Ritual, Interrupted! 🩶🪶 Out September 15 — pre-order from your fave local indie bookstore today, or directly from Palimpsest: palimpsestpress.ca/books/ritual...
David Ly
@davidlywrites.bsky.social
dragon-hearted writer and poet • emotionally a cephalopod • “lee” https://linktr.ee/davidlywrites
Into poetry that reads like spells? My poetic grimoire RITUAL, INTERRUPTED is out next month with @palimpsestpress.bsky.social! Pre-order your copy today: palimpsestpress.ca/books/ritual...
Big thanks to Becky Tu who interviewed me for Pancouver! I hope Not All Dragons continues to find who needs it🖤🐉. You can read the full interview, here: pancouver.ca/not-all-drag...
For Writer’s Block, we chat with @davidlywrites.bsky.social about his debut fantasy novel, NOT ALL DRAGONS (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), & the ways mythological creatures can guide the exploration of belonging, memory, and identity. Read the full interview at: alllitup.ca/writers-bloc...
Today on GET LIT it's David Ly, talking about his new novel, Not All Dragons! 12:30pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/7fx84bnn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @davidlywrites.bsky.social
The dreamy counterpart to Queer Little Nightmares is coming and we want you to submit! @adelebarclay.bsky.social and I will be filling QUEER LITTLE DAYDREAMS with writing that purposefully plays with the strange and surreal. Full details: arsenalpulp.com/News/2026/Qu...
New Excerpt: NOT ALL DRAGONS by @davidlywrites.bsky.social... civilianreader.com/2026/04/23/e... Due out May 19th, via Poplar Press / @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
Excerpt: NOT ALL DRAGONS by David Ly (Poplar Press)
On May 19th, Poplar Press are due to publish Not All Dragons by David Ly. It’s a debut fantasy novel that offers a new take on the myth of dragons, and the publisher has provided CR with an e…
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VANCOUVER: Not All Dragons will have its launch Iron Dog Books on MAY 27, generously hosted by @jensookfonglee.bsky.social with a reading by the always-magical @adelebarclay.bsky.social. ⚡️ RSVP 🔗: irondogbooks.com/events/49345... (not mandatory, but will help Iron Dog know how many to expect!)
Some generous, early words for Not All Dragons. Pre-orders are now open! 🐉: bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/not...
⚡️Cover reveal!⚡️ I’m so excited to share the cover of my debut novel, Not All Dragons, beautifully designed by Jennifer Rawlinson at @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social. Pre-orders are now happening! Go show your local bookstore some love 💙 👉 bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/not...
⚡️Cover Incoming⚡️ 🐉 A hunt for the truth beneath story and prophecy 🐉 Mermaids, witches, and transformative magic 🐉 “A fascinating and fresh take on dragons and destiny” Designed by the wonderful team at @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social. Coming very soon! #NotAllDragons #CanLit #FantasyBook
Cold days mean dreaming of warmer places until they feel real. Step into the world my novel, Not All Dragons, this coming spring. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social 🏔️🌊🌩️ #NotAllDragons #FantasyNovel #CanLit #Fantasy
This holiday season, give the gift of queer little nightmares and mythic, dreamy poetry.
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 9mo agoPROMOTE YOUR BOOKS! EVERYONE WANTS TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR PUBLISHED BOOKS! Do not ask me how my writing is going.
Big edits are done. The story found its shape. Just tidying up the last typos the fay scattered behind. @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social Spring 2026
David Ly@davidlywrites.bsky.social · 2y agoMy debut novel, Not All Dragons, is coming in spring 2026. 🐲✨ 🐲 A speculative fantasy about grief, transformation, and the myths we feel beholden to. ✨ 🐲✨ Can’t wait to share more soon.
My ritual is set. The interruption arrives Fall 2026. My next book of poems, Ritual, Interrupted, is on its way with Anstruther Books, @palimpsestpress.bsky.social 🦇🦇🦇
Not a love letter, exactly—but maybe something close. 🫀 “Florence” is now in Issue 94 of The Cortland Review. Inspired by the music of Florence + The Machine. Thank you @christiangullette.bsky.social for giving this poem space: www.cortlandreview.com/issue-94/dav...
The contract is signed. The wings have stirred. Not All Dragons is coming Spring 2026.
New year, new poem—catch my poem “New Familiar” in PRISM international’s SPELLS issue.
My debut novel, Not All Dragons, is coming in spring 2026. 🐲✨ 🐲 A speculative fantasy about grief, transformation, and the myths we feel beholden to. ✨ 🐲✨ Can’t wait to share more soon.
SAD Mag is having a sale on their SEX ISSUE! Printed in the summer of 2020, the issue was nominated for two National Magazine Awards and includes an interview I did for my debut poetry collection Mythical Man. 💦 Pick up your copy in the next week for something sexxxy: www.sadmag.ca/shop/issue-n...
As we ring in the year of the snake in the coming days, 2025 marks five years of Mythical Man!🐍🐍🐍🐍🐍. Thank you to all my readers! Can’t wait to show you what’s coming next. Soon. ish. 🤫
📣 Submissions Call!📣 I’m the Poetry Editor at This Magazine and am currently looking for poems to fill our 2025 issues! ✍️ Pls send up to 3 poems to poetry[at]this[dot]org. We publish only in print and Canadian residents only. Can’t wait to see what you send in!
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📣 Submissions Call!📣 I’m the Poetry Editor at This Magazine and am currently looking for poems to fill our 2025 issues! ✍️ Pls send up to 3 poems to poetry[at]this[dot]org. We publish only in print and Canadian residents only. Can’t wait to see what you send in!
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Hard-launch: The Tyee’s first Weekender is here! ☕️👓✨ Every Friday night to Monday morning, you'll see a costume change on TheTyee.ca and find all your weekend reads. 🧵 thetyee.ca/Tyeenews/202...
