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Raoul Fernandes
@raoulfernandes.bsky.social
Poet, dad, and library guy | (he/him) | Wrote a book called Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions) | Poetry editor for EVENT Magazine | lives on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ (Vancouver) raoulfernandes.com
Hey, I'll be reading poems with Jude Neale at Poetry in the Park (in the Centennial Lodge) in New West this Wednesday. Come on out!
Royal City Literary Arts Society@rclas.bsky.social · last mo.An update to our lineup for opening night of Poetry in the Park. Can't wait to see you there! July 15, 6:30-8:30 Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park New Westminster
Nice to have a poem in this charm of an online journal. Erin Bedford does some great work with it and it's all free. Here's my poem pinholepoetry.ca/21747-2/
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RAOUL FERNANDES Gives WayThe train is so full my shoulder is pressed against a stranger's shoulder the whole ride. Annoyance gives way to something else. Who holds another this long, sustained? Almost...
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Pinhole Poetry@pinholepoetry.bsky.social · last mo.We're pleased to present our 18th issue, a collection of poems around themes of subways, subtext, undercurrents & all that lives underneath. It features the work of 23 poets and one pinhole photographer, & a chapbook love letter. Many thx to contributors! pinholepoetry.ca/current-issu...
Pretty thrilled to have this lil' shorty up at the very cool @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social Thanks to the editors! 😊
Welcome by Raoul Fernandes
"Every flag in the rain becomes a flag of the rain."
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I think about this comic by John Campbell every father's day
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Excited to read some new poems for this and to hear these fine poets. Tune in, tomorrow! You'll need to email thefiddlehead@gmail.com to get an invite to join. (Note that if you're in or around Vancouver it will be starting at 3pm)
The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 2mo agoIt's time to celebrate The Fiddlehead's spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us on Zoom Saturday, June 13 at 7 pm ADT for readings by Melanie Power, winner of the 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and issue 307 contributors Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez!
Oh, and Kay Ryan is up there for me. Also a master of rhyme #shortpoemsunday www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Sarah Wolfson@sarahwolfson.bsky.social · 3mo agoI know small poem Sunday is a thing here, but I’d love to do a more general round-up of minimalist poetry. Which poets do you admire who write/wrote on a very small scale, (i.e. work that is slight, compact, compressed, even aphoristic)?
Oh, this should be fun! Excited to read with these folks 🤩
The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re excited to celebrate our spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us for readings from Melanie Power, Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez! ⭐Email thefiddlehead@gmail.com for the Zoom link. ⭐ The event is free and open to all, with ASL interpretation.
Our next reading is this coming Sunday, May 17th! Here's the fabulous lineup: Daniela Elza reads Lyubomir Levchev, Yilin Wang reads Qiu Jin, Cristina Holman reads Federico García Lorca, and Annie Lafleur reads Danielle Collobert 🤩 See you at Outsiders and Others, (938 Howe St #100) at 3pm!
Join us next Sunday for our next iteration of the Dead Poets Reading Series. Always inspiring and fun! Readings by @danielaelza.bsky.social , @yilinwriter.bsky.social , Cris Holman and Annie LaFleur. Details in poster. Accessible space. Hope to see you! 🌞
"Points" by @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, from the new issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social. (So many good poems in this one!)
These are really charming poems. Congrats, Ellie! 🤩
Event Magazine@eventmags.bsky.social · 3mo agoWe’re thrilled to announce that Ellie Sawatzky’s poems “Truth Serum” and “Vaporwave,” from EVENT 54/2, have been nominated for a 2026 National Magazine Award @canadamediaawards.bsky.social in Poetry! You can read “Vaporwave” on our website: tinyurl.com/3zh58na9 #NMAS26
Happy to have a couple new poems in this one, alongside such lovelies as Liz Howard, Billeh Nickerson, Ellie Sawatzky, and others ❤️
The Fiddlehead@fiddlehd.bsky.social · 4mo agoOur Spring issue is shipping out today to subscribers! Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/307
Eliminating libraries in prisons is a disaster, completely shortsighted. Libraries are a lifeline for incarcerated people who want to learn and grow, and have few other options.
