Blair Trewartha
@btrewart.bsky.social
Poet with 3 chapbooks and one full-length book. Next full-length forthcoming in 2026 with Palimpsest Press. Chapbook editor at Anstruther Press. Learning Specialist & Instructional Designer at Western University. Father of two.
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I was on CBC Ontario Morning this AM talking about The Unravelling of Ou! Many thanks to Ramraajh Sharvendiran for the conversation. 🫶🏼
Tune in:
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#litfic
Tune in:
tr.ee/eZUEB0uQDS
#litfic
February 12, 2026 at 12:36 AM
I was on CBC Ontario Morning this AM talking about The Unravelling of Ou! Many thanks to Ramraajh Sharvendiran for the conversation. 🫶🏼
Tune in:
tr.ee/eZUEB0uQDS
#litfic
Tune in:
tr.ee/eZUEB0uQDS
#litfic
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Do you review books? Host a book or book adjacent podcast or radio show? Have a bookish blog?
Join us to uplift the amazing literature being published by small, independent presses in Canada!
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#canlit #books
Join us to uplift the amazing literature being published by small, independent presses in Canada!
Visit the link below to learn more:
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#canlit #books
February 5, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Do you review books? Host a book or book adjacent podcast or radio show? Have a bookish blog?
Join us to uplift the amazing literature being published by small, independent presses in Canada!
Visit the link below to learn more:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
#canlit #books
Join us to uplift the amazing literature being published by small, independent presses in Canada!
Visit the link below to learn more:
www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...
#canlit #books
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A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
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A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
Once more, I offer my annual list of the seemingly-arbitrary “worth repeating” (given ‘best’ is such an inconclusive, imprecise designation)...
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January 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
A ‘best of’ list of 2025 Canadian poetry books
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/01/a-be...
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Wisdom from Indigenous authors to guide you into the new year
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Wisdom from Indigenous authors to guide you into the new year | CBC Radio
Self-compassion, honouring ancestors, and making room for rage – Indigenous authors taught us these and many more lessons in 2025.
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January 6, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Wisdom from Indigenous authors to guide you into the new year
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www.cbc.ca/radio/unrese...
Next full length poetry collection coming this Spring with @palimpsestpress.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Ellie Hastings for the incredible cover design, and @aimeeddunn.bsky.social and Jim Johnstone for providing the perfect home for my next book. #canlit, #poetry
January 5, 2026 at 3:32 PM
Next full length poetry collection coming this Spring with @palimpsestpress.bsky.social. Huge thanks to Ellie Hastings for the incredible cover design, and @aimeeddunn.bsky.social and Jim Johnstone for providing the perfect home for my next book. #canlit, #poetry
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LONDON, ONTARIO! Get ready! This Tuesday night I'm reading from NMLCT at Little Wren Books. I'll be joined by Pujita Verma and David Barrick, with thanks to Antler River Poetry. Starts at 7pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
December 5, 2025 at 1:11 AM
LONDON, ONTARIO! Get ready! This Tuesday night I'm reading from NMLCT at Little Wren Books. I'll be joined by Pujita Verma and David Barrick, with thanks to Antler River Poetry. Starts at 7pm. Looking forward to seeing you there!
Looking forward to reading in London, Ontario, this coming Tuesday! See you there, London!
LONDON, ONTARIO! Mark your calendars: I'm bringing NMLCT to you with thanks to Antler River Poetry! I'll see you at Little Wren Books on Dec 09, 2025. 7PM.
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
From my early childhood in London in the 1970s, to my time as a student at Western in the 1990s, it will feel like a homecoming. See you then!
December 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Submissions to Arc's Poem of the Year Contest are open, and all poets are welcome to submit an extra poem before the Early Bird Deadline on December 31, 2025. All entries include a 1-year subscription to Arc Poetry Magazine! Don't sleep on this opportunity!
More details here: buff.ly/ofdnZTd
More details here: buff.ly/ofdnZTd
December 3, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Submissions to Arc's Poem of the Year Contest are open, and all poets are welcome to submit an extra poem before the Early Bird Deadline on December 31, 2025. All entries include a 1-year subscription to Arc Poetry Magazine! Don't sleep on this opportunity!
More details here: buff.ly/ofdnZTd
More details here: buff.ly/ofdnZTd
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Join us for a magical evening of poetry and memories focused on Canadian literary legend, Colleen Thibaudeau, presented by Antler River Poetry!
Join us Dec 3, 7-8:30 pm at Landon Library for an evening of live readings from local poets and community members in her memory.
Join us Dec 3, 7-8:30 pm at Landon Library for an evening of live readings from local poets and community members in her memory.
November 26, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us for a magical evening of poetry and memories focused on Canadian literary legend, Colleen Thibaudeau, presented by Antler River Poetry!
Join us Dec 3, 7-8:30 pm at Landon Library for an evening of live readings from local poets and community members in her memory.
