Interview by Aja Moore Vancouver poet Adèle Barclay just released her debut poetry collection, If I Were In A Cage I’d Reach Out For You (Nightwood Editions, 2016). We talked about it over dosas the day before Halloween. I...
Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with Dorothy Livesay Prize finalist Miranda Pearson to discuss her fourth poetry collection “The Fire Extinguisher“. Cagliari – Miranda Pearson In Cagliari we walked along alleys through the thick, foreign air....
That’s right! We’ve extended the deadline for the first-ever Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize until the end of the month to give all you poets the time you need to get your work ready to submit to this brand new writing...
Former PRISM poetry editor (2014-15) Rob Taylor sat down with recent PRISM non-fiction contest runner-up Richard Kelly Kemick to discuss his debut poetry collection “Caribou Run“. The Love Poem as Caribou – Richard Kelly Kemick It’s hard to imagine. As...
PRISM international is honoured and excited to have Canadian Parliamentary Poet Laureate George Elliott Clarke as the judge of the inaugural Pacific Spirit Poetry Prize. Executive Editor Curtis LeBlanc had the opportunity to pick his brain on a few...
With our Fall Issue (55:1) set to arrive in mailboxes soon, we thought we’d give you a little taste of what’s to come in our latest issue. If you don’t have a subscription to PRISM, you can purchase one today at...
This just in from friends and local Vancouver poetry journal Poetry is Dead… Little Mountain Lit For one week only, the literary magazines of Vancouver are taking over Little Mountain Shop (4386 Main St, Vancouver, BC)! From September 19th...
The following translation appears in PRISM 54:4, our Summer 2016 issue. To get a copy of the latest issue, or your very own subscription, visit us anytime at our online store. THE ARRIVAL OF SEAGULLS I have seen gulls, in holy...
Interviewed by Shaun Robinson. Kevin Shaw, the winner of our 2016 poetry contest, is a poet to watch. Besides winning Arc’s Poem of the Year contest last year, he has recent or forthcoming work in CV2 and Grain. He...