TOFINO! And Ucluelet, of course, and readers out on the west coast of the island. This will be a great night. Nov. 4. Looking forward to it!

CANMORE! One week from now >> Bruce Hunter and I at Canmore Public Library. "In the Bear's House" award-winning novel and my new poetry collection "What is Broken Binds Us." Hope to see you there!

Fairfield scavengers! Check these Little Free Libraries for What is Broken Binds Us bookmarks. (more pix on Insta) Find a Gold Seal bookmark & claim my new poetry book from @ucalgarypress.bsky.social . Instructions on the winning bookmarks! Full map of Victoria #LFL sites at victoriaplacemaking.ca.

October is Book Tour month, right? I would ❤️ to see you at one of these events.

Victoria! Find a "golden bookmark" in a Little Free Library and win a copy of What is Broken Binds Us by @lornedaniel.bsky.social! Going hunting? Tag us in!

The bookmarks are out there, folks…

Huge thanks CBC Books for including What is Broken Binds Us in your fall poetry preview! www.cbc.ca/books/34-wor... @ucalgarypress.bsky.social #poetry #canadianpoetry #newpoetry

Looking for a winning gold seal bookmark? Or (equally valid) just your next read? Here's the map of 1000 little free libraries in Greater Victoria: victoriaplacemaking.ca/little-free-...

Ten golden seal bookmarks. Hundreds of Little Free Libraries. One poetic adventure. To celebrate the launch of What is Broken Binds Us, I have teamed up with Greater Victoria Placemaking Network on a one-of-a-kind literary scavenger hunt across the region. victoriaplacemaking.ca/2025/gvpn/wh...

This asynchronous online poetry course is my pride and joy. I wrote it through the pandemic & it brings together over a decade of studying, teaching, & living through poetry: sfu.ca/continuing-s... There's a little under a week for you to sign up. @pancouver.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social

Deep tax cuts to personal & corporate taxes in the early 2000s were never fully reversed eroding BC’s fiscal capacity even as the economy grew says senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social explaining BC’s current economic woes. The solution isn’t spending cuts she says.

Hurrah! 🎉

TOFINO ! November 4 at Common Loaf. I’m delighted to be co-launching books with @joannastreetly.bsky.social . As Joanna says, assuming that weather and roads cooperate 😁 Books, snacks, music and good Tofino vibe 🥰

This is so disappointing. This means us poorer folks that can’t afford luxury detached housing is still artificially blocked from nice quiet streets by archaic city zoning.

Perfect travel read: Blaine Newton’s short story collection Rag Pickers. Charming, moving, expertly crafted, often funny — these stories amaze & delight. Just right for the jumbled reading on journeys: on planes, in airports, in the passenger seat of a van. Recommended. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

New cycle lanes on Dallas Rd at Ross Bay. Presume that @victoria.ca will add curb dividers? Does anyone know if this treatment will continue up the hill (westbound)?

Valuable perspective on urban parking by Victoria's John Luton: www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm... #yyj #yyjbike #yyjparking

No the City isn't proposing to reduce parking downtown by 30% or 50%. This and more misinformation addressed here... davethompsonvictoria.ca/parking-corr... and here. davethompsonvictoria.ca/check-parkin... #yyj

Happy publication to What is Broken Binds Us by beloved Canadian author, Lorne Daniel, published by University of Calgary Press. ✨ press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177... @lornedaniel.bsky.social

Wow, such a deep and generous reading of the new book. Thanks Harold Rhenish and British Columbia Review.

I've seen several people refer to AI-resisters as having their heads in the sand over the last few days. But resisting doesn't mean the same thing as ignoring something. On the contrary, resisting means engaging with research, parsing information, offering critique, and making informed choices.

Tune in to All Points West with Jason D’Souza tomorrow (Friday Sept 5) for my interview about What Is Broken Binds Us. 4:35 pm on CBC Radio Victoria or anytime on CBC Listen. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

There are poems which, when you read them, spark admiration and envy in such strong and equal measure that your whole inner landscape collapses.

