From "Linnets" by Larry Levis. You can read the whole poem here: blackbird-archive.vcu.edu/v8n2/poetry/...

Interview #4 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with @christinashah.bsky.social about her new @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social collection, "if: prey, then: huntress." I hope you enjoy it:

Interview #3 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with @alrempel.bsky.social about his new @caitlinpress.bsky.social collection, "Sprocket." I hope you enjoy it:

"Points" by @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, from the new issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social. (So many good poems in this one!)

Doctors: "I could perform your lifesaving surgery." Teachers: "I could transform the life of your child." Firefighters: "I could rescue you on your darkest day." Poets:

Tonight! @jessicaleemcmillan.com launches her new @pinholepoetry.bsky.social chapbook, with a stellar lineup of guest readers, at the Anvil Centre in New West. Don't miss it!

Hell yes. Some of the city's best short story writers are getting together for an event, May 19th at the VPL Central Branch. RSVP here: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/69b1d...

A rare Vancouver reading from Phoebe Wang! Phoebe will be joining Joanne Leow in launching their @pressassembly.bsky.social and @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social books at Iron Dog Books. April 30th, 6:30 PM, details here: irondogbooks.com/events/48383...

First page of Applause for a Cloud by Sayumi Kamakura (trans. by James Shea) #shortpoemsunday

It's here! I've got four poems in this gorgeous anthology on the big occasions of life and the small ones in between, edited by Sina Queyras and published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. Featuring Kaveh Akbar, Michael Ondaatje, Diane Seuss, Karen Solie, and many more: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...

A reminder to all BC poets with books out between September 1st, 2023 and September 1st, 2026: submissions to have a poem included in the Poetry in Transit program are due by April 19th! Submissions must be made by your publisher. All the details are here:

Congratulations to Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize finalists (@bcyukonbookprizes.bsky.social): Amber Dawn, Buzzkill Clamshell Lorna Goodison, The Inferno Joseph Kidney, Devotional Forensics Rahat Kurd, The Book of Z Bruce McRae, Boxing in the Bone Orchard

Huge BDS win on cultural front Giller Prize is no longer partnered w Indigo Books, Azrieli Foundation & Scotiabank In 2023, comrades were arrested protesting the Giller. Then, thousands of writers & book workers refused participation. Giller has now separated from all genocide-invested sponsors.

🌹 OUT NOW 🌹 Happy pub day to New-Fangled Rose by Sue Sinclair! Like a rose blooming out of season, the poems in this collection are unexpected, unforgettably beautiful, and an unwavering gesture toward the slow emergency of climate crisis. gooselane.com/NewFangledRose

I am a true Canadian patriot. (Saluting, with tears in my eyes, as the credits roll on Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie in the Cineplex Odeon at the abandoned mall.)

Stephen Lewis was one of those moral centres our country has far too few of these days. A life well lived.

Padlocking this one to my bookshelf just in case anyone gets any ideas.

Poetry people, the new issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social is bonkers. Carl Phillips, Alexandra Oliver, Emily Davidson, Julie Bruck, an interview with Mary Dalton, and so much more. Check it out! (The first poem is by Carl Phillips, the second by Julie Bruck.)

We remember Sandy through the words of the poets and friends on whom she left a lasting impact. Building on a Vancouver Centennial project from a decade before, she started the annual Poetry in Transit campaign which celebrates its 30th year in 2026. www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/03/13/a...

Just arrived! If you need me in the next few months, you'll know where to find me.

Thank you to @readlocalbc.bsky.social for this really lovely article on Sandy Shreve's life and legacy.

Abbotsford! Take an early lunch break on March 17th and come see one of Canada's finest writers on a rare visit to the West Coast. Sadiqa de Meijer Reading Tuesday, March 17 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM UFV Abbotsford Library Free and open to all!

