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Barbara Tran
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Poet, writer, K9 behaviour geek Precedented Parroting 🦜 (poetry) Finalist, Governor General's Literary Award #anstrutherbooks | @palimpsestpress.bsky.social barbaratran.com | https://linktr.ee/barbaratran
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“Recognizing the Stranger” convo w/ Vietnamese German novelist @pham-fatale.bsky.social & me, Tues, Oct 21, 6:30 pm at Goethe-Insitut NYC, free w/ rsvp. www.eventbrite.com/e/festival-n...

Q: What text have you written that feels especially important now?

A: Lttr to Paddington Bear & empathy.
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Starry Starry Night by celebrated Canadian author Shani Mootoo is forthcoming on September 23, 2025 with Book*hug Press! Request a review copy. ✨

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@bookhugpress.bsky.social

#canlit
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This mighty micropress produced a Griffin longlister before 10 years of existence. KFB is phenomenal. And fun. Let's celebrate her with the 10th anniversary season she deserves.
#kfb10 #4ertile #fertilefest #canlit #canpoetry #poetrybooks #chapbooks #readings
On the eve of announcing KFB's stellar 2026-27 Tenth Anniversary Season #KFB10, & 4th Fertile Festival of New & Innovative Works #4ERTILE, fundraising is of the essence.

Our goal is doable. To raise our Patreon from 34 current paid members to 100 at $10/month.
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"There's poetry to tend to." | knife fork book
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Just dropped. Happy Pride darlin's. #softie #KFB
Before even a wisp of
Pride gay boys staged
a kiss-in Yonge & Bloor

arrested, public indecency
fined for their liplocks. Convicts.
Made the papers.

“You were supposed
to feel ashamed of
yourself.”

KIRBY "Kiss me"
from their new KFB chapbook
SOFTIE #SoftFest3

itsakirby.bandcamp.com/track/kiss-me
KISS ME, by Kirby
track by Kirby
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"Performing the role of 'body' for you has been akin to participating in an irreparably toxic workplace environment. One where management actively ignores the research and trauma-backed warnings I issue on a regular basis."
I Am Your Body and I Am Done Keeping Score
It’s me, your body, the one you’ve inhabited for thirty-plus years. I refuse to say exactly how many, because, as of today, keeping a precise count...
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"A call for work that celebrates the complex, the cross-genre, the formally mixed, the abject, the unstable, the code-switched (or the code-kept) resistant text. The winner will receive a $500 cash prize and publication in The Capilano Review."

thecapilanoreview.com/language-the...
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8PM TONIGHT MY QUEERS! #threedollarbill #parkdale
WEDNESDAY NIGHT 8PM! #whereyouwillfindme #thislineup #slays

KIRBY
MS. KNOWAH HOLDER
CHELSEA ROZANSKY
VIDAL WU
LEE SUKSI
BRAWK WARD

NATURAL BORN SINNERS #oncruising
THREE DOLLAR BILL #parkdale
Hosted by NASTY BEE + FAITH

Bring your own lube, poppers, cash. #tapfootforagoodtime #heysexybuymeadrink
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Before Los Angeles was an American city, it was a Mexican village named "El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles del Río de Porciúncula." Yet the only "invasion" the GOP talks about concerns modern-day immigrants, not the US military invasion of 1846.
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: They were literally out there protesting, carrying a foreign flag. That's absolutely insane. They are not just peaceful protesters. These are illegals.

BASH: Carrying a flag is not illegal

M: A foreign fag -- a foreign flag while you're attacking law enforcement, it's pretty bad
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Thinking of Greta Thunberg and the other brave people aboard the relief ship Madleen. And of course the starving kids they’re trying to help
Justice is justice is justice
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LAPD fired rubber bullets at Australian journalist @laurentomasi.bsky.social
Chani Nicholas: "Saturn in Aries is here to test what we’re made of."
Tonight, pick your genre. Poetry, YA Fantasy, historical fiction, memoir, short fiction. Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. 7PM. #AngelReadingSeries Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
#canlit #reading #booksky #poetry #writers #books #fiction
I don't know about you, but poetry and literature in general are what bring me back into balance and remind me what my goals are and what really matters.
Join Martha Bátiz, Shade Lapite, Marvyne Jenoff, Caitlyn Galway, Derek Webster & me. Fri, June 6, 7PM. Arts & Letters Club, 14 Elm Street. FREE.
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LMCC has a new #writingcontest page! Check our site for 2025 contests run by #litmags in Canada. Contact us to add your magazine's details. litmags.ca/contests/
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I think we’ve reached a boiling point when it comes to ICE.

Today in Minneapolis, a militarized task force raided the beloved Lake Street taqueria, Las Cuatro Milpas—and the community was not having it.

Agents from ICE, the DEA, FBI, ATF, IRS and HHS rolled up looking like they were ready for war.
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⏰ There are SIX DAYS left to submit your application to the 2025 Tin House Autumn Online Workshop! Don't miss out on this magical experience curated just for speculative writers, apply today!

Apply here: tinhouse.com/workshop/aut...
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Attention writers! The annual Peter Hinchcliffe Short Fiction Contest closes in one week! Be sure to get your submissions in by June 10th! ⏰

For more information, visit: tnq.ca/tnq-contest-...
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Attention nonfiction writers! Submissions are now open for regular nonfiction until June 30, 2025.

Note: Although there is a deadline, the total submission cap for nonfiction is 50 submissions. Be sure to submit your essays as soon as possible: tnq.ca/submit/

#litmagsubmissions #nonfiction
Do you love language? "Listen & Be Heard" is a podcast for you. The host, Martha Cinader @cinader.bsky.social, is a sheer delight. Her love of books is palpable. And you can feel her nurturing oasis of a garden coming through the mic.
#booksky #books #poetry #podcast #literature #writers #canlit
Barbara Tran - Precedented Parroting. Spoken Word, Cipher for Malcolm X's 100th Birthday, Jay's take on Blowin' in the Wind, Martha's take on the wind...

https://listenandbeheard.net/2025/05/29/s3e16/
Superb book choice. Also, can't go wrong with a dog by your side 😊
Much gratitude to #canadacouncilforthearts and @ontarioarts.bsky.social for supporting my writing through these years. It wouldn't be possible without you.