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Ellen Chang-Richardson
@ehjchang.bsky.social
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~ author of Blood Belies (Wolsak & Wynn)
~ Through the Eyes of Another (Spring 2027)
https://ehjchang.com // https://riverbedreads.ca
~ rep’d by Tasneem Motala @belcastroagency.bsky.social
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October 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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☀️ my newest chap, “the moleskin coat”, is now out with above/ground press ~ it looks at 20 months of learning the riichi mahjong variant, braiding intimate memories with specific yaku in the hopes of memorizing the latter. $6 (+shipping) ~ visit robmclennan.blogspot.com to place your order 🀄️
August 8, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Yes yes yes — very thrilled to have two brand new ekphrastic poems in the SCHISM issue of the Ex-Puritan. Read them here: ex-puritan.ca/ratchet-up-t...

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November 25, 2024 at 11:36 PM
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What an absolutely wonderful evening, reading with #AshleyElizabethBest and @manahil.bsky.social at Books & Company in Picton. Thank you #AssemblyPress for having us!
Image of a pan-Asian femme presenting person with dark brown hair and glasses, in a chocolate brown sweater and black pants, standing in front of a black mic stand reading from Blood Belies: a collection of poetry. Blood Belies, Bad Weather Mammals, and Heliotropia, three poetry collections, featured on a dark brown wood cashier’s counter. Miscellaneous books, stickers, holiday knick-knacks behind and to the right side of the photograph.
November 22, 2024 at 1:01 PM
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Save the date, Calgary! Sep. 25 @ 7pm MT — Samantha Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social, Ryanne Kap and I will be at Shelf Life Books (1302 4 Street SW) — come celebrate community, poetry and books with us!
September 4, 2024 at 11:41 AM
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Save the date, Denver! Sep. 20 @ 9:10am MT — Acamea Deadwiler, Alexei Perry Cox (not pictured) and I get together to discuss writing in invisible/visible spaces and healing grief from love — margins. literary conference — full schedule and tickets: www.thewordfordiversity.org/margins2024c...
September 4, 2024 at 11:38 AM
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Save the date, Vancouver! Sep. 18 @ 6pm PT — Patrick Grace, David Ly and I will be reading at Massy Arts Society (23 East Pender St.)— hosted by the one and only Catherine Lewis @catwrites604.bsky.social — generously supported by Massy Books @massybooks.bsky.social
September 4, 2024 at 11:27 AM
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Save the date, Victoria! Sep. 13 @ 7pm PT — Andrea Scott and I will be reading at Planet Earth Poetry — Russell Books (747 Fort St.)
September 4, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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West Coast friends, I'm headed your way! Save the date(s): 👇

Sep 13 at Planet Earth Poetry (Victoria)
Sep 18 at Massy Arts Society (Vancouver)
Sep 20-21 at [margins.] literary conference (Denver)
Sep 25 at Shelf Life Books (Calgary)

Full details to follow!
August 8, 2024 at 1:21 AM
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TONIGHT - the Toronto book launch of Blood Belies ☺️ 7pm at Another Story Bookshop (315 Roncesvalles Ave)
May 23, 2024 at 6:46 PM
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Celebrating mid-May by chatting poetry with Stefan Keyes on CTV Ottawa Morning Live 😭❤️ #asianheritagemonth
Asian femme presenting person with shoulder length hair, white glasses and a rose pink top, smiles at the camera from the bottom left of the image. They are sitting on a coffee brown couch. Behind them is a television screen displaying “CTV MORNING LIVE” in orange and blue hues.
May 17, 2024 at 11:23 AM
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In just shy of two weeks, I start part one of my tour! Join me in Hamilton, Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, and Montréal, this May — and celebrate poetry during #AsianHeritageMonth2024 — because, why not! Each visit will also feature incredibly talented local poets/writers 🔥
April 19, 2024 at 1:14 AM
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My very first Goodreads review for Blood Belies! "... Memory plays a significant role throughout this collection ... The reader must contend simultaneously with the impacts of brain injuries and the importance of preserving personal and familial histories ..." Preorder: bit.ly/bloodbelies_...
Square graphic showcasing the author's first Goodreads review. Stylized black text, top left, says "VERY FIRST goodreads review" with two chevron arrows pointing right towards a snippet of the review: "Memory plays a significant role throughout this collection ... The reader must contend simultaneously with the impacts of brain injuries and the importance of preserving personal and familial histories. This collection is visually formatted, experimental and filled with vivid imagery and well-crafted verse." The review is by Mahaila Smith, co-editor of The Sprawl Mag, an online literary magazine focused on speculative fiction, poetry and art. In the lower left quadrant of the image, there is a graphic of an open envelope with a small heart on it and a piece of paper peeking out. On the paper says "Thank you!"
March 5, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Save the date! 🗓️ April 7, 2024 @ 5:30pm. Come celebrate National Poetry Month with me and Chuqiao Yang. Club SAW (67 Nicholas St.) #Ottawa #allinaday #ottarts #diversecanlit
March 2, 2024 at 4:01 PM
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COVER REVEAL 😉 Preorder via bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/blo... Heartfelt gratitude to @jensookfonglee.bsky.social, David O'Meara and Gillian Sze for their advanced praise. I am so excited to bring this into the world.
January 15, 2024 at 7:05 PM
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Riverbed - Year End Fundraiser - Help to keep our reading series alive ☃️ Donate today through 24-Jan-24 and claim a gifting bundle! Details: mailchi.mp/214d856d17b7...
December 21, 2023 at 2:44 PM
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One of my favourite things about being a poet is being given opportunities like this one — to share and inspire.

