Margo LaPierre
@margolapierre.bsky.social
Freelance literary editor, poet, writer. UBC MFA fiction grad. Editor @ Arc Poetry Magazine. Mad & queer. 🏳️🌈She/her. White settler living in Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. i of vii collective. margolapierreeditor.com.
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ICYMI: Poets Guy Elston and Margo LaPierre are on the most recent episode of Sharon Israel’s Planet Poet show.
Tune in!
www.sharonisraelpoet.com/blog/guy-els...
#poetry #canlit
@margolapierre.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
Tune in!
www.sharonisraelpoet.com/blog/guy-els...
#poetry #canlit
@margolapierre.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 6:04 PM
ICYMI: Poets Guy Elston and Margo LaPierre are on the most recent episode of Sharon Israel’s Planet Poet show.
Tune in!
www.sharonisraelpoet.com/blog/guy-els...
#poetry #canlit
@margolapierre.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
Tune in!
www.sharonisraelpoet.com/blog/guy-els...
#poetry #canlit
@margolapierre.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
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TOMORROW NIGHT! @CIUT895FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong “Villain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodies” (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book “Ajar” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
February 2, 2026 at 10:25 PM
TOMORROW NIGHT! @CIUT895FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong “Villain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodies” (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book “Ajar” @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
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Gooooo @margolapierre.bsky.social! ✨❤️🤩🤩
the VERSeFEST volunteer appreciation reading! Margo LaPierre, Myriam Legault-Beauregard, Natalie Hanna + Daniel Groleau Landry! // @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @arpbooks.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 3:05 PM
Gooooo @margolapierre.bsky.social! ✨❤️🤩🤩
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“This novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. I’ve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.”
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
January 18, 2026 at 10:07 PM
“This novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. I’ve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.”
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
—Margo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...
guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
Tonight in Ottawa, 7-9 pm at the Bytown Museum
December 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Tonight in Ottawa, 7-9 pm at the Bytown Museum
Love this interview with Suzanne Craig-Whytock. We discuss my process in writing Ajar and why I wrote this book of bipolar poetry in the first place.
If you're my mom and want to skip ahead to my part, it's at 36:00. Go see the link in my profile to listen to the interview on my link.tree.
If you're my mom and want to skip ahead to my part, it's at 36:00. Go see the link in my profile to listen to the interview on my link.tree.
December 13, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Love this interview with Suzanne Craig-Whytock. We discuss my process in writing Ajar and why I wrote this book of bipolar poetry in the first place.
If you're my mom and want to skip ahead to my part, it's at 36:00. Go see the link in my profile to listen to the interview on my link.tree.
If you're my mom and want to skip ahead to my part, it's at 36:00. Go see the link in my profile to listen to the interview on my link.tree.
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The Peter F. Yacht Club annual regatta/christmas party/reading! / @amandaearl.bsky.social @francesboyle19.bsky.social @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social @conyerclayton.bsky.social @ajdolman.bsky.social ;
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The Peter F. Yacht Club annual regatta/christmas party/reading!
lovingly hosted by rob mclennan, The Peter F. Yacht Club annual regatta/christmas party/reading at Anina’s Café , 280 Joffre-Bélanger Way, O...
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December 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
The Peter F. Yacht Club annual regatta/christmas party/reading! / @amandaearl.bsky.social @francesboyle19.bsky.social @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social @conyerclayton.bsky.social @ajdolman.bsky.social ;
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9 December 2025: @guernicaeditions.bsky.social #Ottawa launch at Avant-garde Bar, 135 1é2 Besserer Street, Ottawa.
@margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @akessaris.bsky.social
@margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @akessaris.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
9 December 2025: @guernicaeditions.bsky.social #Ottawa launch at Avant-garde Bar, 135 1é2 Besserer Street, Ottawa.
@margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @akessaris.bsky.social
@margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @akessaris.bsky.social
I'm presenting a poetry webinar at noon this Saturday, November 15, with LCP’s Fall Poetry Intensive. It's about how to write poetry using the visual arts—more specifically, how to apply the elements and principles of design to our poetry.
Find out more or sign up at poets.ca/intensivefall2025.
Find out more or sign up at poets.ca/intensivefall2025.