Mary Grace@emgeekay.bsky.social · 4mo agoCorrectional Services Canada will be eliminating all prison librarians at federal prisons. This will save between $1.5 million and $2.5 million annually.
Little display of some local (BC) poets I put up at my library branch. some friends and those I wish were my friends 🥰
"The idea has become the work for some, and the immaculate production of it their reward, and this is a doomed prospect. An idea is a nothing thing that has built and destroyed the world countless times over, and it matters how it is crafted and wielded into its final form." ❤️
Niko Stratis@nikostratis.com · 4mo agoWrote a little thing in my newsletter this morning about the way people talk about AI and writing, and the devaluation of labour www.anxietyshark.ca/solve-for-wo...
So lovely, Phillip. The way the last line lights up everything that came before.
phillip crymble@phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 4mo agoMany thanks to Carmine Starnino and the folks @thewalrus.ca for taking a chance on this sentimental carte de tendre.
I love it when a new window opens up! Send in your good weird poems 🌸
Event Magazine@eventmags.bsky.social · 4mo agoThis is no April Fools’ Day joke! EVENT is celebrating National Poetry Month by opening for poetry submissions from Canadian citizens and residents until April 30! Submission guidelines: buff.ly/3zlNd1a
Good used book deals out in New West! I'll be there tomorrow 10-2 if you want to say hi
Event Magazine@eventmags.bsky.social · 5mo agoOur annual book sale fundraiser is back! Find great deals on fiction, poetry, YA & kids’ books, cookbooks, textbooks, CDs, DVDs/Blu-rays, magazines & much more. New inventory and deals daily! 📍 Douglas College, New Westminster 📅 March 16–20, 10 am–5 pm daily 📖 All proceeds support EVENT Magazine
9-year-old, gently petting my head: "papa, you're background music"
Next Sunday, March 8th! A fantastic line-up of poets: Rhea Tregebov reading Anne Szumigalski (1922-1999) George McWhirter reading José Emilio Pacheco (1939-2014) Robin Susanto reading Sapardi Djoko Damano (1940–2020) Mezi reading from "Classical Poems by Arab Women" anthology. Hope to see u there!
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Oof, very sad news. I probably clocked hundreds of hours listening to Bookworm while working as a janitor/maintenance worker. If there was a Nobel Prize for Best Reader, it should go to Silverblatt ❤️
Los Angeles Times@latimes.com · 6mo agoMichael Silverblatt, 'genius' host of KCRW literary show 'Bookworm,' dies at 73
In Tumbler Ridge, BC, an 18-year-old killed eight people in a mass shooting. Youth violence expert Tracy Vaillancourt speaks to The Walrus’s Carmine Starnino about assessing risk, combating stigma, and why nuance matters when talking about violence: https://thewalrus.ca/tumbler-ridge-shooting/
My dear friend, the poet Sandy Shreve, has died. A number of us wrote tributes to Sandy for @eventmags.bsky.social in December. I welcome you to read them today, and learn a bit more about an incredible poet, painter, arts organizer and human being:
“An Uncommon Eye”: Reflections on the Life and Work of Sandy Shreve - EVENT
One of the first friends I made in the poetry world was Sandy Shreve. Despite our gap in age and experience, Sandy took in this wide-eyed budding poet as a peer. I remember one day walking with Sandy ...
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Here's that poem again in a more official context. I have thoughts about this framing, but will keep to my workshop code of not explaining my poetry. The photo is also from 10+ years ago but I'm fine about that--my wife made me laugh during the photoshoot 😂
The Walrus@thewalrus.ca · 6mo agoOn speakerphone, two lives hum at opposite ends of the line, suspended in time by sound. In this new poem, Raoul Fernandes captures the quiet intimacy of a phone call: https://thewalrus.ca/speakerphone/
