Page Fright: A Poetry Podcast

Amanda Merpaw drops in to talk about her debut poetry collection, Most of All the Wanting. Andrew asks about poetry as a queer art form. It's a great time! -- Attend Page Fright: A Poetry Reading & Celebration (Sept 20 6-8pm at Massy Arts Society in Vancouver) -- Amanda Merpaw (she/her) is a writer, editor, and translator. She is the author of the chapbook  Put the Ghosts Down Between Us  ...

Hannah Siden zooms in to discuss writing tips and movement poetry! Andrew talks about moving from the journal to a computer and back again. It's a fun chat! -- Hannah Siden is a writer and filmmaker living on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations (Vancouver, BC). Her poetry has been published in PRISM International, Canthius, Room Magazine, The League of...

Patrick Connors joins the podcast to talk about his second poetry collection, The Long Defeat. Andrew asks about keeping things light. It's a wide-ranging discussion! -- Patrick Connors' first chapbook, Scarborough Songs, was released by Lyricalmyrical Press in 2013, and charted on the Toronto Poetry Map. Other publication credits include: The Toronto Quarterly; Spadina Literary Review; Sh...

Matthew Walsh comes back on the podcast with a new book: Terrarium . Andrew re-learns how to start writing poems. It's a good one! -- Matthew Walsh grew up in Nova Scotia and now lives in Toronto. Their poems have appeared in  Joyland , the  Capra Review , the  Antigonish Review , the  Malahat Review , and  Geist ; in a chapbook entitled  ICQ ; and in their celebrated book-length collection  T...

Kevin Spenst is back to talk about his latest poetry collection, A Bouquet Brought Back from Space . Andrew celebrates 5 years of Page Fright. Everyone's thinking about words! -- Kevin Spenst is the author of sixteen chapbooks and three full-length books of poetry plus his newest collection A Bouquet Brought Back from Space (Anvil Press, 2024). He is one of the organizers of the Dead Poets Rea...

Rob Taylor is back to talk about his new book, Weather. Rob Taylor is the author of five collections of poetry, including Strangers and The News , which was a finalist for the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize. He is also the editor of What the Poets Are Doing: Canadian Poets in Conversation and Best Canadian Poetry 2019. He lives with his family in Port Moody, BC. -- Andrew French is an author from No...

-- Rhea Tregebov is the acclaimed author of eight collections of poetry. Her most recent, Talking to Strangers , was published by Signal Editions/Véhicule Press in April 2024. She has also published two award-winning novels, Rue des Rosiers (2019) and The Knife Sharpener’s Bell (2009). Tregebov served as Chair of the Writers’ Union of Canada from 2021 to 2023. Born in Saskatoon and raised in Winni...

Matt Rader returns to talk about his second poetry collection, Fine . Andrew wonders about the beauty in the struggle. Everybody leaves a bit lighter! -- Details on Matt's Vancouver launch here. Details on the Dead Poets Reading Series event here. -- Matt Rader is an award-winning author of six volumes of poetry, a collection of stories and a book of nonfiction. His previous book of poems, Gho...

Kayla Czaga drops in to discuss her third full-length poetry collection, Midway. Andrew asks about elegies and editing together a manuscript. It's a fascinating chat! -- Kayla Czaga is the author of two previous poetry collections: For Your Safety Please Hold On (Nightwood Editions, 2014) and Dunk Tank (House of Anansi, 2019). Her work has been short-listed for the Governor General's Award...

THREE poets read and talk about their poems from Best Canadian Poetry 2024 ! Nicholas Bradley discusses an atmospheric river. Matt Rader explores heat domes. Joanna Streetly searches the depths. It's a powerful set of chats! -- Nicholas Bradley lives in Victoria, BC. He is the author of two books of poetry: Rain Shadow (University of Alberta Press, 2018) and Before Combustion (Gaspereau Press,...

andrea bennett pops by to chat about their latest poetry collection, the berry takes the shape of the bloom. Andrew asks about bodies and gets too excited talking about the ocean. It's a fun one! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Instagram  here . ----- andrea bennett is a National Magazine Award–winning writer and senior editor at The Tyee who lives in...

