Katherine J Barrett
@kathj.bsky.social
Writer-editor chick in rural Nova Scotia / Mi'kma'ki.
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The Wild Talk #chapbook is coming! A year of conversations with Beach Pea, Hackmatack & many other characters. Copies available at the Lunenburg Art Gallery Torn Edges show Dec 2-7 & wildflowerpress@proton.me #nativeplants #naturewriting #micropress #linocuts #novascotia @vanessamckiel.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Wild Talk #chapbook is coming! A year of conversations with Beach Pea, Hackmatack & many other characters. Copies available at the Lunenburg Art Gallery Torn Edges show Dec 2-7 & wildflowerpress@proton.me #nativeplants #naturewriting #micropress #linocuts #novascotia @vanessamckiel.bsky.social
A plant that crackles and pops! Jewelweed was our latest interviewee in the Wild Talk outdoor studio. With an original print by the marvellous @vanessa_mckiel
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@lunenburgbarnacle #nativeplants #jewelweed #fallcolours #naturewriting
www.thebarnacle.ca/seven-questi...
@lunenburgbarnacle #nativeplants #jewelweed #fallcolours #naturewriting
October 17, 2025 at 12:48 PM
A plant that crackles and pops! Jewelweed was our latest interviewee in the Wild Talk outdoor studio. With an original print by the marvellous @vanessa_mckiel
www.thebarnacle.ca/seven-questi...
@lunenburgbarnacle #nativeplants #jewelweed #fallcolours #naturewriting
www.thebarnacle.ca/seven-questi...
@lunenburgbarnacle #nativeplants #jewelweed #fallcolours #naturewriting
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Pulled from the rubble in Gaza and southern Lebanon, two boys are rebuilding their lives together.
Orphaned by Israel, two child amputees find each other in Lebanon
Pulled from the rubble in Gaza and southern Lebanon, two boys are rebuilding their lives together.
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October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Pulled from the rubble in Gaza and southern Lebanon, two boys are rebuilding their lives together.
Armadillidiidae says, "Absolutely." Poems too. www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...
October 4, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Armadillidiidae says, "Absolutely." Poems too. www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...
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Israel's army issues 'final warning' for hundreds of thousands of people to flee main urban centre as attacks escalate.
Israel’s navy seizes last flotilla boat as army levels Gaza City
Israel's army issues 'final warning' for hundreds of thousands of people to flee main urban centre as attacks escalate.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Israel's army issues 'final warning' for hundreds of thousands of people to flee main urban centre as attacks escalate.
Thank you @thefourthriver for publishing "Armadillidiidae," a little voice from under your potted fern!
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#naturewriting #naturepoetry #crustacean
www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...
#naturewriting #naturepoetry #crustacean
Armadillidiidae — The Fourth River
but you can call me pill bug / sow bug / cellar bug / even though I’m not a bug / but a perfect circle / from the sea…”
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October 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Thank you @thefourthriver for publishing "Armadillidiidae," a little voice from under your potted fern!
www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...
#naturewriting #naturepoetry #crustacean
www.thefourthriver.com/tributaries-...
#naturewriting #naturepoetry #crustacean
It has been almost a full cycle of Wild Talk. And we have a real *treasure* of a plant coming up in Oct! With original linocuts from the inimitable @vanessa_mckiel. @lunenburgbarnacle www.thebarnacle.ca/tag/wild-talk/
#naturewriting #nativeplants #naturalizedplants #ediblewildplants #weedsnotlawns
#naturewriting #nativeplants #naturalizedplants #ediblewildplants #weedsnotlawns
September 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
It has been almost a full cycle of Wild Talk. And we have a real *treasure* of a plant coming up in Oct! With original linocuts from the inimitable @vanessa_mckiel. @lunenburgbarnacle www.thebarnacle.ca/tag/wild-talk/
#naturewriting #nativeplants #naturalizedplants #ediblewildplants #weedsnotlawns
#naturewriting #nativeplants #naturalizedplants #ediblewildplants #weedsnotlawns
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"The Team Lead does, however, leave the rest of the meeting‐cookies on her desk. She’s unsure if this means her presentation went well."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Half by Katherine J Barrett (@kathj.bsky.social) (2025 @malahatreview.bsky.social)
#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Half by Katherine J Barrett (@kathj.bsky.social) (2025 @malahatreview.bsky.social)
The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international and contemporary works of poetry and…
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September 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
"The Team Lead does, however, leave the rest of the meeting‐cookies on her desk. She’s unsure if this means her presentation went well."
#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Half by Katherine J Barrett (@kathj.bsky.social) (2025 @malahatreview.bsky.social)
#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Half by Katherine J Barrett (@kathj.bsky.social) (2025 @malahatreview.bsky.social)
The latest Wild Talk features Wild Carrot (aka Queen Anne's Lace). With original linocut by the talented @vanessa_mckiel. @lunenburgbarnacle www.thebarnacle.ca/seven-questi...
September 12, 2025 at 1:01 PM
The latest Wild Talk features Wild Carrot (aka Queen Anne's Lace). With original linocut by the talented @vanessa_mckiel. @lunenburgbarnacle www.thebarnacle.ca/seven-questi...
Thanks so much to @canadianpoets for publishing the wee "coltsfoot" in Poetry Pause! poets.ca/coltsfoot-by...
