Anna Veprinska
@annaveprinska.bsky.social
Poet | Prof | Author: Wound Archive (2026); Bonememory; Empathy in Contemporary Poetry after Crisis; Sew with Butterflies https://utpdistribution.com/9781773856117/bonememory/ https://theporcupinesquill.com/collections/new-titles/products/wound-archive
Honoured to have a poem included in this issue among so much great work. You can hear an audio recording of my poem and the other pieces in this issue at the link below. With all gratitude to @phillipcrymble.bsky.social and @fiddlehd.bsky.social team.
The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 2mo agoIssue 308 (Summer 2026) Disability: The Revolution Special Issue is now on our website! For this special issue, readings of each piece available on the website for you to listen to now! thefiddlehead.ca/issue/308
Minimalist poetry at its finest!✨ Check out our interview with poet Anna Veprinksa about her book, Wound Archive (Gordon Hill Press/The Porcupine’s Quill, 2026) on our blog: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/3/... @annaveprinska.bsky.social #invisibleillness #poetry
Lisa Richter reads with Anna Veprinska and Tolu Oloruntoba at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary on Monday, July 20. Hosted by @michelinemaylor.bsky.social. All are welcome! https://bit.ly/4froYFi @lisarichter.bsky.social @tolu.ca @annaveprinska.bsky.social #books #poetry #YYC #readings
So grateful and honoured to have Bonememory shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry 🙏
Book Publishers Association of Alberta@abbookpub.bsky.social · 4mo agoWe are excited to announce the shortlist for the 2026 Alberta Book Publishing Awards! View the media release and full shortlist here: buff.ly/ZTeaDAt #ABPubShortlist #ABPubAwards #ABbooks @WeReadAB
“And just before the afternoon bell, she made the math equation / look easy. The one that proves that hundreds of questions, // and feeling cold, and all those nights spent looking / for whatever it was you lost, and one person // add up to something.” —Brad Aaron Modlin
The final entry in Wendy Cope's Collected Poems (2025)
Shout out to the Calgary #poet Anna Veprinska, pictured here at a recent event in Winnipeg, where she read from her beautifully distilled book, Wound Archive, (The Porcupine’s Quill, 2026). Grab a copy of Wound Archive from wherever books are bought or borrowed. ghp-pql.com/products/wou...
Caught off guard by the stillness at the heart of this Ray Carver poem
Hi Calgary! I'm launching Empties TOMORROW (Sunday) at 5PM! Location: the WONDERFUL bookstore THE NEXT PAGE! With @ryannekap.bsky.social, @annaveprinska.bsky.social, Mikka Jacobsen, and Blair Palmer Yoxall It'd be such a treat to see you there! 🧜♂️
McGill-Queen's University Press@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 5mo agoNeil Surkan is launching his latest poetry collection, Empties, at The Next Page in Calgary tomorrow evening! Event details: buff.ly/5JBmxWR Learn more about the collection: buff.ly/OyYmsfj
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
SO Excited to launch Empties with this incredible lineup! SUNDAY, May 24th, in Calgary at The Next Page. 🧜♂️💛
Anna Veprinska@annaveprinska.bsky.social · 5mo agoLooking forward to @neilsurkan.bsky.social ‘s Calgary book launch in just under a week! And looking forward to reading alongside some superb writers, including @ryannekap.bsky.social. Come out if you’re in town!
Looking forward to @neilsurkan.bsky.social ‘s Calgary book launch in just under a week! And looking forward to reading alongside some superb writers, including @ryannekap.bsky.social. Come out if you’re in town!
@uumez.bsky.social and I are so grateful to the Calgary literary community for supporting our double book launch Thursday night, with special thanks to @michelinemaylor.bsky.social. We had a full house and full hearts, and we both sold out of books (more available wherever books are sold)!
If you’re in Calgary, please join us for the joint launch of our new poetry books, We Survived Until We Could Live by Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike and Wound Archive by Anna Veprinska, on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 7 pm at Shelf Life Books @uumez.bsky.social @shelflifebooks.bsky.social
My third collection of poems, Wound Archive, was published today 😍! I haven’t yet received my copies, so it doesn’t feel quite real. Please consider ordering a copy (link in bio). Endless appreciation for all who have supported this work 🙏 @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
Ever grateful to @teagerbeza.bsky.social for this beautiful, touching blurb about Wound Archive. Wound Archive will be published in just over 2 weeks!
“And how the silence surged softly backward, When the plunging hoofs were gone.” —Walter de La Mare, “The Listeners”
Honoured and grateful to @tolu.ca for this beautiful blurb about Wound Archive. Silence and waiting are roots for this book - thank you for seeing them, Tolu. If you’d like a review copy of this minimalist collection of poems before it publishes May 1, contact me or @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social
From Victoria Chang’s With My Back to the World. Such a beautiful book 🥹
💫 Coming soon! 💫 Wound Archive, the new poetry collection by Anna Veprinska, arriving May 1, 2026 with GHP/PQ. DM us to request a review copy! Or just drop a comment. @annaveprinska.bsky.social #poetry
“And I wonder why we / are always on our hind legs, to see what?” - Victoria Chang, “Today” @victoriachang.bsky.social
“After history the everyday” —Charlotte Delbo, Auschwitz and After
Our amazing intern, Michael Schmidt, drops by our blog to tell us about the books he’s excited about this spring — and thinks you should add to your 2026 reading challenge. www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2026/3/... #canlit
