Kateri Lanthier
@katerilanthier.bsky.social
Poet, teacher, editor. Author of Siren (Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2017) and Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011).
I'm hoping for reassurance of the shape of things, a glimpse of my old allegiances, but find at best an outline here such as my finger might draw in dust. —Richard Greene, The Blaschka Invertebrates @commonwealmagazine.org www.commonwealmagazine.org/poem-blaschk...
Presses. Please email me to ask if I want to review a particular title on my Brilliant Women Inc blog. I do this for free, don't review first books, only review books by Canadian women. Otherwise it is just getting popped in my book box. In other news, I survived singing an acapella cat song on CBC!
Very sorry to hear that the poet J.H. Prynne has died, at the age of 89. Here, from 10 years ago, is my attempt to describe the man and the work
Jeremy Prynne, prankster poet
The famously obscure poetry of JH Prynne glitters with aphorisms and jokes
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the Artemis crew took photography classes so they could take the best photos possible up there 😭
RIT alumni train Artemis II astronauts in photography
The four NASA astronauts on the Artemis II Moon Mission are well equipped to document their mission because of two years of training from RIT alumni.
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I fell in love with this poem when I was barely older than its 16-year-old subject. It hits different reading it now as a parent (older than Ondaatje was when he wrote it!)
In honor of National Poetry month, we think you should read Michael Ondaatje’s “To a Sad Daughter.”
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Say What?: On the Culture of Book Reviewing in Canada — River Street Writing
According to Dreamers Creative Writing Magazine, a periodical currently soliciting online reviews of Canadian books: “it's not really worth your time to write a negative review. What’s the point? It’l...
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Great to hear this interview with my former student, Guy Elston! It was a pleasure to write a blurb for The Character Actor Convention, a book that I recommend you seek out at an independent bookshop, request from your local library, read conspicuously in public, etc.
In this NBN episode, I speak with Toronto poet Guy Elston about his delightful debut poetry collection, The Character Actor Convention (Gordon Hill Press/Porcupine’s Quill, 2025). This is persona poetry at its finest. To listen in, click the link below: newbooksnetwork.com/the-characte...
Delighted to be teaching Poetry: Introduction and Poetry II in the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. In-person classes start next week! Join us downtown on the St. George campus. Please help spread the word. learn.utoronto.ca/why-continui...
Kateri Lanthier
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OUT NOW. Issue twenty-three: 'Wildfires' badlilies.uk/issue-twenty-three
Issue twenty-three — Bad Lilies
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Keats as Canadian comedian.
"Fools! if some passions high have warm’d the world, If Queens and Soldiers have play’d deep for hearts, It is no reason why such agonies Should be more common than the growth of weeds." #TodaysPoem #poetry Modern Love by John Keats (1818) poets.org/poem/modern-...
Pleased to see my poem online now at The Walrus.
“Like a private nightclub, this bright ambulance. / Modular interior, glitter-futuristic fitted jewel box kitted out with drugs / (theirs, yours in a bag grabbed from home).” Read “Harmonics,” a new poem from Kateri Lanthier: https://thewalrus.ca/harmonics/
Thrilled to see this! Thank you for choosing my poem for your series, Vicki. As well, my thanks to the editors of The Night Heron Barks, who obtained permission to reproduce the Georgia O'Keeffe work. A dream journal.
"My gorgeous dead. Your abject pimp, I apologize. Wish I had the courage to talk about the bees." #TodaysPoem #poetry Dear Fleurs by @KateriLanthier.bsky.social (2021 The Night Heron Barks)
Honoured that my poem "Harmonics" brought joy in 2025 to Walrus Editor in Chief Carmine Starnino! "5. This opening line in Kateri Lanthier's luminous poem 'Harmonics,' which I immediately accepted: 'Like a private nightclub, this bright ambulance.'"
Joy takes many forms. Here are the big wins and simple pleasures that made 2025 just a little bit brighter for The Walrus staff: thewalrus.ca/what-brought-us-...
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann announces Sean Borodale as new Poet in Residence. www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann announces Sean Borodale as new Poet in Residence. | Poetry Ireland
Poetry Ireland / Éigse Éireann announces Sean Borodale as new Poet in Residence.
