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Anna Quon

@annaquon.bsky.social

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Mad, mixed race, mobility impaired poet, novelist and Halifax Poet Laureate 2024 - 2027

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · Nov 15

hello world, feeling slightly new born!
hope this place is safer and sunnier than the one i just left.

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 1d

I've thought about it but I'm not there yet...

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 1d

oh wrong advice. maybe try "why are people leaving facebook?"

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 1d

harry there's more wrong than right with it but maybe do a search and see what you come up with... " What's wrong with Facebook?"

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 1d

ugh i reactivate my facebook account by mistake. thankfully i quickly figured out how to deactivate it... it gave me some creepy deja vu.

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 2d

@harryagarrison.bsky.social welcome to this place!

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 4d

Today didn't turn out the way I thought it would but either way I would have and did miss #booktoberfest. Hope all the writers, readers, publishers and booksellers had great time!

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 5d

World Mental Health Day... because anyone who has a brain, needs a healthy mind too, to get through a day in this world.

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 13d

that's the US presidential election in case anyone's wondering. and you'd have to pick it up in Halifax. its been rolled up quiet a long time.

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 13d

If anyone who can pick it up would like this drawing in chalk pastel and oil pastel on brown paper, called Darkness Descending and made after the presidential election of 2016, let me know. it's pretty huge, bigger than 4 feet w x 3 1/2 feet high. I can't promise it but wondering who might like it.

a temple with columns reminiscent of the White House with black birds descending on it against a fiery background

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 15d

Poems are taking their time. It's theirs to take. A poem is not a curling stone that you have to hurry hard. But when it hits the mark, after however long, you'll know it.
#poetry #takeyourtime #isnotcurling

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks Vicki for posting this! Get your Opaat Press poems at Opaat Press – Annick MacAskill share.google/c4k152qZPu8v...

Opaat Press

One poem at a time. Micropress based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia) run by Annick MacAskill. 367 Days Later: Reflecting on a Year of Opaat Press Origins A Wrap on Season One Opaat Press T…

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 19d

"They keened like
witches and cut
the stars
in half."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Seagulls at the University by @annaquon.bsky.social (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2025/09/10/s...

The poetry pamphlet Seagulls at the University by Anna Quon (Opaat Press) in light green sits amidst balls and skeins of wool in a basket.

Handwritten transcription of the poem Seagulls at the University by Anna Quon

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 19d

This will be fun!

writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...

Writing Rumble 2025 (Halifax)

Fundraiser & public reading Thursday, Oct 23 (2pm - 8pm) All welcome

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 19d

#caregiving
The Invisible Woman by Laura MacGregor | CBC Books www.cbc.ca/books/litera...

The Invisible Woman by Laura MacGregor | CBC Books

The Waterloo, Ont.-based writer has won the 2025 CBC Nonfiction Prize.

www.cbc.ca

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 23d

i often forget to use hashtags so here goes
#hashtag #forgetful #habit #uptooearly
#iusedahashtagandalligotwasthislousypost

Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 23d

Great opportunity for HRM Youth aged 14 to 18!
#youthpoetlaureate #halifax #poetry

The Halifax Regional Municipality is inviting residents to apply for the Youth Poet Laureate Program.

For more information, visit the HRM website.

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · 29d

writers.ns.ca/events/opaat...
#poetry #opaatpress

Opaat Press Second Anniversary Poetry Bash

Save the date! The Opaat Press Second Anniversary Poetry Bash will take place at the Central Branch of the Halifax Library (in Paul O'Regan Hall) Saturday, November 22, from 2-4 pm. 2 hours, 20+ poets...

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · Sep 10

Just a reminder that I'm still collecting stories and poems for the Poet Laureate Mental Health Poem Project! For more information contact me at [email protected].

A poster of the top of a box for collecting poems, decorated with creatures and words in bright and pastel colours.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 30

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

Today, as the Israeli government “calls on tens of thousands of reservists to participate in the cruel re-occupation of Gaza City, I implore my fellow soldiers: Refuse to report,” Yotam Vilk writes in a guest essay.

Opinion | Refusing to Serve in Gaza Is the Only Way to Save Israel

It is the duty of Israeli military reserves to stay home and not fight an unjust war.

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Mona Molarsky @mmolarsky.bsky.social · Aug 30

What is this thing, displayed at the Museum of Modern Art? Can you guess? Read the notes in ALT to find out.

A wind-powered de-miner that can safely explode landmines. Designed by Massoud Hassani, 2011. Made of bamboo and biodegradable plastics.

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Anna Quon @annaquon.bsky.social · Aug 30

This promises to be an exceptional evening of poetry!

The Songs We Make From Blood & Bone: An Evening of Words & Music About Family | Events | Halifax Public Libraries share.google/Hyf6esIaBkEX...