“Neil Surkan tells The British Columbia Review this collection, Empties, ‘spans five years of writing, revising, and doubting…and growing.’ But also present in this collection is fatherhood, and being a father during a time of climate change and political upheaval.” Trevor Marc Hughes interviews current Poet Laureate of Nanaimo Neil Surkan.
Funny, poignant, and joyful, a poetry collection considers parenting and fatherhood. “Here is a book of wonder between a son, his father, his mother and between a father, his daughter, and her mother. A letter of charm, nuance, struggle, humour, love, and affection,” our reviewer writes. —Heather Simeney MacLeod reviews Dad Era, by Jordan Abel (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2026) $17.95 / 9781770569003
“[Untitled],” an excerpt from Dad Era, by Jordan Abel (Toronto: Coach House Books, 2026) $24.95 / 9781552455234