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Barbara Tran
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Poet, writer, K9 behaviour geek
Precedented Parroting 🦜 (poetry)
Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award
#anstrutherbooks | @palimpsestpress.bsky.social
barbaratran.com | https://linktr.ee/barbaratran
I don't know about you, but poetry and literature in general are what bring me back into balance and remind me what my goals are and what really matters.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
May 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Hurry! Bids close on Sunday. 1-on-1 consult, advance copy, handwritten poem, a voice recording just for you, autographed book bundles ... Any of these could be yours.
#authors4esims #gaza #canlit #authors #writers #booksky
May 16, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Come celebrate! The League of Canadian Poets' Book Awards reading. Tomorrow (Tues), 8PM EDT. Thank you, jurors! Congratulations, poets!
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Thank you @canadianpoets.bsky.social #CanadaCouncilfortheArts @ontarioarts.bsky.social
#canpoetry #canlit #poetryreading #booksky
May 12, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I’m participating in the Authors for eSims for Gaza auction fundraiser. Bid on over 110 autographed books and special prize bundles, including having a character named after you! Open until 18 May. Funds go directly to Crips for eSims for Gaza. #canlit #esims4gaza
app.galabid.com/authors4esim...
May 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Did you know? In Canada, if need be, you can register to vote at your polling station on Election Day.
www.elections.ca
#election #electionday #canadavotes
April 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Tomorrow: Fri, 7PM, Society Clubhouse, 967 College, TO
April 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
South by Babak Lakghomi

Happy Nowruz, Hollay!
March 20, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Do you have your tickets?? Vinh Nguyen's memoir "The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse" -- TO launch: 4/4.
Nguyen is the 2025 winner of the Association of Asian American Studies' Book Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literary Studies for "Lived Refuge."
tinyurl.com/36ra2phw
#canlit #memoir #booksky
March 12, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Sometimes, all you can do is eat chocolate. Thank you, Vinh.
#marou
March 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Artists, your work keeps us afloat. Please keep making. And sharing. This is 1 of 6 structures from Jesse Beus' "Parade." How can one not love art on the beach? And dog-friendly to boot.
February 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Chesterman Beach, BC. Simply extraordinary to go from rainforest to this in minutes.
#sea #landscape #nature #sky #photography
February 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
What a treat to catch up with former TO neighbours, canine and human, in Ucluelet, BC.
February 24, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Rock formations on Mayne Island, BC.
Not pictured here: an enormous juvenile Bald Eagle 🦅 and a raven raising what looked like a knuckle bone 😳
February 21, 2025 at 7:04 PM
In other news of the day, we got a little snow.
February 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Looking forward to hearing you, Victoria 😊
Fri night, bring your poems and join Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social and me.
February 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Victoria, a double header next Friday! Please come read your poems: afternoon, eve, both! Feb 21. #planetearthpoetry #openmic #canlit #canpoetry #booksky
February 13, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#Librarians are superheroes!

Thank you, Ontario Library Association. I so enjoyed meeting folks.

Thank you @palimpsestpress.bsky.social,
@ontarioarts.bsky.social,
& the friendly crew at #CBCBooks.
Happy happy day.

#ggbooks #ggbooks2024 #canlit #canpoetry #booksky #precedentedparroting
January 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Kicking the Lunar New Year off with librarians! What better way?

#Ontario #Librarians please come chat. OLA Superconference, Th, Jan 30, 10:20 AM.

@palimpsestpress.bsky.social #poetry #canlit #bipoc #booksky #poetrysky #authors #skybrarians
Thank you @ontarioarts.bsky.social & Canada Council
January 29, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy Lunar New Year! 🐍

Celebrating Tết with "Mai's Áo Dài." The book I wish I had as a child and the book that continues to thrill my inner child!
By Thái Nguyễn & Monique Truong @moniquetruong.bsky.social

bookshop.org/lists/feed-m...

#KidLit #KidLitSky #KidLitArt #SchoolLibrarian #booksky
January 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Here's what a home screen on Pinksky (free in the App Store) looks like. Your Bluesky posts load automatically. So much more visually appealing. A game changer!
Thank you @satanshouse.com for sharing.
January 28, 2025 at 5:48 PM
January 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Revisiting this beauty for grounding in the moment.

"I sat on the floor / tearing bread, dipping it in spiced yogourt, / using the area rug as a napkin. / The pattern is made up of heavy reds and blues. / I think it's called forgiving."

"Even Earlier
Today Is Past"
SLOWS: TWICE by t. liem
#poetry
January 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
A moment of zen.

(I plan on walking the dog. A lot.)

#nature #sky #water #meditation
January 16, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My inner child is REJOICING!
"Mai's Ao Day," by Thai Nguyen and Monique Truong, is available now: bookshop.org/p/books/mai-...
@nbcnews.com

#vietnamesediaspora #author #childrensbooks #picturebooks #booksky
January 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM