Danny Peart's sons, Nick and Max, are climbing Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for @sevacanada.bsky.social, as Danny and his wife, Janette, did almost 20 years ago. You can learn more, and donate to the fundraiser, here: www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/fol...

Interview #5 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with Joseph Dandurand about his new @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social collection, "I Would Like To Say Thank You." I hope you enjoy it: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/07/23/m...

"The Greats" by @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social, from the new issue of @eventmags.bsky.social. If you aren't reading Event these days, you're missing out! So many gems every issue.

Applications are open for @goufv.bsky.social's 2027 Writer in Residence. Work two days a week on the UFV Abbotsford campus from January - March. Applications are welcome from writers working in all genres. The pay is $11,000 and the deadline is August 15. www.ufv.ca/english/writ...

"Willow Street," by @razovsky.bsky.social, from The Sky is a Sky in the Sky (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social).

🚨 New Canadian chapbook press alert!🚨 deuteragonist press is based in Victoria. They are currently open to submissions, looking for poetry manuscripts (25-40 pages), especially from BC poets: www.deuteragonistpress.com

New Westminster's Poetry in the Park series lineup has been announced! This Summer, they'll feature @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, @allegorically.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @jkirton.bsky.social, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social, and more. @rclas.bsky.social

"Black Spring (Circle Four)" by Kevin Young, from his cycle of poems on Dante's Divine Comedy, "Darkling." As found in his new collection, Night Watch: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/671705...

The new issue of @eventmags.bsky.social is out! It features a short story of mine, entitled "The Earthquake." Also, poems by Lorna Crozier, @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social, and a posthumous publication from Sandy Shreve. I highly recommend picking up a copy: www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...

"The Taste of Things" by Alice Turski, from Stolen Plums (Vehicule Press, 2025). You can read an earlier version of the poem here: www.quarterlywest.com/issue-104-tu...

"Mysticism for Beginners" by Adam Zagajewski. You can also read it here: www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/57091/...

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

"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...

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...

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.)

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

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!

"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...

"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...

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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.

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...