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As the year comes to a close, we are sharing some final words from Issue 4.3: Real Materials. "texts i never sent becau...
12/19/2024

As the year comes to a close, we are sharing some final words from Issue 4.3: Real Materials. "texts i never sent because i was busy overthinking" by Tina Do is now available to read online as a web feature. The poem is the first of three by Do included in our latest issue.

Read the full poem online: https://thecapilanoreview.com/tina-do-texts-i-never-sent-because-i-was-busy-overthinking/

You can order a print or digital copy of Issue 4.3 online, or subscribe to The Capilano Review to receive our 2025 issues delivered right to your mailbox. Subscribe by December 31st following the links below to receive 20% off (Canadian shipping only).

We look forward to sharing more writing and art with you in 2025.

"Seeking the Latent: On Liz Magor's Subject to Change" by Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora (Concordia University Press, 2022), pub...
12/18/2024

"Seeking the Latent: On Liz Magor's Subject to Change" by Yasmine Whaley-Kalaora (Concordia University Press, 2022), published in Issue 4.3 Real Materials, is now available to read online.

Whaley-Kalaora's review offers an honest and thoughtful engagement with Magor's work. Read the review on our website: https://thecapilanoreview.com/yasmine-whaley-kalaora-seeking-the-latent-on-liz-magors-subject-to-change/

You can purchase your own print or digital copy of Issue 4.3: Real Materials, or subscribe to The Capilano Review to receive our 2025 issues delivered right to your mailbox. Purchase a subscription by December 31st using the coupon code "TCRsale" to receive 20% off (Canadian shipping only).

Give the gift of The Capilano Review! Send the best of poetry, art, and writing to someone special by gifting them a one...
12/12/2024

Give the gift of The Capilano Review! Send the best of poetry, art, and writing to someone special by gifting them a one-year subscription to The Capilano Review, beginning with our Spring 2025 issue.

Purchase a subscription by December 31st using the coupon code "TCRsale" to receive 20% off.

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We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made the second series of Dear Friends & possible this year: t...
12/10/2024

We want to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who made the second series of Dear Friends & possible this year: to all the readers, for sharing their beautiful and engaging work; to Jonathan Alfaro for providing stunning backgrounds for each reading; to the Western Front for their generous hospitality and work on this series; and to you all, for showing up and creating such a warm space of community all year.

You can view recordings of each reading on our website: https://thecapilanoreview.com/category/content/a-v/

We look forward to connecting with you again next year!

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Image credits:
1) Zoe Imani Sharpe reading at "Dear Friends &" in June 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
2) Phanuel Antwi reading at "Dear Friends &" in October 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
3) Jordan Abel reading at "Dear Friends &" in October 2024 at the Western Front. With artwork by Jonathan Alfaro. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
4) River Halen reading at "Dear Friends &" in July 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.
5) Cody Caetano reading at "Dear Friends &" in November 2024 at the Western Front. Photo by Rachel Topham Photography. Courtesy of Western Front.

We're delighted to announce the publication of our latest SMALL CAPS folio, The Library of Elemental Bending, Vol. I.Con...
12/03/2024

We're delighted to announce the publication of our latest SMALL CAPS folio, The Library of Elemental Bending, Vol. I.

Convened by poet Hari Alluri, The Library of Elemental Bending, Vol. I gathers together seven poets and three multidisciplinary artists to respond to the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender — in relation to the world, and to each other’s work. The collaborators use their creative skills and cultural memories to access a library imbued with transformation, weaving histories of empire, colonization, migration, and resistance with planetary energies, and ultimately love.

Featuring contributions by Christian Aldana, Hari Alluri, Rachelle Cruz, Arthur Kayzakian, Tara Sarath, Joseph “Butch” Schwarzkopf, and Cyrus Sepahbodi, as well as visual art and graphics by Trinidad Escobar and Julay, and extended media by Ruby Singh.

You can read and download SMALL CAPS 6 on our website:
https://thecapilanoreview.com/project/small-caps-6/

Cover Image courtesy of Trinidad Escobar.