November 15-16, 2025 (Zoom): Fall Poetry Intensive - League of Canadian Poets
The League of Canadian Poets is pleased to offer two-day online conference dedicated to exploring and improving the craft of poetry.
poets.ca
November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm presenting a poetry webinar at noon this Saturday, November 15, with LCP’s Fall Poetry Intensive. It's about how to write poetry using the visual arts—more specifically, how to apply the elements and principles of design to our poetry.
Find out more or sign up at poets.ca/intensivefall2025.
Find out more or sign up at poets.ca/intensivefall2025.
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✨Don't miss poet @margolapierre.bsky.social discuss her new collection AJAR with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social 🙏🤩
"“We can return to the poem, but we don’t live there.”
We chat with @margolapierre.bsky.social about her new book AJAR (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social), a collection exploring the intersections of womanhood, bipolar psychosis, and gendered trauma.
alllitup.ca/we-can-retur...
We chat with @margolapierre.bsky.social about her new book AJAR (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social), a collection exploring the intersections of womanhood, bipolar psychosis, and gendered trauma.
alllitup.ca/we-can-retur...
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
✨Don't miss poet @margolapierre.bsky.social discuss her new collection AJAR with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social 🙏🤩
Thanks @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for this interview!
"“We can return to the poem, but we don’t live there.”
We chat with @margolapierre.bsky.social about her new book AJAR (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social), a collection exploring the intersections of womanhood, bipolar psychosis, and gendered trauma.
alllitup.ca/we-can-retur...
We chat with @margolapierre.bsky.social about her new book AJAR (@guernicaeditions.bsky.social), a collection exploring the intersections of womanhood, bipolar psychosis, and gendered trauma.
alllitup.ca/we-can-retur...
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thanks @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for this interview!
Montreal, are you free this Thursday?
Tamara Jong and I are launching at Argo Bookshop at 7 p.m. November 6.
Tamara's memoir Worldly Girls was CBC's top pick for nonfiction this fall, so don't miss out!
Register for this free event here: www.ticketsource.com/argo-bookshop.
Tamara Jong and I are launching at Argo Bookshop at 7 p.m. November 6.
Tamara's memoir Worldly Girls was CBC's top pick for nonfiction this fall, so don't miss out!
Register for this free event here: www.ticketsource.com/argo-bookshop.
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Montreal, are you free this Thursday?
Tamara Jong and I are launching at Argo Bookshop at 7 p.m. November 6.
Tamara's memoir Worldly Girls was CBC's top pick for nonfiction this fall, so don't miss out!
Register for this free event here: www.ticketsource.com/argo-bookshop.
Tamara Jong and I are launching at Argo Bookshop at 7 p.m. November 6.
Tamara's memoir Worldly Girls was CBC's top pick for nonfiction this fall, so don't miss out!
Register for this free event here: www.ticketsource.com/argo-bookshop.
Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts & The Writers’ Union of Canada for the National Public Readings program funding.
See you Ottawa poetry folks tonight! At our spookiest!
See you Ottawa poetry folks tonight! At our spookiest!
If you're in Ottawa and looking for something to do this Halloween, come to the Happy Goat, 35 Laurel Street. I'll be reading with the excellent Jason Purcell and Margo LaPierre.
@margolapierre.bsky.social @jasonvpurcell.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
@margolapierre.bsky.social @jasonvpurcell.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts & The Writers’ Union of Canada for the National Public Readings program funding.
See you Ottawa poetry folks tonight! At our spookiest!
See you Ottawa poetry folks tonight! At our spookiest!
Thank you for shining the spotlight & sitting w my poems, rob!
a mid-week ringette practice for small one (skipping guides tonight because of it), so an opportunity to sit with Margo LaPierre’s Ajar, // @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
Thank you for shining the spotlight & sitting w my poems, rob!
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One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!
✨ Augur Editor update ✨
The application deadline has been extended to SEPT 26th! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to apply!
The application deadline has been extended to SEPT 26th! 🚨
Don’t miss your chance to apply!
Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!
DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️
🔗in bio!
September 26, 2025 at 12:19 AM
One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!
Tour dates!
If anyone has suggestions for reading series in Canada (or virtual) I can ask if they'd like to have me to read from Ajar and/or talk about editing poetry, I'd love to hear them.
