Oh man this is my kind of book. The fierce, erotic lament of it. And just wildly smart.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
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@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
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November 15, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Oh man this is my kind of book. The fierce, erotic lament of it. And just wildly smart.
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
📖 ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social
📖 ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
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Tomorrow, I join forces with Jan Zwicky to read Jan’s new long poem, Say It, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tomorrow, I join forces with Jan Zwicky to read Jan’s new long poem, Say It, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
I’m a happy traveller alongside Melanie Siebert, who is on a DC Reid Poetry Prize junket for her stunning book, Signal Infinities.
📖 @melaniesiebert.bsky.social
With fellow Victoria Book Prizes nominees and organizers.
📖 @melaniesiebert.bsky.social
With fellow Victoria Book Prizes nominees and organizers.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I’m a happy traveller alongside Melanie Siebert, who is on a DC Reid Poetry Prize junket for her stunning book, Signal Infinities.
📖 @melaniesiebert.bsky.social
With fellow Victoria Book Prizes nominees and organizers.
📖 @melaniesiebert.bsky.social
With fellow Victoria Book Prizes nominees and organizers.
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Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
October 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
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Please join us for Victoria's inaugural reading of the DC Reid Book Prize Finalists on November 5th at Cafe Fantastico! Congratulations to Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Kayla Czaga! Hosted by the fabulous @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social Tickets are FREE on Eventbrite.
October 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Please join us for Victoria's inaugural reading of the DC Reid Book Prize Finalists on November 5th at Cafe Fantastico! Congratulations to Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Kayla Czaga! Hosted by the fabulous @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social Tickets are FREE on Eventbrite.
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The 2025 Fraser Valley Writers Festival is here! Nov 7-8 in Abbotsford!
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The 2025 Fraser Valley Writers Festival is here! Nov 7-8 in Abbotsford!
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
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Tomorrow night! I perform with poet Patrick Friesen alongside two of Canada's best flamenco artists, guitarist Gareth Owen and dancer Denise Yeo.
Learn more, and buy tickets, here:
www.vancouverflamencofestival.org/palabra-flam...
Learn more, and buy tickets, here:
www.vancouverflamencofestival.org/palabra-flam...
September 23, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Tomorrow night! I perform with poet Patrick Friesen alongside two of Canada's best flamenco artists, guitarist Gareth Owen and dancer Denise Yeo.
Learn more, and buy tickets, here:
www.vancouverflamencofestival.org/palabra-flam...
Learn more, and buy tickets, here:
www.vancouverflamencofestival.org/palabra-flam...
I love that my ❤️ Melanie Siebert is shortlisted for the inaugural DC Reid Poetry Prize!
The jury calls it an 'extreme act of empathy and a profoundly ethical gesture towards the “unknowable interiority” of others'
Cheers to her and for this new #Victoria #poetry award!
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
The jury calls it an 'extreme act of empathy and a profoundly ethical gesture towards the “unknowable interiority” of others'
Cheers to her and for this new #Victoria #poetry award!
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:47 PM
I love that my ❤️ Melanie Siebert is shortlisted for the inaugural DC Reid Poetry Prize!
The jury calls it an 'extreme act of empathy and a profoundly ethical gesture towards the “unknowable interiority” of others'
Cheers to her and for this new #Victoria #poetry award!
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
The jury calls it an 'extreme act of empathy and a profoundly ethical gesture towards the “unknowable interiority” of others'
Cheers to her and for this new #Victoria #poetry award!
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
A glance at an extraordinary new release from Luke Hathaway.
A NYT Best Book of Poems when
@biblioasis.bsky.social first published it.
Rereleased with a new afterword to his afterword and poems—and man has he travelled, body and spirit.
One of our best writers today.
A NYT Best Book of Poems when
@biblioasis.bsky.social first published it.
Rereleased with a new afterword to his afterword and poems—and man has he travelled, body and spirit.
One of our best writers today.
September 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
A glance at an extraordinary new release from Luke Hathaway.
A NYT Best Book of Poems when
@biblioasis.bsky.social first published it.
Rereleased with a new afterword to his afterword and poems—and man has he travelled, body and spirit.
One of our best writers today.
A NYT Best Book of Poems when
@biblioasis.bsky.social first published it.
Rereleased with a new afterword to his afterword and poems—and man has he travelled, body and spirit.
One of our best writers today.
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Ali Blythe is the author of three poetry books, including Stedfast and Hymnswitch. He recommends Luke Hathaway's poetry book Years, Months, and Days.
With: @aliblythe.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #Booksky
More below 👇
With: @aliblythe.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #Booksky
More below 👇
August 9, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Ali Blythe is the author of three poetry books, including Stedfast and Hymnswitch. He recommends Luke Hathaway's poetry book Years, Months, and Days.
With: @aliblythe.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #Booksky
More below 👇
With: @aliblythe.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #Booksky
More below 👇
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Applications due in ten days!
The University of the Fraser Valley is looking for our 2026 Writer in Residence! The deadline is August 15th.
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
August 5, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Applications due in ten days!
I love our new cat door notifications.
June 26, 2025 at 10:53 PM
I love our new cat door notifications.
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Tomorrow! I'd love to see you there!
I'm reading with the Poet Laureate herself, @eleekg.bsky.social, next week at Lunch Poems. Will she allow me to kiss the royal ring? Will she name me a vassal, with my own poetry fiefdom?
Reserve your free tickets at the Eventbrite link below to find out:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poem...
Reserve your free tickets at the Eventbrite link below to find out:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poem...
Lunch Poems presents Elee Kraljii Gardiner & Rob Taylor (In Person)
Lunch Poems at SFU is a unique opportunity to celebrate poetry and is held the third Wednesday of every month, from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.
www.eventbrite.ca
May 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Tomorrow! I'd love to see you there!
