TONIGHT!! Join Isabella Wang, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the launch of 'November, November', and 'if: prey, then: huntress!' Hosted by Natalie Lim. 7 pm, Massy Books. 229 E. Georgia St. @massybooks.bsky.social Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/huntress-i... #poetry #booklaunch

"get off the tools. put down your metric wrench and emerge from under that shit-caked belly pan. flush the grit from your eyes" #TodaysPoem #poetry sunset crew by @christinashah.bsky.social (2019 @fiddlehd.bsky.social) poets.ca/sunset-crew-...

So excited to be launching my book with Cristina Shah on the 22nd. It’s only a few days away and we would love to see familiar faces! The event will be hosted by Natalie Lim, at Massy Books, doors open 6:30. Registration below. @massybooks.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/huntress-i...

L👀K at this fantastic lineup! All on ONE bus!!🚃 📕 Where was this when I was in school?! @eleekg.bsky.social @wordvancouver.bsky.social #PoetryInTransit #WORDVancouver #PoetLaureate #ReadLocalBC

My brilliant friend @christinashah.bsky.social writes powerfully in her first poetry collection "if:prey, then:huntress". It has a sprawling scope from being a woman working in heavy industry to musings about asparagus and wave pools ;) Love her book!! ❤️ nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...

Today is publication day for my book IN A RIPTIDE. Yay! It's out!

Celebrating the impending release of if: prey, then: huntress- (and six years as a poetry collective!!🌠) with a workshop with The Harbour Centre Five! @jaeyunwrites.bsky.social You get by with a little help from your friends. 💜 harbourcentre5.wixsite.com/poetry/blank-1 #HC5 #poetry

“If you would be a poet, write living newspapers. Be a reporter from outer space, filing dispatches to some supreme managing editor who believes in full disclosure...” Lawrence Ferlinghetti #SundaySentence

Ottawa book launch : the book of sentences, (with Stephanie Bolster + Zane Koss, / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/otta...

Isabella Wang, November / @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/isab...

A beautiful and thorough article, written by becky tu for Pancouver, on my latest book November, November. I am grateful for this piece. Come celebrate with me this month at Word Vancouver and @massybooks.bsky.social ! pancouver.ca/isabella-wan...

Reminder that our September reading is happening this Sunday at Outsiders and Others ! See you there!

"Fiona, how does making a poem into a film tap into the poem's unconscious resonance?"

Episode 5 featuring Fiona Tinwei Lam is sponsored by @thetyee.ca. The Tyee is British Columbia’s award‑winning non-profit, reader‑supported news magazine. Episode 5 is also sponsored by @canadianlit.bsky.social

🎙️ Don’t miss Christina Shah’s conversation about her new book, if: prey, then: huntress, with Carolina de Ryk — airing tomorrow on CBC Daybreak North between 6–8:37 a.m. PT! Catch it live on radio or stream it online. Full episodes drop later & live in the archives. #RadioChat #MorningShow

Upcoming September Events including readings and launches from John Barton, Arleen Pare, Daniela Elza, and Kate Braid! Visit our events page at caitlinpress.com/Events for more information! #fallbookreadings #booklaunches

Signing copies at @massybooks.bsky.social !

November, November by Isabella Wang and if: prey, then: huntress by Christina Shah will be launched at a reading hosted by Natalie Lim at Massy Books on September 22nd!

Reading at @wordvancouver this year on Sept 20, with wonderful poets! www.wordvancouver.ca/poetry-tent/...

Congrats Ronna!!!

My interview with novelist Alli Vail is out- as part of the Victoria Festival of Authors Oct. 17-19th! Thank you Alli! victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/2025/08/21/q... Event info: www.eventbrite.ca/e/poetry-at-... Thank you to Victoria's Poet Laureate Kyeren Regehr @kyeren.bsky.social for hosting!

Thank you to 49th shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social for including if:prey, then:huntress on this list! I'm in fine company: @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @isabellawangbc.bsky.social @ronnabloom.bsky.social @robmclennan.bsky.social, John Barton, Joseph Dandurand- and more!

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Fall Poetry Preview with titles from @caitlinpress.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @pottersfieldpress.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/08... #Poetry #CanLit

Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah / @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/spot...

If you love arts and culture in Canada, please consider signing the @artscoalitionca.bsky.social letter before September 15th! 📣✒️ #DontCutTheArts @readlocalbc.bsky.social

i hope this email never finds you. i hope you are free

Come out!! Sept 22nd at Massy with @isabellawangbc.bsky.social @christinashah.bsky.social and Natalie Lim! www.eventbrite.ca/e/huntress-i...