Kit Roffey jumps into the Zoom to chat about their first chapbook, Civilian of Dirt. Andrew mistakenly assumes Kit organizes readings because of their reading skills. It's a good ol' time! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Instagram  here . ----- Kit Roffey is a queer writer. They hold a BA in English and Cultural Studies from Huron at Western Unive...

Chris Johnson stops in to talk about their new chapbook, 320 Lines of Poetry. Andrew asks what it's like running a successful poetry journal. It's a fun one! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Instagram  here . ----- Chris Johnson (he/they) is a bi, settler poet from Scarborough, ON, currently living on unceded, unsurrendered territory of the Anishin...

Chris Banks pops by to discuss his 7th poetry collection, Alternator.  Andrew talks about being a writer who doesn't write. It's a lovely chat! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- Chris Banks is a Canadian poet and the author of seven collections of poetry, most recently Alternator with Nightwood Editions in 2021. His first full...

Brandi Bird stops by the virtual studio to talk about their debut poetry collection, The All + Flesh. Andrew relates their obsession with Mary Oliver to Brandi's work. It's a great time! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Twitter  here . ----- Brandi Bird  is an Indigiqueer Saulteaux, Cree, and Métis writer and editor from Treaty 1 territory. They cu...

Tom Cull joins Andrew to reconnect and talk about his new poetry collection, Kill Your Starlings . Andrew asks about elegies and IKEA. It's a good one! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Twitter  here . ----- Tom Cull was born and raised in Huron County in Treaty 29 territory. He currently resides in London, Ontario, on the traditional lands of the Anish...

Jen Currin and Andrew sit down to chat about Jen's new poetry collection, Trinity Street . Andrew talks the poetic and personal. It's a blast! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Twitter  here . ----- Jen Currin lives on the unceded, ancestral, and traditional territories of the Halq̓eméylem-speaking peoples, including the Qayqayt, Kwikwetlem, Musquea...

Jade Wallace joins Andrew to discuss their debut full-length poetry collection, Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There . Andrews learns about psychogeography and ponders its relationship with gender. It's a great time if you like poetry, talking, or talking about poetry! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Twitter  here . Follow the podcast on Instagra...

Vivian Li sits down to talk about her debut poetry chapbook, Someday I Promise, I'll Love You. Andrews asks Vivian about love poems and the role of sound in her work. It's a joy! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright  here . Follow the podcast on Twitter  here . Follow the podcast on Instagram  here . ----- Vivian (Xiao Wen) Li (she/her) is a queer first-generation Chinese-Canadian...

Charlie Petch joins the pod to talk about their debut poetry collection, Why I Was Late . Andrew talks about being non-binary and how it's impacted their writing. It's a fun exploration! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here . Follow the podcast on Twitter here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- Charlie Petch (they/them, he/him) is a disabled/queer/transmasculine multidisci...

Yvonne Blomer pops by to talk about her latest poetry collection, The Last Show on Earth . Andrew goes to the expert for water and nature poem advice. It's a joy! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here . Follow the podcast on Twitter here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- Yvonne Blomer lives on the traditional territories of the WSÁNEC´ (Saanich) peoples of the Coast Salish...

Cecily Nicholson chats about her new poetry collection, Harrowings . Andrew asks Cecily about her research process and how to use a page. It's a fun time! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here . Follow the podcast on Twitter here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- Cecily Nicholson is the author of four books, and past recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize, and the G...

Sanna Wani joins Andrew to talk about her new poetry collection, My Grief, the Sun . Andrew talks to Sanna about grief and searching in poems. It's a blast! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here . Follow the podcast on Twitter here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- Sanna Wani loves daisies and lives in Toronto. She is the author of My Grief, the Sun (House of Anansi, 2022)...

David Ly joins Andrew to talk about his new poetry collection, Dream of Me As Water . Andrew tells David he should work at an aquarium. It's a great time! ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here . Follow the podcast on Twitter here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- David Ly is a writer and editor whose debut poetry collection, Mythical Man (Palimpsest Press, 2020), was short...

Andrew gives a short audio review of and reading from Shaun Robinson's If You Discover a Fire (Brick Books, 2020) . ----- Listen to more episodes of Page Fright here . Follow the podcast on Twitter here . Follow the podcast on Instagram here . ----- Andrew French is an author from North Vancouver, British Columbia. They have published two chapbooks, Poems for Different Yous (Rose Garden Press, 202...