Joanna Streetly
@joannastreetly.bsky.social
Lover of words, art, wild things Best Canadian Essays, Best Canadian Poetry, 4 books incl Wild Fierce Life: Dangerous Moments on the Outer Coast “All of Us Hidden” poetry, Caitlin Press, Oct 2025. Tla-o-qui-aht territory www.joannastreetly.com
The Conservative Party of BC has hired Apollo Chung, a member of the separatist Republican Party of Alberta, as director of operations and Cosmin Dzsurdzsa, a former writer for Juno News, as caucus communications director. @jenstden.bsky.social for @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/News/2026/07...
BC Conservatives Hire an Alberta Separatist and Far-Right Media Figure | The Tyee
Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay commits to a MAGA approach to winning power.
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brilliantwomeninc.blogspot.com/2026/07/yiel... #canlit #wolsakandwynn #buckriderbooks
Yield by Jaime Forsythe (Wolsak & Wynn/Buckrider Books, 2026)
Long poems aren't common in Canada. I think of Sharon Thesen, Dave McFadden, Dionne Brand, Daphne Marlatt. There are more of course but not ...
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Here’s something: if blue whales emitted their song out of the water, the effect would be so loud, it would cause immediate hearing loss in humans. Alexis Pauline Gumbs, for Orion’s issue THE DEEP DIVE, writes on voices (both human and whale), listening, and frequency.
Blue Whale Radio
What was I really reaching for—a sound, or a feeling?
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I retweeted this yesterday without comment so I feel like today I can add that Kelsey Pfendler's arms & shoulders (like her determination, because that solo row is terrifying) are formidable.
Budd@n7eoj.bsky.social · last mo.It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
MELTDOWN is shortlisted for the general category for the 2025 SWCC Book Awards! Congratulations to our author, Sarah Boon, and the other shortlisted authors. Winners will be announced in September. About the book: https://bit.ly/41lawaq @snowhydro.bsky.social @swc-can.bsky.social
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!
Looking for manuscript editing work. Don't let the robot hallucinate a pile of regurgitation that will only make you look dumb and false. Hire a real person with 25 years of experience, 17 books, and a deep love of the English language to collaborate with you to make your book unforgettable :)
...and as for prize culture, what I would TRULY love to see is more funding and attention for reading series, small presses, independent bookstores, and individuals who have dedicated their lives to creating literary community. you know, the oh so essential infrastructure of it all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEpW... and for something more "heart warming" here is an early trailer for my fall book, Sixteen Homes (Wolsak & Wynn) featuring 16 homes and voices of family members speaking about what home "is" to them.
16 homes: a book trailer
YouTube video by catherine owen
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Gulp. Cover story by moi.
Alberta Views Magazine@albertaviews.bsky.social · 3mo agoThe next issue of Alberta Views is on its way to press! Subscribe by May 29 to make sure you get your copy. Use code AVSM to save $5. @toughcitywriter.bsky.social on wildfires, Doug Firby on electric cars, Jenalene Antony on wild horses, @szaracat.bsky.social and Kayode Southwood on bike lanes.
Thank you to @roblucastaylor.bsky.social and @readlocalbc.bsky.social for featuring this interview! Rob always asks the good questions!
Read Local BC@readlocalbc.bsky.social · 3mo ago@christinashah.bsky.social the author of if: prey, then: huntress, sat down with @roblucastaylor.bsky.social to discuss women in trades and heavy industries, the form of work poems, her influences, and sonic play in poetry. www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/05/15/s... @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
@cowenwriter.bsky.social reminding us that books don’t vanish readers after the initial launch publicity is over. Pleased to see “All of Us Hidden” mentioned here along with books by @rheatregebov.bsky.social and @tolu.ca
Lorne Daniel@lornedaniel.bsky.social · 4mo agoWonderful selection / review of 21st Century Canadian poetry books worthy of repeated reading, by Catherine Owen. www.wolsakandwynn.ca/blog/three-n...
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-...
TONIGHT! Burnaby poetry reading! Claire Gordon, Artist in Residence, reads from her collection of bushwork poetry at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. 7:30 pm - Studio 103 6450 Deer Lake Ave, Burnaby🌠📕
3/3. This is my summary of why the Hungarian elections matter the world over. snyder.substack.com/p/the-hungar...
The Hungarian Candidate
Is Orbán's Decline Trump's Fall?
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Yes, should be noted that when Vance joins Kushner and Witkoff he is not joining a team of negotiators but a pair of war profiteers.
Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 4mo agoOne of the most brazenly corrupt events in history will take place tomorrow when Jared Kushner represents the U.S. in critical negotiations with Iran to end the war while he accepts millions in fees (and billions in investments) from the Saudi gov’t which has been lobbying Trump to continue the war
Maybe if the media and the international community had not largely given Trump a pass on his Venezuelan crime spree we wouldn’t be here. America’s president is basically just knocking over countries like they’re liquor stores right now.
I have been editing manuscripts in all genres for over 20 years and this is the slowest it has ever been in my "bits and piecing" existence. Please hire humans to do your book- perfecting work. The robot thieves just cheat all of us. Contact me at catherineowenwriter@gmail.com :)
Looking for an editor? Catherine is insightful and has a quick turnaround. Highly recommended.
Catherine Owen@cowenwriter.bsky.social · 4mo agoI have been editing manuscripts in all genres for over 20 years and this is the slowest it has ever been in my "bits and piecing" existence. Please hire humans to do your book- perfecting work. The robot thieves just cheat all of us. Contact me at catherineowenwriter@gmail.com :)
www.youtube.com/channel/UC1L... check these documentaries on older women artists out and if interested in working with me to make one for yourself or someone you love let me know at catherineowenwriter@gmail.com :)
The Clio Project: chronicling older women artists
Conceptualized, interviewed, shot and edited by poet Catherine Owen, these documentary shorts honour the art and lives of older women artists from around the world, seeking to draw attention to art an...
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Some thoughts about the President of the United States speaking about ending a civilization. The president speaks genocide. Anyone who has been involved in that conversation or associated actions would be complicit. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment.
