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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Oct 4

I don’t take the bus anymore because I live in the middle of nowhere, but I find great joy in knowing that others get to be illuminated by poetry on their commutes! LOVE Poetry in Transit ❤️❤️❤️ @readlocalbc.bsky.social

Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · Sep 19

↪Swipe to find out how place impacts these Poets’ work

Join us tomorrow from 2-3:30 PM @wordvancouver.bsky.social in Robson Square to hear readings from our featured poets! followed by discussion and Q&A.

Read the full interviews here:
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...

Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on Your Next Ride

Celebrating 29 years of Poetry in Transit with a conversation with this year's selected BC poets.

www.readlocalbc.ca

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Oct 4

One year away from this honour and still going strong!

Luke Kennard @lukekennard.bsky.social · Oct 4

The You’re Still Doing This? award for poets aged 45-55

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Oct 4

❤️❤️❤️❤️

JW Roulston 🇨🇦🇳🇿🇮🇪 @ottawakiwi.bsky.social · Oct 4

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Oct 4

I love this series, How Does a Poem Begin. This just in from Em Dial: “It is the where that contributes to a poem’s possibility and how it opens up something in the reader. It is the where that decides which side of history the poem lies upon.”

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Oct 4

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Em Dial : How does a poem begin? / @palimpsestpress.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/10/em-d...

Em Dial : How does a poem begin?

How does a poem begin? Looking at this question– How does a poem begin? – feels a bit like being trapped in a room with mirrors on...

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Jul 19

It’s Friday night and I’m definitely taking about poetry 🙌🙌

Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Jul 19

my favorite topic of conversation is poetry. like, i'm not kidding! i want to talk about poetry on a friday night! i will! also, i love talking about food while eating different food

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Chen Chen @chenchenwrites.bsky.social · Jul 19

my favorite topic of conversation is poetry. like, i'm not kidding! i want to talk about poetry on a friday night! i will! also, i love talking about food while eating different food

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Terrill Tailfeathers @terrilltf.bsky.social · Jul 18

“We’ll keep them in the ghetto as long as they want” Pierre Eliot Trudeau stated as his 1969 white paper on Indian policy was rejected by First Nations. Canada wants certainty for resource extraction. This is why they’re in a rush to legislate First Nations inherent rights under crown sovereignty.

Nora Loreto @nolore.bsky.social · Jul 18

As @terrilltf.bsky.social reminds, the Chrétien/Martin budget imposed the 2% cap on all Indigenous spending which warped a lot (from education to health to social spending) for First Nations communities in Canada.

And now this, which is way worse. Liberals are amazing colonizers.

David Macdonald @davidmaccdn.bsky.social · Jul 17

Indigenous services will be hit hard. A stunning $4.5 bil in cuts, 1 of 5 dollars in cuts is just reduced transfers to First Nations to provide police, ed and health care. Gutting Indigenous social programs is not an "ambitions" way to find "savings". 3/x
www.datawrapper.de/_/pZ6Zq/

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Sean Michaels @swanmichaels.bsky.social · Jul 19

This piece by @meghanor.bsky.social nails the big problem looming for literature and AI, and it isn't any of the problems (copyright, homework, slop, bias, energy) most people spend their time worrying about: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o... A fantastic and well-informed essay.

Opinion | The Seductions of A.I. for the Writer’s Mind

www.nytimes.com

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · Jun 10

“Trump is using military forces to stop a protest — I want y'all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Doechii at the #BETAwards

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · Jun 9

This is precisely correct.

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Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · Jun 6

Canisia Lubrin wins the 28th annual Danuta Gleed Award for her short fiction collection Code Noir #CanLit
writersunion.ca/news/winners...

Winners Announced for the 28th Annual Danuta Gleed Literary Award | The Writers' Union of Canada

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Open Book @openbookon.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congratulations to Valérie Bah (Vehicule Press), winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award, and to Vicky Zhu, winner of the Youth Short Story Award. Check out our full coverage of this majestic evening here!
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #ShortStory #Prizes
open-book.ca/News/The-Win...

The Winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award Has Been Revealed!

The winner of the 2025 Amazon First Novel Award is Valérie Bah, author of Subterrane (Esplanade Books/Véhicule Press), as revealed in yet another majestic ...

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Jun 5

The name for this essay came to me in a dream, so I followed that dream until I found Wordsworth above Tintern Abbey in the jaws of a goth snake… Intrigued? Thanks for reading! #poetry #essays #writing #canlit #writingcommunity

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jun 5

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Leesa Dean : Poetic Genesis: Goth Girl Swallows Wordsworth Like a Snake. / @leesadean.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/06/lees...

Leesa Dean : Poetic Genesis: Goth Girl Swallows Wordsworth Like a Snake.

How does a poem begin? I’ve been reading the previous essays published here that respond to the question of how a poem b...

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · Jun 4

Some days are random AF: in the past hour I have helped a dude push a 35 foot power pole down a bank into our backyard and edited a poem about the Neptune Equester. Now I feel like I should write a poem about a 35 foot power pole 🤣 #writing #poetry #rurallife

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · May 31

Someone asked me two days ago at an event why I write and I was like, to save myself. I think they were expecting more, but that is the most accurate three-word summary I can think of 🤷‍♀️ #blueskywriters #writingcommunity #writing

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NeWest Press @newestpress.bsky.social · May 30

Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with these NeWest classics!!

#NeWestPress #AsianHeritageMonth #CanLit #CanadianLiterature #Canadian #AlbertaReads

A stack of books sits on a concrete ledge in front of a bright green bush. The books are: Ezra's Ghosts by Darcy Tamayose
Hiroshima Bomb Money by Terry Watada
The Cine Star Salon by Leah Ranada
The Chorus of Mushrooms by Hiromi Goto
Diamond Grill by Fred Wah
Disappearing Moon Cafe by Sky Lee
Coconut by Nisha Patel
Dreams of the Epoch & the Rock by Jaspreet Singh
How to Hold a Pebble by Jaspreet Sing

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Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · May 30

In Zilla Jones' novel, an opera singer gives a voice to the Grenada Revolution #CanLit
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...

In Zilla Jones' novel, an opera singer gives a voice to the Grenada Revolution | CBC Books Bookends

She discussed The World So Wide on Bookends with Mattea Roach

www.cbc.ca

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Writers' Trust of Canada @writerstrust.bsky.social · May 26

Congratulations to this year's #BertonHouse writers-in-residence!
◢ Jesse Keith Butler
◢ Cody Caetano
◢ Krista Foss
◢ Helen Knott
◢ Angela Long
◢ Rebecca Thomas
Learn more about this year’s residents here: bit.ly/4k3schN
#CanLit #PierreBerton

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Barbara Tran @staranise99.bsky.social · May 27

Deadline: May 30. Poems in dialogue with other poems.
Edited by Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social & @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social
planetearthpoetry.com/after?ss_sou...
#canpoetry #canlit

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · May 27

Good god, I thought this was a meme at first! Wtf 😬

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Gerard Beirne @gerardbeirne.bsky.social · May 14

“Death steals everything except our stories.”
― Jim Harrison

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · May 13

Bid your hearts out for an important cause and a jazzed up bookshelf!

Jaime Forsythe @jaimeforsythe.bsky.social · May 5

Check out this auction fundraiser, with all funds going towards eSims to help Palestinians in Gaza stay connected with each other and the rest of the world. My most recent book (+extras) is there along with lots of amazing fiction, poetry, memoir, etc: tinyurl.com/authors4esims

Authors for eSims: Auction fundraiser in Support of Crips for eSims for Gaza. May 5, 9am - May 18, 6pm (EST). Bid on autographed books and special prize bundles from your favourite authors!

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Leesa Dean @leesadean.bsky.social · May 13

YES!!! 😍😍

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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social · May 9

Two recent titles: Natalie Rice's Nightjar and Sean Howard's Overlays

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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social · May 9

Two most recent spring titles: John Terpstra's A Carpentry of Words and Wood and Sue Goyette's Future Howl

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