I’ll be hosting a little launch party in Calgary for my chapbook “Ladybird, Ladybird” on September 8th at Loft 112. I’ll be reading from the collection with a few other local authors (TBA) and copies of the chapbook will be available for 10$. Here’s a link to the facebook event with more information. Continue reading Launch: Ladybird, Ladybird
Exciting news! My little collection “Ladybird, Ladybird” is officially published and available for purchase from Anstruther Press. Thanks so much to Jim Johnstone and editors for making this happen! 🐞 Copies are 10$ and can be ordered here. Check out their other chapbooks while you’re at it, this press produces beautiful work. Continue reading Ladybird, Ladybird
My poem “Wintering” has been published by Frontier Poetry. They are a great platform for emerging writers and they frequently post contest lists and resources. Make sure you check out their site! https://www.frontierpoetry.com/blog/ Continue reading Wintering at Frontier Poetry
Open Minds Quarterly asked me to record a reading of my poem and to provide insight into mental health and what living with mental illness means to me. This short talk and poem are incredibly personal to me. In this recording, I read my poem “Swell” which was the winner of the 2018 BrainStorm Poetry Contest. Continue reading Swell (Audio)
I have two quirky historical poems in the inaugural issue of Black Dog Review: one about Bridget Cleary and one about Agnes Magnusdottir. You can read them here. Continue reading Sickle and For Agnes at the Black Dog Review
I recently wrote a short essay about writing for Rob McLennan’s Small Press Writing Day series. You can read it here (pictured is my backyard writing space and my favourite mug). Continue reading My Small Press Writing Day
My friend Jess started an amazing project called Rejected McSweeney’s Lists. They only accept work that has been widely rejected by other journals, which means that some quirky and unlikely pieces get to see the light of day that would otherwise return to the bottom of the sock drawer. Two of my pieces “witching” (written in the doctor’s waiting room) and “Alfred’s Body” (T. S. Elliot … Continue reading 2 poems at Rejected McSweeney’s
Two of my pieces were selected for Wax Poetry and Art’s 45 poems project. You can check them out here: http://waxpoetryart.com/eleventh/2017/leblanc.html Continue reading Eleventh Transmission: Special Project: 45 Poems: Reflection & Response
Check out my poem, “This is about someone else” in Plenitude Magazine! http://plenitudemagazine.ca/this-is-about-someone-else/ Continue reading This is about someone else
Take a look at my poem “Bugs in Jars” on Ascent Aspriations: http://www.davidpfraser.ca/fridays-poems.html Continue reading Bugs in Jars
Amy J LeBlanc 