Anansi and Flying Books invite you to the launch of Great Silent Ballad, Poems, by A.F. Moritz Hosted by poet Beatriz Hausner, the launch will take place at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 24, 2024, at Flying Books, 784 College Street, Toronto View the Event Page on Flying Books
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My book, Great Silent Ballad, is listed on the CBC’s list of 44 Canadian Poetry Collections to Watch for in Fall 2024. Here’s what they had to say about GSB: Read this and explore the full list of titles on the CBC! Want more? Join me at the Toronto’s Flying Books for the Official Launch
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September 6, 2024 marks the release date of D.D. Jackson’s “Poetry Project,” featuring the work of poets Ayesha Chatterjee, George Elliott Clarke, Luciano Iacobelli, Irving Layton, Micheline Maylor, Bruce Meyer, A.F. Moritz, Giovanna Riccio, Libby Scheer, Yin Xioyuan and Choucri Paul Zemokhol, set to music by D.D. Jackson, and performed by instrumentalists D.D. Jackson, Rich
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In advance of its September 24 launch, The High Window has published both an review and an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Great Silent Ballad. Colin Carberry’s review considers Great Silent Ballad in relation to my previous works, identifying an emergence of a new tone: A burning need to confront social evils also preoccupies the
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COVER REVEAL! I’ve been teasing it on my Instagram page…It’s finally here! The cover of my next book of poems, Great Silent Ballad, publishing with Anansi on September 24, 2024. Preorder copies now from the publisher or your favourite bookseller! SAVE THE DATE! And I am happy to announce that the tentative date for the
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I have a new poem in Juniper! Juniper is an online poetry journal founded in 2017 by Lisa Young which publishes 3 times a year: February, June, and October. According to the editorial statement, the journal “seeks poems that bring the reader back to themselves and leave them with a deeper understanding of the world(s)
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Wonderful news! After a hiatus of several years, independent small press Rufus Books has returned to the publishing scene in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. Having renewed their presence online, the publisher has begun to list available fine-press poetry and fiction chapbooks from its archives. My chapbook, Sound of Hungry Animals, originally published in
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Evan Jones’ book of interviews with Canadian Poets, The Civilizing Discourse, is now in print with Véhicule Press. You’ll find my interview in chapter 8 of the new book: “A.F. Moritz, In Which The Journey Is A Dream.” Here’s what the publisher has to say about The Civilizing Discourse: “If I can impart one final
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I have two new poems in Ars Notoria, “When I Was a Child” and “This is You.” Do have a look!
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Over the past few years, James Rolfe has been at work setting lines from my book, The Garden, to music. Commissioned by George Elliot Clarke, the selected verses, now known as “Marigold,” were first performed by James Rolfe and Juliet palmer at the Seventh Edition of Clarke’s poetry series, Five Poets Breaking into Song, hosted
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Active History has published an article about my recent appearance at the Emma Goldman symposium in Toronto and the poem I wrote, “Inheriting Your Life: Homage to Emma Goldman,” for the event. Do read it now! Inheriting Her Life: Toronto’s Poet Laureate Remembers Emma Goldman. Here’s the video of my reading: And here’s the text
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Please join me for the launch of Acta Victoriana. On Friday, April 14th, 2023, Acta Victoriana will celebrate its first in-person launch since 2019! The editors look forward to welcoming you to the Cat’s Eye for a very literary evening of readings, refreshments, and meeting their wonderful literary journal contributors and editors from the past
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NEW DATE! On Thursday, March 23, 2023, I will be travelling to the Hazel McCallion Campus of Sheridan College for the launch of The Ampersand Review, Issue 3. Along with Naben Ruthnum and Ann Yu-Kyung Choi, I will take part in the panel on “Borders: Canadian Writing in Communities, the Country, and the World.” Our
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…Small hard firesfastened in place of birds to naked twigs. As the year closed, The Yale Review reposted my poem, “Christmas Decorations.” Read it Now: From the Archives [1991], “Christmas Decorations,” The Yale Review
