Choose Your Own Adventure books? An ACAD instructor needs them.
For those who remember the exciting, adventure-filled Choose Your Own Adventure books from their childhood, Inside UFO 54-40 may sound a touch nihilistic. Judging by the cover of the 1982 book by...
View ArticleMicheline Maylor named Calgary's poet laureate
For a man of words, Derek Beaulieu’s parting advice to Calgary’s new poet laureate, Micheline Maylor, was blunt and to the point. “Say yes to everything,” says the experimental writer, publisher and...
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