the above/ground press postal increase sale! (& if the backlist overwhelms, i could easily select for you (i could select all canadian authors! that would be cool, yes? hey, americans! you should order poetry chapbooks! abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-ab…

A small ($10) contribution to Canadian small press can be made by purchasing one of these. We did it through Anstee’s Etsy shop.

How do we live as ourselves with courage, and what does living ask of us? We revisit francesca ekwuyasi's "Na Condition Make Crayfish Bend," first published in ROOM 45.1 Ancestors: roommagazine.com/reading-room/n…

A #TodaysPoem tweet from 2015 sparked a poet to reconsider work that became a beautiful Gaspereau Press #poetry collection in 2022. I ponder that, happily astonished, here: bookgagabooks.ca/2025/03/08/poe…

How many books have you written and how many do you think you will write? I've written 4 (2 published, 1 hopefully published soon and 1 maybe sometime) I want to keep writing lots of books. I can see myself as a 90 year old still writing books 📚 😊

"I felt welcomed and nourished." - 2021 Poetry Colloquium Alum 🌿 Join a community of writers! Apply for Sage Hill Spring Poetry Colloquium at sagehillwriting.ca/writing-retrea… ⚠️ Application Deadline: March 15, 2025.

Would you like to study Creative Writing in the heart of Bloomsbury? Do get in touch if you would like to find out more about the MA Poetry Pathway at Royal Holloway, University of London

Spring into a new season of reckoning and gathering strength with us. Join our host Jane Shi for this virtual double launch as ROOM 47.4 Full Circle and 48.1 Wits End meet at the cusp of the season turning, on our 50th anniversary year 💫 events.humanitix.com/spring-equinox…

Sharing my poem, "Kindled", published last week in the UK magazine Full House Literary . Thanks so much to EIC Leia They say they like poems that take risks, experiment with form / spacing / language. You can hear me read the poem too. fullhouseliterary.com/issue-1-2025-o…

Recommending Manahil Bandukwala's lovely Heliotropia: #poems “To be marvellous enough for the sun” “We glance up to the sky for an invitation lost on a day when no flower was poem enough.” #todayspoem Manahil Bandukwala Brickbooks Literary Halcyon #writingcommunity 📚📝

If you see this, it's your sign to submit something. y'all have brought us so much incredible work to consider over the years, we're so lucky and grateful for you! The rejection isn't real!

We're proud to announce that @RheaTregebov's TALKING TO STRANGERS is a finalist for the $10,000 2025 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize. The shortlist will be released on March 31, and the winner declared on April 21, to coincide with the 25th anniversary of Purdy's passing.

verseottawa.ca/en/performers with performances & workshops & a poetics lecture

In a reading I gave recently, someone asked how to cultivate a playful spirit. Here's a poem about playing with my nephew's son, who is one of my mentors at play: poets.ca/running-as-you… (Thank you League of Canadian Poets )

March 25 - VERSeFest x Riverbed - mailchi.mp/c66671718fa3/r…

Thank you to IceFloe Press for for this spread! I wanted to include an actual recording of the noise from my neurons but the hospital refused to provide it.

Announcing our 2024 Short Forms Contest Shortlist, judged by the incredble Zalika Reid-Benta! Thank you to everyone who trusted us with their work 💫 roommagazine.com/whats-new/shor…

"Lee Junkin Burgess Knox an unabashed pat on the head for remembering in right order the music of the names of my first teachers" #TodaysPoem #poetry Oompah by Phil Hall from The Small Nouns Crying Faith (2013 Book*hug Press) tinyurl.com/2jtfs9u5

Versefest starts today at 7pm, Saw gallery. The full account here: bsky.app/profile/versef…

April is National Poetry Month, so I’ll be sharing a poet a day again this year…but for now…a reminder to buy, borrow, and read Canadian poetry.