Annick MacAskill
@thisisannick.bsky.social
Poet
Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024)
Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022
Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos
annickmacaskill.com
Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024)
Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022
Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos
annickmacaskill.com
Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of this year's Governor General's Award for English-Language Poetry! Her winning book, Wellwater, was also recently awarded the Forward Prize, in a tie with Vidyan Ravinthiran. Here's one of my favourite poems from the collection.
November 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Congratulations to Karen Solie, winner of this year's Governor General's Award for English-Language Poetry! Her winning book, Wellwater, was also recently awarded the Forward Prize, in a tie with Vidyan Ravinthiran. Here's one of my favourite poems from the collection.
Absolutely thrilled to have five from hem, a chapbook I published with Gap Riot Press, shortlisted for this year's bpNichol Chapbook Award. five from hem features poems written in the voice of women from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Many gratias to Gap Riot, the judges, and the Meet the Presses Collective.
October 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Absolutely thrilled to have five from hem, a chapbook I published with Gap Riot Press, shortlisted for this year's bpNichol Chapbook Award. five from hem features poems written in the voice of women from Ovid's Metamorphoses. Many gratias to Gap Riot, the judges, and the Meet the Presses Collective.
Looking forward to reading with @hollay.bsky.social this Saturday evening in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. 7 pm, Trident Books & Cafe.
August 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Looking forward to reading with @hollay.bsky.social this Saturday evening in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. 7 pm, Trident Books & Cafe.
June 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Signed copy of Votive up for grabs in the Authors for eSims online auction, along with over 100 (!!) other bookish items.
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tinyurl.com/authors4esims
May 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Signed copy of Votive up for grabs in the Authors for eSims online auction, along with over 100 (!!) other bookish items.
tinyurl.com/authors4esims
tinyurl.com/authors4esims
Join us next Thursday evening for a National Poetry Month event here in Halifax, featuring Clare Goulet, Nanci Lee, @nolannatasha.bsky.social, @annaquon.bsky.social, and yours truly. Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax, 7 pm, April 10.
April 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Join us next Thursday evening for a National Poetry Month event here in Halifax, featuring Clare Goulet, Nanci Lee, @nolannatasha.bsky.social, @annaquon.bsky.social, and yours truly. Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Halifax, 7 pm, April 10.
Happy to share that Votive has been shortlisted for both the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award and the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award. All the better to be in the good company of buddies Alice Burdick, Cory Lavender, Clare Goulet, and Bren Simmers. ✨
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Happy to share that Votive has been shortlisted for both the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award and the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award. All the better to be in the good company of buddies Alice Burdick, Cory Lavender, Clare Goulet, and Bren Simmers. ✨
When a leaf is plucked from one
the others rustle their clothes.
When that leaf is crushed in the hand
its fragrance calls back to the grove.
#TodaysPoem is "Berkeley Hills, 2022" by Karen Solie
the others rustle their clothes.
When that leaf is crushed in the hand
its fragrance calls back to the grove.
#TodaysPoem is "Berkeley Hills, 2022" by Karen Solie
March 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
When a leaf is plucked from one
the others rustle their clothes.
When that leaf is crushed in the hand
its fragrance calls back to the grove.
#TodaysPoem is "Berkeley Hills, 2022" by Karen Solie
the others rustle their clothes.
When that leaf is crushed in the hand
its fragrance calls back to the grove.
#TodaysPoem is "Berkeley Hills, 2022" by Karen Solie
Relentless talent.
March 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Relentless talent.
Season 6 of Opaat now here. Five pamphlets featuring poems by Clare Goulet, Lisa McCabe, Anna Swanson, Asha Jeffers, and Bren Simmers. Most sets claimed, dm if you're interested. More info on the site--sign up for the mailing list at the bottom to stay posted.
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March 26, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Season 6 of Opaat now here. Five pamphlets featuring poems by Clare Goulet, Lisa McCabe, Anna Swanson, Asha Jeffers, and Bren Simmers. Most sets claimed, dm if you're interested. More info on the site--sign up for the mailing list at the bottom to stay posted.
annickmacaskill.com/one-poem-at-...
annickmacaskill.com/one-poem-at-...
A big eff u to LibGen for going after my work on Neo-Latin poetry.
March 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
A big eff u to LibGen for going after my work on Neo-Latin poetry.
Read a lot of short fiction last year. Some standouts.
Gugu Hlongwane, Electric Fences
Alix Ohlin, We Want What We Want
Jen Currin, Disembark
Lisa Alward, Cocktail
Jhumpa Lahiri, Roman Stories
Caroline Adderson, A Way to Be Happy
Gugu Hlongwane, Electric Fences
Alix Ohlin, We Want What We Want
Jen Currin, Disembark
Lisa Alward, Cocktail
Jhumpa Lahiri, Roman Stories
Caroline Adderson, A Way to Be Happy
February 13, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Read a lot of short fiction last year. Some standouts.
Gugu Hlongwane, Electric Fences
Alix Ohlin, We Want What We Want
Jen Currin, Disembark
Lisa Alward, Cocktail
Jhumpa Lahiri, Roman Stories
Caroline Adderson, A Way to Be Happy
Gugu Hlongwane, Electric Fences
Alix Ohlin, We Want What We Want
Jen Currin, Disembark
Lisa Alward, Cocktail
Jhumpa Lahiri, Roman Stories
Caroline Adderson, A Way to Be Happy
Not going anywhere.
February 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Not going anywhere.
In fun related news, Murmurations recently went out of print. Lovers gonna love! Reprint coming this spring.
February 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In fun related news, Murmurations recently went out of print. Lovers gonna love! Reprint coming this spring.
Hanging on in the storm.
January 29, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Hanging on in the storm.
"Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me."
-Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
-Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
January 29, 2025 at 12:05 AM
"Nature held me close and seemed to find no fault with me."
-Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
-Leslie Feinberg, Stone Butch Blues
Found this piece of pro-Trump propaganda while in line for the cash at Sobey's today. Very bizarre one-off about the new president and how wonderful he is. It's put out by a360media (see the photo; I also checked inside, same thing), which also publishes Us, Star, Woman's World, etc. Boycott.
January 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Found this piece of pro-Trump propaganda while in line for the cash at Sobey's today. Very bizarre one-off about the new president and how wonderful he is. It's put out by a360media (see the photo; I also checked inside, same thing), which also publishes Us, Star, Woman's World, etc. Boycott.
Angela Davis (2014).
January 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Angela Davis (2014).
December 28, 2024 at 10:12 PM
December 24, 2024 at 3:36 PM
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December 6, 2024 at 6:34 PM
SIAMO TUTTX ANTIFASCISTX/ WE ARE ALL ANTI-FASCIST