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Stigmata is a poetry collection by Scott Jackshaw. (Nathan Maher Levy, Talonbooks)<\/p>\nCheck out these Canadian poetry collections we’re excited about in fall\u00a02025!<\/p>\n
Stigmata by Scott JackshawStigmata is a poetry collection by Scott Jackshaw. (Nathan Maher Levy, Talonbooks)<\/p>\n
Stigmata draws on inspiration from a wide archive of practices and texts including\u00a0body horror, postculturalism, queer theory and\u00a0apophatic theology. The collection of poems\u00a0combines the “sacred”\u00a0of theology and the “profane” of leaking and lust to create a treacherous journey through the cross-currents of religion and sexual deviancy.<\/p>\n
Stigmata\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n
Scott Jackshaw\u00a0is a scholar, editor and poet from Edmonton. Their writing has appeared in\u00a0The Capilano Review, CV2\u00a0and Jacket2.<\/p>\n
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We’re Somewhere Else Now is a poetry collection by Robyn Sarah. (Stephen Brockwell, Biblioasis)<\/p>\n
We’re Somewhere Else Now is the first collection of new poems from Robyn Sarah in a decade.\u00a0It chronicles the pandemic years with Sarah’s flair for combining the spiritual with the familiar. The poems touch on grief, unexpected change and the awe of the human experience.<\/p>\n
We’re Somewhere Else Now\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n
Sarah is the author of 12\u00a0collections of poems, two books of short stories and a book of essays on poetry.\u00a0My Shoes Are Killing Me<\/a>\u00a0won the 2015 Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. Her poetry has appeared in several anthologies. She lives in Montreal.<\/p>\n NMLCT by Paul Vermeersch Paul Vermeersch\u00a0pulls from fairy tales and fables, virtual reality, artificial intelligence and monstrous myths. Vermeersch’s eighth collection of poetry,\u00a0NMLCT,\u00a0grapples with the distinction between what’s real and what isn’t and seeks to examine\u00a0how\u00a0we view reality in the age of algorithms and a “post-truth” society littered with misinformation and computer generated images.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n NMLCT\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Vermeersch\u00a0is a poet, artist and editor from Toronto. He currently teaches at Sheridan College. Vermeersch holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Guelph for which he received the Governor General’s Gold Medal. His other poetry collections include\u00a0The Reinvention of the Human Hand,\u00a0Self-Defence for the Brave and Happy<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Shared Universe<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n An Orange, A Syllable by Gillian Sze An Orange, A Syllable\u00a0focuses on motherhood, language and art as the central speaker bears\u00a0witness to her child’s first words raising questions about signification and significance. Each prose poem toggles between definitions of “fit” while the final section of the\u00a0book uses words to deconstruct the work of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammersh\u00f8i \u2014 specifically his paintings of empty rooms.<\/p>\n An Orange, A Syllable\u00a0is out now.\u00a0<\/p>\n Gillian Sze is a Winnipeg-based writer and teacher. She is the author of the children’s\u00a0books\u00a0The Night Is Deep and Wide\u00a0and\u00a0You Are My Favorite Color,\u00a0which was a\u00a0finalist for the Quebec Writers’ Federation Award<\/a>. Her poetry collections include\u00a0Quiet Night Think<\/a>, which won the 2023 Pat Lowther Memorial Award.<\/p>\n LISTEN \/\u00a0Gillian Sze\u00a0on\u00a0An Orange, A Syllable:\u00a0<\/p>\n All in a Weekend12:09\u201cAn Orange, A Syllable\u201d explores how language develops from baby to child<\/p>\n \u00a0Something for the Dark by Randy Lundy The final book in a trilogy that includes Blackbird Song and Field Notes\u00a0for the Self,\u00a0Something for the Dark uses poetry to examine\u00a0our relationship with the land, animals and people \u2014\u00a0looking at how\u00a0our failures to acknowledge other beings inevitably leads to heartbreak. Randy Lundy’s poems recount his experiences that transcend language and challenges readers to notice what\u00a0was once unseen.\u00a0<\/p>\n Something for the Dark\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Lundy\u00a0is a short story writer, poet and\u00a0member of the Barren Lands (Cree) First Nation. He also teaches creative writing and Indigenous literature\u00a0at Campion College in the\u00a0University of Regina.\u00a0Born and raised in Manitoba, he now lives in Pense, Sask.