Articles related to "Canadian Poetry"

Alden Nowlan escaped Nova Scotia's poverty and hopelessness, but his best poems remained rooted in the region's desolation and its pitiless people.

Poets have always celebrated nature. Now in a time of ecological crisis, their voices, speaking out against planetary plunder, are even more essential.

Teaching poetry to teenagers is often as successful as the poets one selects. These three Canadian poets appeal to high school students with their language and content.

Authors at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto is holding its first "Open Stage Night" by showcasing 20 young poets, aged 35 years or younger.

A Look Back at the Last Nine Years of Canada's Most Prestigious Literature Award, the Governor General Award.

Modern nature poetry has been written since the age of Romanticism. However, given the 21st century's environmental crises, a poetry that speaks to ecology is emerging.

Newfoundland teachers, Lori Lane and Kathy Winsor, who created Nana's Quilt, have produced another visually appealing picture book, with an important message.

Toronto's David Seymour and Newfoundland's George Murray brave the muggy weather and give a cozy reading at St. John's foremost arts pub, The Ship on Duckworth Street.

Throughout history, poetry has served as a call to arms for nations to unite in times of war and then as a romantic historical account of how those wars played out.

Susan Chalker Browne has created another entertaining and educational adventure for Freddy, illustrated with the delightful and whimsical artwork of HildaRose.

Canada's outstanding poet, David Solway, offers a lush scene of communicating plant and animal residents of a garden in spring in his poem simply titled, "The Garden."

McClelland & Stewart Publishing was already a success when Jack McClelland went to work for his father in 1946, but eventually Jack turned it into a legacy.

Gore joked to his publisher that W. B. Yeats had penned the poem in Gore's latest book; sadly, the publisher seemed to fall for it, before Gore admitted to scribbling it.