A REMARKABLE BOOK that is anti-corporate, anti-national, pro-queer body,& pro-queer sex is called SHE. Kirby has also lost many friends in the early years of the AIDS crisis you can feel the “I’m not taking shit from anybody” vibe all over these pages. CACONRAD www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p185/K...

"Kirby’s SHE offers up prayers for the quotidian that are at once tender and resilient. Reading this collection reminded me of the ceremony inherent in poetry. A delight." - Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social KIRBY She @knifeforkbook.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/product/she-...

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

Congratulations to Karen Solie for winning the T.S. Eliot Prize 2025 with WELLWATER! 🎉 🔗 tseliot.com/prize/karen-...

"so the silvery gull floats like an apostrophe over the green campus one body paused in the weight of another." #Todayspoem #poetry Flying by Annick MacAskill (@thisisannick.bsky.social) from Murmurations (2020 @gaspereaupress.bsky.social) plenitudemagazine.ca/writing-abou...

Tomorrow night! Be there or be somewhere else but preferably be there!

Refaat’a family is facing eviction. Please donate if you’ve been impacted by his life: chuffed.org/project/1093...

"His laughing mouth is full of coal" -Sheldon Currie, the Ballad of Charlie Dave (from Margaret's Museum)

Opaat Press publisher @thisisannick.bsky.social hosting their Second Anniversary Poetry Bash #HalifaxCentralLibrary #earliertoday Photo: @jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social

Had such a good time today I only took one photo! Thanks to everyone (all 120 of you) who came out. You were a great audience. If you want to keep up with the press, you can sign up for the mailing list at the bottom of this page: annickmacaskill.com/opaat-press/

Love me a poetry bash. #haveablast #LuckyHaligonians #OpaatPress #secondanniversary @thisisannick.bsky.social

TODAY 2-4PM #HalifaxCentralLibrary 20 Poets. 2 Hours. 1 hell of a celebration. Free & open to all. #OpaatPress @thisisannick.bsky.social writers.ns.ca/events/opaat...

Tomorrow in Halifax I am hosting a poetry reading to celebrate two years of my micropress, Opaat Press. This reading will feature more than fifteen poets and is free and open to all. I'd love to see you there! Saturday, November 22, 2-4 pm, Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall.

Love me some single poem poetry pamphlets. Congrats @thisisannick.bsky.social & #OpaatPress

SATURDAY 2-4PM #halifaxcentrallibrary writers.ns.ca/events/opaat... Huge congrats to publisher @thisisannick.bsky.social & the poets of #OppatPress on this, their #SecondAnniversary celebration. Read more about the micro-presses' herstory here: annickmacaskill.com/2024/12/28/3...

Tomorrow in Halifax I am hosting a poetry reading to celebrate two years of my micropress, Opaat Press. This reading will feature more than fifteen poets and is free and open to all. I'd love to see you there! Saturday, November 22, 2-4 pm, Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall.

"It's a good trick, and, unexpectedly, repeatable." #TodaysPoem #poetry The Second Arrow by @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social from The Outer Wards (2020 Vehicule Press) vehiculepress.com/shop/the-out...

Drink from the well of yourself and begin again.

ICE has been raiding my neighborhood and surrounding ones for the last couple of weeks now. They commandeered my local church (against the pastor's will) for a staging site and raided supermarkets, parks, Goodwills, bus stops, you name it. The national media's been silent. So has @mayor.lacity.gov.

Everyone: Literally everyone: Me on social media: THIS IS A PRO-POETRY ACCOUNT.

Come hang out with us at @tridenthalifax.bsky.social on December 22 for some seasonal scary stories!

Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.

Vincent Sharon Cave 2020

Women Operators George Reid 1917

The Three Sapindaceae Graces Bogdan Molea 2009

Somber Day Tom Thomson 1916

November 8th marks Intersex Day of Remembrance. Intersex Day of Remembrance is a day to remember those who are no longer with us and highlight issues that the Intersex community face. We stand in solidarity with our Intersex siblings, team members and supporters! #IntersexDayOfRemembrance

this should be a lot of fun! November 22, from 2-4 pm. Come here Opaat Press poets read their work! Halifax Central Library

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.

