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Ariel Gordon

@ariel-gordon.bsky.social
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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.

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David Jón Fuller 🇨🇦 @davidjonfuller.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The inestimable @ariel-gordon.bsky.social reads from her poetry (Siteseeing; earlier she read from A Mudlarker's Diary) on the River Walk With Writers this morning at the Winnipeg Book Festival!
Winnipeg poet and writer Ariel Gordon (right) reads from her poetry book Siteseeing on Queen Elizabeth Way during a River Walk With Writers event at the Winnipeg Book Festival
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Kim Fahner : A Mudlarker’s Diary, by Ariel Gordon / @kimfahner.bsky.social @pinholepoetry.bsky.social @ariel-gordon.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/10/kim-...
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Kim Fahner : A Mudlarker’s Diary, by Ariel Gordon
A Mudlarker’s Diary , Ariel Gordon Pinhole Poetry, 2026       Anyone who follows Ariel Gordon on social media ( IG @janedayreader ) will ...
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
See you there?
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Laurie D. Graham @lauriedgraham.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fall brings festivals, and I’m glad to be going to three, plus a reading in St. Catharines. To be in conversation with writers and readers is the joy and the grist and the balm. Hope to see you. @pennockty.bsky.social @ariel-gordon.bsky.social @phylumpr3ss.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
A yellow poster containing a headshot of Laurie and the cover of her book Calling It Back to Me along the top and a list of her events at the bottom: 

