Meb bought a "new" typewriter...

Hope she didn't get the last one. What a nostalgia trip.

Not long ago, I re-joined a live (as opposed to on-line) poetry workshop after a hiatus of a couple of years. I find the immediate and honest feedback a refreshing change from the goings on in some on-line spaces. One of this workshop's members, Maxianne Berger (this isn't the first time FFTMC has mentioned Maxianne's name), recently sent me a few links to some of her wonderful poetry, and I want to pass them on to FFTMC readers. I think you'll find them well worth the click.

Two poems in the Hamilton Stone Review

Two poems in ars poetica

A poem at Les Wicks' Australian Collaboration page for last years Trois-Rivières International Poetry Festival. The poems are in alphabetical order, so scroll down to a bit to read the ver funny Ode to a Round Tuit.

A translation of Maxianne's book How We Negotiate was also recently published by Écrits des forges. The translation is entitled Compromis.

Enjoy.

The International Edible Book Festival

I recently learned about the International Edible Book Festival. I love this sort of thing, which just happens to combine two of m favourite things: books and food.