<\/p>\n Lundy has four\u00a0other poetry collections,\u00a0Under the Night Sun, published in 1999,\u00a0Gift of the Hawk, published in 2004,\u00a0Field Notes\u00a0for the Self\u00a0and\u00a0Blackbird Song<\/a>.<\/p>\n Crohnic by Jason Purcell Crohnic is a collection of moving poems about navigating the medicated life. The poems chart two years of Jason Purcell’s treatment for Crohn’s disease and ponders what it means to live while relying on an\u00a0interminable course of medication that helps you in some ways\u00a0but hurts in others.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Crohnic is out now.<\/p>\n Jason Purcell\u00a0is a writer and musician from amiskwaciwaskahikan, Treaty 6 (Edmonton),\u00a0where they are also the co-owner of Glass Bookshop. Their first full-length collection was\u00a0Swollening.<\/p>\n The Idea of An Entire Life by Billy-Ray Belcourt\u00a0 The Idea of An Entire Life is an intimate exploration of anguish, love, queerness and political possibility in the 21st\u00a0century.\u00a0The collection combines lyric verse, sonnets and fragments to craft poems in Billy-Ray Belcourt’s usual\u00a0autobiographical and philosophical style \u2014 arguing that we are\u00a0all our own monuments of grief and awe.<\/p>\n The Idea of An Entire Life\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Belcourt is a writer from Driftpile Cree Nation in Alberta. His debut collection of poetry,\u00a0This Wound is a World<\/a>, is unapologetically Indigenous and queer at the same time. Belcourt issues a call to turn to love and sex to understand how Indigenous peoples shoulder sadness and pain without giving up on the future.\u00a0<\/p>\n Belcourt\u00a0won the 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize<\/a>\u00a0for\u00a0This Wound is a World<\/a>. The collection also won\u00a0the 2018 Indigenous Voices Award<\/a>\u00a0for most significant work of poetry in English and was a finalist for the\u00a02018 Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry<\/a>.<\/p>\n A Scent of India\u00a0by Sasenarine Persaud The poems in\u00a0A Scent of India\u00a0draws on the many facets of India \u2014 the culture, languages, philosophies, spices, musical rhythms and ancient dances.\u00a0Sasenarine Persaud\u00a0uses poetry to trace the history of the Indian diaspora\u00a0in the Americas, starting in Guyana and Trinidad and eventually Canada and the U.S.\u00a0<\/p>\n A Scent of India\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Born in Guyana,\u00a0Persaud\u00a0has published essays in various journals about Yogic Realism, the term he originated. He is the author of 15 books of prose and poetry. He has lived in Canada and now makes his home in Florida.\u00a0His previous collection of poems\u00a0is\u00a0Mattress Makers<\/a>\u00a0where he\u00a0explores his Indian roots through language, traditions, music and paying homage to beloved writers.\u00a0<\/p>\n A Bow Forged from Ash by Melissa Powless Day A Bow Forged from Ash is a journey of Indigenous reclamation that explores wholeness, responsibility, belonging and identity. Melissa Powless Day\u00a0transverses\u00a0ancestral memory, lived experience, family experiences and critical engagements with the land. Her poems voice complex stories about community bonds and the messiness of returning home \u2014 and prove\u00a0that reclamation and resistance are inseparable.<\/p>\n A Bow Forged from Ash\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Powless Day is an Anishinaabe and Kanien’keh\u00e1:ka poet from Bkejwanong Territory (Walpole Island First Nation). Her first chapbook, Secondhand Moccasins was shortlisted\u00a0for the bpNichol Chapbook Award. She is also\u00a0pursuing a PhD in Indigenous Education at Western University.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Alphabet of Aliens by Sabyasachi Nag The intensely personal and eerily atmospheric prose poems in The Alphabet of Aliens create a book that is an ambitious autobiography, dream book, diary and field guide. The collection explores\u00a0themes of\u00a0personal and shared histories along with the experience of being tied\u00a0to a specific place.<\/p>\n The Alphabet of Aliens\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Sabyasachi Nag is the author of the novels\u00a0Uncharted\u00a0and Hands Like Trees<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0three collections of poetry. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of British Columbia\u00a0and the craft editor at The Artisanal Writer. He was born in Calcutta and lives in Mississauga, Ont.