"coltsfoot" by Katherine J Barrett - League of Canadian Poets
Poetry Pause is the League of Canadian Poets' daily poetry dispatch. Read "coltsfoot" by Katherine J Barrett.
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September 12, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Thanks so much to @canadianpoets for publishing the wee "coltsfoot" in Poetry Pause! poets.ca/coltsfoot-by...
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Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.
More than 250 media outlets protest over Israel murdering Gaza journalists
Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.
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September 1, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Media outlets have staged a front page protest to highlight the killings of more than 200 journalists in 22 months.
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We need your voice now to support arts and culture in Canada!
Please send a letter through our campaign. We need all who care about culture - business leaders, students, artists, audiences, everyone - to submit a letter before Sept 15. canadianartscoalition.com/campaign-for-culture-2025/
Please send a letter through our campaign. We need all who care about culture - business leaders, students, artists, audiences, everyone - to submit a letter before Sept 15. canadianartscoalition.com/campaign-for-culture-2025/
August 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
We need your voice now to support arts and culture in Canada!
Please send a letter through our campaign. We need all who care about culture - business leaders, students, artists, audiences, everyone - to submit a letter before Sept 15. canadianartscoalition.com/campaign-for-culture-2025/
Please send a letter through our campaign. We need all who care about culture - business leaders, students, artists, audiences, everyone - to submit a letter before Sept 15. canadianartscoalition.com/campaign-for-culture-2025/
Thank you @malahatreview.bsky.social and Courtney Bill for the interview about my short story "Half." #litmags #fiction
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August 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Thank you @malahatreview.bsky.social and Courtney Bill for the interview about my short story "Half." #litmags #fiction
malahatreview.ca/interviews/b...
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BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says that five Palestinians, including two children, have died due to malnutrition in the past 24 hours.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wwmxfl
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August 18, 2025 at 9:06 AM
BREAKING: Gaza's Health Ministry says that five Palestinians, including two children, have died due to malnutrition in the past 24 hours.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wwmxfl
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/wwmxfl
Thanks to everyone who pushed back. Yes, we need to "talk about AI." And more: we to talk about the corporations, the real people, who are creating AI & deciding how it works. AI did not just appear like a meteor. It is a *product.* So, no, hosting AI authors at lit festivals is not the way forward.
August 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Thanks to everyone who pushed back. Yes, we need to "talk about AI." And more: we to talk about the corporations, the real people, who are creating AI & deciding how it works. AI did not just appear like a meteor. It is a *product.* So, no, hosting AI authors at lit festivals is not the way forward.
The oh-so-August edition of Wild Talk. Five questions with Beach Pea. Illustrated by the incomparable @vanessa_mckiel. www.thebarnacle.ca/five-questio... @lunenburgbarnacle #localmedia #beachpea #nativeplants #novascotia #naturewriting
August 17, 2025 at 2:51 PM
The oh-so-August edition of Wild Talk. Five questions with Beach Pea. Illustrated by the incomparable @vanessa_mckiel. www.thebarnacle.ca/five-questio... @lunenburgbarnacle #localmedia #beachpea #nativeplants #novascotia #naturewriting
Microsoft: Most at risk from AI -- translators, historians, passenger attendants, sales reps, writers, customer service, machine tool programmers. Least at risk: phlebotomists, nursing assistants, hazardous material removal, *painters, and embalmers. [*not creative painters, of course] #noaiart
August 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Microsoft: Most at risk from AI -- translators, historians, passenger attendants, sales reps, writers, customer service, machine tool programmers. Least at risk: phlebotomists, nursing assistants, hazardous material removal, *painters, and embalmers. [*not creative painters, of course] #noaiart
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Post #2 highlighting results of our survey. #Litmags are a significant contribution to writing communities and the publishing industry in Canada. We estimate that litmags publish 3,000 to 4,000 authors/yr & pay $250,000 to $500,000 in contributor fees. See full report at litmags.ca
July 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Post #2 highlighting results of our survey. #Litmags are a significant contribution to writing communities and the publishing industry in Canada. We estimate that litmags publish 3,000 to 4,000 authors/yr & pay $250,000 to $500,000 in contributor fees. See full report at litmags.ca
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How do #litmags in Canada operate? How to they support writers & publishers? What challenges do they face? We asked these questions and more in our survey. Full results are here: litmags.ca/survey/. #publishing #literary #canada
July 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
How do #litmags in Canada operate? How to they support writers & publishers? What challenges do they face? We asked these questions and more in our survey. Full results are here: litmags.ca/survey/. #publishing #literary #canada
Thrilled to have a story in the latest issue of The Malahat Review! A big thanks to the whole TMR team. #fiction #litmags #shortstory
July 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thrilled to have a story in the latest issue of The Malahat Review! A big thanks to the whole TMR team. #fiction #litmags #shortstory
Ottawa folks! Catch The Couch at Avant-Garde tonight. www.instagram.com/thecouchband/
July 10, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Ottawa folks! Catch The Couch at Avant-Garde tonight. www.instagram.com/thecouchband/
The mysteries of the garden. Last year: no strawberries but a herd of haskaps. This year, no haskaps but a swarm of strawberries! #zone6b #permaculture #strawberries
June 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The mysteries of the garden. Last year: no strawberries but a herd of haskaps. This year, no haskaps but a swarm of strawberries! #zone6b #permaculture #strawberries