A campaign is underway that would see local poets and authors recognized on public plaques as part of a national initiative called Project Bookmark Canada. Kamal Parmar, Nanaimo’s former poet laureate, and Arlene Blundell, cultural award recipient, spoke to city council at its meeting on June 22 asking for the city’s support to begin installing poster-sized bookmark plaques around Nanaimo. Parmar explained that Project Bookmark Canada is a natio…