Aeolus House launches JC’s new book of poetry, Life, after life—from epitaph to epilogue, at 7:00 PM on Sunday, November 3, at the Free Times Café, 320 College St., two blocks west of Spadina. Published under her pen name, A. Garnett Weiss, Life, after Life is her third poetry collection. In this new book she […]
Posted on 25 September 2024 | 12:09 pm
JC honours the memory of her late mother in this poem, posted by Silver Birch Press on July 2 as part of its series, About My Mother. Here’s a link to the poem, November 13, 2008. https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/november-13-2008-by-jc-sulzenko-all-about-my-mother-series/ The notes which form part of the post explain the provenance of the poem and include a photo […]
Posted on 2 July 2024 | 3:56 pm
After championing “All the Colour in the World” at the County Reads debate in April, JC is encouraging the Library to invite author C. S. Richardson to read and discuss this excellent novel. “I chose to champion All the Colour in the World, a finalist for the 2023 Giller Prize, because I couldn’t put it down. […]
Posted on 11 April 2024 | 9:41 am
Here’s the link to the story on countylive.ca about the Prince Edward County Authors Festival’s County Reads debate at which JC will champion ALL THE COLOUR IN THE WORLD, the C.S. Richardson novel which was a finalist for the 2023 Giller Prize. https://www.countylive.ca/five-residents-will-defend-favourite-books-at-county-reads-debate/ Five panellists will attempt to persuade the in-person audience that their title […]
Posted on 27 March 2024 | 6:35 am
JC was a panellist in the wrap-up event at the Picton Armoury for the first County Arts Mentorship Program, which began in October, 2023. JC spoke first on the panel and described how she worked closely with County poet Heather Lindsay over the four core months of the mentorship. She discussed how their collaboration evolved […]
Posted on 23 March 2024 | 9:09 am
Prince Edward County’s Arts Lab programming in October featured JC a weekend workshop which explored the synergy between collage and found poetry. JC welcomed the participation of registered artists and writers. “I learn so much in such exchanges. It amazed me how many of us worked in both collage and in words with imagery related […]
Posted on 2 October 2023 | 7:11 am
In its new anthology Simple Simons Press published “Time in the hourless houses,” a cento by A. Garnett Weiss. This found poem also features in BRICOLAGE, A GATHERING OF CENTOS, JC’s collection from Aeolus House (2021.) JC, writing as A. Garnett Weiss, is the sole Canadian whose work appears in the slim volume. This piece, […]
Posted on 18 September 2023 | 6:21 am
Join JC over the weekend of October 14 and 15 to explore collage and found poetry and the dialogue between the two as part of the offerings from the The Prince Edward County Arts Council at the Armoury in Picton, Ontario. Each afternoon, participants will delve into their personal experience and how that relates to […]
Posted on 3 September 2023 | 6:55 am
Here’s the text of my letter, unaltered from what I submitted, regarding this article — “Canadian writers can’t afford to write non-fiction anymore – and that’s a problem for all of us” (Arts & Books, Aug. 12): I appreciate contributor Charlotte Gray’s considered analysis of the woeful state of Canadian non-fiction publishing and, in particular, the […]
Posted on 20 August 2023 | 5:14 am
JC reviews two recent reads. Go to Bookends on this site to find her ratings of a book that’s hard to typecast: “World of Wonders: In praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments,” written by Aimee Nezhukumatathil and illustrated by Fumi Nakamura, 2020. The second review JC shares focuses on a very Canadian novel written in […]
Posted on 23 July 2023 | 6:24 am
