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.

RIP Eugen Gomringer, master poet (20 January 1925 – 21 August 2025)

Ghost Typewriter garybarwin.substack.com/p/ghost-type...

Typing on a stone

some writing and a video about sleep, sheep, John Cage, Nature in her Manner of Operation, the Purpose of Art and Bulgaro-futurism, and my "mothertongue" instrument. garybarwin.substack.com/p/sheep-john...

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Typewriter ritual

For Sacha Archer

after Rumi when I leave this body people will ask what did he do with his life? I wrote this poem it was enough

Some thoughts on suicide, meaning and grief related to my forthcoming novel, The Comedian's Book of the Dead garybarwin.substack.com/p/i-had-a-da...

newly posted: Michael Sikkema : Contemporary Vispo Conversations : Kate Siklosi, Dani Spinosa and Amanda Earl / @amandaearl.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/08/mich...

I have some upcoming availability for literary editing and coaching in all genres and styles. Email me for details!

Thought it's a good time to repost this ALL SHALL BE WELL video (thanks Julian of Norwich!)

This was such a great reading -- such brilliant and funny and insightful talented people to read with. And buy Evan's new book!

For Gaza

For this Sunday's 029: #Poem + #Prompt, inspired by unpublished fables from Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social and hosted by @neonpajamas.bsky.social, I humbly offer: A Fingerprint is a Promise and Other Things That Aren’t Quite Idioms #poetryonbluesky #poetry #writingcommunity #KeepWriting

update: Zachary Schomburg has been added to the lineup! Join us virtually next Sunday (July 27) to celebrate the launch of Evan Nicholls' new multimedia book bit.ly/easytigerlau...

Why don’t we act to stop climate change, violence and social ills? We know what to do. A passage from Joseph Conrad’s Lord Jim gives one explanation. garybarwin.substack.com/p/climate-ch...

All Shall Be Well (after Julian of Norwich)

Bastille Day, the orbweaver’s song & more w/ @garybarwin.bsky.social @emmalee1.bsky.social @lisabrockwell.bsky.social @richardjnewman.bsky.social @kristybowen.bsky.social @jillpearlman.bsky.social @richfergusonpoet.bsky.social @velveteenrabbi.bsky.social www.vianegativa.us/2025/07/poet...

bpNichol: a tribute album: from archive to newhive garybarwin.substack.com/publish/post...

Gisèle Pelicot given France's highest award www.bbc.com/news/article...

a poem for @vikshirley.bsky.social

Changing the world! what art can do, climate change, entertwinment, David Suzuki and hunkering down and an island entirely filled with birds garybarwin.substack.com/p/changing-t...

I'm hosting a super cool virtual reading at the end of the month to celebrate Evan's new book! Featuring some of my favorite writers on this planet RSVP for free: bit.ly/easytigerlaunch @markleidner.bsky.social / @vikshirley.bsky.social / @garybarwin.bsky.social / @futuretensebooks.bsky.social

This week in the poetry blogs w/ @garybarwin.bsky.social @aempoet.bsky.social @shawnalemay.bsky.social @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social @kathrynanna.bsky.social @edmundprestwich.bsky.social @mariapopova.bsky.social @alinaetc.bsky.social 1/3 www.vianegativa.us/2025/07/poet...

A new album of music for typewriters, acoustic and digital instruments. garybarwin.bandcamp.com/album/the-qu...

Thinking about self: like timespace, the self is both time and location. (Also, a poem where I change my head for birds.) garybarwin.substack.com/p/being-a-hu...

Making music from the continuous present open.substack.com/pub/garybarw...