"Salish Woolly Dogs Fur-ever" by Senaqwila Wyss is the third of three new pieces in the Indigenous Places and Names Seri...
12/01/2024

"Salish Woolly Dogs Fur-ever" by Senaqwila Wyss is the third of three new pieces in the Indigenous Places and Names Series, curated by Associate Editor Susan Blight, that we've been grateful to share this week. The piece is now available on our website.

Visit our website to read Wyss' work:
https://thecapilanoreview.com/salish-woolly-dogs-fur-ever/

We're excited to share the second of three new pieces in the Indigenous Places and Names Series, curated by Associate Ed...
11/30/2024

We're excited to share the second of three new pieces in the Indigenous Places and Names Series, curated by Associate Editor Susan Blight. "Reclamation" by Liv Sydney is now available on our website.

Visit our website to view Sydney's work:
https://thecapilanoreview.com/liv-sydney-reclamation/

The Capilano Review is pleased to invite submissions to its Fall 2024 Writing Contest, “Dedications,” guest-judged by Sh...
10/31/2024

The Capilano Review is pleased to invite submissions to its Fall 2024 Writing Contest, “Dedications,” guest-judged by Shiv Kotecha.

A poet once told another poet, trust your reader, trust that they’re there. Poems do this—they flirt, provoke, and reenact the stuff of relation, soliciting the attention of their readers to the actuality of our shared world. This is a call for works that aim to close the gap between writer and reader and for poems that seek to embrace or envision, exceeding the realm of the autonomous. How might a poem reflect the cohesions or contradictions that sustain a friendship or a social world, or the outlets and limit-points of commitment, whether that be one of love or hate? How does poetic practice cite, simulate, or parrot the strange shape taken by intimacy, with its penchant to fixate or obsess, the space it makes to allow for ambivalence, the time it takes to foment or unfold completely? Works engaging the essay, fiction, poetry, and other language-based interdisciplinary methods are encouraged.

The winner will receive a $500 cash prize and publication in an upcoming print issue of The Capilano Review.

Image: Shiv Kotecha. Photo by Bobby Doherty.

Learn more and submit your work by November 30: https://thecapilanoreview.com/dedications-fall-2024-writing-contest/

We are excited to announce the publication of our latest web folio, ti-TCR 20: On Collective Care.Edited by Emma Jeffrey...
10/29/2024

We are excited to announce the publication of our latest web folio, ti-TCR 20: On Collective Care.

Edited by Emma Jeffrey, ti-TCR 20: On Collective Care examines the potential of art and writing to expand our capacity for empathy and care on a collective scale, and to activate tangible forms of community-building. Why write poetry during the apocalypse, if not for the hope of a kinder world?

With contributions by Belén, Kristin Bjornerud, Leah CL, Preeti Kaur Dhaliwal, Mark Foss, Christina Hajjar, Amanda Hiland, Penn Kemp, Alysha Mohamed, Dora Prieto, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, and Jasper Wrinch.

You can read and download the issue on our website: https://thecapilanoreview.com/project/ti-tcr-20/

Cover: Kristin Bjornerud, Ghosts (Tender Medicine), 2023, watercolour and gouache on paper adhered to wooden panel, 48.26 x 53.34 cm. Photo by Paul Litherland, Studio Lux.

We're excited to share the next piece in our Indigenous Places and Names Series, curated by Associate Editor Susan Bligh...
10/25/2024

We're excited to share the next piece in our Indigenous Places and Names Series, curated by Associate Editor Susan Blight. '“Yet we persist”: An Interview with Dr. Robin Gray on Place Names as a Mode of Restorative Justice for Indigenous Peoples' is now available on our website.

Read the conversation between Susan Blight and Dr. Robin Gray here: https://thecapilanoreview.com/yet-we-persist-an-interview-with-dr-robin-gray-on-place-names-as-a-mode-of-restorative-justice-for-indigenous-peoples/

As we head into our fall fundraising season, we are filled with gratitude for this community and for everything that you...
10/22/2024

As we head into our fall fundraising season, we are filled with gratitude for this community and for everything that you have made possible for The Capilano Review over the past twelve months. The Capilano Review continues to be a unique publication that celebrates experimental, contemporary art and writing, and it is heartwarming to see such enthusiastic support for this work.

