Hey (Canadian) writing community! Any reading opportunities coming up in '26? I'd love to join fellow poets / authors at events outside BC/AB. Reading series organizers in SK, MB, ON, QC -any openings? I know everyone is hit hard by grant cutbacks, so full funding not always necessary. Ideas? DM me.

Safe streets? Majority of British Columbians surveyed support 30km/h residential speed limits and speed enforcement cameras. Don't let auto lobbies tell you otherwise. cheknews.ca/majority-of-... #urbanism #visionzero

Time to listen: city noise is a health issue, and an equity issue. My blog post for Victoria Placemaking. #noise #yyj #victoriabc #urbanissues victoriaplacemaking.ca/2026/gvpn/be...

A remarkable book. I'm on my third time through.

“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy… The powerful have their power. But we have something, too: the capacity to stop pretending.” — Canadian PM Mark Carney at Davos, basically announcing divorce from America and receiving a standing ovation

Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech at DAVOS is really, really, really good. He's not pulling punches about the collapse of world institutions. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Brooklyn Park police chief Mark Bruley: "We're hearing people being stopped with no cause & being demanded to show paperwork to determine if they're here legally. We started hearing from our police officers the same complaints. Every one of these individuals is a person of color... it has to stop"

My article about what science memoir is, now up at @hippocampusmag.bsky.social www.hippocampusmagazine.com/2026/01/craf...

Proud to be a 'Brave & Brilliant' poet. Big thanks to the team at @ucalgarypress.bsky.social for their belief in, and support of, What is Broken Binds Us. #poetry #newbooks

A great perspective on how life alongside busy streets CAN be improved, with better movement but also healthy levels of quiet and calm.

"America is an oil company with an army." —George Carlin

The final Calvin and Hobbes, which appeared in papers 30 years ago today.

I did a bunch of interviews this fall & just got them listed & linked, if you're interested in poetry and the breaks and bonds in families. www.lornedaniel.ca/post/a-fall-... Huge thanks to all the radio and podcast hosts! #poetrycommunity @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

Must say, after some months on here, getting virtually no interaction. I haven't invested a lot of time, but it seemed that the old Tweet place generated its own energy. Here, a post gets maybe a couple likes, rarely comments, almost never back-and-forth conversation. Will likely set B'sky aside.

Lovely reflection on colour and emotion and all our complications.

“An isolated bike lane is a toy; a useful network of bike and roll lanes is core infrastructure.” I love this commentary on how empowering it is to have choices in your community. It’s also invigorating to know many communities in the region are contributing to a useful network of transportation ♥️

A poem that deepens with each reading, and each time haunts me differently…

Trains have got winter sorted. Next challenge, please.

#5 Bestseller in November among books by Alberta publishers. Thanks so much to readers, to the great independent bookstores who have stocked What is Broken Binds Us, and to the 'Brave & Brilliant' crew at University of Calgary Press. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social readalberta.ca/articles/bes...

Read Kathryn MacDonald's review of @lornedaniel.bsky.social's What is Broken Binds Us (pub. U of Calgary P) in Issue 33! Lorne Daniel is a mature poet who has honed the poetic craft. What is Broken Binds Us is a collection to read, to enter, to understand. www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...

Thanks so much Harold Rhenish and The BC Review.

For those who have #Tillicum Rd on their commute, there's been a watermain break.😬🌊 Good luck to the crews in this already-wet weather. #Esquimalt #yyj #Saanich #yyjtraffic

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How are poetry collections marketed by @triohousepress.org, BOA Editions, & The University Press oh SHSU? Find out in this gift article from The AWP Writer’s Chronicle, featuring Associate Editor @natashakane.bsky.social! writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/TWC/2025...

Thanks Kathryn MacDonald for the deep reading and thoughtful review of What is Broken Binds us in The Temz Review: #poetry #canadianpoetry #bookreview @thetemzreview.bsky.social @ucalgarypress.bsky.social www.thetemzreview.com/macdonald-da...

