Host @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and @davidjonfuller.bsky.social very briefly being super serious tonight at an otherwise very fun @mcnallyrobinson.com launch of David’s theatricL new novel VENUE 13

Tonight, Winnipeggers! Come help Calgary writer Anna Veprinska launch her latest book, Wound Archive (The Porcupine's Quill), with the support of Melanie Brannagan Frederiksen and myself, reading new work.

On Thursday June 4 at 7pm, join @davidjonfuller.bsky.social for the launch of Venue 13, hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social - mailchi.mp/grant/david-...

The launch for VENUE 13 is June 4 at @mcnallyrobinson.com in Winnipeg, at the Grant Park location! Join me and @ariel-gordon.bsky.social in person, or watch the livestream on McNally Robinson's YouTube channel! More info here: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18941/...

One week from tonight! On Wednesday June 3, 7:00 pm, join us and genial host Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social at Winnipeg's @mcnallyrobinson.com for a celebration of German author Elina Penner’s novel "Nightberries," translated by Bradley Schmidt.

This morning, I strat-planned with the MWG. But I spent the rest of the day reading a PDF of @davidjonfuller.bsky.social’s novel Venue 13, which will launch June 4 at @mcnallyrobinson.com.

come to @annaveprinska.bsky.social’s launch of her latest collection, Wound Archive. she’ll be reading with @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and me. the event will be held May 29th at Lifesshort Gallery (411 Pembina Hwy) at 7:00 pm

Though I had heard reports from others, I hadn’t yet seen any prairie crocuses myself this long cool spring. But as I drove to Sandilands Provincial Forest this morning, hoping that there might be morels, I knew that I would probably see them. And I spotted them from the car!

On Wednesday May 20 at 7pm, join Erna Buffie for the launch of Out on a Limb, Book 3 of The City Project, featuring a conversation hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/erna-b... @greatplainspress.bsky.social

newly posted: Ariel Gordon : WiR-ring through the winter of 2025-2026 / @ariel-gordon.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/05/arie...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Ariel Gordon : WiR-ring through the winter of 2025-2026 / @ariel-gordon.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/05/arie...

So last night was the farewell reading marking the end of my writer in residence term at the Winnipeg Public Library. I got members of my Writing Circle group to read with me — Karen Macintosh is shown here — and they all read very well.

So I'm having my WPL WiR farewell reading on Wednesday and I didn't advertise it because I didn't want to confuse people, what with the Writes of Spring event on Sunday. BUT: If anyone wants to come hear me read, I would be absurdly grateful.

So here are the 2026 Writes of Spring poets, with myself & @melanie-b-f.bsky.social as co-editors, at @mcnallyrobinson.com yesterday. It was a great afternoon of poetry and community and I’m so glad I’ve gotten to do this, 11 years in a row.

Visit your local indie today! Giveaways! Prize draws to enter!

Tomorrow at @mcnallyrobinson.com! (And today in the @winnipegfreepress.com!) #poetryforever

For the 11th year of Writes of Spring, co-editor melanie brannagan frederiksen and I asked Manitoban writers to send us poems on the theme set by the League of Canadian Poets: Land & Sea.

Looking for a job this summer? The CHRR is hiring a Student Research Assistant as part of the Canada Summer Jobs Program. More details can be found at chrr.info/.../employme... Deadline to apply is May 1, 2026 at 4:00pm. #umanitoba #canadasummerjobs #canadasummerjobs2026 #umstudent

From @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social: #happyearthday! Looking for book recommendations? Here are some of our top picks! Whether you’re looking for poetry, memoir, or essay collections, we’ve got options for everyone.

We can hardly wait! #CIBD2026

We are SO looking forward to this as well! This celebration of local poets is coming up next Sunday April 26 in the afternoon. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18911/...

I am SO looking forward to this! @winnipegfreepress.com @winnipegarts.bsky.social @melanie-b-f.bsky.social #poetryforever #nationalpoetrymonth

On Friday April 24 at 7pm, @prairiefiremag.bsky.social invite you to celebrate the launch of their new issue, Manitoba Kitchen Party. Featuring readings from @bobarmstrongwriter.bsky.social, Jody Baltessen, @badguybirnie.bsky.social, Katherine Bitney, Di Brandt... - mailchi.mp/grant/prairi... 1/2

It's time — submissions for the 2026 Manitoba Book Awards are now open! This year, we’re thrilled to be offering six awards.

Excellent dinner with @ariel-gordon.bsky.social at Jane's, the Red River College culinary school restaurant. I'm a pushover for them desserts what are set afire.

This looks great! Help spread the news!

