Two grey whales and a poet/axe murderer play key roles in Brad Cran's poetry collection.

Barbara Nickel's The Gladys Elegies (Coteau Books) was the deserving winner of this year's Pat Lowther Memorial Award for best book of poetry by a Canadian woman. Although there are many things I'd rather do than read sonnets, Nickel's subtle and del

Stephen Osborne reviews The Parabolist by Nicholas Ruddock (Doubleday).

"You must change your life." According to James Pollock, a new wave of Canadian poetry has emerged.

Daniel Zomparelli reviews Yesno by Dennis Lee (Anansi).

Daniel Zomparelli reviews Suicide Psalms by Mari-Lou Rowley (Anvil Press).

Stephen reviews The Others Raisd in Me: 150 Readings of Sonnet 150 by Gregory Betts (Pedlar Press).

A review of a book of variations by bpNichol.

Reflections on how a bar in Parc Extension, QC, influenced an eponymous poem about "unprogress, inertia, the failure to learn from mistakes."

I wish I could say that I finished Ferry Woman's History of the World (Coteau) by Susan Andrews Grace on the ferry ride home, but I didn't. This is a wonderful book, full of Celtic history, the speaker's childhood, her confrontations with Jesus, and

Daniel Zomparelli reviews Magenta Soul Whip by Lisa Robertson (Coach House).

"Could I forget: the look that tells me you want me"—Vincent Pagé creates Google autocomplete poetry.

The two biggest trends in literature right now are spoken word and cybertext. The first is framed in a performance setting by wannabe rock stars, the second is played out on a computer by individuals dubbed cyber-punks.

Daniel Zomparelli reviews AEthel by Donato Mancini (New Star).

Michael Hayward reviews Basho: The Complete Haiku, written by Matsuo Basho and translated by Jane Reichhold (Kodansha).

Daniel Zomparelli reviews Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary B.C. Poetry edited by Mona Fertig and Harold Rhenisch (Mother Tongue).

A poem by Marc Plourde from Borrowed Days: Poems New and Selected.