• Good Meat

    "Couture’s...poems are precise, taut with meaning, and quietly filled with curiosities of fact and phrase..." Books in Canada
  • Sweet

    Second collection of poetry due out from Pedlar Press in May 2010.
  • Black Bear on Water

    Novel in progress.
  • Good Meat, Dani Couture, Pedlar Press
  • click tracking
  • Once Upon a Time

“Flight of the Hummingbird”

Beautiful Haida-Manga animation, featuring the animated version of Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas’ (www.mny.ca) illustrations. Greystone Books. /via Kathryn Kuitenbrouwer

The IFOA 30 Showreel

A lovely souvenir from last year’s IFOA.

National Poetry Month

Here’s a sneak peek of what I’ve been working on for National Poetry Month. All I’ll say is this: get your fingers warmed up and do some stretches.

Soon, soon:

File Under Reading Lists

Paul Vermeersch writes on queering Jason Kenney, literary style (via Open Book Toronto)

On the End of the 2010 Olympics…

…I’m reminded of Jacob McArthur Mooney’s Globe and Mail post from the fall.

Mooney on the IFOA, poetry, and the Olympics:

“I feel a bit like an Olympic speed skater the day after the Olympics. The sun has shone on me and my kind for a couple of weeks, I’ve shared some of the attention given to more famous participants (for the Olympics, Sidney Crosby, for the IFOA, Orhan Pamuk), but now I go back to my dark practice rink and focus my attentions on the time in between. The time when nobody cares about speed skating, save for my fellow speed skaters and a hub of diehard fans. You want to say to those who came, heard you read, bought your book and said nice things, ‘You know, we do this stuff all the time, right? We don’t all go into cold storage the other 50 weeks of the year.’”

The original post, in its entirety, can be found here.

Wishing Sundays Would Never End

The Olympics are on. Team Canada and Team U.S.A. are currently tied. 2-2. Second period. Let me know how it turns out, okay? I can’t look.

Sunday evening round-up:

  • Reading at the Prince Edward County Authors Festival in May. More details as they are confirmed. Looking forward to revisiting the Black River Cheese Factory and Books & Company.
  • Belated, but here is my pick for the Advent Book Blog (project by Books on the Radio and Book Madam): Joy is so exhausting by Susan Holbrook.
  • Reading at the Draft Reading Series in Toronto: 3:00 p.m., April 18, 2010, at The Merchants of Green Coffee, 2 Matida Street. And so is Michael Bryson.
  • The pub. date for Sweet is in May and the launch will be June. More soon!

Hockey update: It’s 3-2 in favour of Team U.S.A., or should that be “favor”?

And because I’m loving all things “sweet” lately, here’s one of my favourite songs:

It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to

Floe

Things seem to be floating away this winter. At least they’re being returned to us.

Dog rescued from Baltic ice floe

Nunavut hunter recovering from ice floe ordeal

Nunavut teen rescued from ice floe

Canadian Red Cross: Text Message Donations Contribute to Haiti Earthquake fund

The Canadian Red Cross is pleased to announce the continued rapid growth of its Haiti Earthquake fund. As of today, Canadians can donate to the Society via text messaging. Donors interested in this option must simply text REDCROSS to 30333 and a one-time donation of $5 for the Haiti Earthquake fund will be added to their mobile phone bill. The charge will be posted once the donor responds to a confirmation text. Text messaging donations are available in $5 increments.

For more information, visit the Red Cross Website.

Please donate.

Books of Quintana Roo

In Mexico, abandoned books are used to secure property. At night, they prowl the forests in packs. Teeth bared, claws out, they search for their owners.