Christina Shah
@christinashah.bsky.social
Poet, videopoet, valve fairy. ⚙️⛓️🧚 1/5 of the Harbour Centre Five. Author of RIG VEDA (Anstruther Press), if: prey, then: huntress (Nightwood Editions) Fall 2025
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IT'S HERE!!! Happy Labour Day. Why not celebrate with some work-themed poetry?
Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...
Who are some of your favorite work poets?
#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay
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Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...
Who are some of your favorite work poets?
#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
TONIGHT! 7 pm: Vancouver launch of new work poetry anthology 'I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis'! I'll be reading with other contributors! 💟📕
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
@fernpub.bsky.social
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People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
@fernpub.bsky.social
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
TONIGHT! 7 pm: Vancouver launch of new work poetry anthology 'I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis'! I'll be reading with other contributors! 💟📕
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
@fernpub.bsky.social
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
@fernpub.bsky.social
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
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Reading with Karen Solie (who just won the GG for WELLWATER) at SFU's Lunch Poems. November 19, 12- 1 PM, PST. On Zoom. Registration at this link: www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poem...
Lunch Poems presents Tolu Oloruntoba & Karen Solie (Online)
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.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Reading with Karen Solie (who just won the GG for WELLWATER) at SFU's Lunch Poems. November 19, 12- 1 PM, PST. On Zoom. Registration at this link: www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poem...
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Learn more here: Event details here: planetearthpoetry.com/specialevent...
SPECIAL EVENT: NOV 15: Jan Zwicky & Tim Lilburn — Planet Earth Poetry
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November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Learn more here: Event details here: planetearthpoetry.com/specialevent...
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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.
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Aw yeah! Congrats, Bren! 🤩
Bren Simmers wins the $60,000 #LatnerGriffin Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize, supported by The Albert and Temmy Latner Family Foundation and Scott Griffin. Congratulations! #WTAwards #canlit
November 14, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Aw yeah! Congrats, Bren! 🤩
Planet Earth Poetry's 30 for 30 fundraiser link- please share and help keep Western Canada's longest running poetry series going for another 30 years (or more!)!
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gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
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@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
Donate to 30 for 30, organized by Steven Ross Smith
30 for 30 - $30 for 30 Years - Help us fund another 30 years of poetry!
Planet Earth Poetry invites y… Steven Ross Smith needs your support for 30 for 30
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November 13, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Planet Earth Poetry's 30 for 30 fundraiser link- please share and help keep Western Canada's longest running poetry series going for another 30 years (or more!)!
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
💟📕
gofund.me/4ceb9c262
@zoeidadickinson.bsky.social @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
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And #litmags are where it all starts for literary arts and culture. tinyurl.tools/981c4596
Canada’s arts and culture sector contributed $65 billion in GDP, new report finds
The study from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce found the industry is growing faster than oil and gas, manufacturing and agriculture.
www.thestar.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
And #litmags are where it all starts for literary arts and culture. tinyurl.tools/981c4596
Next Saturday! Vancouver launch of new work poetry anthology 'I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis'! I'll be reading with other contributors.
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis
Poetry by and for working people making a living under conditions of climate disaster.
fernwoodpublishing.ca
November 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Next Saturday! Vancouver launch of new work poetry anthology 'I’ll Get Right On It: Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis'! I'll be reading with other contributors.
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
Saturday, Nov 15th @ 7pm
People's Co-op Bookstore
1391 Commercial Dr, Vancouver
fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/ill-get...
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Next Sunday! Fun, inspiration, etc. Come join us!
Hey friends, our next reading is 3 weeks away! It will feature Betsy Warland (reading H.D.), Justyna Krol (reading Adam Zagajewski), Cabil Martinez (reading Jim-Wong Chu), and Kyle McKillop (reading Bill Knott).
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
It all happens November 16th, 3pm at Outisiders and Others. Save the date!
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Next Sunday! Fun, inspiration, etc. Come join us!
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www.kyerenregehr.ca/the-poetry-d...
FREE COMMUNITY POETRY EDITING SERVICE at Victoria's Winter Poetry Fair!
November 15th 12:30-3pm
Book in advance!
