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This video is frightening even when watched from the comfort and safety of your couch.

Oldman's River brings together Marty's poetry both new and old, published and unpublished.

The $10,000 prize, announced last month, honours Canadian poets and poetry, and celebrates the legacy of Purdy. The winner was announced on April 21, the 24th anniversary of the poet's death.

At the base of the Livingstone Range, just south of Oldman River in southern Alberta’s Blackfoot country, lives Sid Marty, a genial bear of a poet, along with his wife and muse, Myrna.

Tsering Yangzom Lama, Maria Coffey, Lyn Baldwin, and David Chaundy-Smart are the Canadian winners of the 2023 Banff Mountain Book Competition. The winners were announced on Oct. 19, and in turn are eligible for the Grand Prize, which will be announced on Nov.

Dozens of authors, artists and musicians will be featured at the all-day event, featuring seven stages of activities in downtown Lethbridge.

Sid Marty reading May 25 at Bramasole in Fernie

The volume of poems provides snapshots of Marty’s storied writing career from past to present

That first issue ... is side-stapled, 8 ½ x 11 One hundred issues of any journal, literary or otherwise, is a remarkable achievement, and even moreso, one might argue, for one specifically dedicated to poetry. I doubt that any of the original trio of founding co-editors—Christopher Levenson, Tom Henighan or…

Six years after joining the Canadian Armed Forces to follow in his family's long tradition of serving in the military, Drew Milne picked up a book that inspired him to quit — and pursued a new career as a conservation officer.