Big things are happening tomorrow, we're attending Printed Matters Indie Press and Zine fair plus announcing a new title by a Canadian poet! www.charlottestreetarts.ca/events/2026/...
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russell carisse
@russellcarisse.bsky.social
poet. queer. dirt-farmer. trailer-trash. they/them unceded Wolastoqiyik/Mi'gmaw territory work currently or forthcoming in: ARC Poetry, Queen's Quarterly, Touch the Donkey, The Temz Review, Talking About Strawberries All The Time, and elsewhere.
the book of sentences is up for the Archibald Lampman! , a shortlist, a shortlist, my kingdom for a shortlist! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...
"The new math" from Bob Hicok's This Clumsy Living (2007)
Look! a wonderful review of @mreid.bsky.social's chapbook, Operatives. copies still available for now! www.discordiareview.com/p/who-called...
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New chapbook coming next week from Emergency Flash Mob Press - pre-order now! Etransfer $13 ($10 + $3 shipping) to Ian.letourneau@icloud.com with your mailing address. Don't miss this fantastic debut from Saint John's Bryn Robinson!!! If you're local, it's just $10 & we can arrange pick up/delivery!
"I don’t see micropress as a realm solely devoted to beginners, but as rich publishing space for all poets." @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social talks to Jim Johnstone, editor, publisher and poet, of Anstruther Press: the-wood-lot.ca/2026/08/27/i...
Interview with Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher of Anstruther Press
A few weeks ago, I managed to get up to Toronto to see the Summer launch of five brand new chapbooks from the mighty Anstruther Press. Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher, was gracious enough to an…
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Friday is a great day to eat the rich, starting with your boss! ! ! @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Available: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...
Scott Ferry reviews Lillian Nećakov's The World Is Beautiful (above/ground press, 2025) / @scottferry.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/08/scot...
Scott Ferry reviews Lillian Nećakov's The World Is Beautiful (2025)
Seattle poet Scott Ferry was good enough to provide a first review of Toronto poet Lillian Nećakov's The World Is Beautiful (2025) via Hea...
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don't forget: periodicities @periodicities.bsky.social is perpetually seeking submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/subm...
submissions (updated,
periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics is open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essa...
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Went to check on the chrysalises on the milkweed after I let the dogs out at bedtime. Almost there, little butterfly
Since @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social is trying to resurrect #FollowFridays here's a #CanLit starter pack folks might want to check out. We need more #Canadian content on BlueSky! No spreadsheets required😉 bsky.app/starter-pack...
Do what you aren’t supposed to do at the link in bio 😅 Poetry Review: @scottferry.bsky.social Reviews Lillian Nećakov’s Poetry Chapbook The World Is Beautiful from @robmclennan.bsky.social’s above/ground press #babyeatbooks heavyfeatherreview.org/2026/08/18/t...
Poetry Review: Scott Ferry Reviews Lillian Nećakov’s Poetry Chapbook The World Is Beautiful
If you don’t know Lillian Nećakov she is a humble but stellar poet out of Toronto. It is hard to explain her work because it slips out of convention and time and space and identity all in the space…
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“For Fred Wah,” by rob mclennan publicreverie.com/for-fred-wah...
“For Fred Wah,” by rob mclennan | Public Reverie
What if we said we were. Pressure-treated, commonplace. Iron, shale. The treeline this morning. Confirmation. This, question. Turns, smooth and snow. Separation, dialogue. Monologue. Monolith. Walking...
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look a lovely review for Lillian Nećakov's chapbook, María, by the unstoppable force of poetry rob mclennan!
rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · 4w agoOngoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part three, : Lillian Nećakov + LM Rochefort, / @sider0xylon.bsky.social @pinholepoetry.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/08/ongo...
only two weeks left in the above/ground press 33rd anniversary sale! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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only a few weeks left in the above/ground press 33rd anniversary sale! pick out your bundles! or let me fill up a box! chapbooks! poetry! some prose, even! what! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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look! A new Dada poetry chapbook by @nberlat.bsky.social !
sider0xylon press@sider0xylon.bsky.social · 2mo agoANNOUNCING! Summaries Are Positive On Some Level by @nberlat.bsky.social "1. Mom’s diet turned on my famine genes and set a timer when I went to the bathroom. My chromosomes, sensing their own intuitive repulsion were being knit in her womb called the adaptive unconscious." sider0xylon.carrd.co
Furiously typing, new title imminent! ! ! Stay tuned.
Oh goodie! My copy of SORRY, GOD by Jordan Davis has arrived! Thanks @russellcarisse.bsky.social and sider0xylon press.
Hello Toronto! Very much looking forward to celebrating with this amazing line-up of readers. Please come. Say hello! sinaqueyras.ca/2026/07/03/4...
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New line-up for our Toronto event on July 22! Very much looking forward to meeting those of you I haven’t yet met, and to seeing old friends. Come if you can! What a line-up!
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happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary continues to be celebrated, / @amishtrivedi.bsky.social @orchidtierney.bsky.social @amandaearl.bsky.social @travissharp.bsky.social @reneesarojini.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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Friday is a great day to eat the rich, starting with your boss! ! ! @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Available: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press! , in which an anniversary begins to be celebrated, abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/07/happ...
happy thirty-third birthday sale, above/ground press!
Today is the thirty-third anniversary of above/ground press ! And that first ever above/ground press event held at the (long gone) Stone Ang...
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Gas plant opponents line Sackville bridge saying fight isn’t over Report by Bruce Wark nbmediacoop.org/2026/07/10/g...
Gas plant opponents line Sackville bridge saying fight isn’t over
About 120 demonstrators waved to passing traffic on the TransCanada highway and on Sackville’s Main Street Thursday in the latest
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