The Ted Plantos Memorial Award

I’ve just received word from The Ontario Poetry Society that a few of the poems from Ghost Music have won the Ted Plantos Memorial Award.

It’s a tremendous honour and I am thrilled. More about this at the TOPS website, and more available here later.

Book Tour: Sault Ste. Marie Public Library

What a wonderful evening at the Sault Public Library. I've been told that 74 people squeezed into the Story Room for poems and songs. A crowd that size is a rare and beautiful thing, and I thank everyone for coming out and for spreading the word. I hope to post some photos (maybe some video footage) from the evening. Thank you for your support.

Sault Star article on Ghost Music

The Sault Star has just published a generous article about Ghost Music.
Star scribe Jeffrey Ougler interviewed me a week ago, with a follow up earlier today.
I didn't expect that he'd fit everything (almost) that we talked about into an article.
Check it out: "Sault Area History Sparks Poet's Imagination" (Sault Star, Sept 28).

Book Tour: Sudbury -- Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010

A rainy night in Northern Ontario, and a fine group of poets and friends came out to the Sudbury Public Library. Thank you to Sudbury poet laureate Roger Nash (pictured left) for organizing the evening. And thank you to all the readers who made the long drive seem shorter.

Ghost Music has Arrived!

Well, the book is here. It's beautiful, if you don't mind me saying. Buschek and the printer, Hignell's from Winnipeg, did good work with the cover image. Maria's painting is all deep blues and black and could not have been easy to reproduce. I will post some news from the readings. First one in Sudbury tonight night. Everybody's calling for deep rains. I hope the highway holds. Thanks for reading.

More Video News

Thank you to everyone who has commented on the book trailer. Both Stephen and I are thrilled you like it. Weird thing: the youtube channel hosting the video is listed (as of this writing) as #40 Top Visited Canadian Musician channel. That's neat. I'm not sure what it means, didn't know there was a YouTube listing, but thank you for watching. If you'd like to see the video, here is the link:
Ghost Music.

Ghost Music video

This stunning video was produced by multimedia artist Stephen Lang to celebrate the upcoming launch of Ghost Music. Enjoy. And here's the link.