MW
@emdubbleu.bsky.social
Two-time Trillium award finalist for poetry. Books: “these are not the potatoes of my youth” in 2019 and “terrarium” in 2024.
mole trapped in human body. writing, reading, drawing, and Hybla.
mole trapped in human body. writing, reading, drawing, and Hybla.
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"I have started to understand time as a being friend, not a bully, to the blank page."
Nick Thran talks to us about writing and his new poetry collection EXISTING MUSIC (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social), which explores the "sad song."
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Nick Thran talks to us about writing and his new poetry collection EXISTING MUSIC (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social), which explores the "sad song."
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July 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
"I have started to understand time as a being friend, not a bully, to the blank page."
Nick Thran talks to us about writing and his new poetry collection EXISTING MUSIC (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social), which explores the "sad song."
alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
Nick Thran talks to us about writing and his new poetry collection EXISTING MUSIC (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social), which explores the "sad song."
alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
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Call for Submissions to Arc Poetry's Diana Brebner Prize / @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
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Call for Submissions to Arc Poetry's Diana Brebner Prize
Attention Ottawa writers who are unpublished in book form! Now's the time to get your submissions in to this year's Diana Brebner Prize. T...
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July 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Call for Submissions to Arc Poetry's Diana Brebner Prize / @arcpoetry.bsky.social ;
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Ooh! I see my chapbook in that group shot! First time! 😁
the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! August 7 at RedBird,
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the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! August 7 at RedBird,
celebrating THIRTY-TWO YEARS of continuous activity (and nearly fourteen hundred publications), Ottawa publisher above/ground press presents...
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July 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ooh! I see my chapbook in that group shot! First time! 😁
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Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : forty-sixth issue, / @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social ;
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Touch the Donkey : forty-sixth issue,
The forty-sixth issue is now available, with new poems by Kirstin Allio, Kemeny Babineau, Joseph Donato, Beatriz Hausner, Matthew Walsh, N...
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July 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] : forty-sixth issue, / @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social ;
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The July issue of Bywords.ca is now on line with poems by Fred Gardiner, Cara Goodwin, Nathan Hauch., Katie Munnick & Leonard St-Aubin. Poems for August due today 11:59pm. Info in Guidelines bywords.ca
Bywords: Poetry and Ottawa Literary Events
Bywords publishes poetry, a Calendar of Literary Events, and the Bywords Quarterly Journal. Its aims are to publish emerging and established poets who reside, study or work in Ottawa.
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July 15, 2025 at 3:15 PM
The July issue of Bywords.ca is now on line with poems by Fred Gardiner, Cara Goodwin, Nathan Hauch., Katie Munnick & Leonard St-Aubin. Poems for August due today 11:59pm. Info in Guidelines bywords.ca
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Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, / @brandyryan.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jordandavis.bsky.social ;
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Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins,
Anticipating the release next week of the forty-sixth issue of Touch the Donkey [a small poetry journal] , why not check out the interviews ...
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July 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Touch the Donkey : new interviews with Straumsvåg, ryan, Solomon, Lockhart, Dulin, Davis + Higgins, / @brandyryan.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @jordandavis.bsky.social ;
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"am I or am I not
the Steve Buscemi of Canadian poetry"
@unfamiliarweather.bsky.social reads from his new collection LOST SIGNAL (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social) for today's #poetryinmotion. Watch the reading here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
the Steve Buscemi of Canadian poetry"
@unfamiliarweather.bsky.social reads from his new collection LOST SIGNAL (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social) for today's #poetryinmotion. Watch the reading here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
July 10, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"am I or am I not
the Steve Buscemi of Canadian poetry"
@unfamiliarweather.bsky.social reads from his new collection LOST SIGNAL (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social) for today's #poetryinmotion. Watch the reading here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
the Steve Buscemi of Canadian poetry"
@unfamiliarweather.bsky.social reads from his new collection LOST SIGNAL (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social) for today's #poetryinmotion. Watch the reading here: alllitup.ca/poetry-in-mo...
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today is the thirty-second anniversary of above/ground press,
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today is the thirty-second anniversary of above/ground press,
happy 32nd anniversary to above/ground press! with nearly (so close) fourteen hundred publications to date! i've been making an absolute ton...
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July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
today is the thirty-second anniversary of above/ground press,
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Spotlight series #111 : Helen Robertson / @helendestroy.bsky.social ;
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Spotlight series #111 : Helen Robertson
Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Spotlight series #111 : Helen Robertson / @helendestroy.bsky.social ;
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Calling all Ottawa poets who are unpublished in book form! The Diana Brebner Prize is open for submissions. Enter 1–2 poems by September 4 with only a $35 entry, which includes a 1-year subscription to Arc. Judge: Jessica Bebenek. Don’t miss it! buff.ly/msaCC7i
June 30, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Calling all Ottawa poets who are unpublished in book form! The Diana Brebner Prize is open for submissions. Enter 1–2 poems by September 4 with only a $35 entry, which includes a 1-year subscription to Arc. Judge: Jessica Bebenek. Don’t miss it! buff.ly/msaCC7i
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"Luka Dončić" by Nick Thran, from his wonderful new collection Existing Music (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social).