<\/p>\n What Is Broken Binds Us by Lorne Daniel What Is Broken Binds Us\u00a0is a collection responding to life’s challenges, broken into seven sections. Lorne Daniel weaves the stories of family estrangement, personal traumas, addiction and the wisdom of elders and the natural world.<\/p>\n What Is Broken Binds Us\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Daniel is a poet,\u00a0editor and urban\u00a0activist who lives in Victoria. He is the author of five\u00a0collections of poetry including, Falling Together and Living in Stone.\u00a0He is also\u00a0the founder of\u00a0Rethink Red Deer and the Greater Victoria Placemaking Network.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN\u00a0\/\u00a0Lorne Daniel on his new poetry book:\u00a0<\/p>\n All Points West9:57New poetry collection by a Victoria author details experience of family estrangement that can happen from addiction<\/p>\n Circumtrauma by Jumoke Verissimo Jumoke Verissimo’s poetry collection, Circumtrauma, explores the lasting legacy of the Nigeria-Biafra War, which though largely absent from official history still has a profound and ongoing impact on those who lived through it.\u00a0The poems combine historical records and personal accounts to bear witness to the intergenerational pain while looking toward\u00a0healing and reconciliation.<\/p>\n Circumtrauma\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Verissimo is a Nigerian Canadian novelist, poet and children’s writer living in Toronto. She is the author of the poetry collections I Am Memory and The Birth of Illusion, the novel A Small Silence and the children’s book\u00a0\u00c0d\u00f9k\u1eb9\u0301, Grandma and the Moon’s Secrets.<\/p>\n All of\u00a0Us Hidden\u00a0by Joanna Streetly Joanna Streetly’s poetry collection All of Us Hidden addresses the grief she experienced following the disappearance of her two stepsons at sea. The poems focus\u00a0on the impact the loss had on her,\u00a0the remote island she lived on with her family and explore how time shapes the relationship between people and nature, families and individuals.<\/p>\n All of Us Hidden\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Streetly is an essayist, short fiction writer and naturalist guide from Tofino, B.C.\u00a0In 2015, \u00a0Streetly’s short essay\u00a0The Brightness and Darkness of Lucifer\u00a0was longlisted for the CBC Nonfiction Prize and in 2017 she was\u00a0published in the anthology\u00a0Best Canadian Essays 2017.\u00a0Her books include\u00a0Silent Inlet, Paddling Through Time\u00a0and\u00a0Wild Fierce Life<\/a>.<\/p>\n Compulsory Figures by John Barton The collection\u00a0Compulsory Figures\u00a0reflects on John Barton’s childhood in Alberta, his coming of age as a gay man during the AIDS crisis and all the people and things that shape us. Through lyrical poetry, Barton\u00a0also explores the depths of grief after the poet’s loss of one of his sisters in 2015.<\/p>\n Compulsory Figures\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Barton was the editor of The Malahat Review from 2004 to 2018. He is a three-time winner of the Archibald Lampman Award and his collection\u00a0Lost Family: A Memoir\u00a0was\u00a0nominated\u00a0for the 2021 Derek Walcott Prize for Poetry. He was the\u00a0poet laureate for the city of Victoria from 2019 to 2022.<\/p>\n Barton won second place of the\u00a0CBC Poetry Prize<\/a>\u00a0in 2002 for\u00a0In the House of the Present and Assymetries.<\/p>\n I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand I Would Like to Say Thank You\u00a0builds on Joseph Dandurand’s legacy as a storyteller and explores themes of forgiveness, love, grief and trauma. The poems are inspired by Dandurand’s people, the\u00a0Kwantlen, spirits, self-pity and the streets of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.<\/p>\n I Would Like to Say Thank You\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Dandurand is a member of the Kwantlen First Nation. He is the director of the Kwantlen Cultural Centre and the author of several books of poetry including\u00a0The East Side of It All<\/a>, which was shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize. In 2021, Dandurand received the BC Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence.<\/p>\n November, November by Isabella Wang November, November\u00a0began as a tribute to the late Phyllis Webb and was completed after author Isabella Wang’s cancer diagnosis. Intertwining her own mortality with Webb’s death and\u00a0using letters and epistolary lyrics, Wang addresses the pain of missing a loved one and how art can provide solace in grief.<\/p>\n November, November\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Wang is the writer of chapbook\u00a0On Forgetting a Language and Pebble Swing, which was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. She was shortlisted for Arc’s Poem of the year Content, The Malahat Review’s Far Horizons Awards for Poetry and Long Poem Contest, Minola Review’s Inaugural Poetry Contest and twice for the New Quarterly’s Edna Staebler Personal Essay Contest.<\/p>\n She lives in B.C., and directs Revise-Revision Street, a nonprofit editing and mentorship program.<\/p>\n if: prey, then: huntress by Christina Shah if: prey, then: huntress\u00a0is a collection inspired by Christina Shah’s work as one of few women in the male-dominated\u00a0industrial landscapes. Shah\u00a0paints a picture of western Canada that touches on themes of agency and vulnerability \u2014 while examining the lives of workers in the\u00a0mines, paper mills and shipyards.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n if: prey, then: huntress\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Shah\u00a0is a poet and industrial worker in New Westminster, B.C.\u00a0rig veda, her first solo chapbook, received an honourable mention for the bpNichol Chapbook Award in 2024.\u00a0if: prey, then: huntress\u00a0is her first full-length poetry collection.<\/p>\n Non-Prophet by Qurat Dar Qurat Dar’s debut poetry collection,\u00a0Non-Prophet, explores the complex relationship between doubt and devotion to\u00a0personal and greater spiritual powers. These raw and vulnerable poems reflect on how both the man-made and natural worlds claim to be sacred \u2014 and what it means to grapple with faith.<\/p>\n Non-Prophet\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Dar is a spoken word artist, organizer, multi-genre writer and the 2020 Canadian Individual Poetry Slam\u00a0National Champion.\u00a0Dar is currently pursuing a master’s in\u00a0applied\u00a0science in\u00a0engineering at the University of Guelph and is deeply interested in the intersections between the sciences and the arts, especially in the context of the climate crisis.<\/p>\n The Reign by Shane Neilson Using lyrics, prose and images, The Reign crafts a modern fairy tale about an intellectually disabled man named Willard as he falls in love with a tyrannical industrialist who is also a whitetail buck. Set against the backdrop of\u00a0Enniskillen, an expropriated New Brunswick community abandoned just before it became part of a military base, the myth unfolds into an unparalleled tale encompassing a wide range of forms.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Reign\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Shane Neilson is a disabled poet, physician and critic from New Brunswick. He is the author of four books of nonfiction about medicine and literary criticism. His poetry collections include\u00a0You May Not Take the Sad and Angry Consolations<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Dysphoria, which won the Hamilton Literary Award for Poetry and\u00a0Complete Physical, which was a finalist for the Trillium Book Award. Neilson now lives in Oakville, Ont.<\/p>\n LISTEN \/\u00a0Shane Neilson\u00a0on his book about\u00a0neurodiversity and fatherhood:\u00a0<\/p>\n Fresh Air13:48What to Feel, How to Feel: Essays on neurodiversity and fatherhood<\/p>\n A Current Through the Flesh by Richard-Yves Sitoski A Current Through the Flesh unpacks\u00a0intergenerational trauma to reveal the fragility of masculine self-image, the dangers of passivity and the underlying power of women who have been oppressed by toxic beliefs.\u00a0<\/p>\n A Current Through the Flesh\u00a0is out now.<\/p>\n Richard-Yves Sitoski\u00a0is a songwriter, playwright and poet living in Owen Sound, Ont. His other poetry books include Wait, What? and How to Be Human.<\/p>\n Only the Scent of You Remained by Duncan Mercredi Only the Scent of You Remained is a raw and honest collection from the former Winnipeg Poet Laureate who traces the journey of his life to create a record of the people and places that have influenced him \u2014 for better or for worse.<\/p>\n Only the Scent of You Remained is out now.<\/p>\n Duncan Mercredi is a\u00a0Cree-M\u00e9tis\u00a0writer and storyteller and the former poet laureate of Winnipeg.\u00a0His other books include\u00a0mahikan\u00a0ka onot\u00a0and\u00a0Spirit of the Wolf.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN \/ Duncan Mercredi on The Next Chapter:\u00a0<\/p>\n The Next Chapter12:15Duncan Mercredi on 215<\/p>\n calling down the sky by Rosanna\u00a0Deerchild calling down the sky<\/a>\u00a0is a poetry collection that describes deep personal experiences and post generational effects of residential schools.