Rob Taylor
@roblucastaylor.bsky.social
Poet. Teacher. Editor. Interviewer. Festival Director. Plum memer. Not necessarily in that order. Usually found in Vancouver, Port Moody or Abbotsford. http://roblucastaylor.com/
The new issue of @thenewquarterly.bsky.social is here, featuring my interview with Anita Lahey about her two recent books. Go grab a copy!
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 AM
The new issue of @thenewquarterly.bsky.social is here, featuring my interview with Anita Lahey about her two recent books. Go grab a copy!
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Best Canadian Poetry 2025 and 2026 co-launch!
Thursday, December 11, 7 PM
Upstart & Crow Bookstore
Granville Island, Vancouver
More details over at @biblioasis.bsky.social:
www.biblioasis.com/event/best-c...
Thursday, December 11, 7 PM
Upstart & Crow Bookstore
Granville Island, Vancouver
More details over at @biblioasis.bsky.social:
www.biblioasis.com/event/best-c...
November 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Best Canadian Poetry 2025 and 2026 co-launch!
Thursday, December 11, 7 PM
Upstart & Crow Bookstore
Granville Island, Vancouver
More details over at @biblioasis.bsky.social:
www.biblioasis.com/event/best-c...
Thursday, December 11, 7 PM
Upstart & Crow Bookstore
Granville Island, Vancouver
More details over at @biblioasis.bsky.social:
www.biblioasis.com/event/best-c...
"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
November 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
"Shame Flavoured" by @allegorically.bsky.social, from the Fall 2025 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
I went with something truly chilling this year.
October 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
I went with something truly chilling this year.
"love poem" by Danez Smith, from Bluff (@graywolfpress.bsky.social).
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
"love poem" by Danez Smith, from Bluff (@graywolfpress.bsky.social).
The two solitudes.
October 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
The two solitudes.
Bridget Jones's Cover Designer, I have questions.
October 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Bridget Jones's Cover Designer, I have questions.
The hits keep coming!
October 18, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The hits keep coming!
It's book swap day and all the hits are here! Swing by and get a few of these gems while you can.
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It's book swap day and all the hits are here! Swing by and get a few of these gems while you can.
Tomorrow night! @christinamyers.bsky.social and I are helping @danielaelza.bsky.social launch not one, but two books: Is This an Illness or an Accident? (@caitlinpress.bsky.social) and Scar/city (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social).
Wednesday, Oct 15, @bookwarehouse.bsky.social Main Street, 7 PM!
Wednesday, Oct 15, @bookwarehouse.bsky.social Main Street, 7 PM!
October 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Tomorrow night! @christinamyers.bsky.social and I are helping @danielaelza.bsky.social launch not one, but two books: Is This an Illness or an Accident? (@caitlinpress.bsky.social) and Scar/city (@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social).
Wednesday, Oct 15, @bookwarehouse.bsky.social Main Street, 7 PM!
Wednesday, Oct 15, @bookwarehouse.bsky.social Main Street, 7 PM!
The 2025 Fraser Valley Writers Festival is here! Nov 7-8 in Abbotsford!
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
October 2, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The 2025 Fraser Valley Writers Festival is here! Nov 7-8 in Abbotsford!
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
Charlie Demers
Evelyn Lau
Brian Bartlett
Kayla Czaga
Joseph Dandurand
Daniela Elza
Andrew French
Taryn Hubbard
Jen Sookfong Lee
Christina Myers
Heather Ramsay
Nick Thran
Info and *free* tickets:
www.fvwritersfestival.com
A new Dennis Lee essay collection! Hurrah! Lee's essays on poetic craft are among my very favourite.
www.stonehewerbooks.com/wrestling-wi...
www.stonehewerbooks.com/wrestling-wi...
August 31, 2025 at 9:40 PM
A new Dennis Lee essay collection! Hurrah! Lee's essays on poetic craft are among my very favourite.
www.stonehewerbooks.com/wrestling-wi...
www.stonehewerbooks.com/wrestling-wi...