Join us Dec 3, 7-8:30 pm at Landon Library for an evening of live readings from local poets and community members in her memory.
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hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
the book of sentences
, notes on my new poetry title, available from University of Calgary Press,
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October 16, 2025 at 5:37 PM
hey! im launching my new poetry book, the book of sentences, this saturday 5pm at plan 99/the manx pub w zane koss! you should come! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
here's a wee piece i wrote on the new collection:
robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
Don’t miss the launch of Melissa Powless Day’s phenomenal debut tonight in London at Little Wren Books, 7pm! #canlit #booksky #ldont #poetry @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
October 4, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Don’t miss the launch of Melissa Powless Day’s phenomenal debut tonight in London at Little Wren Books, 7pm! #canlit #booksky #ldont #poetry @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : David Barrick : Some Literary Activity around London, ON and Deshkan Ziibi
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David Barrick : A Journey through Bookland: Some Literary Activity around London, ON and Deshkan Ziibi
Spoken Culture's second annual Black History Slam at Museum London (photo credit: Andy Budden - 3AMFILM) After Antler River Po...
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October 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : David Barrick : Some Literary Activity around London, ON and Deshkan Ziibi
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/10/davi...
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/10/davi...
September 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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One person familiar with the federal investigation told NBC News “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups…Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive.”
'No evidence' found yet of ties between Charlie Kirk's shooting and left-wing groups, officials say
Three people familiar with the federal probe into Kirk’s assassination told NBC News that investigators have yet to find a link between the alleged shooter and left-wing groups.
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September 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
One person familiar with the federal investigation told NBC News “thus far, there is no evidence connecting the suspect with any left-wing groups…Every indication so far is that this was one guy who did one really bad thing because he found Kirk’s ideology personally offensive.”
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Read an excerpt from A BOW FORGED FROM ASH (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social), the powerful new poetry collection by Melissa Powless Day!
#AmReading #Poetry #Indigenous #Excerpt
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#AmReading #Poetry #Indigenous #Excerpt
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Read an Excerpt from A BOW FORGED FROM ASH by Melissa Powless Day
Melissa Powless Day invites readers into a powerful journey of reclamation in her remarkable collection A Bow Forged from Ash (Palimpsest Press). With ...
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September 17, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Read an excerpt from A BOW FORGED FROM ASH (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social), the powerful new poetry collection by Melissa Powless Day!
#AmReading #Poetry #Indigenous #Excerpt
open-book.ca/News/Read-an...
#AmReading #Poetry #Indigenous #Excerpt
open-book.ca/News/Read-an...
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The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
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DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing
Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.
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September 16, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...
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Bidding farewell to issue 2.2 subs, we bid a cheeky hey there handsome stranger to issue 2.3 submissions.
We want artworks (any form) that reply to other works of art & culture, and we want them by October 31 at longconmag.com/submit/. You in, or what?
(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠, 1937)
We want artworks (any form) that reply to other works of art & culture, and we want them by October 31 at longconmag.com/submit/. You in, or what?
(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠, 1937)
August 23, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Bidding farewell to issue 2.2 subs, we bid a cheeky hey there handsome stranger to issue 2.3 submissions.
We want artworks (any form) that reply to other works of art & culture, and we want them by October 31 at longconmag.com/submit/. You in, or what?
(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠, 1937)
We want artworks (any form) that reply to other works of art & culture, and we want them by October 31 at longconmag.com/submit/. You in, or what?
(🎨 Wolfgang Paalen's 𝐿𝑒𝑠 𝑒́𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑠, 1937)
May 31, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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An excellent poet is visiting Toronto from Poland, so I've organized a reading to introduce him to our community. I will host, and Michał will be joined by local poets Terese Mason Pierre and Patrick Woodcock. Please come out, and please spread the word.
www.westendphoenix.com/events/poetr...
www.westendphoenix.com/events/poetr...
Poetry at the Phoenix with Michał Sobol — West End Phoenix
On May 29 at 7 PM we’re back at WEP Central (#3 Bartlett) for a special edition of Poetry at the Phoenix with a reading to welcome visiting poet Michał Sobol from Poland to Toronto!
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May 9, 2025 at 1:08 AM
An excellent poet is visiting Toronto from Poland, so I've organized a reading to introduce him to our community. I will host, and Michał will be joined by local poets Terese Mason Pierre and Patrick Woodcock. Please come out, and please spread the word.
www.westendphoenix.com/events/poetr...
www.westendphoenix.com/events/poetr...
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Today is Earthfest #LdnOnt
Rain or Shine - we are indoors at the Central Library and Citi Plaza.
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Rain or Shine - we are indoors at the Central Library and Citi Plaza.
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April 26, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Today is Earthfest #LdnOnt
Rain or Shine - we are indoors at the Central Library and Citi Plaza.
www.earthfestlondon.ca
Rain or Shine - we are indoors at the Central Library and Citi Plaza.
www.earthfestlondon.ca