Interview #2 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social about her new @arsenalpulp.bsky.social collection, "Buzzkill Clamshell." I hope you enjoy it:

"Of the Workers at the Great Northern Cannery, West Vancouver" by Kevin Irie, from the new issue of @eventmags.bsky.social. This issue also features four more Notes on Writing! 🥳 www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

My dear friend, the poet Sandy Shreve, has died. A number of us wrote tributes to Sandy for @eventmags.bsky.social in December. I welcome you to read them today, and learn a bit more about an incredible poet, painter, arts organizer and human being:

My chapbook is now available for pre-order on the Pinhole Poetry website! pinholepoetry.ca/shoppoetry/

CBC Books pitch meeting, 2056: - The 14,000 Most Anticipated Summer Reads Written by Canadian AI. - Canada Reads 2056: One Book to Reassemble the Confederation. - Heated Rivalry: What Shane and Ilya can teach Supreme Leader Barron Trump and the Underground Resistance Network about compromise.

What happens when two poets speak? Joseph Kidney, one of the current #PoetryInTransit authors, sits down with legendary interviewer and poet Rob Taylor to indulge us with an examination of Kidney's prose, influences, and literary references. Unveil here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/01/28/a...

Raoul Fernandes, from the new issue of @thewalrus.ca

"Purge" by Guy Elston, from the Fall 2025 issue of @malahatreview.bsky.social.

“Weather is an immensely moving collection of poems attuned to poetry-as-living.” Thank you to Shazia Hafiz Ramji and @arcpoetry.bsky.social for a really lovely double review of my and John Reibetanz' latest books. You can get a copy of the new issue here: arcpoetry.ca/editorials/m...

My 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! New interviews in the series will be coming out steadily over the coming months. I spoke with @josephkidney.bsky.social about his debut @gooselane.bsky.social collection, "Devotional Forensics." I hope you enjoy it:

Vancouver! Get your butts over to UBC to take in Kayla Czaga reading her brilliant new book Midway (@houseofanansi.bsky.social) *in its entirety*! Whole Cloth Reading Series, January 28th, 5 PM, Green College.

🎵Boy-cott Save-On🎵 *Clap clap clapclapclap*

Sure, you hear "The conclusion of the epic trilogy..." frequently enough, but how often does that sentence finish "... of poetry anthologies!" Don't miss out!

"Compact Disc" by @jessicaleemcmillan.com, over at NewPoetry.ca:

Heck yes! It's a damn good book, maybe Solie's best (which is saying a lot!).

I've waited more than a decade to be able to say this: hell yeah, new Elizabeth Bachinsky!!! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social harbourpublishing.com/products/978...

Vancouver! Get your butts over to UBC to take in Kayla Czaga reading her brilliant new book Midway (@houseofanansi.bsky.social) *in its entirety*! Whole Cloth Reading Series, January 28th, 5 PM, Green College.

Out May 12: On Occasion: Poems for the People ed. Sina Queyras A twenty-first-century reconsideration of the occasional poem by contemporary writers. chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...

Oh hell yes! A selected poems from one of the best poets around. "Two Songs: Selected Poems 2000-2025" by Russell Thornton, just released by @harbourpublishing.bsky.social: harbourpublishing.com/products/978...

"Flashlight" by Karen Solie, from Best Canadian Poetry 2025 (@biblioasis.bsky.social), edited by Aislinn Hunter.

I love to see @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social encouraging folks to pick up a copy of Forests of the Medieval World by Don Coles, though I am way ahead of him 😂 the-wood-lot.ca/2026/01/07/f...

Check out the sharp new @gaspereaupress.bsky.social website!

Q: What is a song over six minutes long that's worth every minute? A: Fela Kuti's "Everything Scatter."

The students in my ENGL 389 class at UFV spent the fall interviewing Canadian authors on their new books. The results were *fantastic*. The interviews will be published in a variety of magazines throughout 2026. I'll link them all in this thread.

In 2026: Generative AI is not inevitable. You can say no. You can refuse. You can reject the disgusting lukewarm slop that the richest and worst people in the world are trying to force-feed you. You can tell them to eat shit and die mad. You can break the machine

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