It’s no secret that the Literary Press Group handles a lot of poetry. The books above are only a small selection of the dozens of new poetry titles that our sales force represents every year. We provide advocacy support for many more publishers with large and vibrant poetry lists.

The ways in which new books of poetry find their readers have been changing for many years, but it isn’t easy to get a clear picture of what these changes look like on a national level. With the assistance of Craig Riggs and Kiley Turner of Turner-Riggs Workspace, and the support of the Ontario Arts Council’s Arts Investment Fund, we’re launching a market-research study to learn more. At the same time, we’re also interested in an even bigger question: how readers would like to find books.

This link will take you to our survey. If you’re a poetry reader, we’d love to hear from you. The survey should take about 10 minutes to complete. If you wish, you can enter to win some of the books you see here.

Thank you for your time, and your help. We’re excited to see what we can learn about our audience – and to share the results with you. For more information on this project, please contact LPG Executive Director Jack Illingworth at jack@lpg.ca or on Twitter at @illingworth.