\u00a0Rosanna Deerchild\u00a0portrays how the ongoing impact of the residential schools\u00a0has been felt throughout generations and has contributed to social problems that continue to exist today.<\/p>\n Originally published in 2015, this 10th anniversary bilingual edition features both Cree and English versions of the poems.\u00a0<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Sept. 30<\/p>\n Deerchild has been storytelling for more than\u00a020\u00a0years, currently as host of CBC’s\u00a0Unreserved<\/a>. Deerchild\u00a0also developed and hosted\u00a0This Place<\/a>, a podcast series for CBC Books around the Indigenous anthology\u00a0This Place: 150 Years Retold<\/a>.\u00a0Her book,\u00a0calling down the sky<\/a>, is her mother’s residential school survivor story. Deerchild is currently based in Winnipeg.\u00a0She is\u00a0the author of the poetry collections\u00a0She Falls Again<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Calling Down the Sky.\u00a0<\/p>\n LISTEN \/ What does it take to be a good ancestor?\u00a0<\/p>\n Unreserved46:22How to be a good ancestor<\/p>\n \u00a0 In vermette’s third collection of poetry, she explores what it means to be at once a descendent and a future ancestor. procession<\/a> is a grouping of frank and heartfelt poems that examines ancestral dreams, 1980s nostalgia, prairie life and how it changes as a child, parent and future elder.\u00a0<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Sept. 30\u00a0<\/p>\n vermette is a Michif (Red River M\u00e9tis) writer from Winnipeg. Her books include the novels real ones<\/a>, The Break<\/a>, The Strangers<\/a> and The Circle<\/a>, poetry collections North End Love Songs<\/a> and river woman<\/a> and the four-book graphic novel series A Girl Called Echo<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n North End Love Songs<\/a> won the Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry. The Break<\/a> was a finalist for the Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize and the Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction. It was defended by Candy Palmater on Canada Reads<\/a> 2017. The Strangers<\/a> won the 2021 Atwood Gibson Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize<\/a> and was longlisted for the 2021 Scotiabank Giller Prize<\/a>. real ones<\/a> was also longlisted for the 2024 Giller Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n vermette is also a senior editor at Simon & Schuster Canada<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Beneath the Surface by Chief R. Stacey Laforme In Beneath the Surface, Indigenous leader and storyteller Chief Stacey R.\u00a0Laforme\u00a0crafts\u00a0a deeply personal collection of poems and stories rooted in his cultural heritage. The collection explores themes of trauma, grief, hope, resilience and\u00a0identity inspired by his own life experiences.\u00a0Using humour and pain, Laforme\u00a0reflects on these experiences and encourages readers to look at the world through an Indigenous lens.\u00a0<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Oct. 1\u00a0<\/p>\n Laforme is the retired Chief of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation after serving his community for over 20 years. He is also a poet and storyteller, known for his collection\u00a0Living in the Tall Grass: Poems of Reconciliation.<\/p>\n Goose by Melanie Dennis Unrau Goose is a cheeky, sharp-witted\u00a0irreverent act of literary criticism. In it, Melanie Dennis Unrau\u00a0explores the relationship between humans and the natural world by deconstructing hand-copied details from Northland Trails, S.C. Ellis’s book of self-illustrated short stories, poems and essays about the Athabasca region.<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Oct. 7\u00a0<\/p>\n Unrau\u00a0is a climate organizer, scholar, editor and poet from Winnipeg.\u00a0She is the author of The Rough Poets<\/a> and Happiness Threads.\u00a0<\/p>\n The Book of Interruptions by Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi’s collection The Book of Interruptions\u00a0feature\u00a0poems that mark the intersection of sexuality and history, immigration and war. Oscillating between Iran and Toronto, Mohammadi\u00a0unflinchingly documents the reality of straddling two worlds while leaving room for art and pleasure.\u00a0<\/p>\n When you can read it: Oct. 7<\/p>\n Mohammadi is a queer Iranian poet and translator currently living in Toronto. They have published two other poetry collections:\u00a0WJD in a double volume with TheOceanDweller\u00a0and\u00a0Me, You, Then Snow. They received the Vallum poetry Award in 2021 for their poem\u00a0My City the City.