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Register now and join me on Saturday, October 1st, at 3pm, in celebrating the launch of these Gordon Hill Press audiobooks, including all their poetry titles up until this year: Roxanna Bennett’s “unmeaningable” Tom Prime / Gary Barwin’s “A Cemetery for Holes” Danny Jacobs’ “Sourcebooks for Our Drawings” Mike Chaulk’s “Night Lunch” Amy LeBlanc’s “I
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REGISTER TO WATCH IN PERSON REGISTER TO WATCH ONLINE On Sunday, September 25, at 4:00 pm, I will take part in the Toronto International Festival of Authors panel: Theatre of War, The Waste Land Project Poets from Ukraine, Toronto, and other parts of the world come together across borders and boundaries to present readings and
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Join us for Lost Launches III at the Art Bar, Tuesday, May 31, 7pm, Clinton’s, 693 Bloor W., Toronto
Come Celebrate Ravine Days with the City of Toronto! This series of events, hosted by Toronto Parks & Forestry, takes place from October 2-11, 2021. You can learn about the City of Toronto’s beautiful ravine system, environmentally significant areas and their biodiversity. And it will include self-directed activities, virtual and in-person events, offering something for
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Vakxikon has published Σπουργίτης, Stergia Kavvalou’s Greek translation of my short poems from The Sparrow. And my great friend, the poet and translator Beatriz Hausner has provided an introduction. You can purchase copies of Σπουργίτης from the publisher Vakxikon. Visit my Book Page for The Sparrow, Greek Translation for a more detailed description.
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Last Sunday, I took part in the Gordon Hill Press Spring 2021 Launch Party. I launched my book, The Garden, a poem and an essay, alongside Roxanna Bennett’s The Untranslatable I, Khashayar Mohammadi’s Me, You, Then Snow, and Concetta Principe’s Stars Need Counting. Here’s the full launch party, which can also be viewed on YouTube: Those looking for my
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My new book, The Garden, a poem and an essay, is part of the CBC’s list of 55 Canadian Poetry Collections to Check Out in Spring 2021. Here’s what they have to say: The Garden is a long poem, The Garden in the Midst, and an essay, The Garden, that explores police brutality against Black lives in North America
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My new book, The Garden, a poem and essay, launches this Sunday! Join me for the Gordon Hill Press spring launch in collaboration with Knife | Fork | Book on Sunday, April 25, 2021 at 3 PM EDT. Hear readings from Roxanna Bennett’s The Untranslatable I, Khashayar Mohammadi’s Me, You, Then Snow, my own book, The Garden, and Concetta Principe’s Stars
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I am pleased to have two poems in Issue 4 (2.15.21) of Volume online poetry magazine. The poems printed in this issue are: “The Only Remaining Flower” and “Long Struggle and Float.” Additionally, you can read my interview with Communications and Features Editor [and former student!] Lauren Peat. I hope you’ll take a moment to
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In my role as Toronto’s Poet Laureate, I had the honour of reading my poem, “Exactly Here the Marvel Spoke” at the March 10, 2021 meeting of Toronto City Council. The poem commemorates twelve months of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s a video of me reading of the poem, introduced by Mayor John tory: [You can
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I am pleased to have Anna Yin’s translation of three of my poems into Chinese appear on WePoetry [January, Vol. 28, 2021.] Yin offers her versions of “A Narrow Silent Throat,” “Every Step was into a New World,” and “Poetry.” This trio appears alongside Yin’s translations of poems by Molly Peacock, Alice Major, and George
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I’m pleased that my book, As Far As You Know, has been included in the CBC’s list of Best Books of Canadian Poetry for 2020! Here’s what the CBC had to say about my book: As Far as You Know by A.F. Moritz As Far As You Know is divided into six sections each dealing with a
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I am beyond thrilled to announce the publication of the Special Edition Hardcover and the Broadsheet of As Far As You Know. Both are on sale now from my publisher, Anansi. This broadsheet features the title poem, “As Far As You Know,” and was printed in an edition of 50 at Coach House for Anansi.
