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Kateri Lanthier
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Poet, teacher, editor. Author of Siren (Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2017) and Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011).
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Kateri Lanthier @katerilanthier.bsky.social · Nov 12
I am grateful to Billy Mills for his review (and for his post)!
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Greatly enjoyed reading new poems and discussing chapbooks, full-length collections, and poetry world with Prof. Richard Greene's class in the MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing, University of Toronto. Many thanks to Rick Greene for the invitation.
Writer and teacher Kateri Lanthier in the offices of the Department of English, Jackman Humanities Building, University of Toronto. Photo by Prof. Richard Greene, taken after Kateri's visit on Sept. 30 to his class in the MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing, U of T.
October 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Looking forward to this debut! Guy Elston was one of my students in @uoftscs.bsky.social. A brilliant poet. Highly recommended!
riverstreetwriting.bsky.social River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · Jul 2
The Character Actor Convention is the debut full-length poetry collection by UK-born and Toronto-based poet Guy Elston, arriving Fall 2025 with Gordon Hill Press.

Request a review copy:

www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s...

#poetry
July 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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rollwithheather.bsky.social
Revitalized Kingston WritersFest to return
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A revitalized Kingston WritersFest to return in September 2025 - Quill and Quire
After a devastating 2024 season, a resurrected Kingston WritersFest has announced dates for the return of the literary festival in 2025.
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May 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
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"Where I was born / and born backwards again out of my mouth / into haze and sweet airs."

This stunning ecopoem interfacing the more-than- human world.

From INMATES by Sean Borodale.

#NationalPoetryMonth Day 26 ❤️

#ecopoetry #poetry #morethanhuman #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
April 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Visited the cherry blossoms at Robarts Library, University of Toronto. Twice in one week! Ahhhhh...Getting ready to teach Poetry II for @uoftscs.bsky.social next week! #cherryblossoms #poetry
Poet, editor, and creative writing instructor Kateri Lanthier with blossoming cherry trees near Robarts Library on the campus of the University of Toronto.
May 3, 2025 at 2:07 AM
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Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Always happy to visit my local, The Great Escape. Picked up The Size of Paradise by Dale Martin Smith, published by Canadian small press @knifeforkbook.bsky.social, helmed by @itsakirby.bsky.social! #independentbookstoreday #poetry
The storefront of The Great Escape Bookstore on Kingston Road, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A copy of The Size of Paradise, a poetry collection by Dale Martin Smith, published by Knife Fork Book, a Canadian-based small press, along with a needlepoint rabbit cushion. The back cover blurb of The Size of Paradise by Dale Martin Smith. Blurb by Peter Gizzi. Shelf displays at The Great Escape Bookstore in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
April 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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Canada’s most unique poetry prize: 4 prize winners & 4 honorable mentions will be published in a chapbook. 2 readings in the fall. Please repost!
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April 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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We’re back! @badlilies.bsky.social returns. We’ve delights for you.
February 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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I met my daughter, an undergrad at U of T, for coffee at the Royal Conservatory before teaching the first class of Poetry II (winter) in the School of Continuing Studies, U of T. After the class, a student said, "You're so passionate about poetry! It's great to be taught by someone so passionate."
Writer and teacher Kateri Lanthier at B Cafe in the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
February 21, 2025 at 4:25 AM
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My reading of Michael Longley's 'Harmonica' for the new Poems on the Underground in his memory is just below the text on this link. Michael said it was his favourite among his own poems:

