Ariel Gordon
@ariel-gordon.bsky.social
Winnipeg/Treaty 1-based writer, editor & enthusiast. Recently - Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest w/W&W. Now - Blood Letters w/GPP. WiR at Winnipeg Public Library.
So last Friday puzzle-setter (puzzler? riddler?) Derek Bowman used my book Fungal in his crossword, which appeared in the Free Press. Which basically means: I’m a crossword!l
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So last Friday puzzle-setter (puzzler? riddler?) Derek Bowman used my book Fungal in his crossword, which appeared in the Free Press. Which basically means: I’m a crossword!l
Went to visit my latest book, Blood Letters, at @mcnallyrobinson.com ’s in the YA graphic novel section. Why hello, little weird book! @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Went to visit my latest book, Blood Letters, at @mcnallyrobinson.com ’s in the YA graphic novel section. Why hello, little weird book! @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social
So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.
Frozen walking-to-the-bus-stop crabapples. So, tell me, what are you going to make this week?
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Frozen walking-to-the-bus-stop crabapples. So, tell me, what are you going to make this week?
Happy Halloween, dollface! (This is an oldie, circa 2023, but a goodie…)
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy Halloween, dollface! (This is an oldie, circa 2023, but a goodie…)
I’m grateful for this re-anthologizing, even if the poem Joanne selected for me is ANCIENT.
1/27... Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: Best Canadian Stories 2026 (selected by Zsuzsi Gartner) and Poetry (Mary Dalton), both @biblioasis.bsky.social - and a thread of writing online by some of the folks in these anthologies (although mostly not the pieces in the anthologies). #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky
October 30, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I’m grateful for this re-anthologizing, even if the poem Joanne selected for me is ANCIENT.
You don’t get to be on McNally’s bestseller table very often, so I try to enjoy it… @greatplainspress.bsky.social @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You don’t get to be on McNally’s bestseller table very often, so I try to enjoy it… @greatplainspress.bsky.social @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com
So it was an honour to host the launch of Duncan Mercredi’s 7th poetry collection this afternoon at McNally’s. Poetry forever! @mcnallyrobinson.com @atbaypress.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So it was an honour to host the launch of Duncan Mercredi’s 7th poetry collection this afternoon at McNally’s. Poetry forever! @mcnallyrobinson.com @atbaypress.bsky.social
So I spent the morning at Winnipeg Comic Con with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social, chatting with people and looking at things. And, of course, I bought poetry at a comic con. Next: Duncan Mercredi’s launch (@atbaypress.bsky.social)
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So I spent the morning at Winnipeg Comic Con with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social, chatting with people and looking at things. And, of course, I bought poetry at a comic con. Next: Duncan Mercredi’s launch (@atbaypress.bsky.social)
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
So yesterday I facilitated my first WPL WiR workshop, a nature-focused workshop in the trees surrounding the Windsor Park Library. We wound up ranging from the Windsor Park precinct over to the Bonivital Pool next door, which was closed for renovation. And it was a gorgeous day…
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So yesterday I facilitated my first WPL WiR workshop, a nature-focused workshop in the trees surrounding the Windsor Park Library. We wound up ranging from the Windsor Park precinct over to the Bonivital Pool next door, which was closed for renovation. And it was a gorgeous day…
Robot mixtape!!
In BLOOD LETTERS (@greatplainspress.bsky.social), co-authors @ariel-gordon.bsky.social & @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social tell the story of siblings separated by flesh-eating fog & mechanical monsters.
Tune into the #mixtape inspired by their oddly hopeful dystopian story: alllitup.ca/mixtape-bloo...
Tune into the #mixtape inspired by their oddly hopeful dystopian story: alllitup.ca/mixtape-bloo...
October 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Robot mixtape!!
Yay! Thanks everyone! (And would you looooook at all the Manitoban & CDN writers on this list…) @mcnallyrobinson.com @greatplainspress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Yay! Thanks everyone! (And would you looooook at all the Manitoban & CDN writers on this list…) @mcnallyrobinson.com @greatplainspress.bsky.social
I’ll be at Winnipeg Comic Con on Sunday morning, sitting at @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social’s booth, signing copies of Blood Letters! Come visit! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @winnipegcomiccon.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I’ll be at Winnipeg Comic Con on Sunday morning, sitting at @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social’s booth, signing copies of Blood Letters! Come visit! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @winnipegcomiccon.bsky.social
Looking forward!
