​Award-winning poet Cornelia Hoogland is the 2023 co-​winner of the Colleen Thibaudeau Outstanding Achievement Award given by the League of Canadian Poets. The author of 8 books is recognized for 30 years of volunteering in the literary community across Canada.

"Poems and sculptures dive into flux and flow, flipping between word and image, body and dazzling metaphor. Visually rich, linguistically marvellous.” Nancy Holmes 
  

Four poems from Cosmic Bowling  in honour of April is Poetry Month.

“Not a linear narrative, but one…of echolocation…best read through from start to finish, as the physical soundings are enriched by their multiple associations." 
​Colebrook Peace, Malahat Review

“Red Riding Hood like you’ve
never encountered her before.
Hoogland has nailed it
in this chilling contemporary
retelling of the age-old tale.
Smart as hell."                     ​     
​                    Jeannette Lynes