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February 2025
Michael Longley RIP Harmonica by Michael Longley read by Ian Duhig Our February poems open with three elegiac, deeply moving poems by the great Irish poet Michael Longley, who died last month. We a…
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February 1, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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bookgaga.bsky.social
"We all
stood around not knowing. We stood around not knowing
but trying, trying to get into art school. Trying
to ignore the pains in the various parts of all of us."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
The Pill by @SarahWolfson.bsky.social (2023 @yalereview.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/rrkm59ru
Sarah Wolfson: "The Pill"
A poem by Sarah Wolfson: "I am offered a pill. My grandmother was not / offered a pill."
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January 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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And a one, and a two, and a three...Delighted to be teaching Poetry: Introduction, Poetry II, and Poetry III this winter for the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. Classes start soon! Please help spread the word.
Kateri Lanthier's photo and part of her professional bio for the Creative Writing program in the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. Part of Kateri Lanthier's bio and a list of courses she has taught and/or is currently teaching for the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. The courses are Creative Writing: Introduction, Poetry: Introduction, Poetry II, and Poetry III. The landing page for the Poetry: Introduction course (1687), School of Continuing Studies, U of T. The landing page for the Poetry II course (1688) in the School of Continuing Studies, U of T.
January 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Friends in London, please take note! (Wish I could attend!)
janeyeh3.bsky.social Jane Yeh @janeyeh3.bsky.social · Jan 14
Delighted to read this Monday, 20 Jan, at The Social in central London for Canon Fodder! An event series featuring poetry, live music, & brief open mic.

I'll be reading with Susannah Dickey & Will Burns, with music from Mock Deer 🥳

All welcome, tickets at: www.tickettailor.com/events/canon...
Poster for this event featuring the info in the tweet
January 19, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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We're starting the year off at the W&W blog with this lovely piece by Catherine Owen:
www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/2025/01...
Eight Poetry Collections from Canadian Presses You May Have Missed in 2023 and 2024 — Wolsak & Wynn
Poetry deserves a greater depth of creation and reception
www.wolsakandwynn.ca
January 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Feeling heartache over the loss of brilliant Andrew Pyper. My condolences to his family and our mutual friends. He had a great working relationship with my late husband, Gregory Sinclair, who commissioned and produced Oracle for Audible Canada. A career highlight for Greg, an international success.
Andrew Pyper and Gregory Sinclair standing in front of a transit poster promoting Audible Canada's production of Oracle II: The Dreamland Murders, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, in 2022.
January 4, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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Friendship as good fortune. Mark Strand was at my house when author/editor's copies of the anthology HISTORY OF HEARTBREAK arrived. In one copy, all the pages were blank. Make it an album of friends, Mark said, and made the first entry in a book I've come to treasure.
November 16, 2024 at 8:31 PM
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Thanks (again!) to Vicki Ziegler. I was delighted to see this when logging back in here after an absence of many months. Do follow @bookgaga.bsky.social for poetry posts!
November 22, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Had a lovely evening at the National Ballet of Canada's performance of Body of Work (choreographed and performed by Guillaume Cote), Sir Frederick Ashton's Rhapsody, and Silent Screen (choreographed by Sol Leon and Paul Lightfoot). Siphesihle November and Tirion Law were magnificent!
Kateri Lanthier standing outside the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, Ontario. The sign on the theatre announces The National Ballet of Canada's performance of Body of Work, Rhapsody, and Silent Screen. Kateri Lanthier on the second floor of the Four Seasons Centre in Toronto. National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancers Tirion Law and Siphesihle November, with members of the company, in the curtain call for Rhapsody at the Four Seasons Centre. National Ballet of Canada dancers Christopher Gerty, Ben Rudison, and Hannah Galway, with other members of the company, in the curtain call for Silent Screen.
November 17, 2024 at 4:45 AM
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I am grateful to Billy Mills for his review (and for his post)!
November 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM
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A fine piece to read on your next

break.
jntod.bsky.social Jeremy Noel-Tod @jntod.bsky.social · Nov 12
Sad, today, to hear of the death of the Frank Auerbach, one of the great post-war painters. Auerbach once said: “I wanted to make a painting that, when you saw it, would be like touching something in the dark” — I wrote about the poetry of that here: someflowerssoon.substack.com/p/on-not-mak...
On Not Making Ends Neat
The fine art of the line break
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November 12, 2024 at 2:41 PM
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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!
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November 11, 2024 at 6:56 PM