The Centre for Human Rights Research is hiring a part-time Student Researcher for the Summer term. Deadline to apply is Friday, April 17 at 4:00 pm. To see this job posting, the full eligibility requirements, and to learn how to apply, visit chrr.info/about/employ... #umanitoba #umstudent

"Poems are Tarot spreads: they tell you who we are and who we could be." Ariel Gordon chats with us about what poetry makes possible and shares a poem from her dystopian book BLOOD LETTERS (@greatplainspress.bsky.social) for #ALUPoetsResist. alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

Good News! The Manitoba Book Awards are alive again thanks to a dedicated group of writers: David A. Robertson, Jenny Heijun Wills, Colleen Nelson, Chantel Mierau, Seyward Goodhand, Ariel Gordon, Anna Leventhal, Rowan McCandless, Bertrand Nayet & Chimwemwe Undi. More info: manitobabookawards.ca

It’s official. After a two-year hiatus, the Manitoba Book Awards are returning to our province! Our mission is simple: we want to uplift, recognize and award noteworthy Manitoban writing and celebrate books written and published in our province.

Manitoba poets! The deadline for Writes of Spring is Monday, March 30, which is also my 53rd birthday. So: won't you PLEASE gift me with me with some land and sea-themed poems? #nationalpoetrymonth #NPM #NPM2026

We are beyond excited to host Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies next week Thursday, March 19 for a workshop on basic screen-printing techniques. The workshop will be held from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in 342 Education Building. Learn more about Natalie and Toby below ⬇️ #umanitoba #communitybuilding

Enter to win a copy of Patrick Friesen's brand-new collection of poetry (his latest in a 50-year career of publishing) SIGHTINGS. Go to the Giveaways page of @49thshelf.bsky.social (a project of Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social) and sign up! --> 49thshelf.com/Giveaways

We are honoured to host Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette for two events in the upcoming weeks. Learn more about Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette below. ⬇️ #umanitoba

It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.) Spread the word #booksky! www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021

In honour of International Women’s Day, the CHRR & Giganwenimaanaanig are honoured to host Joy Chadya, Brenda Gunn, Helga Hamilton, Olga Khamedova, (Denima) Thelma Morrisseau, Shirley A. Robinson, & Alex Wilson for a panel on gender-Based violence & displacement. Learn more about the speakers below.

It's I LOVE TO READ month! In a long & distinguished poetry career, Sarah Klassen has explored hope & suffering, language & its limits, movement & stillness—always inviting readers into her care. Full of faith, curiosity & surprise, these poems offer readers grace & insight at every turn. #booksky

Join us for a workshop with Natalie Baird & Toby Gillies on basic screen-printing techniques on Thursday, March 19, 2026, from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in Room 342, Education Building. All materials and light refreshments provided. Register now at chrr.info/event/method... #umanitoba #artactivism

Canada’s most famous low-budget TV station is finally logging onto the digital era.

February is I LOVE TO READ MONTH & we could not recommend more highly this novel by Manitoba's Sarah Klassen. THE RUSSIAN DAUGHTER is set in early 20th century Russia: a tender, clear-sighted tale of family in time of war, with unexpected developments & shifting understandings of love. #booksky

Today, friends! Come get a book signed and get @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social to draw something in your copy! @greatplainspress.bsky.social

Authors who write on climate! The call for nominations for the Alanna Bondar Memorial Book Prize for the Environmental Humanities and Creative Writing has gone out! SUBMIT! alecc.ca/alanna-bondar/

Friends, @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social and I will be doing a signing at indigo St. Vital THIS Saturday from 1-4 pm. Come visit! Pick up a signed copy of our hybrid graphic novel Blood Letters! (Greg will be doing original drawings alongside his signature…) @greatplainspress.bsky.social

If anyone wants an Odd Bunch referral link, I've got one to share. It's a new fruit/veg delivery service, where they work with local farmers/coops and rescue ugly/unwanted produce. And they’ve just started delivering to Manitoba… (The picture is of the Large Mixed Box, freshly opened...)

How many of you have a fart-walking practice? How many people have had walks prescribed to them by doctors? I’m curious…

In collaboration with the Faculty of Arts, join us as we host Dr. Lindsay Larios & Emma Cowman for a lecture titled ‘Abortion in Manitoba: A feminist community-based approach to abortion access research’ on Wednesday, January 28 at 1 pm in 108 St. John’s College. #umanitoba #reproductivejustice

We are thrilled to announce this year's annual Critical Conversations series 🎉 This year, the seminar series will focus on feminist research methods, exploring ways research is done within feminist & anti-oppressive scholarship. Learn more about this year's featured speakers below ⬇️ #umanitoba

So today I got my fitst Xmas gift! It came in the form of Harriet Zaidman’s kids books holiday gifts column in today’s Winnipeg Free Press, which included a review of Blood Letters, my epistolary/graphic novel hybrid with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social! @greatplainspress.bsky.social I’m so happy!

So @karendudley.bsky.social has been stained glassing up a storm and I recently got to visit her studio, drink tea/eat cake and look at glass. Which is a pretty good time to begin with, even without her gifting me one of her scrap-glass birbs (note the rubber boots).