The Poet Laureate Podcast is recorded in studio at Haus of Owl: Creation Labs—many thanks to Haus of Owl: Creation Lab and Queen’s Quarterly. I’m so glad to have been interviewed by Kyeren Regehr for the podcast!
Thank you new and old friends come to support this wonderful reading in Victoria, BC on April 25, 2026 . Special thanks to Kyeren Regehr, Planet Earth Poetry and Writers’ union of Canada –Anna Yin
Anna Yin attended Canada journal publication ceremony in Scarborough hosted by Subrata Kumar Das on May 1, 2026. She celebrated Canadian poets’ poems translated in Bengali with Toronto former and current poets laureate: George Elliott Clarke, Anne Michaels, A. F. Moritz, and Lillian Allen. Please feel free to check the Celebration of Bengali and Canadian Literature event on the TV channel.
Check the whole project: Borderless: Translating Across Divides to Foster Dialogue and Harmony
We thank our sponsors: Nova Marketing Group, Triple J Canada, Sureway Press, CPAC, EAWLC, The League of Canadian Poets and Canadian poets Katherine L. Gordon and D.C. Reid.
Anna Yin was delighted to visit the 8th Canadian Immigrants’ Stories Exhibition on World Poetry Day. She had the pleasure of meeting the project’s founder, Sholom Wargon, who guided her through many of the featured stories, including her own.
Please feel free to visit the exhibition or explore the project online at immigrantstory.ca. After three months in Markham, the exhibition is now on view at the light-filled Pierre Berton Resource Library in Vaughan from March to May 2026.
Thank you to the Mississauga Arts Council for selecting our 2025 Peace and Harmony through Poetry and Music project as a MicroGrant Success. Special thanks to our sponsors—Nova Marketing Group, Triple J Canada, Sureway Press, CPAC—and Canadian poets Katherine L. Gordon and D.C. Reid for their generous support. Peace and Harmony through Poetry and Music (May–September 30, 2025) resulted in the creation of over 30 original works. More songs and videos can be viewed here.
Anna’s new poem, “Dear Sheri-D Wilson,” has been accepted by the Literary Review of Canada, a renowned Canadian magazine.
In addition, her tanka and five haiku will be featured and read in an upcoming issue of Poetry Pea Journal.
Anna has been nominated for the 2025 Civic Awards of Recognition and will attend the award night on November 18, 2025.
Anna Yin made the video to summarize the Poetry and Music project with heartfelt thanks to all sponsors for making this possible: Nova Marketing Group, Triple J Canada, Sureway Press, poets Katherine L. Gordon and D.C. Reid, and above all, the Mississauga Arts Council with RAMA Gaming Centre through the Mississauga Charitable Gaming Association. #poetry #music #projects #peace #harmony
Many thanks to Heidi Sander, Melanie Kindrachuk, and Louise Liu and Stratford Public Library for making Poetry for Health and Harmony event possible. Grateful to all the book and poetry supporters who helped celebrate Ontario’s Shakespeare town with such a wonderful festival!
Come and Celebrate: for Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary – Adapted from Anna Yin’s poem from the eBook: Polyphonic celebration for Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary – 2024. Click the image to listen to the song.
The Beauty of Friendship (adapted from Anna Yin’s poem in the Ebook: Polyphonic celebration for Mississauga’s 50th Anniversary – 2024 ) This poem is for the friendship of twin cities: Mississauga and Kariya) Click the image to listen to the song.
Liu Yang’s review of Anna Yin’s translation book What We Do Not Know was published in Cuba. (page 9-14)