September 26, 4:15 p.m., Word on the Street, Toronto

October 3, 2:30 p.m. Winnipeg Book Festival

October 25, 7 p.m., Phylum series, St. Catharines

November 7, 3:10 p.m., Wild Writers Festival, Waterloo
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
And the nominees are…
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Sue Sorensen @suesorensen.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I'm pleased to learn this morning that my poetry collection ACUTELY LIFE is shortlisted for a Manitoba Book Award. Let the hoo-hah begin, #booksky 👯‍♀️ 🥂 🥳 🎉 🎊🪅
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I was asked to join the Apples and Crabapples of the Northern Plains group on iNaturalist. Which is the only group I really want to be a part of, these days…
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
I’m proud to be part of this new chapter with Plume Winnipeg!
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Sonja Boon @storiedselves.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Zoom launch for @ariel-gordon.bsky.social's new chapbook, A Mudlarker's Diary! This Wednesday at 6 pm Central Daylight Time (that's 8 pm for us Atlantic types) It's a fabulous collection - hope you can join us!
[image description: On the left side of the poster is a book cover that features a hand printed image of a shard of blue willow pottery, with a title that reads: A Mudlarker’s Diary. Ariel Gordon. The main text of the poster reads: A Mudlarker’s Diary Zoom Launch. Ariel Gordon will read from her new chapbook joined by guests Sonja Boon & Sally Ito & featuring a special mudlarked giveaway. Wednesday, August 12th  6:00 pm CDT. The poster also features teh logo for pinhole poetry.]
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CMU Press @cmupress-ca.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
We are celebrating Women In Translation month! This is an extraordinary collection of poetry -- powerful sonnets that speak across centuries. Please ask your local library or independent bookstore for WONDER-WORK: Selected Sonnets of Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg. #booksky
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Chadwick Ginther @chadwickginther.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Monday August 17th I'll be joing authors Chris Kuriata, Ian Russell, and Astrologer/Divinationist Shannon Rae at Raven's End Books! If you're in Winnipeg and game for a night of Horror, Fantasy, and the Occult, I hope to see you there!
A poster advertising an event at Raven's End Books. The text reads "Fantastic Tales of Horror, Fantasy, and the Occult. Join us at Raven's End Books for this unique pairing of the literary and the mystical. Mon, August 17th 2026 7pm -9pm  1859 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB. The poster has a black skeleton on a red background, with panelist photos for Chris Kuriata next to book cover for The Sacrifices of the Sisters Lot, Shannon Rae next ro a pickure of her with divination cards, Chadwick Ginther next to the cover of Graveyard Mind, and Ian Russell next to Killing Death. Raven skulls and skeleton hands are accents.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Tonight, friends!!
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David Jón Fuller 🇨🇦 @davidjonfuller.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Got to chat with @ariel-gordon.bsky.social about my debut novel #Venue13 , #KeanuReeves , Icelandic ghost stories, and of course @winnipegfringe.bsky.social in Saturday's @winnipegfreepress.com -- read the interview here: www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
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David Jón Fuller, Winnipeg author of haunted-venue tale, on unique joys of live theatre
Though David Jón Fuller has been called a staple of Winnipeg’s theatre community, it is safe to say that he has spent most his spare time over the last decade writing.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Coming up August 6 at Winnipeg’s Public Domain: the launch of A Mudlarker’s Diary. I’ll be joined by Hannah Godfrey, Talia Syrie and Anucyia Victor Kitching @nuchablue.bsky.social. John Toews will host. Fun!
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
SAVE THE DATE!! I’ll be launching my chapbook. A Mudlarker’s Diary on the Public Domain on Thursday, August 6, from 7:00-9:00 pm. I’ll be joined by the very smart and very good Hannah Godfrey, Talia Syrie and Anucyia Victor Kitching. John Toews will heckle/host. Fun!
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Old blue and white china sherds on an old b&w tea towel. While washing them, I tend to sort finds by material: stained glass scrap in one pile, chunks of glass headed for the rock tumbler in another, little beautiful things like buttons and beads and drips of bonfired glass.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
My partner and I drive our compost to bins across the city since the pilot program began and even began collecting at work: we are grateful for the program and would love to see it expanded! Please join me and sign this petition. localguarantee.ca/compost
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The Local Guarantee: Let's do composting right | CUPE Local 500
Residents are clear about what they expect. Keep compost collection and processing public with local jobs.
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CMU Press @cmupress-ca.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Lovely piece about Patrick Friesen's poetry book SIGHTINGS, written by the extra fine @ariel-gordon.bsky.social in @prairiebooksnow.bsky.social. Nice shoutouts to @suesorensen.bsky.social & @nathandueck.bsky.social for their work shaping the collection. #booksky prairiebooksnow.ca/articles/vie...
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50 years after his first book, Patrick Friesen is still seeing the world poetically
In 1976, Patrick Friesen’s first book of poetry, the lands i am, was published. Five decades and 19 books later, his latest collection, Sightings, is now available.
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Sue Sorensen @suesorensen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Host @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and @davidjonfuller.bsky.social very briefly being super serious tonight at an otherwise very fun @mcnallyrobinson.com launch of David’s theatricL new novel VENUE 13
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Tonight, Winnipeggers! Come help Calgary writer Anna Veprinska launch her latest book, Wound Archive (The Porcupine's Quill), with the support of Melanie Brannagan Frederiksen and myself, reading new work.
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 28/05/2026
On Thursday June 4 at 7pm, join @davidjonfuller.bsky.social for the launch of Venue 13, hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social - mailchi.mp/grant/david-...
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David Jón Fuller celebrates the launch of his debut novel Venue 13
Join David Jón Fuller for the launch of his debut novel, Venue 13 (Ravenstone). Featuring a reading and a conversation hosted by Ariel Gordon, followed by a book signing.
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David Jón Fuller 🇨🇦 @davidjonfuller.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
The launch for VENUE 13 is June 4 at @mcnallyrobinson.com in Winnipeg, at the Grant Park location! Join me and @ariel-gordon.bsky.social in person, or watch the livestream on McNally Robinson's YouTube channel! More info here: www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18941/...
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CMU Press @cmupress-ca.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
One week from tonight! On Wednesday June 3, 7:00 pm, join us and genial host Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social at Winnipeg's @mcnallyrobinson.com for a celebration of German author Elina Penner’s novel "Nightberries," translated by Bradley Schmidt.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
This morning, I strat-planned with the MWG. But I spent the rest of the day reading a PDF of @davidjonfuller.bsky.social’s novel Venue 13, which will launch June 4 at @mcnallyrobinson.com.
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melanie brannagan frederiksen @melanie-b-f.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
come to @annaveprinska.bsky.social’s launch of her latest collection, Wound Archive. she’ll be reading with @ariel-gordon.bsky.social and me. the event will be held May 29th at Lifesshort Gallery (411 Pembina Hwy) at 7:00 pm
