Christina Wells
@cgwells.bsky.social
Poet, writer of fiction, musician, educator, mother of 3 — sometimes makes linocuts. Aims to someday live in a cabin with a woodstove, somewhere near a small, babbling brook.
Anne Carson on handwriting, on the inside and outside of things, on claiming home.
Anne Carson · Beware the man whose handwriting sways like a reed in the wind
This is an essay about hands and handwriting. I think of handwriting as a way to organise thought into shapes. I like...
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September 16, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Anne Carson on handwriting, on the inside and outside of things, on claiming home.
I have a new poem up on NewPoetry today. I wrote "The Aside" for a dear friend.
Thanks, George! (@bookninja.bsky.social)
Thanks, George! (@bookninja.bsky.social)
September 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I have a new poem up on NewPoetry today. I wrote "The Aside" for a dear friend.
Thanks, George! (@bookninja.bsky.social)
Thanks, George! (@bookninja.bsky.social)
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Please join us for the launch of issue 10 of Paragon!
Monday, April 28th at 7pm at Peter Easton Pub.
Get ready for a fabulous night of readings from contributors to the new issue. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates!
This event is FREE to attend!
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Monday, April 28th at 7pm at Peter Easton Pub.
Get ready for a fabulous night of readings from contributors to the new issue. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates!
This event is FREE to attend!
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April 13, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Please join us for the launch of issue 10 of Paragon!
Monday, April 28th at 7pm at Peter Easton Pub.
Get ready for a fabulous night of readings from contributors to the new issue. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates!
This event is FREE to attend!
www.facebook.com/share/1C55wM...
Monday, April 28th at 7pm at Peter Easton Pub.
Get ready for a fabulous night of readings from contributors to the new issue. Mark your calendars and stay tuned for updates!
This event is FREE to attend!
www.facebook.com/share/1C55wM...
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COVER REVEAL!
We’re so excited to feature visual art by Violet Drake in our latest issue.
Don’t miss our Paragon issue 10 launch party at 7pm on April 28th at Peter Easton Pub (the day after Sparks)!
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We’re so excited to feature visual art by Violet Drake in our latest issue.
Don’t miss our Paragon issue 10 launch party at 7pm on April 28th at Peter Easton Pub (the day after Sparks)!
@memorialu.bsky.social
April 13, 2025 at 3:44 PM
COVER REVEAL!
We’re so excited to feature visual art by Violet Drake in our latest issue.
Don’t miss our Paragon issue 10 launch party at 7pm on April 28th at Peter Easton Pub (the day after Sparks)!
@memorialu.bsky.social
We’re so excited to feature visual art by Violet Drake in our latest issue.
Don’t miss our Paragon issue 10 launch party at 7pm on April 28th at Peter Easton Pub (the day after Sparks)!
@memorialu.bsky.social
Have a listen to myself, @jessnolastname.bsky.social, Chris Peters, Marjory Doyle, and Joan Sullivan havin’ a gab with Adam Walsh on CBC’s The Signal — about our NF essays that came out in the spring issue of The Newfoundland Quarterly TODAY 🫶 ➡️ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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April 2, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Have a listen to myself, @jessnolastname.bsky.social, Chris Peters, Marjory Doyle, and Joan Sullivan havin’ a gab with Adam Walsh on CBC’s The Signal — about our NF essays that came out in the spring issue of The Newfoundland Quarterly TODAY 🫶 ➡️ www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Thrilled to have my creative essay, “The Third Line of my Haiku” find a home in The Newfoundland Quarterly. It’s an essay that’s near and dear to my heart. Thanks to The NQ and @writersnl.bsky.social for the opportunity! And congrats to the other winners, Chris and Jess!
WritersNL & NQ are thrilled to announce the winners of our first Creative Non-fiction Writing Contest!
🏆 The Third Line of My Haiku – Christina Wells @cgwells.bsky.social
🥈 Outside Into the World – Chris Peters
🥉 A House Downtown – Jess Richardson
For more info: writersnl.ca/winner-annou...
🏆 The Third Line of My Haiku – Christina Wells @cgwells.bsky.social
🥈 Outside Into the World – Chris Peters
🥉 A House Downtown – Jess Richardson
For more info: writersnl.ca/winner-annou...
March 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Thrilled to have my creative essay, “The Third Line of my Haiku” find a home in The Newfoundland Quarterly. It’s an essay that’s near and dear to my heart. Thanks to The NQ and @writersnl.bsky.social for the opportunity! And congrats to the other winners, Chris and Jess!
