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Lorne Daniel

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What is Broken Binds Us new poetry University of Calgary Press, Sept 2025 https://linktr.ee/lornedaniel

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · May 29

I’m delighted to announce that my new poetry collection, What is Broken Binds Us, will be published on September 15 by University of Calgary Press as part of their ‘Brave & Brilliant’ series.
The Press has done an amazing job of editing, layout and cover design.
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 17h

CANMORE! One week from now >> Bruce Hunter and I at Canmore Public Library. "In the Bear's House" award-winning novel and my new poetry collection "What is Broken Binds Us." Hope to see you there!

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 8d

So humble, and such a great writer.

And, yes, many writers share that thought from time to time.

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 11d

That seems refreshingly contrary to the spirit of our times. And how will technocrats make money if we don’t comment?

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 12d

Fairfield scavengers! Check these Little Free Libraries for What is Broken Binds Us bookmarks. (more pix on Insta)
Find a Gold Seal bookmark & claim my new poetry book from @ucalgarypress.bsky.social . Instructions on the winning bookmarks!
Full map of Victoria #LFL sites at victoriaplacemaking.ca.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 13d

October is Book Tour month, right? I would ❤️ to see you at one of these events.

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UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 14d

Victoria! Find a "golden bookmark" in a Little Free Library and win a copy of What is Broken Binds Us by
@lornedaniel.bsky.social!

Going hunting? Tag us in!

October event: treasure hunt for bookmarks! - Island Social Trends

Treasure hunt in Greater Victoria for bookmarks to win a free book organized by Greater Victoria Placemaking Network’s Pocket Places Project.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 13d

The bookmarks are out there, folks…

UCalgary Press @ucalgarypress.bsky.social · 14d

Victoria! Find a "golden bookmark" in a Little Free Library and win a copy of What is Broken Binds Us by
@lornedaniel.bsky.social!

Going hunting? Tag us in!

October event: treasure hunt for bookmarks! - Island Social Trends

Treasure hunt in Greater Victoria for bookmarks to win a free book organized by Greater Victoria Placemaking Network’s Pocket Places Project.

buff.ly

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 14d

Huge thanks CBC Books for including What is Broken Binds Us in your fall poetry preview!
www.cbc.ca/books/34-wor...
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social #poetry #canadianpoetry #newpoetry

34 works of Canadian poetry coming out in fall 2025 | CBC Books

Here are the Canadian poetry collections we are excited about this fall!

www.cbc.ca

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 14d

Looking for a winning gold seal bookmark?
Or (equally valid) just your next read?
Here's the map of 1000 little free libraries in Greater Victoria:
victoriaplacemaking.ca/little-free-...

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 14d

Ten golden seal bookmarks. Hundreds of Little Free Libraries. One poetic adventure.
To celebrate the launch of What is Broken Binds Us, I have teamed up with Greater Victoria Placemaking Network on a one-of-a-kind literary scavenger hunt across the region.

victoriaplacemaking.ca/2025/gvpn/wh...

victoriaplacemaking.ca

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Kevin Spenst @kevinspenst.bsky.social · 15d

This asynchronous online poetry course is my pride and joy. I wrote it through the pandemic & it brings together over a decade of studying, teaching, & living through poetry: sfu.ca/continuing-s... There's a little under a week for you to sign up. @pancouver.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social

Poetry 2

<p>What is outside the formal properties of the poem? More forms! As writers, we bring forms of attention, memory, imagination, and ideas to the crafting of our poetry. </p><p>In this intensive course...

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BC Policy Solutions @bcpolicy.bsky.social · 16d

Deep tax cuts to personal & corporate taxes in the early 2000s were never fully reversed eroding BC’s fiscal capacity even as the economy grew says senior economist @iglikaivanova.bsky.social explaining BC’s current economic woes.

The solution isn’t spending cuts she says.

Opinion: B.C. has a revenue problem, not a spending problem

Experience from early 2000s shows that underfunding public services and failing to address poverty leads to higher economic and social costs

vancouversun.com

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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 20d

Hurrah! 🎉

Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 21d

Winnipeg author Ariel Gordon has been named the Winnipeg Public Library’s writer-in-residence for 2025-2026.

Library names Ariel Gordon writer-in-residence

Winnipeg author Ariel Gordon has been named the Winnipeg Public Library’s writer-in-residence for 2025-2026.

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 16d

TOFINO ! November 4 at Common Loaf. I’m delighted to be co-launching books with @joannastreetly.bsky.social . As Joanna says, assuming that weather and roads cooperate 😁
Books, snacks, music and good Tofino vibe 🥰

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 17d

Amazing accomplishment 👏

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Jennifer Maiko Bradshaw @amoralorealis.bsky.social · 27d

This is so disappointing. This means us poorer folks that can’t afford luxury detached housing is still artificially blocked from nice quiet streets by archaic city zoning.

OneCity Vancouver @onecityvan.bsky.social · 27d

Ken Sim and ABC have voted to bury Lucy Maloney’s motion that would have brought six floors and corner stores to side streets across Vancouver, unlocking thousands of family-friendly homes.

ABC VOTES TO KEEP YOU STUCK ON NOISY, BUSY STREETS

Governing party votes to bury motion that would have unlocked thousands of family-friendly homes on quiet streets

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27d

Perfect travel read: Blaine Newton’s short story collection Rag Pickers. Charming, moving, expertly crafted, often funny — these stories amaze & delight. Just right for the jumbled reading on journeys: on planes, in airports, in the passenger seat of a van. Recommended.
@ucalgarypress.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks for the details.
It would be great to see a protected lane continue up the roadway, so that some of the bikes are funnelled up to meet the bikeway at the top of Clover Point, rather than along the shared use walkway. But good to have this extension by Ross Bay.

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27d

Ayoubs is great for vegetarian nuts like me 😄 - I order online from them. Good to see them opening here.

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 28d

New cycle lanes on Dallas Rd at Ross Bay. Presume that @victoria.ca will add curb dividers? Does anyone know if this treatment will continue up the hill (westbound)?

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 28d

I haven't attended any in-person political / policy gatherings for a few years, but I don't doubt that the tone is growing nastier. The online and mass media models draw people in that direction.

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29d

Yes. People are more human in person.
I have done a lot of Door to Door canvassing during elections and found that almost everyone is polite, reasonable in person.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29d

So many people live alone (about half of Victoria's population), and I suspect in the 60+ demographic, it's > 50%. Healthy social interactions outside the home, and outside a person's demographic, can become rare. Fear of change is normal but it certainly can become heightened in that environment.

Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29d

Valuable perspective on urban parking by Victoria's John Luton: www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...

#yyj #yyjbike #yyjparking

Comment: Victoria's parking review needs to include bicycles

After road safety, bike security is the second most important consideration for those who ride.

www.timescolonist.com

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Dave Thompson 🇨🇦 @davethompsonvic.bsky.social · Sep 15

No the City isn't proposing to reduce parking downtown by 30% or 50%.

This and more misinformation addressed here...
davethompsonvictoria.ca/parking-corr...
and here.
davethompsonvictoria.ca/check-parkin...
#yyj

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