So thrilled to be on two of these longlists! And in such fabulous company. Check out the full longlists for the League of Canadian Poets book awards: poets.ca/longlist-2026/

2026 LCP Book Awards: Longlists - League of Canadian Poets

Join the League of Canadian Poets in celebrating the poets and publishers longlisted for the Raymond Souster Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and the Gerald Lampert Memorial Award!

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So freaking thrilled about this!! And what an honour to share the list with these other fabulous poets.

Lambda Literary@lambdaliterary.org · 7mo ago

The 2026 finalists in Bi Poetry: antibody by Rebecca Salazar. Blue Opening by Chet'la Sebree. Hover by Liza Flum @omnidawn.bsky.social Moon as Salted Lemon by @clayrebenz.bsky.social The Garbage Poems by @annajswan.bsky.social #Lammys2026

The decision has been made to break an American city. It is an experiment. We must do all we can (legally) to help Minneapolis hold on.

ashley fairbanks@ziibiing.com · 9mo ago

if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed. everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.

Deeply grateful for this first review and close reading of The Garbage Poems. What a profound gift it is to review poetry - not just a generosity to the author & book but also a building & sustaining of important creative community <3

rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · last yr.

Anna Swanson, The Garbage Poems the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/25/a...

"Swanson’s poems articulate such lovely bricolage, stitching narratives as a collage of subject, accumulation & language, stitching narratives from found materials into reason, logic, story." From @robmclennan.bsky.social's review of @annajswan.bsky.social's latest. the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/25/a...

Anna Swanson, The Garbage Poems (Brick Books, Fall 2025)

lovingly reviewed by rob mclennan In Which We ReplaceGarbage With LoveThis place is famous for love, all brands& standards. We who come here know loveis a verb, & we love with open hands.On…

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So delighted to see The Garbage Poems on this preview list from @49thshelf.bsky.social - and especially to share it with so many fabulous poets! I just got to hear Katherena Vermette read from Procession this week at Woody Point and it was extraordinary.

Vicki Ziegler@bookgaga.bsky.social · last yr.

The @49thshelf.bsky.social 2025 fall #poetry preview includes works by Wendy Donawa, @danielaelza.bsky.social, @scottjackshaw.bsky.social, @johnbradymcd.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @annajswan.bsky.social, @paulvermeersch.bsky.social, @nicolavulpe.bsky.social + more! tinyurl.com/5f7mt9ny

Just to be clear, I don't believe Canada has a "right to exist" either.

The Israeli government has effectively legalized the annexation of over 60% of the West Bank, but no one’s talking about it. Here’s what this means for Palestinians. mondoweiss.net/2025/06/isra...

Israel just changed how land ownership works in the West Bank. Here’s what that means.

The Israeli government has effectively legalized the annexation of over 60% of the West Bank, but no one’s talking about it. Here’s what this means for Palestinians.

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Have you seen the latest Riddle Fence? Poetry by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social, @madopiano.bsky.social, SA Leger, Matthew Gwathmey, Stephen Kampa, Lucas Crawford, Christ Hutchinson, Liz Huntly/Jesch, Eva Haas + great fic/cnf too! Preview of Amber Dawn's stunning work: riddlefence.com/feature/exce...

Issue 54: Excerpts from Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn - Riddle Fence

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A non-fiction essay of mine was published with Riddle Fence! It details a year in my life when my ex-husband had a psychotic break. I’m immensely proud of this essay and so grateful to RF for seeing its merit. CW: psychosis, domestic violence, trauma. riddlefence.com/feature/smal...

Small Things - Riddle Fence

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Anna wrote about writing the Garbage Poems in Impact, our book about #women and #concussion. I’m a big fan of this project. Support Anna if you can! ualbertapress.ca/978177212581....

Impact - University of Alberta Press

In Impact, 21 women writers consider the effects of concussion on their personal and professional lives. The anthology bears witness to the painstaking work ...

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Anna Swanson@annajswan.bsky.social · last yr.

Exciting news—my new book has a cover!!! Art by April White. Design by Natalie Olsen. 🩷🩷🩷 And… my publisher has agreed to print the illustrations in full colour! If you can, please support Brick Book’s pre-order campaign to cover the extra costs of colour printing: igg.me/at/garbagepo...

🍉 Please help us continue to keep the thousands of eSIMs we bought active so Gazans can connect with the outside world For more: chuffed.org/project/crip...

💔 every. day.

Gillian Branstetter@gbbranstetter.bsky.social · last yr.

"She was also Gaza’s youngest influencer, offering practical survival tips for daily life under bombardment, such as advice on how to cook with improvised methods when there was no gas. 'I try to bring a bit of joy to the other children so that they can forget the war. '”

This open letter calls on @moderation.bsky.app to enact some extremely basic reforms so Palestinians can fundraise to feed their starving families without having their accounts shut down. (For ex: a simple email explaining disciplinary action.) There’s a link to the letter here in the form to sign:

Open Letter to the Bluesky Team About Their Treatment of Palestinians in Gaza .رسالة مفتوحة إلى فريق بلوسكاي بشأن تعاملهم مع الفلسطينيين في غزة

Please review the open letter here and include your name below (if you are better known on Bluesky by your handle you could use that or add it to your name.) Thank you so much for caring about this co...

