EleeKG
@eleekg.bsky.social
bostony. vancouvery. poet laureate of Vancouver, Canada as of Jan ‘25 for 3yrs. eleekg.com It’s pronounced ELLY!
COMING THIS SUMMER GET READY FOR THE RIDE OF YOUR LIFE JUST BECAUSE YOU COULD NOT STOP FOR DEATH DOESN'T MEAN HE COULD NOT STOP FOR YOU
Jesse Hawken@jessehawken.bsky.social · last wk.Studio execs are going to want to adapt more poems for the big screen now
"the moss sighs in soft language - little moisture, little friend" #TodaysPoem #poetry upon a nurse log by Elee Kraljii Gardiner (@eleekg.bsky.social) from sometimes, forest (2026 @talonbooks.bsky.social) robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/05/elee...
@melanie-b-f.bsky.social reviews sometimes, forest by @eleekg.bsky.social in @winnipegfreepress.com, saying the book is “extraordinary … a lush, layered, textured invitation into an interconnected web of beings centred on, but not exclusive to, the forest." www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Forest fosters lush, textured language
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🍃🌳💚💚
Vicki Ziegler@bookgaga.bsky.social · last mo." always the plexus, aural and evident and a starling spooks am never lonely here " #TodaysPoem #poetry upon a nurse log by Elee Kraljii Gardiner (@eleekg.bsky.social) from sometimes, forest (2026 @talonbooks.bsky.social) www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Oh I love to be read this way and in such great company!
Vicki Ziegler@bookgaga.bsky.social · last mo.This morning's #silentbookclub zoom meeting was bursting with literary goodness. Stay tuned for the ebullient blog post, coming soon to bookgaga.ca Said the Dead, Doireann Ní Ghríofa (@faberbooks.bsky.social) + sometimes, forest, @eleekg.bsky.social (@talonbooks.bsky.social) are my in-person reads!
EDMONTON: could I be more delighted about this? NO I AM ON MAX! @jasonvpurcell.bsky.social AND @jidesalawu.bsky.social I might combust! magpiebooks.ca/events/56406...
Book Launch: sometimes, forest | Magpie Books
Independent bookstore in Edmonton, Alberta
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Vancouver Poet Laureate @eleekg.bsky.social will be launching "sometimes, forest" at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social tonight at 7 PM. @nikkireimer.bsky.social @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social @sjonespoet.bsky.social and I will be reading briefly, in support. Hope to see you there!
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is bringing sometimes, forest to a city near you! Accompany @eleekg.bsky.social along with a host of amazing #poets and performers on a stroll through the woods at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social, Magpie Books, Bar Milton-Parc, Perfect Books, Novel Idea Bookstore, and Flying Books!
Every single one of the 599 refugees the US admitted last month was a white South African, according to data the State Department’s Bureau of Population released last week. Surprise, surprise.
US accepts only white refugees for sixth consecutive month
The Trump administration is spending more than $100 million to fight the "emergency" of "white genocide" in South Africa.
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Metro Vancouver Stage 3 water restrictions will be in effect starting June 8 💦 metrovancouver.org/services/wat...
Toronto! Celebrate the launch of sometimes, forest by Vancouver Poet Laureate @eleekg.bsky.social! Kraljii Gardiner will be performing alongside author and musician Gary Barwin. Attendance is free! For more details and to RSVP, click here: www.eventbrite.com/e/sometimes-...
Thank you to rob for reading, tracking, considering my book! He is an historian of Canadian poetry and one of our few reliable reviewers continuing the craft 💚🍃🌳
rob mclennan@robmclennan.bsky.social · 3mo agoElee Kraljii Gardiner, sometimes, forest / @eleekg.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social @bcbooklook.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/05/elee...
4/6 Pictured here ensconced in greenery just like the contents of the collection itself, sometimes, forest by @eleekg.bsky.social is a glorious, riotous walk through both forest and life paths.
I love @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social and going in the studio was so lovely. Please pardon the spring pollen voice that hit me on my bike ride down there that morning. sometimes, forest and always, pollen evidently😅
Talonbooks@talonbooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoElee Kraljii Gardiner was a guest on North by Northwest with Margaret Gallagher! The pair chatted about @eleekg.bsky.social's new collection sometimes, forest, her time as Vancouver's Poet Laureate and more. Listen to their conversation here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
April 22 is Earth Day! If you want to engage with thinkers who care about the planet, water, the forests, the rivers, land stewardship, combatting extractive practices, and the more-than-human world as much as you do, here are a handful of titles we think you’ll love. talonbooks.com/news/earth-d...
Please come —this is a literary picnic, a smorgasbord, a buffet!
Talonbooks@talonbooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoYou're Invited! On May 1, join Talonbooks at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate the release of seven stellar new titles! Attendance is free, venue is wheelchair and scooter accessible. Hope to see you there! talonbooks.com/news/you-re-...
You're Invited! On May 1, join Talonbooks at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate the release of seven stellar new titles! Attendance is free, venue is wheelchair and scooter accessible. Hope to see you there! talonbooks.com/news/you-re-...
This. Over and over and over. "If your parental values include a desire for your child to die from a vaccine preventable disease, your values need an adjustment."
Elizabeth Jacobs, PhD@elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 4mo agoHPV vaccines have NOTHING to do with “parental values”, as RFK Jr.’s surrogate claims. You could have sex with a single partner—your spouse—and become infected. If your parental values include a desire for your child to die from a vaccine preventable disease, your values need an adjustment.
The VWF 2026 online auction is open for bidding! vwf2026.charityauction.bid One of the top prizes is this 1 hour, one-on-one creative mentoring session with Elee Kraljii Gardiner @eleekg.bsky.social, who is the current Vancouver Poet Laureate and director of the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive.
2/2 If you'd like to take in some poems in person, we hope to see you at our launch on May 1! All of these excellent poets will be in attendance whether live in person or digitally. We hope to see you there! talonbooks.com/news/you-re-... @eleekg.bsky.social
You could have had free universal healthcare this entire time. The money was always there.
📜 Attention, poets📜 Submissions for icehouse poetry are now open! Guidelines and submission portal can be found at gooselane.com/PoetrySubmissions
Don't sit on that novella or poetry collection — send it to Driftwood Press instead! Use the link in our bio for details. #callforsubmissions
My review of Pitiful, a remarkable new #poetry collection by Brandi Bird, newly published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social thebcreview.ca/2026/03/30/2...
Joanna Streetly reviews Pitiful, by Brandi Bird
Joanna Streetly reviews Pitiful, by Brandi Bird (Toronto: House of Anansi, 2026) $22.99 / 9781487014087
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this is like that weird Italian music video from the 60s that uses fake language sounds like English
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4mo agowell, that was weird
MY BOOKS HAVE SHIPPED FROM THE PRINTER! sometimes, forest will be in my hands shortly! If you'd like to order, ask for a review copy, talk about readings or hylofeminism (hylo from the Greek meaning woods/forest matter)...let me or @talonbooks.bsky.social know!
