CMU Press

04/23/2025

Tonight in Kitchener Ontario! Join David Waltner-Toews at 7 PM at Kitchener Public Library (85 Queen St N) as he celebrates the publication of his NEW & SELECTED POEMS (Lyrik Poetry Series 2), edited by Nathan Dueck and published by CMU Press.

Hosted by Hildi Froese Tiessen, this event is free. Thanks to Words Worth Books for making sure books will be on sale for David to sign.

04/22/2025

It's EARTH DAY. Celebrate the beauty of the earth with CMU Press and poet John Weier. Ask for his New & Selected Poems at your local independent bookstore or library.

all these wonders
and lives irresistible
whisper
of angel wings
and little
ringed plover
(from "Tablature")

04/21/2025

Coming up on Wednesday April 23 7 PM in Kitchener Ontario.

Join David Waltner-Toews at Kitchener Public Library (Central, in the Theatre) for the Ontario launch of his NEW & SELECTED POEMS (Lyrik Poetry Series 2). Thanks to Hildi Froese Tiessen for hosting and Words Worth Books for making sure books will be on sale for David to sign.
This event is free!
More info at kpl.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=167033

04/18/2025

04/15/2025

Today is , a day to celebrate and support British Columbia's independent book publishers, authors, illustrators, bookstores, libraries, and festivals. Ask for a BC book at your local independent bookstore or library, and start with Moonroads: Poems by Connie Braun. Cover art by Gathie Falk.

"Moonroads sings its subtle music in the unseen, unspoken worlds unfurling in breath and bone—the late-night hospital waiting room, a silkworm’s spinning, behind the plough in a spring potato field lost in time but for these lines. Connie Braun navigates these holy roads of loss and hope across generations and migrations. Here is a resonant yield of poems both lush and tough, a rich offering of images that linger in the ear and on the tongue."—Barbara Nickel, author of Essential Tremor

04/14/2025

Tomorrow is , a day to celebrate the books of British Columbia. Ask for a BC book at your local independent bookstore or library. We will be celebrating the work of our author, Connie T. Braun, author of the poetry collection MOONROADS!

04/12/2025

Join David Waltner-Toews Wednesday April 23 at 7 PM at Kitchener Public Library (85 Queen St N in Kitchener Ontario) as he celebrates the publication of his NEW & SELECTED POEMS (Lyrik Poetry Series 2), edited by Nathan Dueck & published by CMU Press. A free event, hosted by Hildi Froese Tiessen. The new book will be available for sale, thanks to Words Worth Books.

Go to KPL for more information:

For National Poetry Month author and poet David Waltner-Toews visits KPL to discuss his new collection of poetry, New and Selected Poems.. In conversation with Professor Emerita Hildi Froese Tiessen, English & Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Waterloo.David Waltner-Toews was born in Manitob...

04/09/2025

Update: the registration form at
https://www.cmu.ca/mennonites-writing
is now live!

We're very pleased to be involved with this great conference, coming up at Canadian Mennonite University -- with great speakers, lots of creative writers, drama, visual art, academic discussions, panels, book launches, performances, readings, music, and more. Mark your calendars and make your travel plans. (And you don't have to be Mennonite to be part of the event!)

Canadian Mennonite University offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Business Administration, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music Therapy, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Social Work undergraduate degrees.

04/09/2025

Sorry! We jumped the (non-lethal, very pacifist, completely metaphoric) gun and posted this info too early. The website should have the registration link ready soon -- we thought it would be ready today. Coming soon!

04/09/2025

We're very pleased to be involved with this great conference, coming up at Canadian Mennonite University -- with great speakers, lots of creative writers, drama, visual art, academic discussions, panels, book launches, performances, readings, music, and more.

This is the tenth Mennonite/s Writing conference since the first one at Conrad Grebel University College in 1990.

Mark your calendars and make your travel plans. (And you don't have to be Mennonite to be part of the event!)