Two books of poetry from veteran writers – one new, one a deluxe re-issue with CD – provide proof that poetry is a lifetime occupation.

A bloodless coup to usurp Geist’s founders, Stephen Osborne and Mary Schendlinger, was carried out by members of the magazine’s long-standing staff this April.

Do you have a writing question, conundrum, dispute, dilemma, quandary or pickle? Check out Geist's new advice column for writers!

Jennifer Delisle and Tim Bishop, Geist contributors, are finalists for two Alberta Literary Awards!

Jill Mandrake, Geist contributor, has had work longlisted in the PRISM International Short Fiction Contest!

Sandino's Nation by Stephen Henighan, Geist columnist, has been shortlisted for a Canada Prize in the Humanities!

Six Geist contributors have been shortlisted for oodles of poetry awards!

Ellen in Pieces and Norman, Speak! by Caroline Adderson have been named BC Book Prize finalists!

The new Geist Reader App is now available for iOS devices.

Ivan Coyote returns to the stage with spoken word and music.

The Geist Newsletter has emerged from its chrysalis as a beautiful piece of digital communication.

A magic trick so dangerous even Houdini advised against it.

Anna Leventhal and Sina Queyras, Geist contributors, have won awards from the Quebec Writers Federation!

Last week I tagged along with Robert Everett-Green on an outing to Guelph where he interviewed the artist known as Seth.

Arleen Paré, Geist contributor, has won the Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry.

Anna Leventhal and Sina Queyras have been nominated for literary awards from the Quebec Writers' Federation!

M.A.C. Farrant, Geist contributor, has won the 2014 Victoria Book Prize for her short story collection, The World Afloat!

Sadiqa de Meijer, Arleen Paré and Lesley Choyce, whose work has appeared in Geist, have been shortlisted for Governor General's Literary Awards.

The title tells all in this funny and engaging documentary.

A feature about a lazy summer, shot in lovely black and white by Stephane Lafleur.

Miriam Towes, Geist contributor, has been shortlisted for the 2014 Giller Prize for her novel All My Puny Sorrows!

A Spanish man spends decades building monumental structures in the forest in order to escape civilization.

Miriam Towes, Geist contributor, has been longlisted for the 2014 Giller Prize for her novel All My Puny Sorrows.

Jason Schwartzman is Philip, a successful writer and a pain in the ass.

Fantastic documentary about an honest forger and the curator obsessed with him.

Time loops, misunderstandings and eluding your other selves all figure in this Australian comedy about a scientist trying to win back his girlfriend.

A wholly captivating and unusual film about acting, aging and the relationships between women from director Olivier Assayas.