FREE COMMUNITY POETRY EDITING SERVICE at Victoria's Winter Poetry Fair!
November 15th 12:30-3pm
Book in advance!
November 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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FREE COMMUNITY POETRY EDITING SERVICE at Victoria's Winter Poetry Fair!
November 15th 12:30-3pm
Book in advance!
FREE COMMUNITY POETRY EDITING SERVICE at Victoria's Winter Poetry Fair!
November 15th 12:30-3pm
Book in advance!
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Writer Friends! I'm currently seeking new writing coaching and editing clients. I bring 20+ years of creative writing instruction experience and 10+ years as a creative writing coach and manuscript editor. Reasonable rates and flexible hours. coaching.neil-aitken.com #writing #writingcoach
November 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Writer Friends! I'm currently seeking new writing coaching and editing clients. I bring 20+ years of creative writing instruction experience and 10+ years as a creative writing coach and manuscript editor. Reasonable rates and flexible hours. coaching.neil-aitken.com #writing #writingcoach
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Susan Johnston of CKCU launched The Lit Room with an in-depth interview featuring Isabella Wang, author of November, November. “With grace and emotional precision, her poems invite us to dwell in loss, transformation, and the quiet resilience of the human voice.”
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Isabella Wang. November, November (Nightwood, 2025) - The Lit Room - 2025-11-04
In this first episode, Susan talks with Canadian poet Isabella Wang. An immigrant writer who came to Canada at the age of seven, Wang now lives and writes on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, S...
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November 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Susan Johnston of CKCU launched The Lit Room with an in-depth interview featuring Isabella Wang, author of November, November. “With grace and emotional precision, her poems invite us to dwell in loss, transformation, and the quiet resilience of the human voice.”
cod.ckcufm.com/programs/666...
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🏆 The WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is ...
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
November 6, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🏆 The WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is ...
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
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Congratulations to Karen Solie!
🏆 The WINNER of the 2025 Governor General's Literary Award for Poetry is ...
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
✨ WELLWATER by Karen Solie! ✨
🔗 Learn more about WELLWATER here: https://houseofanansi.com/products/wellwater #GGBooks #GGBooks2025
November 6, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Congratulations to Karen Solie!
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"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
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VICTORIA'S WINTER POETRY FAIR
Saturday, November 15, 12:30–5:00 pm at Open Space (510 Fort St, 2nd floor; accessible lift) Free to everyone!
A relaxed afternoon of poetry and book gifting, curated by Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Kyeren Regehr.
MORE INFORMATION:
www.kyerenregehr.ca/poetlaureate...
Saturday, November 15, 12:30–5:00 pm at Open Space (510 Fort St, 2nd floor; accessible lift) Free to everyone!
A relaxed afternoon of poetry and book gifting, curated by Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Kyeren Regehr.
MORE INFORMATION:
www.kyerenregehr.ca/poetlaureate...
October 31, 2025 at 1:20 AM
VICTORIA'S WINTER POETRY FAIR
Saturday, November 15, 12:30–5:00 pm at Open Space (510 Fort St, 2nd floor; accessible lift) Free to everyone!
A relaxed afternoon of poetry and book gifting, curated by Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Kyeren Regehr.
MORE INFORMATION:
www.kyerenregehr.ca/poetlaureate...
Saturday, November 15, 12:30–5:00 pm at Open Space (510 Fort St, 2nd floor; accessible lift) Free to everyone!
A relaxed afternoon of poetry and book gifting, curated by Victoria’s Poet Laureate, Kyeren Regehr.
MORE INFORMATION:
www.kyerenregehr.ca/poetlaureate...