<\/p>\n What We Know So Far Is by Conor Mc Donnell Pulling from his Irish heritage and experience as a physician,\u00a0Conor Mc Donnell’s long poem,\u00a0What We Know So Far Is, is imbued with culture,\u00a0both contemporary and ancient\u00a0\u2014 and\u00a0captures\u00a0Mc Donnell’s fascination with language.<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Oct. 7<\/p>\n Donnell is a poet, associate professor at the University of Toronto\u00a0and physician at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. His previous books include This Insistent List and Recovery Community.\u00a0<\/p>\n tours, variously by Drew McEwan The poems in\u00a0tours, variously look at the relationship between\u00a0words, spaces and bodies\u00a0guiding\u00a0the reader through an inquiry into how we engage with language, constantly moving between what can be said and what remains unsaid.<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Oct. 14\u00a0<\/p>\n Drew McEwan is a researcher and poet based in Toronto. Her other books include Repeater and If Pressed.\u00a0<\/p>\n The World After Rain by Canisia Lubrin The latest\u00a0from Griffin Poetry Prize winner Canisia Lubrin,\u00a0The World After Rain\u00a0is a long-form\u00a0poem dedicated to her mother that is a meditation on time, love, loss and grief. With reflections on past and present, these meticulously crafted poems intimately\u00a0explore the paradoxes of contemporary life.<\/p>\n When you can read it: Oct. 14\u00a0<\/p>\n Lubrin\u00a0is a writer, editor and teacher. Her debut poetry collection\u00a0Voodoo Hypothesis<\/a>\u00a0was longlisted for the Gerald Lambert Award, the Pat Lowther Award and was a finalist for the Raymond Souster Award.\u00a0<\/p>\n Her poetry collection\u00a0The Dyzgraphxst<\/a>\u00a0won the\u00a02021 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature<\/a>. It also\u00a0won the 2021 Griffin Poetry Prize<\/a>\u00a0and was\u00a0a finalist for the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for poetry<\/a>.<\/p>\n Her debut short story collection, Code Noir<\/a>, won the\u00a02024 Danuta Gleed\u00a0Literary Award and\u00a0was also\u00a0shortlisted for the 2024 Atwood Gibson Fiction Prize<\/a>,\u00a0the Trillium Book Award<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0won the\u00a02025\u00a0Carol Shields Prize for Fiction<\/a>.<\/p>\n th book uv lost passwords 1 by bill bissett In his new book,\u00a0th book uv lost passwords 1, acclaimed Canadian poet bill bissett\u00a0challenges conventional language to weave a “novel uv pomes” that questions our ability to understand\u00a0each other. In his signature unconventional style, bissett\u00a0fuses sound, imagery and narrative to explore themes of mystery and love \u2014 and invites readers to engage with language in a fresh and expansive way.<\/p>\n When you can read it:\u00a0Oct. 15\u00a0<\/p>\n bissett is a poet and artist born in Halifax\u00a0and based in Toronto. Known for his unconventional writing style, bissett has written more than 60 books of poetry including\u00a0its th sailors life \/ still in treetment<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0breth<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/nmlct-by-paul-vermeersch.png\")
NMLCT is a poetry collection by Paul Vermeersch. (Adam Wilson, ECW Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/an-orange-a-syllable-by-gillian-sze.png\")
An Orange, A Syllable is a poetry collection by Gillian Sze. (Nadia Zheng, ECW Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/something-for-the-dark-by-randy-lundy.png\")
Something for the Dark is a poetry collection by Randy Lundy. (Randy Lundy, University of Regina Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/crohnic-by-jason-purcell.png\")
Crohnic is a poetry collection by Jason Purcell. (Zachary Ayotte, Arsenal Pulp Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-idea-of-an-entire-life-by-billy-ray-belcourt.png\")
The Idea of An Entire Life is a poetry collection by billy-ray belcourt. (Jaye Simpson, McClelland & Stewart)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-scent-of-india-by-sasenarine-persaud.png\")
A Scent of India is a poetry collection by Sasenarine Persaud. (Denise Noone, Mawenzi House Publishers Ltd.)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-bow-forged-from-ash-by-melissa-powless-day.png\")
A Bow Forged from Ash is a poetry collection by Melissa Powless Day. (Palimpsest Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-alphabet-of-aliens-by-sabyasachi-nag.png\")
The Alphabet of Aliens is a poetry collection by Sabyasachi Nag. (sachiwrites.com, Mawenzi House Publishers)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/what-is-broken-binds-us-by-lorne-daniel.png\")
