Eleonore Schonmaier Author
@eleonoreschonmaier.bsky.social
Poetry, fiction, song lyrics, music-theater. Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete, Dustblown Side of the Journey, Wavelengths of Your Song and Rush of Wingspan (2026, MQUP). https://eleonoreschonmaier.com
I will launch Rush of Wingspan in Amsterdam on November 8 at 5 pm. All are welcome. eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/09/09/r... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Rush of Wingspan: Amsterdam launch
The next launch for Rush of Wingspan will be in Amsterdam on November 8th at 17.00 at the American Book Center. Tickets are free
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I launched Rush of Wingspan in Dublin and I had a truly blissful time in Ireland. In my post I describe some of the literary highlights along with sea swims and coastal hiking. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social #poetry eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/08/20/b...
Bliss in Ireland
Dublin is a UNESCO city of literature, and one feels this everywhere including at street level. On Friday evening a young construction worker, his tool belt still slung around his hips, greeted us …
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Along woodland trails and on the shores of essential bodies of water, these intimate poems by Eleonore Schönmaier reveal beauty and loss in equal measure. 🗓️ 5th August 2026, 6:30pm 📍The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin 📖 buff.ly/FetkSuK @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
Along woodland trails and on the shores of essential bodies of water, these intimate poems by Eleonore Schönmaier reveal beauty and loss in equal measure. 🗓️ 5th August 2026, 6:30pm 📍The Winding Stair Bookshop, Dublin 📖 buff.ly/FetkSuK @eleonoreschonmaier.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social
I’m launching Rush of Wingspan in Dublin on August 5th! @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/07/15/r...
Rush of Wingspan: Dublin Launch
On August 5 at 6:30 pm I’ll be reading from Rush of Wingspan at the Winding Stair bookstore in Dublin, Ireland. All are welcome.
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Rush of Wingspan reviewed in Montreal Review of Books. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/07/04/r...
Rush of Wingspan: Montreal Review of Books
I’m deeply honoured to have this thoughtful and perceptive review in the Montreal Review of Books. “Schönmaier writes with remarkable clarity and restraint about memory, landscape, musi…
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Rush of Wingspan Poetry in Concert rehearsal. eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/06/09/p... @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social #poetry #piano
Poetry in Concert: Rehearsal
Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful Rush of Wingspan Poetry in Concert rehearsal yesterday. It sounded so gorgeous that I said to him I want to sit in the audience but of course I can’t be i…
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Rush of Wingspan poetry film with music by Panos Gklistis. #poetry #piano #birds #trees @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/05/26/p...
Rush of Wingspan: Poetry Film
Poetry film featuring imagery from Rush of Wingspan including original sound track and bird song plus cameos of pianist Panos Gklistis and I.
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Eleonore Schönmaier and Panos Gklistis will perform at Haagse Pianohuis on June 14 at 14.00 featuring poetry from Eleonore’s Rush of Wingspan (MQUP) and music by Panos. #poetry #music @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/05/22/r... #music
Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert
The first book launch for Rush of Wingspan will be Poetry in Concert.
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Happy National Poetry Month. Purchase Rush of Wingspan and receive a second wonderful poetry collection for free. #poetry #nature #music #birds #lovepoems #wilderness #forests
McGill-Queen's University Press@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social · 7mo agoApril is Poetry Month! Celebrate with the Hugh MacLennan Poetry Series: Buy any two books in the series and get one free. Browse all available #poetry collections here: buff.ly/jBpsyU7 #poetrymonth
Outwards from a northern wilderness childhood the poems in Rush of Wingspan by Eleonore Schönmaier thrum musically with intuitive environmentalism in urban, coastal, and boreal forests. Out now! buff.ly/DxSPsfB
Joy! Rush of Wingspan has been released. #nature #poetry #forests #birds #music #lake #piano #wilderness #wildlife #art #cycling #lovepoems #love #ocean #environmentalism #sea #stillness #vleugel @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/03/16/o...
Official Release Date
It’s the official release date for Rush of Wingspan. You’ll enter alternative worlds with lots of seaside imagery, and of course some owls
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Rush of Wingspan is officially published and you can find it featured here. Thank you @phillychapbook.bsky.social @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social #poetry
Philly Chapbook Review@phillychapbook.bsky.social · 7mo agoCheck out new #poetry #books for the week of 3/17 from @subpresspoetry.bsky.social, @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social, @caitlinpress.bsky.social, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social & @regalhouse.bsky.social. #writingcommunity #poetrycommunity phillychapbookreview.org/new-poetry-t...
Rush of Wingspan has arrived. Joy! The book looks gorgeous. @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social #poetry eleonoreschonmaier.com/2026/02/20/r...
Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals
Rush of Wingspan has arrived. Joy! We created an unpacking video for you.
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Rush of Wingspan: news
I’m grateful for the beauty of nature, and grateful to have endorsements for Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026) from J. Mae Barizo, Kevin Irie, Stephanie Bolster, Brian Bartlett and Julie Sedivy.…
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I got to review @michaelerard.bsky.social's new book for @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social, a book that grapples with the things most worth thinking about: language, human connection, mortality. lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-...
The Thing You’ve Been Saying Your Whole Life | Los Angeles Review of Books
Julie Sedivy reviews Michael Erard’s “Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words.”
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On Tuesday, join poets Daniela Elza and Daniel Cowper for the joint launch of their collections SCAR/CITY and Kingdom of the Clock: A Novel in Verse in Vancouver!
Urban Matters: Poetry in the City
Join authors Daniela Elza and Daniel Cowper for a launch, reading, and discussion on celebration of the life of a city and an interrogation of its cost on our well-being. This event will be moderated…
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Cover for Rush of Wingspan forthcoming March 2026 @mcgillqueensup.bsky.social eleonoreschonmaier.com/2025/06/26/c... #poetry #nature #wilderness #environmentalism #music #forests #birds
Rush of Wingspan
Rush of Wingspan (MQUP) will be published in March 2026. “Outwards from a northern wilderness childhood these poems thrum musically with intuitive environmentalism in urban, coastal, and bore…
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Photography at Viewpoint Gallery including my “Wild Horses.” Opening today. eleonoreschonmaier.com/2025/08/28/v... #photography #visualpoetry
Viewpoint Gallery Opening
I’m an alumni of Viewpoint Gallery and my image “Wild Horses” will be on display in September. I took the photograph in the dune landscape nature reserve in the Netherlands earlie…
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New book forthcoming, plus music-theatre and song premieres. Also photos and photo exhibit. #Poetry #newmusic #photography #composer #flower #nature #song #trees #DorothyChang #MichalisParaskakis eleonoreschonmaier.com/2025/05/29/b...
Book Contract
My forthcoming poetry collection Rush of Wingspan will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2026. I’ve just signed the contract. Plus more info about music-theatre a…
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