I’m proud to announce that Julie Johnstone’s Edinburgh-based press, ESSENCE PRESS, has just published my visual poem suite “In Memory of Bob Cobbing” as a limited edition. Copies are now available for order — Essence press always makes beautiful, subtle editions and i’m sure they will go quickly…

NEW BOOK DAY! my copies of SOME LINES OF POETRY FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF BPNICHOL, which I co-edited with Gregory Betts, arrived in the mail today! I’m so proud of this book – order your copy from Coach House Books!

New from No Press:

“the great silence of the poetic line.” by rob mclennan

A mournful reflection on poetry, aging, and melancholy … produced in a limited edition of 50 copies; each copy features japanese paper covers, black flyleaves and hand-sewn binding.

Copies are only $5CDN each including postage (paypal derek@housepress.ca to order)

As Banff’s Poet Laureate, it was such a pleasure to host a new session of Poetry and Pints at the Banff Legion last night! Not only did we honour the poetic legacy of long-time Banff resident Charles Noble by naming him Honourary Banff Poet Laureate; we also had a fantastic crowd — and performances by Amal Alhomsi, Sarah Elmeligi, Chris Lorway, Alexandra Wilder, Shawayne Dunstan & Jake Loughy, Heather Jean Jordan & Caitlyn Connelly — a fabulous night!

Glasgow’s Richard Capener interviewed me as part of his youtube/podcast series Morgiana’s Podcast. Check it out as we discuss poetry, poetics, small press publishing and the legacy of bpNichol…

I’m proud to announce two new issues of THE MINUTE REVIEW:

Issue #12 – In Memoriam Paul Auster, Marjorie Perloff, and Jerome Rothenberg with contributions from Bruce Andrews, Jennifer Bartlett, Gary Barwin, Charles Bernstein, Craig Dworkin, Holly Melgard, Joe Teodoro, with cover image by Derek Beaulieu.

Issue #13 – with contributions from Sacha Archer, Alex Benedict, J.R. Carpenter, Franco Cortese, Nasser Hussain, Sacha Stiles, Greg Thomas & Monika Szuba, Philip Terry, Robin Tomens, Roy Willingham, with cover image by Kate Siklosi.

Each issue is $6 CDN (including postage), order by sending payment and postal address via paypal to derek@housepress.ca

(free downloadable PDFs of each issue, and all past issues of The Minute Review are available here)

No Press is proud to announce the publication of

ONE BY ONE BY VIK AND BOB by Vik Shirley and Bob Brightt

ONE BY ONE BY VIK AND BOB is a suite of linked poems all told in single-syllable words; a playful tour-de-force.

Published in Canada in a limited edition of 60 copies with colour covers and hand-sewn binding. Copies are $5 CDN each (including postage); payment via paypal to derek@housepress.ca.

THE MINUTE REVIEW — a little magazine of reviews, responses, concrete/visual poetry & “experimental” writing — has all 11 issues to date online for free download (click on the images to download the respective issue). Individual printed copies are available for $5ea (contact derek@housepress.ca to order).
THE MINUTE REVIEW is also seeking contributions of reviews of experimental & concrete poetry (500 word max); always eager to see more reviews and discussion of new writing!

For bpNichol’s 80th birthday, a selection of 80 pieces from his 1980s notebooks, an astounding trove of never-before-seen work.

One of Canada’s most beloved poets, bpNichol (1944–1988), left a huge legacy of poetry, prose, scripts, comics, and playful interrogation of language after his untimely passing in 1988. In celebration of what would have been Nichol’s eightieth birthday, Some Lines of Poetry gathers excerpts from Nichol’s journals across the 1980s to give a unique perspective on craft, process, and a writer’s life. Featuring works in progress, insight into Nichol’s thinking, previously unpublished prose and lyric, visual, and sound poems, Some Lines of Poetry documents Nichol’s “apprenticeship to language” and his playful daily exploration of the limits of writing. 

Lovingly edited by noted poet-scholars Derek Beaulieu and Gregory Betts, who provide an afterword contextualizing Nichol’s practice, Some Lines of Poetry is a map of hidden corners, a guidebook to poetic play, and a tribute to Nichol’s ongoing influence.

“No other writer of our time and place was so diverse, attempted so much, and never lost sight of his intent.” – Michael Ondaatje