Ariel Gordon
@ariel-gordon.bsky.social
Winnipeg/Treaty 1-based writer, editor & enthusiast. Recently - Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest w/W&W. Now - Blood Letters w/GPP. WiR at Winnipeg Public Library.
So @karendudley.bsky.social has been stained glassing up a storm and I recently got to visit her studio, drink tea/eat cake and look at glass. Which is a pretty good time to begin with, even without her gifting me one of her scrap-glass birbs (note the rubber boots).
December 10, 2025 at 12:09 AM
So @karendudley.bsky.social has been stained glassing up a storm and I recently got to visit her studio, drink tea/eat cake and look at glass. Which is a pretty good time to begin with, even without her gifting me one of her scrap-glass birbs (note the rubber boots).
When you have been sick all week and you text your partner for a sweet treat and he brings home A GOODLY WODGE OF VINARTERTA!
December 5, 2025 at 10:58 PM
When you have been sick all week and you text your partner for a sweet treat and he brings home A GOODLY WODGE OF VINARTERTA!
So last Friday puzzle-setter (puzzler? riddler?) Derek Bowman used my book Fungal in his crossword, which appeared in the Free Press. Which basically means: I’m a crossword!l
November 27, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So last Friday puzzle-setter (puzzler? riddler?) Derek Bowman used my book Fungal in his crossword, which appeared in the Free Press. Which basically means: I’m a crossword!l
Went to visit my latest book, Blood Letters, at @mcnallyrobinson.com ’s in the YA graphic novel section. Why hello, little weird book! @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Went to visit my latest book, Blood Letters, at @mcnallyrobinson.com ’s in the YA graphic novel section. Why hello, little weird book! @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @greatplainspress.bsky.social
So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.
November 19, 2025 at 1:27 AM
So I will be offering a Writing Circle through the @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social that meets monthly from December through April. And the deadline is THIS FRIDAY, November 21.
Frozen walking-to-the-bus-stop crabapples. So, tell me, what are you going to make this week?
November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Frozen walking-to-the-bus-stop crabapples. So, tell me, what are you going to make this week?
Happy Halloween, dollface! (This is an oldie, circa 2023, but a goodie…)
October 31, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Happy Halloween, dollface! (This is an oldie, circa 2023, but a goodie…)
You don’t get to be on McNally’s bestseller table very often, so I try to enjoy it… @greatplainspress.bsky.social @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:19 PM
You don’t get to be on McNally’s bestseller table very often, so I try to enjoy it… @greatplainspress.bsky.social @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social @mcnallyrobinson.com
So it was an honour to host the launch of Duncan Mercredi’s 7th poetry collection this afternoon at McNally’s. Poetry forever! @mcnallyrobinson.com @atbaypress.bsky.social
October 27, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So it was an honour to host the launch of Duncan Mercredi’s 7th poetry collection this afternoon at McNally’s. Poetry forever! @mcnallyrobinson.com @atbaypress.bsky.social
So I spent the morning at Winnipeg Comic Con with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social, chatting with people and looking at things. And, of course, I bought poetry at a comic con. Next: Duncan Mercredi’s launch (@atbaypress.bsky.social)
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
October 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So I spent the morning at Winnipeg Comic Con with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social, chatting with people and looking at things. And, of course, I bought poetry at a comic con. Next: Duncan Mercredi’s launch (@atbaypress.bsky.social)
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
at McNally’s at 2 pm, which I’m hosting at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
The fence is long gone and whoever removed it, snipped the metal as close to the tree as they could. But, somehow, the tree looks happy. So I asked yesterday’s participants to respond to this tree, with the following in mind: why are trees so great for cities / why are cities so bad for trees?
October 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The fence is long gone and whoever removed it, snipped the metal as close to the tree as they could. But, somehow, the tree looks happy. So I asked yesterday’s participants to respond to this tree, with the following in mind: why are trees so great for cities / why are cities so bad for trees?
…as we walked around, looking at everything: the trees, the stream that flowed through both properties, the stands of bur oak, the footbridge that connects them, the big old willow closest to the pool. But this tree caught me, snagging me on the chain link it had once grown through.
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
…as we walked around, looking at everything: the trees, the stream that flowed through both properties, the stands of bur oak, the footbridge that connects them, the big old willow closest to the pool. But this tree caught me, snagging me on the chain link it had once grown through.