IT'S HERE!!! Happy Labour Day. Why not celebrate with some work-themed poetry? Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978... Who are some of your favorite work poets? #poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

Thank you rob for featuring me (and an ode to a grain terminal) in your Spotlight Series this month (on Labour Day, no less!)!! @robmclennan.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

ONLY POEMS feature!!!

Carney plans to cut 15% to the arts. Here is a letter template to send to politicians to oppose this. nwmd.social/s/copylink/4...

Tuesday poem #647 : Ronna Bloom : Things he said the last time we visited / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @wlupress.bsky.social ; dusie.blogspot.com/2025/08/tues...

🚨New Raoul Fernandes Poem Alert! New Raoul Fernandes Poem Alert! This is not a drill! Report to your reading stations immediately! New Raoul Fernandes Poem Alert!🚨 @raoulfernandes.bsky.social @ex-puritan.bsky.social ex-puritan.ca/strike-anywh...

Thank you for sharing, Vicki! @bookgaga.bsky.social This poem appears in my forthcoming collection, if:prey, then: huntress (out next month!) nightwoodeditions.com/collections/...

With my book release in under 2 weeks, I’m taking pre-orders if you want a copy directly from me. For $25, your order will include a signed copy of November, November, and surprise goodies made by me. One person by random will include a pair of bookstore earrings similar to this custom.

An incandescent editorial letter from @paulvermeersch.bsky.social “Art makes nothing unthinkable.” theampersandreview.ca/new-page-82

Hey, I'll be running Poetry 1 again this September, an online asynchronous class at SFU. Learn poetic forms and strategies! Give and receive feedback on poems! Immerse yourself in the wild possibilities of language! Check it out, share, and DM me if you want more details www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...

The @49thshelf.bsky.social 2025 fall #poetry preview includes works by Wendy Donawa, @danielaelza.bsky.social, @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, @johnbradymcd.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @annajswan.bsky.social, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social, @nicolavulpe.bsky.social + more! tinyurl.com/5f7mt9ny

Ronna Bloom is a Toronto-based poet, educator, and the author of seven books of poetry. In a Riptide, her new collection, is out in September. Check out her latest poem, “All Day I Look at Things”: thewalrus.ca/all-day-i-look-a...

Happy National Lighthouse Day! Here's my contribution.

Hey, here's a thing I'm doing out in Richmond with Catherine Lewis! There's an open mic that you can sign up for if you're around docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... or just come and hang out! I'll be reading a mix of old and new poems

it’s really neat to have a tiny roll in the publication of these beautiful small press books! they are all incredible in my bias opinion, so please pick up one or two or all five of these!

This Tuesday! Join us for Poetic Pairings (Pandora's Collective)! My friend Robin Susanto and I will be reading (along with several other poetic pairs!) at the JCC: www.pandorascollective.com/poetic-pairi...

Hi folks, the next Dead Poets Reading Series is Sunday, July 13th, 3pm at Outsiders and Others. It will feature poets Shashi Bhat, Nate Nate Nainers, Lauren Peat and Christina Shah! Reminder that this is a mask-required event to keep things safe and accessible for everyone. See you there!

Congratulations to the Silver winner for Fiction, Shashi Bhat for "Code Orange," published in @prairiefiremag.bsky.social

Big thank you to EVENT Magazine for publishing two of my poems in 54/1, out now! Both poems are in my new book! @raoulfernandes.bsky.social @shahshibhat.bsky.social Calvin Wharton @eventmags.bsky.social eventmagazine.ca @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social nightwoodeditions.com/collections/...

Poetry in the Park 2025 • Every Wednesday in July • 6:30-8:30pm •Queen's Park Bandshell, New Westminster • Free, with feature poets & open mic each week www.rclas.com

Tonight! I'll be speaking with Kate Braid about her new @caitlinpress.bsky.social memoir, The Erotics of Cutting Grass. 6:30 pm at Upstart & Crow on Granville Island. I'd love to see you there! upstartandcrow.com/event/the-er...

Join us this coming Thursday, May 15th for Bite-Sized Lit! 📍 New Westminster Public Library (Main Branch) 🕕 6:00–7:30PM 💻 Attend in person or via Zoom (registration required) Ft. Carleigh Baker, Jen Currin, Shashi Bhat, and host Cathy Stonehouse See nwpl.ca/events for more info.