🚨 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
I’m so happy to look at this every day
Paul Vermeersch@paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 3mo agoI love seeing my paintings where they were always meant to be, like this one, called Floating Structure, that I painted three months ago today. Now it's hanging in the home of two fantastic poets, @aliblythe.bsky.social and Melanie Siebert. Now go read their books! www.paulvermeersch.ca/p/art.html
My thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca for supporting my @royalroads.ca master's research with a Canada Graduate Scholarship. The project explores artist- and writer-in-residence programs in public universities across Canada, and the slipstream spaces between higher education and creative practice.
In which I read my poem “Potato Cellar” from Who Else in the Dark Headed There. Give it a listen.
Two more readings coming up on our Atlantic tour. If you are in St. Andrews, join us at McGuire Chocolate with Bucca dell'Acqua books, or in Fredericton, at the Westminster Bookmark! @gooselane.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @melaniesiebert.bsky.social
Melanie and I kick off our Atlantic tour in Halifax this Tuesday at the Trident. A decade ago I was there with my first book, Twoism. It's awesome to return knowing how beautiful the city, poets and people are. @melaniesiebert.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
❤️ Please join me in celebrating this beautiful book, journey and poet!
Garth Martens@garthmartens.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis Thursday, April 30, I’m launching my new book of poetry, Who Else in the Dark Headed There, in Victoria with Ali Blythe, Melanie Siebert, and Anne-Marie Turza. I love these people dearly and can’t wait to share the night with them—and with you. Doors at 6:30. Come early for dinner and drink.
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:
🚨 LAST CALL 🚨 Only one day left to submit to the Claire Harris Poetry Prize! The prize is designed to enhance the visibility of debut poetry collections by poets from Black, Indigenous, and other racialized communities 📜 All info and the submission portal at gooselane.com/ClaireHarrisPoetryPrize
April 15! Garth Martens’ first book since his GG nominated debut—he has travelled a long way. With @biblioasis.bsky.social: www.biblioasis.com/shop/forthco...
Who Else in the Dark Headed There - Biblioasis
In his first collection since the Governor General’s–nominated Prologue for the Age of Consequence, Martens adds an autobiographical lens to his concerns about class and labour. A mother disappears. A...
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Garth Martens@garthmartens.bsky.social · 6mo agoSome news. I have a new book of poetry out this April with @biblioasis.bsky.social. It's called Who Else in the Dark Headed There.
The jury: Her sensibility is unmistakable….There is often a fairytale quality to her imagery, a surreality; at other turns, she transforms the grit of everyday life into a glorious marvel. Turza is one of our finest poets, a visionary whose work has the texture of prophecy. I couldn’t agree more.
Writers' Trust of Canada@writerstrust.bsky.social · 7mo agoAnne-Marie Turza is the inaugural winner of the Writers’ Trust Board Fellowship. The #WTFellowship rewards one writer annually with $50K and a residency at the @banffcentre.bsky.social for Arts and Creativity. Turza’s win marks the start of WT’s 50th anniversary celebrations.
🚨NOW OPEN🚨 The Claire Harris Poetry Prize is now open for submissions! The biennial prize will be awarded to a full-length debut poetry collection by a writer who is Black, Indigenous, or from another racialized community. Details at gooselane.com/ClaireHarrisPoetryPrize
Oh man this is my kind of book. The fierce, erotic lament of it. And just wildly smart. @paulvermeersch.bsky.social with @ecwpress.bsky.social 📖 ecwpress.com/products/nmlct
Tomorrow, I join forces with Jan Zwicky to read Jan’s new long poem, Say It, which arises from the depths of environmental cataclysm. Say It is a recent release from Deer Mountain Pages. Tim Lilburn will introduce this unique publishing venture and lead a discussion with us after the reading.
I’m a happy traveller alongside Melanie Siebert, who is on a DC Reid Poetry Prize junket for her stunning book, Signal Infinities. 📖 @melaniesiebert.bsky.social With fellow Victoria Book Prizes nominees and organizers.
Dear @theglobeandmail.com Please bring back poetry reviews that reflect the complexity and deep engagement of our thriving CanPo world! We need discussion, critique, and space not mini synopses, and coverage of primarily non Canadian writers.
Please join us for Victoria's inaugural reading of the DC Reid Book Prize Finalists on November 5th at Cafe Fantastico! Congratulations to Cynthia Woodman Kerkham, @melaniesiebert.bsky.social and Kayla Czaga! Hosted by the fabulous @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social Tickets are FREE on Eventbrite.
The 2025 Fraser Valley Writers Festival is here! Nov 7-8 in Abbotsford! Charlie Demers Evelyn Lau Brian Bartlett Kayla Czaga Joseph Dandurand Daniela Elza Andrew French Taryn Hubbard Jen Sookfong Lee Christina Myers Heather Ramsay Nick Thran Info and *free* tickets: www.fvwritersfestival.com
Tomorrow night! I perform with poet Patrick Friesen alongside two of Canada's best flamenco artists, guitarist Gareth Owen and dancer Denise Yeo. Learn more, and buy tickets, here: www.vancouverflamencofestival.org/palabra-flam...
I love that my ❤️ Melanie Siebert is shortlisted for the inaugural DC Reid Poetry Prize! The jury calls it an 'extreme act of empathy and a profoundly ethical gesture towards the “unknowable interiority” of others' Cheers to her and for this new #Victoria #poetry award! @melaniesiebert.bsky.social
A glance at an extraordinary new release from Luke Hathaway. A NYT Best Book of Poems when @biblioasis.bsky.social first published it. Rereleased with a new afterword to his afterword and poems—and man has he travelled, body and spirit. One of our best writers today.
Ali Blythe is the author of three poetry books, including Stedfast and Hymnswitch. He recommends Luke Hathaway's poetry book Years, Months, and Days. With: @aliblythe.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social #Booksky More below 👇
Tomorrow! I'd love to see you there!
Rob Taylor@roblucastaylor.bsky.social · last yr.I'm reading with the Poet Laureate herself, @eleekg.bsky.social, next week at Lunch Poems. Will she allow me to kiss the royal ring? Will she name me a vassal, with my own poetry fiefdom? Reserve your free tickets at the Eventbrite link below to find out: www.eventbrite.ca/e/lunch-poem...
It was such a pleasure talking with Rob for Arc. Everyone should have the chance to. @roblucastaylor.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social
Rob Taylor@roblucastaylor.bsky.social · last yr.The Spring 2025 issue of @arcpoetry.bsky.social is here, featuring my interview with @aliblythe.bsky.social about his recent @gooselane.bsky.social collection, Stedfast. Go grab a copy!
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