Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part one, : Liam Burke + Gary Barwin, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/11/ongo...

Many g's

very slow in the forest with flutes and recorders and an iPhone. garybarwin.substack.com/p/tree

NEW ALBUM!!!!!! w/@whatisapoem.bsky.social & @lillianallen.ca

Ok, this is really special and a while coming. We'd love if you had a listen. Ghost Variables--with special guests - Earth Wind and Choir have a new album out of new music, including the title track which is an extended piece for choir and ensemble. almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/spectr...

Sex with a river, lucky shoes & more with @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @webbish6.bsky.social @lesleymwheeler.bsky.social @collinkelley.bsky.social @dylan20.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @oyoguhito.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/10/poet...

I've loved the Floating Points and Pharoah Sanders album, Promises since I first heard it. And similarly, Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question. So here is my new album inspired by those two things. garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/unansw...

Digging up a dictionary, horror and fragmentation, and other obsessions with @garybarwin.bsky.social @thepoetslizard.bsky.social @renee-emerson.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @roguestrands.bsky.social 3/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/10/poet...

@tomsnarsky.bsky.social #smallpoemsunday An allegory, a fable and a folk tale walk into a bar. Every cloud has pig in it.

An allegory, a fable and a folk tale walk into a bar. Every cloud has pig in it.

Les Murray, born on this day in 1938

The Unravelling of Ou (by me!) is forthcoming with Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026, and is available for pre-order now. 🧦 📖 Here is the listing at one of my local bookstores! tinyurl.com/5an25y7h This book was made possible through the generous funding of Ontario Arts Council. #canlit

@hollay.bsky.social just discovered that my Word autocorrect changes your last name to Egadery. That's perfect. Egad! What egadery is this?

Exhuming a book, unburying a dictionary. open.substack.com/pub/garybarw...

Our new trio record is out now. The perfect Thanksgiving listening because what says settler colonialism more than almost ghosts.But really, some good trio sounds for a day off. almostghostrecords.bandcamp.com/album/everyt...

Playing this Friday at the Rathskeller!

I've rarely written about Greek mythology, though I've a new novel based on Orpheus. Here's one from Euridice's perspective.

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Kiik Araki-Kawaguchi / @pizamapress.bsky.social @neonpajamas.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/10/12-o...

Frog haiku after Bashō

what happens when I cross pollinate @garybarwin.bsky.social with #GoodOmens?

Hamilton: I'm hosting the #HamOnt launch of Veena Gokhale's Annapurna's Bounty this Tues, Sep 30, 6:30pm at Epic Books. Veena will be joined by 2 contributors of the @dundurnpress.bsky.social Devouring Tomorrow anthology @anuja-v.bsky.social @garybarwin.bsky.social. There will be snacks! #CanLit

"They Stars," they said. for typewriter and audio youtu.be/-M7urfuDvBQ

"Now Stevie You know when we talk we have a lot of fun, don't we, girl Dishin' out the dirt on everybody And givin' each other the 411 on who drop kicked who this week You know what I'm talkin' 'bout" youtu.be/_-DmMLKbT8g?... Sunday baby. @midnightmassbooks.bsky.social ra.co/events/2245945

On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants (for small ensemble) based on Charles Darwin's diagrams from "The Power of Movement in Plants" (1896)

frogpond: before @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social

Hey Canadian Small Pressers, come listen to some great readers and/or sign up to read. events.humanitix.com/meet-the-pre...

Awarding the best Canadian novels & short stories 🏅 Meet the 2025 #AtwoodGibson Prize jury: ◢ @garybarwin.bsky.social ◢ #AliBryan ◢ #JasmineSealy Finalists will be announced Wednesday! For award details visit: bit.ly/4g8cnWg #canlit #diversecanlit

Typewriter Ritual, Sept 10, 2025

#CanLit writers and readers: I went to the inaugural St. Lawrence Writers' Festival in Brockville this weekend and it was fab. Considers checking it our next year if you can. At a time when many lit festivals are struggling, it's awesome that a new one got off the ground so successfully. ❤️📚

Really happy to have had this "coffee date" with Selena. @pressassembly.bsky.social coffeedateswithauthors.substack.com/p/a-coffee-d...

a lovely review/discussion of our book and LP, Muttertongue. @whatisapoem.bsky.social

This explains everything. (I was making these for my writing students. Helpful. Very helpful.)

Old Kabbalist icon of nested letters representing the names of the sefirot (nodes) on the tree of life. And my modern nested image.