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I have a new poem in The Walrus, Jan/Feb 2026 issue. It's my first poem in print since losing my husband last year. Our three Gen Z kids said, "So, Mum, it's the sex and death issue." @thewalrus.ca
Greatly enjoyed reading new poems and discussing chapbooks, full-length collections, and poetry world with Prof. Richard Greene's class in the MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing, University of Toronto. Many thanks to Rick Greene for the invitation.
Looking forward to this debut! Guy Elston was one of my students in @uoftscs.bsky.social. A brilliant poet. Highly recommended!
The Character Actor Convention is the debut full-length poetry collection by UK-born and Toronto-based poet Guy Elston, arriving Fall 2025 with Gordon Hill Press. Request a review copy: www.riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-s... #poetry
Revitalized Kingston WritersFest to return quillandquire.com/omni/a-revit...
A revitalized Kingston WritersFest to return in September 2025 - Quill and Quire
After a devastating 2024 season, a resurrected Kingston WritersFest has announced dates for the return of the literary festival in 2025.
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"Where I was born / and born backwards again out of my mouth / into haze and sweet airs." This stunning ecopoem interfacing the more-than- human world. From INMATES by Sean Borodale. #NationalPoetryMonth Day 26 ❤️ #ecopoetry #poetry #morethanhuman #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity
Visited the cherry blossoms at Robarts Library, University of Toronto. Twice in one week! Ahhhhh...Getting ready to teach Poetry II for @uoftscs.bsky.social next week! #cherryblossoms #poetry
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! Always happy to visit my local, The Great Escape. Picked up The Size of Paradise by Dale Martin Smith, published by Canadian small press @knifeforkbook.bsky.social, helmed by @itsakirby.bsky.social! #independentbookstoreday #poetry
Canada’s most unique poetry prize: 4 prize winners & 4 honorable mentions will be published in a chapbook. 2 readings in the fall. Please repost! moritherapy.wixsite.com/murielsjourn... @amiwarmer.bsky.social @sharonberg.bsky.social @kipress.bsky.social @katerilanthier.bsky.social
2025 Muriel's Journey Poetry Prize
Submit your poetry to the 2025 MURIEL’S JOURNEY POETRY PRIZE. What's Muriel's Journey all about? Find out here PRIZE:First Prize $100 First Prize for a poem by a Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) contributor $100 Second Prize $50 Fortuna's Choice: $35 for a poem selected at random from the longlist of general entry poemsAll winners and honorary mentions will be published in Fire In The Heart, the Muriel’s Journey Chapbook for 2025. CRITERIA: Content: Should meet one or more of these criteria:
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Look at this beautiful cover for Muriel's Journey's 2024 chapbook! Muriel's Journey is in remembrance of Muriel Marjorie, Canadian activist, poet and performer, well-known by her appearances in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside #poetry #vancouver www.amazon.ca/Fire-Heart-2...
I met my daughter, an undergrad at U of T, for coffee at the Royal Conservatory before teaching the first class of Poetry II (winter) in the School of Continuing Studies, U of T. After the class, a student said, "You're so passionate about poetry! It's great to be taught by someone so passionate."
My reading of Michael Longley's 'Harmonica' for the new Poems on the Underground in his memory is just below the text on this link. Michael said it was his favourite among his own poems: poemsontheunderground.org/february-202...
February 2025
Michael Longley RIP Harmonica by Michael Longley read by Ian Duhig Our February poems open with three elegiac, deeply moving poems by the great Irish poet Michael Longley, who died last month. We a…
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"We all stood around not knowing. We stood around not knowing but trying, trying to get into art school. Trying to ignore the pains in the various parts of all of us." #TodaysPoem #poetry The Pill by @SarahWolfson.bsky.social (2023 @yalereview.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/rrkm59ru
Sarah Wolfson: "The Pill"
A poem by Sarah Wolfson: "I am offered a pill. My grandmother was not / offered a pill."
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And a one, and a two, and a three...Delighted to be teaching Poetry: Introduction, Poetry II, and Poetry III this winter for the School of Continuing Studies, University of Toronto. Classes start soon! Please help spread the word.
Friends in London, please take note! (Wish I could attend!)
Delighted to read this Monday, 20 Jan, at The Social in central London for Canon Fodder! An event series featuring poetry, live music, & brief open mic. I'll be reading with Susannah Dickey & Will Burns, with music from Mock Deer 🥳 All welcome, tickets at: www.tickettailor.com/events/canon...