John Terpstra, Wild Hope: Prayers & Poems John Terpstra is a poet and non-fiction writer who lives and works as a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Hamilton, Ontario. He has published ten books of poetry and several works of non-fiction, including … Continued
Margo Swiss, Second Gaze Margo Swiss was born in Peterborough, Ontario. She studied at Trent, Manitoba, and York and for many years taught at York University (English, Humanities, Creative Writing). She has co-edited two volumes of scholarly essays in Early … Continued
“Favourites and Requests” On Saturday, 9 November 2019 at 7:30 in the parish hall three poets read their favourite religious poems and then read poems sent in for reading by audience members as their ‘favourites.’ Among the poets chosen were … Continued
Launch of Superabundantly Alive: Thomas Merton’s Dance with the Feminine by Susan McCaslin (Langley, B.C.) and J. S. Porter (Hamilton, Ont.) on Saturday 6 April 2019. Introduced by Bernie Lucht, CD, currently Visiting Professor at Ryerson University and formerly Executive … Continued
Thursday 19 April 2018: Celebrating the Centenary of Margaret Avison On 19 April 2018 in the parish hall, St. Thomas’s Church, 383 Huron Street, Toronto, we celebrated the centenary of Margaret Avison (1918-2018) with poetry, reflections, and music. Jeffery Donaldson … Continued
Launching of The Turning Aside: The Kingdom Poets Book of Contemporary Christian Poetry (Wipf and Stock, 2016) EDITED BY D. S. Martin
About 35 people braved a dark and stormy night on 9 November 2017 to attend the launch of Don Martin’s anthology of contemporary Christian poetry. They were treated to four superb readings. Each poet read poems included in … Continued
For an interview between Bernadette Rule and John Terpstra about In the Company of All, go to https://archive.org/details/308JohnTerpstraFeb.122017
John Terpstra is a poet and non-fiction writer who lives and works as a carpenter and cabinetmaker in Hamilton, Ontario. He has published nine books of poetry and four works of non-fiction. In addition to many … Continued
Out of print Here is a review of this collection of reminiscences: http://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/bsc/article/viewFile/18232/15164