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.

"They keened like witches and cut the stars in half." #TodaysPoem #poetry Seagulls at the University by @AnnaQuon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...

"Caligula in an ill-fitting suit" -- O, I am slain!

It’s #FairEmploymentWeek & @cupe3912.bsky.social are on strike seeking: fair employment. CAS research, build community & teach. Yet over half juggle multiple contracts to make ends meet. Imagine the potential if their work was valued with fair pay & stability. #MakeItFair#ANSUTstandswithCAS

Our colleagues at SMU and MSVU are fighting for equitable pay and working conditions. The professorate represented by CUPE 3912 are among the lowest paid precarious academics in Canada. If you're in Halifax, please support our friends! @cupe3912.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social @msvufa.bsky.social

#SMUstrike #MakeItFair #FairDealNow 🧵👇 @cupe3912.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

#SMUstrike #MakeItFair #FairDealNow @cupe3912.bsky.social

“Respect means fair wages, real job security, and access to benefits and pensions #CUPE members can count on. Coordinated action all across #NovaScotia proves how strong we are when we stand together. #Solidarity!” @cupescfp.bsky.social #canlab #MakeItFair #FairDealNow @cupe3912.bsky.social

#SMUstrike 🧵👇 Thank you for your support, smuTAs! #FairDealNow @cupe3912.bsky.social

#SMUstrike #FairDealNow @cupe3912.bsky.social

What horrendous obfuscation!

"Some day, I will leave here. In my social worker's rearview mirror the conflicted tongue of this city will unfurl." #TodaysPoem #poetry Brick Boy Blues by Nicholas Selig (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/b...

Every year, contract academic staff teach thousands of students, & bring passion, expertise, & innovation to university classrooms. Nearly one-third of faculty appointments in Nova Scotia are on short-term contracts—but their impact is lasting. #MakeItFair #ANSUTstandswithCAS

Leslie Kenwell, Dental Hygiene LTA at dalhousieu.bsky.social - "My most recent 2yr term ended June 30. I have been granted a 1yr term extension - not a reappointment - with no promise of anything after that. My precariousness has increased." @ansut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social #KeepDalStrong

Spent time this week talking to fellow @cupe3912.bsky.social members, faculty, and students, prepping for a possible strike as early as Tuesday. We’d rather teach, but if we have to fight for the attention and respect we deserve, we’ll damn well bring it. #EducationNotExploitation #PrecarityIsPoison

Reporting this delightful news a little late: the instant Canada Post switched to rotating job action, these treasures from @thisisannick.bsky.social arrived! Good people are doing good things in this world 💜

PT Faculty could be on strike or lockout on October 23. Call all on @smuhalifax.bsky.social to bargain in good faith and reach a fair deal that improves the working conditions and job security for part-time faculty! #FairDealNow! #canlab #cdnpse @cupe3912.bsky.social @cautdefencefund.bsky.social

Panel discussion to support contract academic staff - Oct 20. CAS across Canada face precarity. Find out what's happening in NS, w/research & solidarity. Full panel now confirmed. Register-ansut.ca @caut.bsky.social @cupe3912.bsky.social @stfxaut.bsky.social @msvufa.bsky.social @cbufa.bsky.social

This panel will examine the growing precarity faced by contract academic staff, explore trends and tactics shaping their work, highlight the power of #solidarity across the labour movement, and ground these issues in real-world impacts and solutions. www.ansut.ca/events/ #cdnpse #canlab

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.

In “timing” tonight Maggie Helwig’s book Encampment, very critical of city + local councillor Saxe, won the Toronto Book Award & tomorrow the city is evicting the encampment at her church. Epic timing.