So yesterday I facilitated my first WPL WiR workshop, a nature-focused workshop in the trees surrounding the Windsor Park Library. We wound up ranging from the Windsor Park precinct over to the Bonivital Pool next door, which was closed for renovation. And it was a gorgeous day…
October 26, 2025 at 2:14 PM
So yesterday I facilitated my first WPL WiR workshop, a nature-focused workshop in the trees surrounding the Windsor Park Library. We wound up ranging from the Windsor Park precinct over to the Bonivital Pool next door, which was closed for renovation. And it was a gorgeous day…
Yay! Thanks everyone! (And would you looooook at all the Manitoban & CDN writers on this list…) @mcnallyrobinson.com @greatplainspress.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Yay! Thanks everyone! (And would you looooook at all the Manitoban & CDN writers on this list…) @mcnallyrobinson.com @greatplainspress.bsky.social
I’ll be at Winnipeg Comic Con on Sunday morning, sitting at @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social’s booth, signing copies of Blood Letters! Come visit! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @winnipegcomiccon.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I’ll be at Winnipeg Comic Con on Sunday morning, sitting at @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social’s booth, signing copies of Blood Letters! Come visit! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @winnipegcomiccon.bsky.social
There are a few spots left in this Saturday’s FREE urban nature creative writing workshop! Sign up/help me get the word out! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social @atbaypress.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
There are a few spots left in this Saturday’s FREE urban nature creative writing workshop! Sign up/help me get the word out! @greatplainspress.bsky.social @wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social @atbaypress.bsky.social
So today I was heckled by the RRC Polytech Heritage Group in the middle of my presentation about mushrooms and foraging. They were not fun guys…
October 16, 2025 at 6:39 PM
So today I was heckled by the RRC Polytech Heritage Group in the middle of my presentation about mushrooms and foraging. They were not fun guys…
Spotted at @mcnallyrobinson.com! I’m looking forward to launching this book with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social and @greatplainspress.bsky.social!
October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Spotted at @mcnallyrobinson.com! I’m looking forward to launching this book with @gmbchomichuk.bsky.social and @greatplainspress.bsky.social!
So last night I hosted the launch of Melanie Dennis Unrau’s visual poetry text Goose, which culminated with me asking the audience to HONK at her instead of applauding. @mcnallyrobinson.com
October 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
So last night I hosted the launch of Melanie Dennis Unrau’s visual poetry text Goose, which culminated with me asking the audience to HONK at her instead of applauding. @mcnallyrobinson.com
So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
So my first FREE workshop at WPL has been announced: October 25 at the Windsor Park Library! Share/Sign up, friends!
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
@wpgpubliclibrary.bsky.social
The launch for Blood Letters is TEN DAYS away, friends. It would be great to see you October 17 at @mcnallyrobinson.com! @greatplainspress.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The launch for Blood Letters is TEN DAYS away, friends. It would be great to see you October 17 at @mcnallyrobinson.com! @greatplainspress.bsky.social
Look what I found on the book sale shelf at the Millennium Library for seventy-five cents - Priscilla Uppal’s memoir Projection: encounters with my runaway mother.
October 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Look what I found on the book sale shelf at the Millennium Library for seventy-five cents - Priscilla Uppal’s memoir Projection: encounters with my runaway mother.
My next reads! First up is @kimfahner.bsky.social’s latest, The Pollination Field (w/Turnstone Press). I don’t know how to say it except: Kim is the best - so thoughtful and generous, thinking and feeling - and I can’t wait to spend some time with this bee-book!
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
My next reads! First up is @kimfahner.bsky.social’s latest, The Pollination Field (w/Turnstone Press). I don’t know how to say it except: Kim is the best - so thoughtful and generous, thinking and feeling - and I can’t wait to spend some time with this bee-book!
So the news is out: I will be the Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, from October 1 to April 30th. Being WiR has always been a dream of mine, so I am honoured to have been selected for this role!
September 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
So the news is out: I will be the Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, from October 1 to April 30th. Being WiR has always been a dream of mine, so I am honoured to have been selected for this role!
Are you working on creative writing about the environment? Or studying people that do? Then the 2025 ALECC conference in Edmonton might be right up your cul-de-sac!
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Are you working on creative writing about the environment? Or studying people that do? Then the 2025 ALECC conference in Edmonton might be right up your cul-de-sac!