Tolu Oloruntoba
@tolu.ca
Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). My new Collection, UNRAVEL, was a National Book Critics Circle finalist. Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
Lisa Richter reads with Anna Veprinska and Tolu Oloruntoba at Owl's Nest Books in Calgary on Monday, July 20. Hosted by @michelinemaylor.bsky.social. All are welcome! https://bit.ly/4froYFi @lisarichter.bsky.social @tolu.ca @annaveprinska.bsky.social #books #poetry #YYC #readings
Best Canadian Poetry 2027 will be published on November 17, 2026. It was the honour of a lifetime to serve as guest editor, working alongside the brilliant series editor, Anita Lahey.
Two more research workshops added in British Columbia! Looking forward to visiting Smithers and Prince George this July. See thread for details. #PoeticForecasts #PoeticInquiry #Climate #Weather #Health #Wellness #SSHRC
Health Arts Research Centre@healtharts.bsky.social · last mo.Research study participants needed! You are invited to contribute to Poetic Forecasts: Using Creative Practices to Anticipate Wellness Challenges and Needs in a Changing Climate. #PoeticForecasts #Climate #Weather #Wellness #PoeticInquiry #SSHRC #UNBC @sjonespoet.bsky.social 🧵1/6
![Participant recruitment posters that includes the call: Research study participants needed; Get involved to help us explore how poetry can inform wellness supports and connect weather and climate to lived experiences of wellness in the context of the changing climate. Poetry writing workshops to be held in Smithers, British Columbia, on July 11, 2026, 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Creation Station, Smithers Art Gallery and in Prince George, British Columbia, on July 14, 2026, 1:00 – 4:00 pm at the Prince George Public Library, Bob Harkins Branch. You are invited to: Participate in one 2–3-hour poetry workshop with an optional half-hour follow-up interview; write about wellness, weather, and climate; submit your poems to this study; and take part in additional research and creative activities. You will receive: Refreshments and a small gift as a thank you for participation in the poetry workshop. 1-2 participants will be selected per workshop to complete a 30-minute follow-up interview and will be compensated for their time in the interview with a $50 honorarium. This workshop is designed for adult participants. Interested in participating? Reach out to learn more! The contact email for Dr. Samantha Jones is provided: Samantha.Jones[at]unbc.ca, as well as a QR code which links to the registration site also included in the main Instagram post. This study has been reviewed by the UNBC Research Ethics Board (#6010198). Any concerns or complaints can be directed to reb[at]unbc.ca or by phone to 250-960-6735. This research is a postdoctoral fellowship supervised by Dr. Sarah de Leeuw (sarah.deleeuw[at]unbc.ca). Funding and support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, University of Northern British Columbia, and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. The logos for UNBC, the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, and the Government of Canada are included on the bottom of the poster.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wtt2gwrwe6gpcq3c2qhdon7u/bafkreihxpocba6gvewnfqync2il365hql2krd2s3jlc3wx5pultuqoezgu)
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!
Book Launch: sometimes, forest Shelf Life Books June 16, 7:00 PM Elee Kraljii Gardiner launches her new book of poetry, sometimes, forest, a “hylofeminist” work exploring how our bodies and those of the ecosystems around us are permeated and interwoven.
Was quite surprised & delighted to find that my poem "We Go Down to the Sea of Myrrh," which opens with the ever so endearing line, "Molly, I hate your husband" (& which appeared in @cv2magazine.bsky.social), will be in Best Canadian Poetry 2027. Many thanks to @tolu.ca, Anita Lahey & Biblioasis.
Biblioasis@biblioasis.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew from The Bibliophile: Announcing this year's contributors for the Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories anthologies! Congratulations to all of the writers selected 🎉 digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/best-canad...
So grateful to have a poem forthcoming in Best Canadian Poetry. Thank you to @thewalrus.ca for first publishing “And Then Came the Day” and to guest editor @tolu.ca for selecting it for this anthology.
Biblioasis@biblioasis.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew from The Bibliophile: Announcing this year's contributors for the Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories anthologies! Congratulations to all of the writers selected 🎉 digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/best-canad...
Thrilled to have my "Meditations in an Emergency" in Best Canadian Poetry 2027. Kinda flabbergasted that this is the 3rd poem from my debut to appear in BCP. So grateful to @biblioasis.bsky.social, to Anita Lahey, and to @tolu.ca. And what a bonus that @sarahwolfson.bsky.social is in there with me.
Biblioasis@biblioasis.bsky.social · 2mo agoNew from The Bibliophile: Announcing this year's contributors for the Best Canadian Essays, Poetry, and Stories anthologies! Congratulations to all of the writers selected 🎉 digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/best-canad...
Tinnitus is a constant fridge hum in my head. But I also have to deal with the *actual* fridge hum.
Skarsgård is great, but Kevin R. Free is *my* Murderbot. So glad he voiced the new book.
PLATFORM DECAY arrives tomorrow. Not everything is horrible. torpublishinggroup.com/platform-dec...
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Roger Zelazny’s "The Chronicles of Amber"
Meghan Fitzmartin@megfitz89.bsky.social · 4mo ago✍️ Writers of Bsky: Instead of “what IP do you want to write for” I have a better question — What NICHE IP do you want to write for? The IP that you’re sure no one cares about but you. I have a list: - Scarecrow and Mrs King - The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh - Doyle’s The Lost World - JAG (not NCIS)
I think my actual answer as much as I care to have one and works for kids too is "words that make music when you say them out loud"
I love this. Also more age-appropriate than Anne Carson’s "If prose is a house, poetry is a man on fire running quite fast through it." 🙃
Raoul Fernandes@raoulfernandes.bsky.social · 4mo agoI've also thought about comparing it to movement: if a story is going for a walk or hike, a poem is more like dancing
My 5 year-old asked “What’s a poem?” when I told her what I was scribbling on the side while I made lunch. My older kid and I really struggled to explain. How does one define poetry for a kindergartener?
Me when I started having nightmares set in my childhood home again, after I already beat that level.
there will come soft maeves@maeveynot.online · 4mo agothey should make a healing that is linear
My sleep tracker tells me I had a sleep score of 99. The highest I've ever had. But I spent more time in REM sleep, having ridiculous, distressing dreams. I feel very poorly rested and sad. But yay for my high score.
If you think this is exhausting, imagine being Iranian.
Anyway, we have ample research on how living under a state of sustained terror and stress causes life-long health problems as well as intergenerational epigenetic effects. This feels like it's making you sick because it actually is making you sick.
I did think he was going to use nukes. I’m so relieved that I’m in tears. Fuck that guy.
Danny Go!: I owe you an apology. I wasn’t really familiar with your game.
I’m proud of myself for teaching my kids the “It’s got electrolytes” refrain from Idiocracy. But I don’t always make good decisions. Today, I was in a shop and bought harmonicas for both of them on a whim. I usually have better judgment than this, but you can’t win them all.
hey, it's #worldpoetryday -- here, help yourself to free PDFs of everything i've written: derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/
I realized yesterday that NOT ONCE have I ever found that I forgot to lock the garage or front door, or turn off the stove when I went back to check.
Finally got one of those AI-generated author emails. It was so long. It. Just. Kept. Going. I think they function on the same principle as many scam emails. It’s a numbers game but every now and then, they find someone who is so needy / greedy / uninformed, that they actually work.
