On this day in 1917, American poet and author Gwendolyn Elizabeth Brooks was born. Her work focused on […]
Category Archive: poetry
The 2020 winners of the Governor Generals Awards have been announced! The GGs celebrate the best in Canadian […]
Warning: This post will mention disturbing subject matter related to residential schools. Today marks the beginning of National Indigenous […]
The list of finalists for the 2021 Trillium Book Awards has been revealed. This prestigious award is open […]
Author and poet Kwame Alexander asked a dozen fellow poets for a few stanzas on how their lives—and […]
I need to be confident, I need to be bold, I need to show the world that my […]
April being Poetry Month has always felt fitting. Most of us would agree poetry is about beauty, rhythm, […]
April is Poetry Month and entries are now open for the CBC’s Poetry Prize contest. The winner will […]
February is Black History Month. CBCBooks has selected 25 notable books by Black Canadian authors to read this […]
February is a weird month: short, generally bitterly cold, but also the time for Valentine’s Day. It’s a […]