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NOVEMBER 15th 2025
3:30Pm to 5:00pm
SAY IT read by Jan Zwicky
with GARTH Martens, followed by a conversation with TIM LILBURN
OPEN SPACE ARTS SOCIETY: 510 Fort St, 2nd floor (wheel-chair accessible lift)
More info:http://planetearthpoetry.com/specialeventzwickyandlilburn
3:30Pm to 5:00pm
SAY IT read by Jan Zwicky
with GARTH Martens, followed by a conversation with TIM LILBURN
OPEN SPACE ARTS SOCIETY: 510 Fort St, 2nd floor (wheel-chair accessible lift)
More info:http://planetearthpoetry.com/specialeventzwickyandlilburn
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
NOVEMBER 15th 2025
3:30Pm to 5:00pm
SAY IT read by Jan Zwicky
with GARTH Martens, followed by a conversation with TIM LILBURN
OPEN SPACE ARTS SOCIETY: 510 Fort St, 2nd floor (wheel-chair accessible lift)
More info:http://planetearthpoetry.com/specialeventzwickyandlilburn
3:30Pm to 5:00pm
SAY IT read by Jan Zwicky
with GARTH Martens, followed by a conversation with TIM LILBURN
OPEN SPACE ARTS SOCIETY: 510 Fort St, 2nd floor (wheel-chair accessible lift)
More info:http://planetearthpoetry.com/specialeventzwickyandlilburn
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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Nick Thran (Existing Music) and Joseph Dandurand (I Would Like to Say Thank You) will present readings and workshops at the Fraser Valley Writers Festival in Abbotsford! Check out the festival website for event schedules.
October 30, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Nick Thran (Existing Music) and Joseph Dandurand (I Would Like to Say Thank You) will present readings and workshops at the Fraser Valley Writers Festival in Abbotsford! Check out the festival website for event schedules.
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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.
Thank you to EVENT @eventmags.bsky.social and @raoulfernandes.bsky.social for featuring one the poems in my new book on your blog!! So excited to read 54/2 @allegorically.bsky.social and more!
Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/poet...
Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/poet...
Poetry: "Steve and I travel to Calgary" by Christina Shah - EVENT
Read an excerpt from Zilla Jones' short story, "Cut Off." Originally published in EVENT issue 53/3.
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October 29, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Thank you to EVENT @eventmags.bsky.social and @raoulfernandes.bsky.social for featuring one the poems in my new book on your blog!! So excited to read 54/2 @allegorically.bsky.social and more!
Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/poet...
Read 'Steve and I travel to Calgary' here:
www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/10/poet...
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Well, well.
Karen Solie wins the 2025 Forward Prize for Wellwater. 🎉
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Karen Solie wins the 2025 Forward Prize for Wellwater. 🎉
forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
October 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Well, well.
Karen Solie wins the 2025 Forward Prize for Wellwater. 🎉
forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
Karen Solie wins the 2025 Forward Prize for Wellwater. 🎉
forwardartsfoundation.org/forward-priz...
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Christina Shah channels her experiences working in a male-dominated field into her new poetry collection, if: prey, then: huntress. Read her full interview with BC BookLook.
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Sparkling under steel toes - BC Booklook
Poet Christina Shah merges industrial grit with lyrical insight in if: prey, then: huntress exploring work, history and the beauty in labour.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Christina Shah channels her experiences working in a male-dominated field into her new poetry collection, if: prey, then: huntress. Read her full interview with BC BookLook.
bcbooklook.com/sparkling-un...
bcbooklook.com/sparkling-un...
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Check out Marguerite Pigeon’s reviews of November, November by Isabella Wang, and I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand, now on The BC Review.
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
thebcreview.ca/2025/10/26/2...
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
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Marguerite Pigeon reviews I Would Like To Say Thank You, by Joseph
Marguerite Pigeon reviewsI Would Like To Say Thank You, by Joseph Dandurand (Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2025) $19.95 / 9780889714908 and November, November, by Isabella Wang (Madeira Park:
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October 26, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Check out Marguerite Pigeon’s reviews of November, November by Isabella Wang, and I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand, now on The BC Review.
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
thebcreview.ca/2025/10/26/2...
#BCPoetry #JosephDandurand #IsabellaWang
thebcreview.ca/2025/10/26/2...
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This is an excellent conversation! Great interviewer, great interviewee.
In this seventh episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Yvonne Blomer—poet, editor, and the fourth Poet Laureate of Victoria. @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social
This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books! Independently owned and operated by women of the Bolen family since 1975.
This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books! Independently owned and operated by women of the Bolen family since 1975.
October 22, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This is an excellent conversation! Great interviewer, great interviewee.