a poster advertising a book launch and poetry reading by Anna Veprinska, Ariel Gordon, and melanie brannagan frederiksen — May 29, 2026 at Lifesshort Gallery (411 Pembina Hwy). the images on the poster are three author photos of, from left to right: Anna Veprinska, melanie brannagan frederiksen, and Ariel Gordon.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Though I had heard reports from others, I hadn’t yet seen any prairie crocuses myself this long cool spring. But as I drove to Sandilands Provincial Forest this morning, hoping that there might be morels, I knew that I would probably see them. And I spotted them from the car!
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 14/05/2026
On Wednesday May 20 at 7pm, join Erna Buffie for the launch of Out on a Limb, Book 3 of The City Project, featuring a conversation hosted by @ariel-gordon.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/erna-b... @greatplainspress.bsky.social
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Erna Buffie to launch Out on a Limb, Book 3 of The City Project
Join Erna Buffie for the launch of Out on a Limb, Book 3 of The City Project (Great Plains Press). This event will include a reading and Q&A hosted by Ariel Gordon, followed by a book signing.
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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
newly posted: Ariel Gordon : WiR-ring through the winter of 2025-2026 / @ariel-gordon.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/05/arie...
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Ariel Gordon : WiR-ring through the winter of 2025-2026
I joined Manitoba’s writing and publishing community when I was 19, when I started working at the University of Winnipeg’s student...
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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Ariel Gordon : WiR-ring through the winter of 2025-2026 / @ariel-gordon.bsky.social @winnipegfreepress.com ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/05/arie...
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Ariel Gordon : WiR-ring through the winter of 2025-2026
I joined Manitoba’s writing and publishing community when I was 19, when I started working at the University of Winnipeg’s student...
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
So last night was the farewell reading marking the end of my writer in residence term at the Winnipeg Public Library. I got members of my Writing Circle group to read with me — Karen Macintosh is shown here — and they all read very well.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
So I'm having my WPL WiR farewell reading on Wednesday and I didn't advertise it because I didn't want to confuse people, what with the Writes of Spring event on Sunday. BUT: If anyone wants to come hear me read, I would be absurdly grateful.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
So here are the 2026 Writes of Spring poets, with myself & @melanie-b-f.bsky.social as co-editors, at @mcnallyrobinson.com yesterday. It was a great afternoon of poetry and community and I’m so glad I’ve gotten to do this, 11 years in a row.
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CMU Press @cmupress-ca.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Visit your local indie today! Giveaways! Prize draws to enter!
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Tomorrow at @mcnallyrobinson.com! (And today in the @winnipegfreepress.com!) #poetryforever
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Winnipeg Free Press @winnipegfreepress.com · 24/04/2026
For the 11th year of Writes of Spring, co-editor melanie brannagan frederiksen and I asked Manitoban writers to send us poems on the theme set by the League of Canadian Poets: Land & Sea.
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Going with the flow
Poets explore our relationship with land and water
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Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Looking for a job this summer? The CHRR is hiring a Student Research Assistant as part of the Canada Summer Jobs Program. More details can be found at chrr.info/.../employme... Deadline to apply is May 1, 2026 at 4:00pm. #umanitoba #canadasummerjobs #canadasummerjobs2026 #umstudent
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
From @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social: #happyearthday! Looking for book recommendations? Here are some of our top picks! Whether you’re looking for poetry, memoir, or essay collections, we’ve got options for everyone.
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CMU Press @cmupress-ca.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
We can hardly wait! #CIBD2026
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 17/04/2026
We are SO looking forward to this as well! This celebration of local poets is coming up next Sunday April 26 in the afternoon. www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18911/...
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I am SO looking forward to this! @winnipegfreepress.com @winnipegarts.bsky.social @melanie-b-f.bsky.social #poetryforever #nationalpoetrymonth
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McNally Robinson Booksellers @mcnallyrobinson.com · 17/04/2026
On Friday April 24 at 7pm, @prairiefiremag.bsky.social invite you to celebrate the launch of their new issue, Manitoba Kitchen Party. Featuring readings from @bobarmstrongwriter.bsky.social, Jody Baltessen, @badguybirnie.bsky.social, Katherine Bitney, Di Brandt... - mailchi.mp/grant/prairi... 1/2
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Prairie Fire invites you to a Manitoba Kitchen Party!
This event will feature short readings by Bob Armstrong, Jody Baltessen, Sheldon Birnie, Katherine Bitney, Di Brandt, Gillian Crawford, Kristian Enright, Hannah Godfrey, Zilla Jones, Kirstian Lezbubsk...
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
It's time — submissions for the 2026 Manitoba Book Awards are now open! This year, we’re thrilled to be offering six awards.
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Sue Sorensen @suesorensen.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Excellent dinner with @ariel-gordon.bsky.social at Jane's, the Red River College culinary school restaurant. I'm a pushover for them desserts what are set afire.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
This looks great! Help spread the news!
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Sue Sorensen @suesorensen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
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Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba @chrrumanitoba.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The Centre for Human Rights Research is hiring a part-time Student Researcher for the Summer term. Deadline to apply is Friday, April 17 at 4:00 pm. To see this job posting, the full eligibility requirements, and to learn how to apply, visit chrr.info/about/employ... #umanitoba #umstudent
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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
"Poems are Tarot spreads: they tell you who we are and who we could be." Ariel Gordon chats with us about what poetry makes possible and shares a poem from her dystopian book BLOOD LETTERS (@greatplainspress.bsky.social) for #ALUPoetsResist. alllitup.ca/poets-resist...
A photo of Ariel Gordon labelled "Poets Resist" with the All Lit Up logo. On the bottom right is an inset photo of her book Blood Letters.
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CMU Press @cmupress-ca.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Good News! The Manitoba Book Awards are alive again thanks to a dedicated group of writers: David A. Robertson, Jenny Heijun Wills, Colleen Nelson, Chantel Mierau, Seyward Goodhand, Ariel Gordon, Anna Leventhal, Rowan McCandless, Bertrand Nayet & Chimwemwe Undi. More info: manitobabookawards.ca
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
It’s official. After a two-year hiatus, the Manitoba Book Awards are returning to our province! Our mission is simple: we want to uplift, recognize and award noteworthy Manitoban writing and celebrate books written and published in our province.
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Ariel Gordon @ariel-gordon.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
Manitoba poets! The deadline for Writes of Spring is Monday, March 30, which is also my 53rd birthday. So: won't you PLEASE gift me with me with some land and sea-themed poems? #nationalpoetrymonth #NPM #NPM2026
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