June 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"Luka Dončić" by Nick Thran, from his wonderful new collection Existing Music (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social).
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Tyee senior editor @akkabah.bsky.social’s “Hearty” has been voted the #2 best local book by a qathet resident! 🤩🔖
Don’t miss @jackie-wong.bsky.social’s interview with the author on food and food systems. 🍨
Don’t miss @jackie-wong.bsky.social’s interview with the author on food and food systems. 🍨
‘We Need to Rethink What Healthy Means’ | The Tyee
In ‘Hearty,’ andrea bennett calls for a more inclusive, joyful approach to food and how we eat. A Tyee Q&A.
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July 7, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Tyee senior editor @akkabah.bsky.social’s “Hearty” has been voted the #2 best local book by a qathet resident! 🤩🔖
Don’t miss @jackie-wong.bsky.social’s interview with the author on food and food systems. 🍨
Don’t miss @jackie-wong.bsky.social’s interview with the author on food and food systems. 🍨
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New review @freefallmagazine.bsky.social of @hollay.bsky.social Rebellion Box by @kathrynMacDonald and @radiantpress.bsky.social : freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ho...
Review of Hollay Ghadery's "Rebellion Box" | FreeFall Magazine
By Kathryn MacDonald Rebellion Box by Hollay Ghadery Radiant Press (2023) Perhaps one shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, but the cover of Rebellion Box
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July 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
New review @freefallmagazine.bsky.social of @hollay.bsky.social Rebellion Box by @kathrynMacDonald and @radiantpress.bsky.social : freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ho...
She wanted plants to thrive, he wanted the world to cool down. They are the heroes.
Chris O’Donnell’s Robin made me gay. Uma Thurman’s Poison Ivy also made me gay? It revels in being a totally different vibe from the Burton movies. I adore the Marlene Dietrich entrance scene.
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June 23, 2025 at 12:53 AM
She wanted plants to thrive, he wanted the world to cool down. They are the heroes.
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Chris O’Donnell’s Robin made me gay. Uma Thurman’s Poison Ivy also made me gay? It revels in being a totally different vibe from the Burton movies. I adore the Marlene Dietrich entrance scene.
June 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Chris O’Donnell’s Robin made me gay. Uma Thurman’s Poison Ivy also made me gay? It revels in being a totally different vibe from the Burton movies. I adore the Marlene Dietrich entrance scene.
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Tomorrow will be devoted to art and sex.
June 22, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Tomorrow will be devoted to art and sex.
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This week's quotes feature owls, art, wedding playlists, pain, coping with the shitebox that is the world, Pride Month, and letting the world go. amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-2025-...
QOTW 2025-06-15 – 25-06-21
Image description: a rainbow overlooking Ottawa as taken by either Charles or me from the balcony of our 19th floor apartment many years ago.
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June 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
This week's quotes feature owls, art, wedding playlists, pain, coping with the shitebox that is the world, Pride Month, and letting the world go. amandaearl.substack.com/p/qotw-2025-...
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Flinch by Bardia Sinaee, now available via horsebrokepress.etsy.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Flinch by Bardia Sinaee, now available via horsebrokepress.etsy.com
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What a joy to celebrate some of the best and brightest of Ontario literature last night at the Trillium Book Awards. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists — including our very own Matthew Walsh, a finalist for Terrarium ❤️
June 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
What a joy to celebrate some of the best and brightest of Ontario literature last night at the Trillium Book Awards. Congratulations to all the winners and finalists — including our very own Matthew Walsh, a finalist for Terrarium ❤️
Congrats to the winners of the Trillium Awards! Thank you to everyone and #ontariocreates and everyone @gooselane.bsky.social especially Shauna Deathe and Dani Couture, Cassidy and everyone else!
June 19, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Congrats to the winners of the Trillium Awards! Thank you to everyone and #ontariocreates and everyone @gooselane.bsky.social especially Shauna Deathe and Dani Couture, Cassidy and everyone else!
Dani Couture is so nice.
June 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Dani Couture is so nice.
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"Maybe I make people worry
please don't
I will never be condos"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Cloud Glare by Matthew Walsh from Terrarium (2024 icehouse poetry / @gooselane.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/3rp7pvde & tinyurl.com/mr36eh58
please don't
I will never be condos"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Cloud Glare by Matthew Walsh from Terrarium (2024 icehouse poetry / @gooselane.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/3rp7pvde & tinyurl.com/mr36eh58
June 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"Maybe I make people worry
please don't
I will never be condos"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Cloud Glare by Matthew Walsh from Terrarium (2024 icehouse poetry / @gooselane.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/3rp7pvde & tinyurl.com/mr36eh58
please don't
I will never be condos"
#TodaysPoem #poetry
Cloud Glare by Matthew Walsh from Terrarium (2024 icehouse poetry / @gooselane.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/3rp7pvde & tinyurl.com/mr36eh58
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Cover reveal! My first poetry collection from Wild Skies Press will be out in the fall and now it feels real...and exciting!!
June 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Cover reveal! My first poetry collection from Wild Skies Press will be out in the fall and now it feels real...and exciting!!