This Sunday October 26 at 2pm, join Duncan Mercredi for the rescheduled launch of his poetry collection Only the Scent of You Remained. Hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and co-presented by Plume Winnipeg. - mailchi.mp/grant/duncan... @atbaypress.bsky.social
Duncan Mercredi to launch his new poetry collection
Join Duncan Mercredi for the rescheduled launch of his new poetry collection, Only the Scent of You Remained (At Bay Press). Co-presented by Plume Winnipeg.
mailchi.mp
October 22, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Looking forward!
There are a few spots left in this Saturday’s FREE urban nature creative writing workshop! Sign up/help me get the word out! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social @atbaypress.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There are a few spots left in this Saturday’s FREE urban nature creative writing workshop! Sign up/help me get the word out! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social @atbaypress.bsky.social
So today I was heckled by the RRC Polytech Heritage Group in the middle of my presentation about mushrooms and foraging. They were not fun guys…
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So today I was heckled by the RRC Polytech Heritage Group in the middle of my presentation about mushrooms and foraging. They were not fun guys…
The launch should be great fun!
This Friday October 17 at 7pm, join @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social for the launch of their collaborative book, Blood Letters, hosted by @susiewrites.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/gordon... @greatplainspress.bsky.social
Ariel Gordon & GMB Chomichuk to launch Blood Letters
Ariel Gordon and GMB Chomichuk celebrate the launch of their collaborative book, Blood Letters, hosted by Susie Moloney.
mailchi.mp
October 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The launch should be great fun!
Spotted at @mcnallyrobinson.com! I’m looking forward to launching this book with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social and @greatplainspress.bsky.social!
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Spotted at @mcnallyrobinson.com! I’m looking forward to launching this book with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social and @greatplainspress.bsky.social!
So last night I hosted the launch of Melanie Dennis Unrau’s visual poetry text Goose, which culminated with me asking the audience to HONK at her instead of applauding. @mcnallyrobinson.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So last night I hosted the launch of Melanie Dennis Unrau’s visual poetry text Goose, which culminated with me asking the audience to HONK at her instead of applauding. @mcnallyrobinson.com
So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
The launch for Blood Letters is TEN DAYS away, friends. It would be great to see you October 17 at @mcnallyrobinson.com! @greatplainspress.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The launch for Blood Letters is TEN DAYS away, friends. It would be great to see you October 17 at @mcnallyrobinson.com! @greatplainspress.bsky.social
Look what I found on the book sale shelf at the Millennium Library for seventy-five cents - Priscilla Uppal’s memoir Projection: encounters with my runaway mother.
October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Look what I found on the book sale shelf at the Millennium Library for seventy-five cents - Priscilla Uppal’s memoir Projection: encounters with my runaway mother.
Oh I’m looking forward to this!
Some big writing news: my debut novel, VENUE 13, will be published by Ravenstone in 2026!
Read the official announcement here: www.turnstonepress.com/news/in-the-...
Read the official announcement here: www.turnstonepress.com/news/in-the-...
October 3, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Oh I’m looking forward to this!
Reposted by Ariel Gordon
Issue 4.3 is here! Featuring poems & photographs by 18 poets, 3 pinhole photographers & 4 new members of our Chapbook Love Letter Club; we’re so excited to see all this creative work out in the world. Please read & share!
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
October 3, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Issue 4.3 is here! Featuring poems & photographs by 18 poets, 3 pinhole photographers & 4 new members of our Chapbook Love Letter Club; we’re so excited to see all this creative work out in the world. Please read & share!
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/
My next reads! First up is @kimfahner.bsky.social’s latest, The Pollination Field (w/Turnstone Press). I don’t know how to say it except: Kim is the best - so thoughtful and generous, thinking and feeling - and I can’t wait to spend some time with this bee-book!
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My next reads! First up is @kimfahner.bsky.social’s latest, The Pollination Field (w/Turnstone Press). I don’t know how to say it except: Kim is the best - so thoughtful and generous, thinking and feeling - and I can’t wait to spend some time with this bee-book!