Poetry

Arleen Paré began to write poetry mid-life as she was about to retire from working two decades in social services in Vancouver. She received an MFA in poetry from UVic. In 2014, she won the Governor Generals Award for Poetry for her third collection, “Lake of Two Mountains”. She has written over ten books of […]

Featuring Mona Fertig Mona Fertig is a poet, publisher, and editor. She is the founder of The Literary Storefront, Canada’s first literary centre, and Mother Tongue Publishing. Her books and many chapbooks, include 'Mouth for Music', 'Sex', 'Death & Travel', and 'The Unsettled'. She was a founding member of the Feminist Caucus of the League […]