House of Parlance Blog

In this Globe and Mail article from Saturday, April 28th Shane Koyczan is mentioned as being a leader among Canadian poets. Dave Silverberg, founder and host of Toronto Poetry Slam, notes that poetry is “gaining some cachet here and there… [Shane Koyczan] opened for the Violent Femmes at Massey Hall.” Photo by Michelle Mayne.
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It’s official. Shane Koyczan’s poem for Canada entitled “We Are More” has been unleashed and you can hear/download it from a link below. (photo by James Tworow/Sherlock)

The poem was commissioned by the nice people at the Canadian Tourism Commission and it’s a tear-jerking, passionate ode to our nation. Listen and download ‘We Are […]

Shane Koyczan is going to be a busy boy in 2007. During the end of May and into early June Shane will be south of the equator kicking wicked rhymes at the Auckland Writers & Readers Festival before skipping the pond to the Sydney Writers Festival. We know that Shane will completely rock […]

“…there’s good potential for this series to reach the upper ranks of American manga titles.”

ICv2 notes the speedy reprint of Avril Lavigne’s Make 5 Wishes Volume 1 - back to press just 4 days after release - and says that, “With the initial response and the promotion for the manga surrounding the album release, there’s […]

In one of the greatest cultural mash-ups in recent Canadian history House of Parlance poet Shane Koyczan and the fine folks at the Canadian Tourism Commission have come together to celebrate and promote Canada in verse.
In a live launch of the CTC’s bold international marketing platform at their new offices in downtown Vancouver Shane dropped […]