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On Tuesday, August 4th, I appeared on HOWL, CIUT Radio 89.5 FM Toronto’s weekly 10-11pm music and spoken word broadcast. I had the pleasure of reading poetry and speaking with Valentino Assenza about current events and the role of the Poet Laureate. You can still access this interview until tomorrow night on Howl’s website:https://ciut.fm/shows/howl/ My
Register now for the opportunity to ZOOM in on one of the hottest tickets in ANY town: the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival virtual event: Hot Nights. Cool Poets. On August 28th, starting at 8pm, I will appear with a SCORE of talented poets on a zoom event hosted by EMWF. Details Below. EMWF Showcase: Hot Nights.
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My son, Blaise Moritz, and daughter-in-law, Roseanne Carrara, have a trio of paired drawings and poems entitled “‘Til Now” in the second issue of The Quarantine Review, a new magazine created by Sheeza Sarfraz and J.J. Dupuis and published by Dundurn Press. Moritz and Carrara’s collaboration appears alongside the work of Teri Vlassopoulos, Teresa Mason
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KFB, aka Knife Fork Book, offers a twelve-month subscription series. And As Far As You Know is part of the July/August duo! If you subscribe to Kirby’s series, you’ll receive the two-book Poet Laureate set, with my book as well as Sue Goyette’s Antithesis: A Memoir from Gaspereau Press. The KFB SELECTS SUBSCRIPTION SERIES offers twelve
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I’m pleased to have been invited to create a piece with my son, the artist and poet, Blaise Moritz, for the Covid-19 Responsive Public Art Project: It’s All Right Now. The project aims to speak to the multiplicity of calming and coping strategies used by the people of Toronto in response to the pandemic. Co-produced
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Towards the end of National Poetry Month, I had the pleasure of speaking with Tom Power of CBC Radio’s Q about my poem “Thoughts in Time of Plague.” CLICK HERE to read about and listen to the interview: Here’s a hard link: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/q/tuesday-april-28-2020-avril-lavigne-a-f-moritz-and-more-1.5547890/a-f-moritz-reads-his-poem-thoughts-in-time-of-plague-1.5547894 You can also listen to the interview here: CBC Q also posted
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He also finds beauty in “waste lands” of ruin, overgrown with weeds, which become a playground for children. Barb Cary, The Toronto Star, April 23, 2020 I was so very pleased to discover Barb Carey’s review of As Far As You Know in the Toronto Star! Here’s a link to the article: “Water fountains, books,
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Today, April 21, 2020, I am the featured reader on Poetry & Healing. You can hear me read my poem, “The Healer is Dead” followed by a meditation and poetry prompt set to a musical score by Cathy Nosaty. Listen to “The Healer is Dead” on POETRY & HEALING now! Poetry & Healing is the League of Canadian Poets’
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The Toronto Poet Laureate’s 20th collection unfolds in six movements revolving around “Terrorism” and “Poetry” in all the forms they might take. – Becky Toyne The Globe and Mail lists As Far As You Know as one of their Spring Books Preview: 38 of the Best New Reads in Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry & Gardening. I
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Thanks to CBC Radio for posting two recommendations of As Far As You Know during National Poetry Month. Sean Wilson First, CBC’s All in a Day with Alan Neal hosted an April 6 Book Panel with Sean Wilson from Ottawa International Writers Festival. Sean offers a strong recommendation of As Far As You Know as
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I am so very pleased that MPP Percy Hatfield took the time on April 15, 2020 to reprint my poem, “Thoughts in Time of Plague,” on his Facebook account alongside my dear friend Susana Wald’s translation of the poem into Spanish. Here’s a link to Hatfield’s facebook account: https://www.facebook.com/PercyHatfieldWindsor Below, you will find a transcription
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the League of Canadian Poets has presented my poem, “A Slender Presence” as part of their Poetry Pause series. “A Slender Presence” first appeared in Prism in 2018 and went on to become part of The Best Canadian Poetry series published by Biblioasis in 2019. Click here to visit
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Today is the Publication Day for my new collection of poems, As Far As You Know from House of Anansi Press. Congratulations, as well, to fellow Anansi poets, Mathew Henderson, who launches Roguelike, and John Elizabeth Stintzi who debuts with Junebat today! We were supposed to have been celebrating with a series of Anansi Bashes
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