Next up:
Oct 3 👻 Gatineau: Nuit Blanche
Oct 14 👻 Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 31 👻Ottawa
If anyone has suggestions for reading series in Canada (or virtual) I can ask if they'd like to have me to read from Ajar and/or talk about editing poetry, I'd love to hear them.
Next up:
Oct 3 👻 Gatineau: Nuit Blanche
Oct 14 👻 Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 31 👻Ottawa
September 21, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Tour dates!
If anyone has suggestions for reading series in Canada (or virtual) I can ask if they'd like to have me to read from Ajar and/or talk about editing poetry, I'd love to hear them.
Next up:
Oct 3 👻 Gatineau: Nuit Blanche
Oct 14 👻 Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 31 👻Ottawa
If anyone has suggestions for reading series in Canada (or virtual) I can ask if they'd like to have me to read from Ajar and/or talk about editing poetry, I'd love to hear them.
Next up:
Oct 3 👻 Gatineau: Nuit Blanche
Oct 14 👻 Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 31 👻Ottawa
Ajar is finally in print, and I wanted to do an unboxing video that would reflect my life in its fullness at the moment.
Postpartum proofreading,
dog walks & doctor’s visits,
precious conversations,
late nights,
diaper changes,
a little alone time,
a lot of family time,
and exciting mail.
Postpartum proofreading,
dog walks & doctor’s visits,
precious conversations,
late nights,
diaper changes,
a little alone time,
a lot of family time,
and exciting mail.
September 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ajar is finally in print, and I wanted to do an unboxing video that would reflect my life in its fullness at the moment.
Postpartum proofreading,
dog walks & doctor’s visits,
precious conversations,
late nights,
diaper changes,
a little alone time,
a lot of family time,
and exciting mail.
Postpartum proofreading,
dog walks & doctor’s visits,
precious conversations,
late nights,
diaper changes,
a little alone time,
a lot of family time,
and exciting mail.
“A devotion to poetry is a way to make friends, while devotion to specificity is a way to make poems.”
Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for the chance to share some of my thoughts on poetry ✨
Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for the chance to share some of my thoughts on poetry ✨
Spotlight series #110 : Margo LaPierre / @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #110 : Margo LaPierre
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
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June 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
“A devotion to poetry is a way to make friends, while devotion to specificity is a way to make poems.”
Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for the chance to share some of my thoughts on poetry ✨
Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for the chance to share some of my thoughts on poetry ✨
Tune in tonight at 10 pm EST / 7 pm PST ✨
TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm Hollay Ghadery talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social about “In Violet” (Anstruther Press) & upcoming “Ajar” (Guernica Editions). Also on the show Alex Gurtis “When The Ocean Comes To Me” (Bottlecap Press) TUNE IN TONIGHT! #NationalPoetryMonth
April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Tune in tonight at 10 pm EST / 7 pm PST ✨
I strongly suspect that god/God is a category error for reality.
April 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I strongly suspect that god/God is a category error for reality.
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""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social
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Teeth, Guts, and Growths: A Review of Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn
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April 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social
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This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell
So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing.
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April 1, 2025 at 3:51 AM
This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell
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Banff Centre's 25/26 Lit Arts offerings: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS (w/ Madden, Som, Hart), DEEP WINTER WRITERS (w/ Pester, Hussain, Victor), SPRING WRITERS (w/ Robinson, Sealey, Ravinthiran), EARLY CAREER YA & CHILDREN"S BOOKS (w/ Scott, Boteju, Ferguson) & more!!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
November 15, 2024 at 2:37 AM
Banff Centre's 25/26 Lit Arts offerings: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS (w/ Madden, Som, Hart), DEEP WINTER WRITERS (w/ Pester, Hussain, Victor), SPRING WRITERS (w/ Robinson, Sealey, Ravinthiran), EARLY CAREER YA & CHILDREN"S BOOKS (w/ Scott, Boteju, Ferguson) & more!!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
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Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
November 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
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Okay, I have done it! I have made a Canadian BIPOC Poets Starter Pack. I'm definitely missing folks, so feel free to share! ✨️🌻
go.bsky.app/Jugnv9d
go.bsky.app/Jugnv9d
November 10, 2024 at 4:17 PM
Okay, I have done it! I have made a Canadian BIPOC Poets Starter Pack. I'm definitely missing folks, so feel free to share! ✨️🌻
go.bsky.app/Jugnv9d
go.bsky.app/Jugnv9d