Pictured: workshop attendees writing ekphrastic sijo in response to Jin-me Yoon: Dreaming Birds, Becoming Crane, as part of Carleton University Art Gallery’s fall ‘23 public programming
November 25, 2023 at 8:20 PM
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I'm thrilled to announce the release of my newest chapbook concussion, baby from Apt 9 Press.

This chap excavates the realities of living with traumatic brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome.

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Purchase Book: bit.ly/3Q40Evv
cover title of "concussion, baby" by Ellen Chang-Richardson. title is printed diagonally from top left to bottom right of cream paper, photographed on a brown wood background. eight slashes delineate the chapbook title and the poet's name inside preview of the poem "glitch" from "concussion, baby" by Ellen Chang-Richardson. poem is printed on cream paper and photographed against a brown wood background.
October 22, 2023 at 6:14 PM
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Riverbed Reading Series x SAW x Korean Cultural Centre of Canada - October 18, 2023 @ 7:30pm ET. Join us in person or via Zoom 😊 Sign up at bit.ly/RiverbedSignUp to receive an access link, or come by Club SAW (67 rue Nicholas St., Ottawa) at 7:15pm.
October 18, 2023 at 1:52 AM
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Join me at Arts Court next Fri, Oct 13 for some poetry, some open mic and some slam ✌️ hosted by Apollo the Child with sign ups open specifically to IBPOC artists.

Presented by Urban Legends Poetry Collective.
October 7, 2023 at 2:38 AM
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Oookay so … Japan is releasing radioactive wastewater into the Pacific off the coast of Fukushima and Qwe̓ lqwe̓ lústen (Mount Meager) in BC is a formally dormant volcano, waking up. … If this sh*t also bothers you and you have something to say, join me on Sep 24 @ 1p ET rachelthompson.co/workshops
Promotional poster for “Politicking the Poem” a political poetry workshop with Ellen Chang-Richardson. Details down the left hand side, “witness, process, comment, and critique and join the long tradition of political poetry.” Photograph of poet to the right of text, a femme presenting non-binary Asian, eyes peeking over the edge of a book. Workshops are pay what you can with a link to more information at the bottom centre of the graphic.
September 13, 2023 at 11:50 AM
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Me staring into the distance, thinking about a decent synopsis for my debut:
September 5, 2023 at 5:02 PM
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S4: iteration two of Riverbed Reading Series is this evening. Come hang out with @textcurious.bsky.social and myself, and take in this glorious multi-genre line up. 7:30pm ET at Club SAW. We’re in person and online via Zoom. Sign up for our newsletter to receive your Zoom access link!
August 23, 2023 at 6:59 PM
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From now through Aug 27, my poetry takes on visual form in the group show "UNSETTLED: Transcultural Experiences," curated by Outside the Box Collective. Catch it this month at Gallery 1313 (Queen St. W, Toronto ON) - https://g1313.org/11354/unsettled-transcultural-experiences-aug-2-27/
Promotional poster for the group exhibition "UNSETTLED: Transcultural Experiences", on view at Gallery 1313 in Toronto through August 27, 2023. Artwork featured is the Chinese calligraphic ink on mylar work of Ellen Chang-Richardson. Exhibition generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the League of Canadian Poets, the Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council.
August 12, 2023 at 3:40 PM
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Oh HAI - I'm heckin' thrilled to be on here with so many of you lovely, lovely, wonderful writers and artists and creators and movers and shakers. Here's how I feel about it:
Two East Asian writers sit on a stage in conversation with each other. They are mid-laugh. On the left is R.F. Kuang, in a magenta floral dress, holding a sheath of papers. On the right is Ellen Chang-Richardson, in a black top, black collarless overcoat and rose pink palazzo pants, holding a copy of Yellowface (Harper Collins, 2023). Photograph courtesy of Ming Wu.
August 1, 2023 at 2:04 AM