Zoe Dickinson
@zoeidadickinson
Poet; Bookseller; Baker; Human belonging to Duke (dog) and the Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher (cat). Author of: Public Transit Interidal: Poems from the Littoral Zone Staff Picks for Invertebrates (forthcoming, Guernica Editions, 2026).
Dammit, Edward Abbey! Stop being so damn prophetic. #desertsolitaire #edwardabbey
For anyone who needs it, this is Prudence, a silken windhound who visited the bookstore today. 100/10 would hire her on the spot if she didn't already have full time work as someone's beloved pet. #dogs
Looking forward to reading with @mishasolomon.bsky.social this coming Friday in my very own beloved @russellbooks.bsky.social 💕
Good morning! I don't know if you can see that solitary person standing on the farthest point of land... I bet they had a good view! #sunrise #yyj #photography
Brief sunrise -- ended within minutes as the sun passed behind the cloud cover, but glorious while it lasted.
Can we pause to appreciate the poetics of "love stones, true and fiction'd"?! Way better than what I actually wrote ("love stories, true and fictional") -- this is by far my favourite miscommunication in a reasonably long career of trying and often failing to communicate with other humans.
At first I didn't realize this was the sun. I thought it was sunrise reflecting off a ship on the horizon or something - the part of the sky where sunrise actually happens is moving quickly at this time of year and taking me by surprise. Gloriously. #sunrise #photography #ocean
We must have been impacted by a rolling strike or something because we got no mail for a few weeks and then this week I received not one but TWO fine publications with my poetry between the covers. 🥳 That feeling, when I find my name in the table of contents, never gets old!
Even though I'm Jewish (culturally and ethnically, not religiously) I LOVE Christmas and holiday fairs and the festive season. I am SO. EXCITED. that Victoria's Poet Laureate @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social has created this Winter Poetry Fair!!! I didn't even know this was missing from my life!!
This week's Great British Bake Off #technicalbake - orange cardamom steamed puddings! Very tasty, although I had almost none of the required equipment. Yum ☺️ #baking #gbbo
Sunrise I forgot to post from earlier this week. #sunrise #photography
This week's Great British Bake Off #technicalbake - raspberry souffles! My first time making souffles. I shouldn't have put the tuile cookies on top - it caused the souffles to start sinking immediately! Otherwise, I'd call this a fairly successful bake. #baking #gbbo
Two good things happened yesterday. 1. Nash, the Russell Books shipper, came back from her vacation (I missed her so much!) and 2. She brought in the first batch of Russell Books stickers, which she designed right before she left!!! Featuring the cutest bookstore dog in the world.
Nobody's more shocked than me that this week's Great British Bake Off #technicalbake turned out basically exactly the way it was supposed to! I was EXTREMELY skeptical about this one, but it's actually quite tasty. My first time making hot water crust - I like it!
I forgot to post last week's #technicalbake - a not entirely successful white chocolate mango and passionfruit tart. Here you go. #baking #gbbo
This week's @britishbakeoff technical bake! Gotta say it's a bit underwhelming. Yellow cake, plain icing. Vanilla custard. At least now I know where sprinkles come from! #baking #technicalbake
This week's @britishbakeoff.bsky.social #technicalbake - doughnuts! Delish. Time consuming. The whole apartment smells like oil and the kitchen is a disaster, but they turned out light and fluffy and crispy.