• 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
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  • Once Upon a Time

The IFOA 30 Showreel

A lovely souvenir from last year’s IFOA.

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

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 [...]

Rhubarb is Mumurous

A gorgeous post by poet and all-round observer Brenda Schmidt.
I my first rhubarb of the season only yesterday. A half a dozen arm-length stalks growing beside Walmer Road Baptist Church.

Poetry on Bay Street

I’ll be reading at Ben McNally Books on December 18th at 6:00 pm as part of a holiday event to celebrate The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2008 Anthology, edited by Molly Peacock and Stephanie Bolster.
Readers: Dani Couture, Kevin Connolly, Barry Dempster, Jim Nason, and Alison Pick.
And while we’re on the subject, here is [...]

Space Management: Desk Space: Space Management

Talented poet and concept blogger Evie Christie wants to know where you write. And she wants pictures.

An Abridged History of Writing
Past: Sitting on couch, computer on lap.
Present: Sitting on couch, kitten tucked under left arm, computer on lap.
Future: Sitting on couch, cat tucked under left arm, computer on lap.

The Edible Woman on the He(art)less Man

“To be creative is, in fact, Canadian”
“Every budding dictatorship begins by muzzling the artists, because they’re a mouthy lot and they don’t line up and salute very easily. Of course, you can always get some tame artists to design the uniforms and flags and the documentary about you, and so forth – the only kind [...]

Ringolo Snow Art

Brenda Schmidt, writer, painter, birdwatcher, bog walker, author of A Haunting Sun (2001), More Than Three Feet of Ice (2005), and Cantos from Wolverine Creek (forthcoming in April 2008), riffs on my Ringolo Snow Art.

Introducing, my Ringolo Snow Art installation: The Jan. 2008 Dorset Edition
(Photos by Julie Wilson)

Ringolo Snowman Plugs

One Ringolo [...]

Times, they are a changing

Welcome to my new virtual home.
Would you like some wine? Juice? Shall I break out some crackers? Or maybe you prefer chocolate. Yes, chocolate. Juice and chocolate.
What I’m trying to say is, Welcome.
I’ve missed you.