It was such a pleasure talking with Rob for Arc. Everyone should have the chance to.
@roblucastaylor.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@roblucastaylor.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social
The Spring 2025 issue of @arcpoetry.bsky.social is here, featuring my interview with @aliblythe.bsky.social about his recent @gooselane.bsky.social collection, Stedfast. Go grab a copy!
May 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
It was such a pleasure talking with Rob for Arc. Everyone should have the chance to.
@roblucastaylor.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social
@roblucastaylor.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social
This is what I get when I type “love” into my photo search ❤️
May 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is what I get when I type “love” into my photo search ❤️
Oh! I didn’t post the image with the books. 😆 Just the gorgeous poets themselves!
April 25, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh! I didn’t post the image with the books. 😆 Just the gorgeous poets themselves!
I’ll read from the incomparable Jean Valentine (1934-2020) shortly.
At @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social for @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social with @melaniesiebert.bsky.social, @arleenpare.bsky.social and @jencurrin.bsky.social.
At @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social for @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social with @melaniesiebert.bsky.social, @arleenpare.bsky.social and @jencurrin.bsky.social.
March 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
I’ll read from the incomparable Jean Valentine (1934-2020) shortly.
At @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social for @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social with @melaniesiebert.bsky.social, @arleenpare.bsky.social and @jencurrin.bsky.social.
At @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social for @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social with @melaniesiebert.bsky.social, @arleenpare.bsky.social and @jencurrin.bsky.social.
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Looking forward to hearing these voices.
I take so much ♥️ in Mandelstam.
He lived in a time of fear, repression, the state dictating the confines of what could be said or written, sudden arrests, sentences without trial, exile, death….and yet he kept writing, kept free in his mind, in his poetry.
I take so much ♥️ in Mandelstam.
He lived in a time of fear, repression, the state dictating the confines of what could be said or written, sudden arrests, sentences without trial, exile, death….and yet he kept writing, kept free in his mind, in his poetry.
Super thrilled about our March 9th reading at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social! featuring Jen Currin @jencurrin.bsky.social, Arleen Pare
@arleenpare.bsky.social Melanie Siebert @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Ali Blythe @aliblythe.bsky.social 🤩 Reminder this is a masks-required event. See you there!
@arleenpare.bsky.social Melanie Siebert @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Ali Blythe @aliblythe.bsky.social 🤩 Reminder this is a masks-required event. See you there!
March 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Looking forward to hearing these voices.
I take so much ♥️ in Mandelstam.
He lived in a time of fear, repression, the state dictating the confines of what could be said or written, sudden arrests, sentences without trial, exile, death….and yet he kept writing, kept free in his mind, in his poetry.
I take so much ♥️ in Mandelstam.
He lived in a time of fear, repression, the state dictating the confines of what could be said or written, sudden arrests, sentences without trial, exile, death….and yet he kept writing, kept free in his mind, in his poetry.
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Keats adores my Brandi Bird pick!
Such a nice morning prepping for a writing workshop for LGBTQIA2S+ youth at Foundry later today.
♥️ writing and spaces that help us preserve our freedom of thought, being and the full rainbow of emotions including joy & wonder.
#booksky @babydollbird.bsky.social
Such a nice morning prepping for a writing workshop for LGBTQIA2S+ youth at Foundry later today.
♥️ writing and spaces that help us preserve our freedom of thought, being and the full rainbow of emotions including joy & wonder.
#booksky @babydollbird.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Keats adores my Brandi Bird pick!
Such a nice morning prepping for a writing workshop for LGBTQIA2S+ youth at Foundry later today.
♥️ writing and spaces that help us preserve our freedom of thought, being and the full rainbow of emotions including joy & wonder.
#booksky @babydollbird.bsky.social
Such a nice morning prepping for a writing workshop for LGBTQIA2S+ youth at Foundry later today.
♥️ writing and spaces that help us preserve our freedom of thought, being and the full rainbow of emotions including joy & wonder.
#booksky @babydollbird.bsky.social
Oh man some of my favourite live and dead poets!
Look at this amazing lineup for the next @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social!
@jencurrin.bsky.social
@arleenpare.bsky.social
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
@aliblythe.bsky.social
March 9th at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social!
@jencurrin.bsky.social
@arleenpare.bsky.social
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
@aliblythe.bsky.social
March 9th at @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social!
February 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Oh man some of my favourite live and dead poets!
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I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I wrote about trans community suicide prevention, including a 4-step guide to peer interventions with links to further resources, for Xtra: xtramagazine.com/health/we-mu...
February 5, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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When I am zoned out on Teams meeting and I hear the word ‘penultimate.’
February 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
When I am zoned out on Teams meeting and I hear the word ‘penultimate.’
Stedfast has been longlisted for the 2024 Fred Cogswell Poetry Prize!
With great thanks to judge @roblucastaylor.bsky.social and the Royal City Literary Arts Society.
See the full list: rclas.com/2024-fred-co... including favourites from Lorna Crozier and Dominique Bernier-Cormier.
With great thanks to judge @roblucastaylor.bsky.social and the Royal City Literary Arts Society.
See the full list: rclas.com/2024-fred-co... including favourites from Lorna Crozier and Dominique Bernier-Cormier.
January 15, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Stedfast has been longlisted for the 2024 Fred Cogswell Poetry Prize!
With great thanks to judge @roblucastaylor.bsky.social and the Royal City Literary Arts Society.
See the full list: rclas.com/2024-fred-co... including favourites from Lorna Crozier and Dominique Bernier-Cormier.
With great thanks to judge @roblucastaylor.bsky.social and the Royal City Literary Arts Society.
See the full list: rclas.com/2024-fred-co... including favourites from Lorna Crozier and Dominique Bernier-Cormier.