We are currently OPEN until Jan. 31, 2026 for Issue 34 journal submissions! www.thetemzreview.com/submissions....

Thanks rob @robmclennan.bsky.social for this, and for your (seemingly tireless) promotion of all things can-lit! #canlit #canadianpoetry #literaryblog #poetrycommunity @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

A delight and honour to talk about What is Broken Binds Us with Victoria Poet Laureate Kyeren Regehr. And listen to Zoe, Tracy and Jeremy. So many talented creatives here in Victoria. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

“Resilience and repair become necessities. So do shifts in mental and psychological constructs. The fix-it mentality has to give way” @lornedaniel.bsky.social’s backgrounder on his wonderful new collection.

As the darkest day approaches, I'm imagining spring, which will bring tulips and daffodils and also my new book! Visit my page at Thornapple Press for more information! thornapplepress.ca/books/the-ar...

Noise is a much-overlooked public health issue. Exposure to noise is also an equity issue: lower income and less advantaged people often have the greatest exposures. City of Victoria is updating their Noise bylaws... here's an opportunity to influence. #noise #urbanism cheknews.ca/sound-off-vi...

Thanks Sarah, this means a lot, coming from a writer I really respect.

Could they pair this announcement with one "strengthening access to voluntary care"? We have seen first hand how delays in access to care can prolong addictions issues for years that stretch into decades. Some involuntary care may be needed, but only as last resort. #bcpoli #addictionstreatment

So good. Pedestrians and cyclists might put themselves at risk, but drivers put others at risk. #streets #streetsafety #transportation www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

Cool to see a video touting Victoria’s dedicated bike infrastructure that has really taken off in recent years, much to the ongoing chagrin of some suburban motorists who never tire of moaning and complaining about it in the pages of the local newspaper. 🙄 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...

📣 Oak Bay needs your pro-housing voice! The new OCP Bylaw 4942 could finally plan for 20 years of much-needed homes. 🗓 Dec 9, 6pm 📍 Monterey Rec Centre Or watch on Civic Web. Let’s speak up for more homes and a more welcoming Oak Bay. 🏡 oakbay.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...

I'm so fucking tired of so many people being killed in traffic crashes. I'm so fucking tired but I'm also so, so fucking angry. I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻‍♀️

I had a fun time carrying Patrick around in my cargo bike and giving him a little tour of my and Urban Thrive's first car free townhouse in #yyj. Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.

Met a lovely American woman and her dog Scout, hiking at Goldstream Falls today. She seemed very happy to be escaping the Thanksgiving ‘stuff’ south of the border. Salmon, bald eagles, cedars and water. Lots to give thanks for.

That said, please request books from your local library because Public Lending Rights cheques are amazing and hugely appreciated / impactful

A haunting, luminous poetry collection … part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.” Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden” @caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588

Something very cool just happened to #Montreal. Last week I got to ride on the REM line, now fully open from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes. Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems) And really fun to ride... 🧵

MELTDOWN traces Sarah Boon’s dual passion for scientific fieldwork and science writing as she tells her story of becoming a young scientist and reveals how women are pitted against obstacles and gender barriers. https://bit.ly/41lawaq ##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social

Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting 72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...

A moving and thoughtful conversation about loss, place and culture, and poetry. Add this to your podcast playlist.

Victoria’s Planet Earth Poetry has been hosting weekly readings and special events for 30 years! Help it secure its future in the face of dwindling arts grants. Donate $30 (or more!) today. Thanks, in the name of poetry. gofund.me/0f3d8e176

Join us for a City Talks conversation about Public Spaces. I am pleased to be moderating the panel with planner / landscape architect Anna Kapusta, architect Peter Johannknecht, Scott Amos of Monkey C Interactive and Jeff Bray of the DVBA. Dec 2, 6-8 pm. www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/11...