What is Broken Binds Us is a poetry collection by Lorne Daniel. (www.lornedaniel.ca, University of Calgary Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/circumtrauma-by-jumoke-verissimo.png\")
Circumtrauma is a poetry collection by Jumoke Verissimo. (Coach House Books, jumokeverissimo.com)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/all-of-us-hidden-by-joanna-streetly.png\")
All of Us Hidden is a poetry collection by Joanna Streetly. (www.joannastreetly.com, Caitlin Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/compulsory-figures-by-john-barton.png\")
Compulsory Figures is a poetry collection by John Barton. (John Preston, Caitlin Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/i-would-like-to-say-thank-you-by-joseph-dandurand.png\")
I Would Like to Say Thank You is a poetry collection by Joseph Dandurand. (Peter Arkell, Harbour Publishing)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/november-november-by-isabella-wang.png\")
November, November is a poetry collection by Isabella Wang. (\u200eLj Weisberg, Nightwood Editions)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/if-prey-then-huntress-by-christina-shah.png\")
if: prey, then: huntress is a poetry collection by Christina Shah. (Nightwood Editions)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/non-prophet-by-qurat-dar.png\")
Non-Prophet is a poetry collection by Qurat Dar. (icehouse poetry)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-reign-by-shane-neilson.png\")
The Reign is a poetry collection by Shane Neilson. (icehouse poetry)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/a-current-through-the-flesh-by-richard-yves-sitoski.png\")
A Current Through the Flesh is a poetry collection by Richard-Yves Sitoski. (www.rsitoski.com, Ronsdale Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/only-the-scent-of-you-remained-by-duncan-mercredi.png\")
Only the Scent of You Remained is a poetry collection by Duncan Mercredi. (At Bay Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/calling-down-the-sky-by-rosanna-deerchild.png\")
Calling Down the Sky is a poetry collection by Rosanna Deerchild. (Coach House Books)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/procession-by-katherena-vermette.png\")
procession is a poetry collection by katherena vermette. (Vanda Fleury, House of Anansi Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/beneath-the-surface-by-chief-r-stacey-laforme.png\")
Beneath the Surface is a collection of poetry by Chief R. Stacey Laforme. (Bobby Hristova\/CBC, UpRoute Books )<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/goose-by-melanie-dennis-unrau.png\")
Goose is a poetry collection by Melanie Dennis Unrau. ( Assembly Press, Jason Unrau)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-book-of-interruptions-by-khashayar-kess-mohammadi.png\")
The Book of Interruptions is a poetry collection by Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi. (Sarah Bodri, Buckrider Books)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/what-we-know-so-far-is-by-conor-mc-donnell.png\")
What We Know So Far Is is a book of poetry by Conor Mc Donnell. (Buckrider Books, www.conorgmcdonnell.com)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tours-variously-by-drew-mcewan.png\")
tours, variously is a poetry collection by Drew McEwan. (Talonbooks)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-world-after-rain-by-canisia-lubrin.png\")
The World After Rain is a poetry collection by Canisia Lubrin. (Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Soft Skull Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/th-book-uv-lost-passwords-1-by-bill-bissett.png\")
th book uv lost passwords is a poetry collection 1 by bill bissett. (Talonbooks, David Hawe)<\/p>\n
![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/the-book-of-sentences-by-rob-mclennan.png\")
the book of sentences is a poetry collection by rob mclennan. (Matthew Holmes, University of Calgary Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/several-small-animals-enclosed-in-a-benedictine-monastery-by-vera-hadzic.png\")
Several Small Animals Enclosed in a Benedictine Monastery is a poetry collection by Vera Hadzic. (Eileen Carter, Anvil Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/reckless-by-andrea-macpherson.png\")
Reckless is a poetry collection by Andrea MacPherson. (andreamacpherson.com, Book*hug Press)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/ajar-by-margo-lapierre.png\")
Ajar is a poetry collection by Margo LaPierre. (Curtis Perry, Guernica Editions)<\/p>\n