2024 has been an inspiring yet challenging year. In June, we had to make the difficult decision to move to a biannual publication schedule to address the continual rise in printing and production costs. While we are excited about the new editorial and artistic opportunities this shift provides, we are still needing to dedicate significant energy towards fundraising at this time in order to cover the mounting material costs of producing our magazine.

We need to raise $30,000 by December 31, 2024 in order to continue this exciting work throughout 2025. If you are in a place to do so, we would be enormously grateful if you could offer a donation and help The Capilano Review continue its work for another year. Every little bit helps.

Thank you for your ongoing support!

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As Issue 4.3 Real Materials (Fall 2024) begins to circulate, we are thrilled to continue sharing some excerpts that are ...
10/18/2024

As Issue 4.3 Real Materials (Fall 2024) begins to circulate, we are thrilled to continue sharing some excerpts that are now available to read online as web features.

ryan fitzpatrick's "Well, Okay" offers a grounding conclusion to Real Materials, anchoring us in the present moment. Read the full poem on our website: https://thecapilanoreview.com/well-okay/

You can purchase your own print or digital copy of Issue 4.3: Real Materials, or subscribe to The Capilano Review to receive Real Materials and our Spring 2025 issue delivered right to your mailbox.

Purchase Issue 4.3 Real Materials: https://thecapilanoreview.com/product/issue-4-3-real-materials-print/

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We are thrilled to have Jordan Abel joining us as our 2024 Writer in Residence! We welcome you to attend a writing works...
09/24/2024

We are thrilled to have Jordan Abel joining us as our 2024 Writer in Residence!

We welcome you to attend a writing workshop with Abel on Saturday, October 5th from 2-4pm at Western Front. In this creative writing workshop we will be focusing on overcoming obstacles in our writing practices through a problem-based approach. We will tackle central issues in your writing—questions that may arise include engagements with ethics, narrative, positionality, and representation—and we will explore how to find your way through these issues in a way that makes for engaging, dynamic writing.

Learn more and register: https://thecapilanoreview.com/writing-workshop-with-jordan-abel/

The Capilano Review is delighted to welcome our 2024 Writer-in-Residence, Jordan Abel!Jordan Abel is a q***r Nisga’a wri...
09/23/2024

The Capilano Review is delighted to welcome our 2024 Writer-in-Residence, Jordan Abel!

Jordan Abel is a q***r Nisga’a writer from Vancouver. He is the author of The Place of Scraps (winner of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize), Un/inhabited, and I***n (winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize). NISHGA won both the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize and the VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres award, and was a finalist for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the Wilfrid Eggleston Award for Nonfiction, and the Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize. Abel’s latest work—a novel titled Empty Spaces—was published by McClelland & Stewart and Yale University Press, and was a finalist for the Amazon First Novel Award. Abel completed a PhD at Simon Fraser University in 2019, and is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Film Studies at the University of Alberta where he teaches Indigenous Literatures, Research-Creation, and Creative Writing.

Presented in partnership with Western Front, Abel’s residency will consist of a week-long stay in Vancouver in early October to read as part of our monthly reading series Dear Friends & on Thursday, October 3rd at 7:30pm, and to lead a generative writing workshop on Saturday, October 5th at 2:00pm. We look forward to welcoming you to one or both or these community events.

We're excited to share a new see to see— review by J Shea Carter, now available on our website. J Shea Carter offers an ...
09/18/2024

We're excited to share a new see to see— review by J Shea Carter, now available on our website.

J Shea Carter offers an insightful and attentive read of Klara du Plessis’ "I’mpossible collab," (Gaspereau, 2023).

"Du Plessis [...] channels her creative talents throughout "I’mpossible collab" to call into question the increasingly antiquated misconception that the modern-day critic, essayist, and scholar works in solitude as if solely accompanied by the dim, artificial glow of their computer screen. Indeed, du Plessis approaches critical writing through her own unique lens as a poet to assert a more synergetic approach to literary criticism — foregrounding the notion that writing about poetry is about writing with or in relation to it."

Read the full review here:
https://thecapilanoreview.com/need-not-be-an-island-entirely-of-herself/

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