I’m featuring at the Guelph Poetry Slam this Saturday! It's at Which Craft,  91 Wyndham St. N., Guelph. The cost is $15 or pay- what-you-can, $10 if you perform at the open mic or the poetry slam (the slam prize is $100!) Doors at 8PM, show at 8:30PM.

Edmonton friends and poetry-lovers everywhere! It's time for Literary Editions with poets Shannon Arntfield, Lisa Baird, and Omar Ramadan. Join online or in person: April 23 from 5 to 6:30 pm MT. Register: www.eventbrite.ca/manage/event... @orphdc.bsky.social @eramosageese.bsky.social #poetry

Thanks a million to yolk literary journal for publishing this nonfiction piece—a tribute to Tori Amos disguised as a coming of age story & memoir of my teen years.

I’m delighted to see my book "When Whales Went Back to the Water" mentioned in 49th Shelf’s Most Anticipated 2025 Spring Poetry Preview ❤

Most Anticipated: Our 2025 Spring Poetry Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

Poetry to look forward to in the first half of 2025.

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Kelowna friends: On March 1, Muhannad Ayyash and Jeremy Wildeman offer a public seminar: "Understanding Canada’s Complicity in the Genocide of Palestinians." The event is open to the public and runs from 10 am to 12 pm. bit.ly/41oV9OW @cjpme.org #Palestine #YLW

“When Whales Went Back to the Water” is here! Available via independent bookstores, directly from @ualbertapress.bsky.social, or drop me a line and ask for a copy (I can send it anywhere in Canada for $4 postage). If you are in Guelph I will happily hand-deliver. #joy #poetry #medicine

Please sign the petition urging the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to go after Loblaws for selling underweighted meat, price gouging, etc etc. #guillotine

Canadian Food Inspection Agency - Clamp down on Loblaw's corporate greed - Leadnow

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Thank you to @ualbertapress.bsky.social for giving my book a home (and a gorgeous cover). "When Whales Went Back to the Water" is one of the best things I have ever made. Can't wait to put it into your hands. Publication date is Feb 13th. #poetry #queerpoets #science bit.ly/3DNesb7

When Whales Went Back to the Water - University of Alberta Press

Steely, tender, and sensual, Lisa Baird’s When Whales Went Back to the Water creates a reverent container for a broken world. These poems are hymns to livi...

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"Thank you for all that you did and thank you for showing us that will power is still an incredible source of change, and a renewable source at that. Thank you for caring and thank you for humanizing the people that too often get dehumanized. Thank you for being real."

In a world all of jerks and tyrants, be a Kate Nixon

This week's Market Squared remembers a capital 'F' Friend

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