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I think this might just be my current favourite Between The Covers podcast episode & that's saying a lot. It's been a hard time lately, for all the obvious reasons, to think into the future. Listening to this conversation is the most I've been able to in a long time & I'm grateful. This book. Wow.

David Naimon@davidnaimon.bsky.social · last yr.

What would happen to our writing, our politics, our living if we thought of land as pedagogy, theory as something embodied & kinetic? Theory of Water is the touchstone book for me this year, a map for the future. Audio📻🌊: tinhouse.com/podcast/lean... @biidaasamose.bsky.social @haymarketbooks.org

This is a gorgeous book. Seriously. Go read it. @estmcphee.bsky.social

The Tyee@thetyee.ca · last yr.

“In Your Nature” is organized into an unholy trinity of sections populated with shape-shifting werewolves, moons and stars. Cheryl Rossi writes.

Exciting news—my new book has a cover!!! Art by April White. Design by Natalie Olsen. 🩷🩷🩷 And… my publisher has agreed to print the illustrations in full colour! If you can, please support Brick Book’s pre-order campaign to cover the extra costs of colour printing: igg.me/at/garbagepo...

Not an accident. Not a natural disaster. Not a humanitarian crisis. Not a tragic or unintended side-effect. Not a famine. (drawing by weirdmomart on IG.)

I've been heartbroken to watch this news unfold. Sending love to the Filipinx community and everyone affected. I am also struggling to understand what the police consider to be an act of terror, given how quickly they decided this was not one.

Harsha Walia@harshawalia.bsky.social · last yr.

Much love for Filipinx comrades and community impacted by horrific violence during Lapu-Lapu Day celebrations. For ppl seeking support such as meal train or counseling, you can access resources thru Filipinx-led mutual aid network coming together. Share widely: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

So excited about this launch on Wed hosted by @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. The books all look amazing, but I was lucky enough to have the chance to read Buzzkill Clamshell by @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social pre-pub & I can tell you it's truly spectacular. Tickets: www.eventbrite.ca/e/arsenal-pu...

Arsenal Pulp Spring Poetry Launch: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn

Join us for a triple poetry launch from Arsenal Pulp Press: jaye simpson, Kyo Lee, and Amber Dawn! Hosted by Kai Cheng Thom.

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Excited to be reading some garbage poems at the online launch of The Goose's "Waste" issue TOMORROW (Saturday) at 10am PT/1pm ET. Register (free) below. Join us for some thrash-themed art and writing. And check out that cover art by April White!! www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-goose-...

Last day for advance polls. PLEASE VOTE even if the system sucks. Useful resources: Palestine Platform: votepalestine.ca Help w/ strategic voting: smartvoting.ca Remember YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE STRATEGICALLY IN MOST RIDINGS. Only if Conservatives are in danger of winning b/c of a split vote 🧵

If not yet familiar with the work of @farzanadoctor.bsky.social, she is a social worker & writer whose webinar on burnout, vicarious trauma, & self & community care was cancelled by the Canadian Association of Social Workers, so if you also support Palestine, please email them! 🍉 bit.ly/lettertocasw

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COPY AND PASTE TO SEND YOUR EMAIL To: CASW Executive Director Fred Phelps, fred.phelps@casw-acts.ca CASW Board Chair Barb Whitnect bawhitenect@gmail.com IFSW Board Chair Joachim Cuthbert Mumba joa...

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Farzana Doctor@farzanadoctor.bsky.social · 2y ago

Do you work with a team that might benefit from a politicized workbook on #burnout, vicarious trauma, self care and community care? My publisher has bulk rates! Order: douglas-mcintyre.com/products/978... (discount autocalculated at checkout). Order 25+ books and I'll offer a free webinar.

Heading out to the Advance Polls to vote now. PLEASE VOTE. Useful resources: Palestine Platform: votepalestine.ca Help w/ strategic voting: smartvoting.ca Remember - YOU DON'T NEED TO VOTE STRATEGICALLY IN MOST RIDINGS. Only if Conservatives are in danger of winning b/c of a split vote.

My friend just send me this essay by @davidnaimon.bsky.social, just in time for Pesach, and it's truly extraordinary. Deeply moving meditation on some of my favourite preoccupations including memory, water, mikveh & Miriam. Can't do it justice here - go read it! www.ecotheo.org/etreview/may...

May Your Memory Be a Blessing — EcoTheo Collective

Remember the before? Member You must remain offshore, on your boat, for 40 days before you can come ashore. You must stay apart from us in a confined space, for a quarantino , a span of 40 da...

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Speakeasy Reading Series is back April 16th, the last of the school year! Featuring the amazing @phillipdwightmorgan @clairegeddesbailey @spondeee.bsky.social & Speakeasy’s very own Chi Leung Lee. Join in person or watch the live-stream on Zoom, 7:00 pm Eastern. ALL are welcome!

Thanks a million to yolk literary journal for publishing this nonfiction piece—a tribute to Tori Amos disguised as a coming of age story & memoir of my teen years.