Thanks to Kirby for lighting up our event with a poem from CAConrad! xxx
On Occasion: Poems for the People
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Maggie Helwig reads John Donne at the occasion of the Toronto launch of #onoccasion. Available now from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social
Ah, thank you--so good to see!
Benjamin Wert@benjaminwert.bsky.social · 2w agoI just finished "on occasion: Poems for the people" An anthology edited by Sina Queyras and published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Highly recommended. I got it from the library but am planning on buying a copy so I can keep coming back to it as occasions warrant.
Friday is a great day to eat the rich, starting with your boss! ! ! @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Available: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...
Hello Toronto! Very much looking forward to celebrating with this amazing line-up of readers. Please come. Say hello! sinaqueyras.ca/2026/07/03/4...
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New line-up for our Toronto event on July 22! Very much looking forward to meeting those of you I haven’t yet met, and to seeing old friends. Come if you can! What a line-up!
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Tricia Lockwood@tricialockwood.bsky.social · 4w agosappho you absolute freak … I’m listening
Rebecca Solnit nails this moment. "There is immense condescension in their imagined Working Class White Man whose prejudices must be pandered to, and of course those prejudices are their own or at least something they're willing to accept..."
Rebecca Solnit@rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 4w agoI once wrote Dante had Beatrice; Orwell had Stalin; for political writers their muses are not the good things. Wrote this in one sitting today.
Interview about On Occasion Thanks for the interview! Brooke Lee and I had a conversation about On Occasion. You can find it up on Montreal Review of Books. Thanks to the editors there as well. https://sinaqueyras.ca/2026/07/06/interview-about-on-occasion/
Interview about On Occasion
Thanks for the interview! Brooke Lee and I had a conversation about On Occasion. You can find it up on Montreal Review of Books. Thanks to the editors there as well.
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New line-up for our Toronto event on July 22! Very much looking forward to meeting those of you I haven't yet met, and to seeing old friends. Come if you can! What a line-up! https://sinaqueyras.ca/2026/07/03/4251/
New line-up for our Toronto event on July 22! Very much looking forward to meeting those of you I haven't yet met, and to seeing old friends. Come if you can! What a line-up!
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An occasion for an occasion: please join editor Sina Queyras on Wednesday, July 22, as they launch On Occasion: Poems for the People in Toronto! Sina Queyras will be joined by an incredible lineup of contributing poets. For full event details: chbooks.com/Events
I'm traveling to Toronto for this! Would love to see you there.
Coach House Books@coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoCelebrate On Occasion: Poems for the People with editor Sina Queyras at the Coach House Books Spring Group Launch next Thursday! Queyras will be reading from the book, and we'll have occasional poetry postcards for sending near and far. More info & RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/coach-hous...
What is the occasion of your poem? the imagined rally cry to join a leveling operation of balancing the social/economic books by liquidating the wealthy. --Russel Carisse's poem Eat The Rich appears in On Occasion, lauching officially today.
Woohoo! Can't wait!
Shelagh Rowan-Legg@shelaghrowanlegg.northsky.social · 3mo agoThe poetry-inclined in Montréal! ON OCCASION: POEMS FOR THE PEOPLE edited by @queyras.bsky.social from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social launches Tuesday May 12th / mardi 12 mai, 7pm, Librarie De Stiil. Readings by me, @mishasolomon.bsky.social @csuther.bsky.social @pslycnrd.bsky.social and more!
My love of the occasional poem led to my editing an anthology of poetry launching May 12! You'll find interviews with many of the contributors up on the books' companion site: occasionalpoems.ca and one below!
Coach House Books@coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoAn excerpt from Gary Barwin, ahead of the publication of On Occasion: Poems for the People! Read his full interview here: occasionalpoems.ca/interviews/g... On Occasion: Poems for the People, edited by Sina Queyras, is out May 12 everywhere you buy books. ✨
Hey Toronto, I am coming your way. I will read with these fine folks.
Coach House Books@coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 4mo agoTHE COACH HOUSE BOOKS SPRING GROUP LAUNCH! Join us on Thursday, May 21, from 7 to 10 PM, at Society Clubhouse as we launch a number of our Spring 2026 titles. Readings from Lisa Robertson, Jordan Abel, Geoffrey D. Morrison, Sina Queyras, and Maggie Helwig. RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/coach-hous...
One Poem Sue Goyette from MONOCULTURE Sue Goyette They will have understood how they were misrepresented and not even considered. They will have seen the photo of the ancient grandmother tree, her trunk held down by chains driven down a highway to some fuckery of a plan. They will have gathered…
One Poem Sue Goyette
from MONOCULTURE Sue Goyette They will have understood how they were misrepresented and not even considered. They will have seen the photo of the ancient grandmother tree, her trunk held down by chains driven down a highway to some fuckery of a plan. They will have gathered and agreed no action is active after the last forests and everyone will have gardened or made sourdough bread or a painting of the allium breaking its sheath to blossom because that's what really mattered. They will have shared. They will have understood the best action looks different…
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From Charlene Kwiatkowski, whose poem ‘I Owned Kingdoms’ you’ll be able to read shortly in On Occasion: Poems for the People (edited by Sina Queyras and out May 12)! Read more about the writing of Kwiatkowski’s poem and the occasion in which it took shape: occasionalpoems.ca/interviews/c...
Coming verrry soon!
Coach House Books@coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 3mo agoOn Occasion: Poems for the People is available to pre-order now through your local independent bookstore. New contributor interviews will be released every few days leading up to May 12, its official pub date! Learn more about the collection, ed. Sina Queyras, here: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...
Ongoing interviews with contributors going up over the coming weeks! Here's a snippet from Diane Seuss: How is your poem best enjoyed? Read aloud, seated in a car held together with chicken wire in full view of a silo on fire. occasionalpoems.ca/interviews/d...
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What is an occasion? An occasion is a big deal. An elevated event. A wingding. A junket. It is not ho-hum. Have you ever had a poem on your fridge? Was it an occasional poem? My fridge is but a sta…
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On Occasion: Poems for the People, edited by Sina Queyras, is almost here (pub day is May 12) -- and in the meantime we have a wealth of poetry by Queyras to explore. Lemon Hound, Expressway, MxT, and My Ariel are all 15% off on chbooks.com until April 30 in celebration of National Poetry Month. 🏹
Excellent poems from Rob Taylor! Thanks to all who contributed to this volume.
Rob Taylor@roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 4mo agoIt's here! I've got four poems in this gorgeous anthology on the big occasions of life and the small ones in between, edited by Sina Queyras and published by @coachhousebooks.bsky.social. Featuring Kaveh Akbar, Michael Ondaatje, Diane Seuss, Karen Solie, and many more: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...
Interviews with contributors going up daily on the blog. Sometimes the answers are long. Sometimes very, very short. What is the occasion of your poem? menopause See Angie Conrad's full interview here. occasionalpoems.ca/interviews/a...
Angie Conrad
What is an occasion? An occasion is a moment in life that calls for relflection. What is the occasion of your poem? menopause How did the occasion of your poem shape the form that your poem took? T…
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Interviews with contributors to On Occasion are going up every few days a new one until the pub date in May! occasionalpoems.ca/interviews/
Interviews with Contributors
Explore interviews with poets featured in the On Occasion anthology.
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The embattled literary organization is no longer sponsored by Scotiabank, Indigo or the Azrieli Foundation, organizers confirmed. The Grind spoke to several authors about what this means for the…
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