So pleased to be shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s poetry contest!
The Fiddlehead is pleased to announce the finalists of our 2024 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Contest, judged by D. M. Bradford, Colleen Coco Collins, and Meghan Kemp-Gee! Thank you to all who entered, and congratulations to the following fifteen finalists!
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March 27, 2025 at 5:58 PM
So pleased to be shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s poetry contest!
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substack.com/@northseapoe... I wrote about a little brush with generative AI. NorthSeaPoets Substack.
Encounters with AI
Kathleen Jamie reflects on a recent poetry performance
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March 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
substack.com/@northseapoe... I wrote about a little brush with generative AI. NorthSeaPoets Substack.
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Interested in a writing and art retreat in Ochre Pit Cove, Newfoundland? Art therapist Katrina Grabner and I are facilitating one there from May 23rd to 26th! Check out the form for details ✨
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Listen Eco-Arts Retreat In Newfoundland, 2025: Application Form
“Being creative is not so much the desire to do something as the listening to that which wants to be done.” -Ani Alber
Join art therapist Katrina Grabner and poet Christina Wells for 3 days of slowing...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Interested in a writing and art retreat in Ochre Pit Cove, Newfoundland? Art therapist Katrina Grabner and I are facilitating one there from May 23rd to 26th! Check out the form for details ✨
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When they show you who they are, believe them. Christians against Christ.
![Ben Garrett
@tompawnbadil
Do not commit the sin of empathy.
This snake is God’s enemy and yours too. She hates God and His people. You need to properly hate in response.
She is not merely deceived but is a deceiver. Your eye shall not pity. [with picture of the Episcopal Bishop of the National Cathedral--the one who spoke to Trump and Co. about kindness, thereby upsetting Maga very much]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ya7gfadgypyypiva5pboi6mi/bafkreicfh6z473xbz7djd7tozbxyfyc4aozf6zi6t33hqppumwupz6ke24@jpeg)
January 24, 2025 at 5:16 PM
When they show you who they are, believe them. Christians against Christ.
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Tuesday poem #615 : Maria Hardin : Devotion IV
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Tuesday poem #615 : Maria Hardin : Devotion IV
be your own pony your own mother birth a world without fathers lose yourself in the holy ghost the cosmos is withdrawing but we just...
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January 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Tuesday poem #615 : Maria Hardin : Devotion IV
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Proud to have my poem, "Four-Chambered Heart" published in issue 172 of @thenewquarterly.bsky.social. The poem, written after a friend's first ultrasound, received honorary mention in the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse contest. Thanks, TNQ!
Our fall issue is now live on our website and available for purchase! Discover astonishing short fiction, essays, and poetry, featuring pieces by our annual contest winners🎉
Please note that there may be delays receiving our physical copies due to the ongoing Canada Post strike.
Please note that there may be delays receiving our physical copies due to the ongoing Canada Post strike.
January 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Proud to have my poem, "Four-Chambered Heart" published in issue 172 of @thenewquarterly.bsky.social. The poem, written after a friend's first ultrasound, received honorary mention in the Nick Blatchford Occasional Verse contest. Thanks, TNQ!
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Paperboats Zine is open for submissions.
Deadline for Issue 5 is 11.59pm GMT, 31 January 2025.
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Deadline for Issue 5 is 11.59pm GMT, 31 January 2025.
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December 27, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Paperboats Zine is open for submissions.
Deadline for Issue 5 is 11.59pm GMT, 31 January 2025.
paperboats.org
Deadline for Issue 5 is 11.59pm GMT, 31 January 2025.
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What better way to pass a long, cold evening than to curl up by the wood stove and listen to a ghost story?
You can find Tom Dawe’s audiobook of AN OLD MAN’S WINTER NIGHT on our website.
You can find Tom Dawe’s audiobook of AN OLD MAN’S WINTER NIGHT on our website.
January 13, 2025 at 10:04 PM
What better way to pass a long, cold evening than to curl up by the wood stove and listen to a ghost story?
You can find Tom Dawe’s audiobook of AN OLD MAN’S WINTER NIGHT on our website.
You can find Tom Dawe’s audiobook of AN OLD MAN’S WINTER NIGHT on our website.
Hello good people! ☀️
January 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Hello good people! ☀️