I'll be reading poems by my dear friend, Danny Peart, on September 14th, as part of @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social, along with three other amazing writers and their poets. I'd love to see you there.
August 21, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I'll be reading poems by my dear friend, Danny Peart, on September 14th, as part of @deadpoetsreading.bsky.social, along with three other amazing writers and their poets. I'd love to see you there.
If you attended my reading at Victoria's Planet Earth Poetry in February, or any other readings from the Winter/Spring season, consider writing a poem in response to one of the poems you heard there and then sending it to this anthology. Submissions due September 1st!
planetearthpoetry.com/after
planetearthpoetry.com/after
August 20, 2025 at 11:28 PM
If you attended my reading at Victoria's Planet Earth Poetry in February, or any other readings from the Winter/Spring season, consider writing a poem in response to one of the poems you heard there and then sending it to this anthology. Submissions due September 1st!
planetearthpoetry.com/after
planetearthpoetry.com/after
Some blasts from years past, previously posted on the bad site. (Two of these were banned shortly after posting - wanna guess which?)
August 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Some blasts from years past, previously posted on the bad site. (Two of these were banned shortly after posting - wanna guess which?)
I'm back on my bullshit. (Running a neighbourhood book swap mostly so I can make dumb posters.)
If you're nearby, I'd love to see you there on Oct 18th!
If you're nearby, I'd love to see you there on Oct 18th!
August 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
I'm back on my bullshit. (Running a neighbourhood book swap mostly so I can make dumb posters.)
If you're nearby, I'd love to see you there on Oct 18th!
If you're nearby, I'd love to see you there on Oct 18th!
"Soft Furnishings" by Emily Davidson, from the Winter 2024/25 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
August 9, 2025 at 7:20 PM
"Soft Furnishings" by Emily Davidson, from the Winter 2024/25 issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
"Father Fled North" by Nicholas Selig, in the new issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
August 2, 2025 at 12:06 AM
"Father Fled North" by Nicholas Selig, in the new issue of @eventmags.bsky.social.
Time flies! It feels like the 2053 BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala was just yesterday.
July 23, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Time flies! It feels like the 2053 BC and Yukon Book Prizes Gala was just yesterday.
Check out the Vancouver launch of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration (@haymarketbooks.org) on Sunday, August 3rd, 11:30am at the Firehall, as part of the Powell Street Festival.
powellstreetfestival.com/programs/the...
powellstreetfestival.com/programs/the...
July 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Check out the Vancouver launch of The Gate of Memory: Poems by Descendants of Nikkei Wartime Incarceration (@haymarketbooks.org) on Sunday, August 3rd, 11:30am at the Firehall, as part of the Powell Street Festival.
powellstreetfestival.com/programs/the...
powellstreetfestival.com/programs/the...
What does a poet laureate actually *do*, you ask? They offer informal summer listening to the amphibian chorus, of course.
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
July 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
What does a poet laureate actually *do*, you ask? They offer informal summer listening to the amphibian chorus, of course.
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
Go listen to frogs with @eleekg.bsky.social!
The University of the Fraser Valley is looking for our 2026 Writer in Residence! The deadline is August 15th.
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
July 15, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The University of the Fraser Valley is looking for our 2026 Writer in Residence! The deadline is August 15th.
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
To learn more and to apply, visit: www.ufv.ca/english/writ...
"Starcraft" by Karen Solie, from her new collection Wellwater (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2025). One of my favourite poems I've read in a long, long time.
July 15, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Starcraft" by Karen Solie, from her new collection Wellwater (@houseofanansi.bsky.social, 2025). One of my favourite poems I've read in a long, long time.
"Never-Ending River" by Ling Ge, from her formally-inventive debut chapbook Snow Flowers (Anstruther Press, 2025).
www.anstrutherpress.com#/snow-flower...
www.anstrutherpress.com#/snow-flower...
July 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
"Never-Ending River" by Ling Ge, from her formally-inventive debut chapbook Snow Flowers (Anstruther Press, 2025).
www.anstrutherpress.com#/snow-flower...
www.anstrutherpress.com#/snow-flower...