We need input from the cycling community, and others, on where to place our “parking zones” for the e-bike share program. Please provide input. @erikwdv.bsky.social @sarahfrumento.bike @kellyblack.ca @sv-rub-a-dub.bsky.social @raynarambling.bsky.social @bromptonymous.ca engage.victoria.ca/bikeshare

Dual launch of new poetry with @joannastreetly.bsky.social , October 7 at @clubkwench.bsky.social Kanteen in Victoria. Jump over to Eventbrite to RSVP and grab a seat. www.eventbrite.com/e/book-launc...

Reading this Wednesday in Calgary at Pages Books with the wonderful @toluini.bsky.social and @josephkidney.bsky.social

Oak Bay built one modest apartment. Its elderly high-net-worth denizens are scrambling to find a cliff off which to jump. Or perhaps they will just wade into the Salish Sea. #oakbayapocalypse #densificationhorrors #lifeismiserable #yyjhousing

Some recent bookish news updated: www.lornedaniel.ca/news

The tolerance for vehicle noise, especially on lower-income streets in our cities = economic inequity. Affordable homes can be close to transit corridors without being piled right on them. @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @victoria.ca

It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.

The state of discourse re alternatives to car culture transportation infrastructure is just so sad. #highwaytohell #transportation #widenroadsforever #niceoverpass #bcpoli #urbanism #yyj

Orcas in the #yyj #victoriabc harbour just before noon today. The pickle boat folks got a deal.

I’m offering up signed copies of my poetry collection The Fallow on a pay-what-you-can basis, just in time for the #SealeyChallenge! I get it—not everybody can afford 31 poetry books, so I want to do my part to make it more accessible. Message me if you’re interested in snatching one up.

Under no circumstances ever in a democracy should civil servants, such as border agents, make decisions based on people’s private views of elected officials. It’s immaterial. Politicization of the civil service is a hallmark of fascism & should be rejected everywhere. Stop visiting the US. Period.

Big picture wisdom about growth, 'the economy,' and our assumptions: www.timescolonist.com/opinion/trev...

"Just like that, like nothing, my eyes open level with paving stones. Red brick. Pocked red brick. Unmoving." #TodaysPoem #poetry The Breaks by @lornedaniel.bsky.social from What is Broken Binds Us (2025 University of Calgary Press) tinyurl.com/mwmu6wjh

Honoured to have the new book featured in #todayspoem

Hornet and hummingbird battling at our feeder: should I take sides? #nature #competition

Read @sprawlcalgary.bsky.social #Calgary story thanks to @bikebikeyyc.bsky.social , past/present #YYJ councils only created 26km of protected lanes (plus 45km painted) in city of 17,000km roads👎 #YYC @victoria.ca has 279kms of road, but created over 40km of AAA #bikelanes (283km + adding painted) 💚

Wow. Andrea Gibson video. The poetry of death or, more so, being open to the cycle that leads to the end of one's own life. Amazing. .... "to parent my own departure" ... youtu.be/tnq4DVkTWb8?...

On Monday we unexpectedly had to say goodbye to Kyna, our furry family member for 12 years. She talked at length as we went about our days, engaging in spirited conversations about poetics or politics or (her favourite subject) deficiencies in our attention to her needs. We will miss her deeply.

Proust and ... Lorne Daniel. I didn't predict that reading combo. 😃 Thanks Vicki!!

#FridayReads #WeekendReads What Is Broken Binds Us by @lornedaniel.bsky.social (@ucalgarypress.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/mwmu6wjh In Search of Lost Time Volume 1, Swann's Way by Marcel Proust (The Modern Library Classics) tinyurl.com/53syzucx Wherever, whatever you're reading ... enjoy!

Remembering Donald Sutherland on his birthday 🎂 📷 Jack Robinson, 1970 "To try to capture the truth of a human being, la condition humaine, it’s the most extraordinary business in the world."

Victoria has reduced speed limits on large majority of streets. www.timescolonist.com/local-news/o... #urbanism #safety #visionzero

Afterlife of a cedar tree. Robin Wall Kimmerer is such a treasure. emergencemagazine.org/essay/becomi...

Heartfelt thanks to the book-loving souls at @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social for this shout-out today!

Gorgeous! (The new book, obvs not me.) Just arrived from @ucalgarypress, author copies of What is Broken Binds Us! I'm so looking forward to getting these out to readers. Poems of estrangement, addiction, ancestral discoveries, body breaks, & all sorts of recovery & peacemaking. Available Sept 15.