news | Monday January 13, 2014
Last week the Globe and Mail announced Michel Pleau as the newly appointed Poet Laureate of Canada for a two-year term. He is the sixth, following Fred Wah, who served from 2011 to 2013. The position alternates between anglophone and francophone poets each term. For more information on Pleau’s work and new appointment, visit Parliament Canada’s web page, “The Parliamentary Poet Laureate.”