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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 6h

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BP bpNichol was born on Sep. 30, 1944. A founding member of The Four Horsemen, bp was recognized as a majoravant-garde writer of his time. Besides his small press and editorial activities, he often collaborated in writing, sound poetry performance, and linguistic research.

bpNichol's smiling wooden cut-out inside the Coach House.

An illustration of bp from within the Martyrology.

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 22h

Attend @cornelluniversity.bsky.social where an essay is appropriate punishment for rape, but you'll be suspended for protesting the occupation of Gaza.

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A small selection of books that informed DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY (assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...) ... each of these will blow your mind and send you down a rabbit hole of radical thinking. @pressassembly.bsky.social #poetry #teaching #poetrycommunity #instapoetry

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

THE MORE YOU TIGHTEN YOUR GRIP; a mimeographed and sewn plea for literary generosity (excerpted from @pressassembly.bsky.social's DO IT WRONG). Lovingly produced by Kevin McPherson eckhoff's hourteeth press: hourteeth.ca/2026/09/13/t...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Didja notice that the cover of DO IT WRONG was designed to echo the logo of THE ELECTRIC COMPANY? Hey, im a kid of the 70s raised on the children's television network (Thanks @pressassembly.bsky.social for indulging my nostalgia): assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #poetrycommunity #poets

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Nominate someone for the - Order of Canada (www.gg.ca/en/honours/c...), - Alberta Order of Excellence (www.alberta.ca/aoe-nominate...), - the Molson Prize (canadacouncil.ca/funding/priz...), - Canada's Walk of Fame (www.canadaswalkoffame.com/who-we-are/n...), or another way of saying thanks

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Pablo Picasso's Constellation Drawings (1924)

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

“Beaulieu is the community-building champion that poetry needs in these dark times.”—Ian Williams Read DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY and rethink how you create. New from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #poetrycommunity #teaching #instapoetry

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Thank you @garybarwin.bsky.social for your review of DO IT WRONG, new from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... Gary's new book THE COMEDIAN'S BOOK OF THE DEAD is fabulous: bookhugpress.ca/shop/books/f...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thrilled to see my work in the latest issue of THE LAKE RATS DISPATCH, find it on the streets of Buffalo (pen for scale)

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

DIRTY LITTLE ZINE: design and print your own 8-page zine!: dirtylittlezine.com

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

BACK TO SCHOOL? Sonya Huber's THE SHADOW SYLLABUS was vital for my book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink power dynamics in the classroom: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... (Huber's "shadow syllabus" is here: www.sonyahuber.com/blog/2014/08... @pressassembly.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

COMIC ARTISTS: @banffcentre's 2027 COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS residency w/ Jillian Tamaki, Gabrielle Bell, and Jesse Lonergan ... and peggy burns and tom devlin from D&Q!!: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... HOLY SMOKES!! #comicbooks #comics

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Pick up these fabulous titles by nasser hussain : THE POINT!, LOVE LANGUAGE, SKY WRI ETI NGS (coach house books : chbooks.com/Authors/H/Hu...) and OOO (anthruster press: www.anstrutherpress.com#/out-of-offi...) ... all playful, honest, minimalist and wonderful

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Generosity is always sustainable-- as a poet I post free PDFs of everything i've written at derekbeaulieu.ca/pdfs/ And i expand on my reasons why in DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY, new from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #poetrycommunity

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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

My rallying cry. We must reject these nine noxious questions, which are cynically designed to incite discrimination and foment distrust in our courts, our county, and our fellow Canadians. Say no to the nine. And please read snd share. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #Canada #Alberta #notothenine

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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views

Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

DO IT WRONG in the wild, this time at McNally Jackson, Rockefeller Center branch, NYC! Order your copy from your local bookstore or direct from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... (Thanks for the photo @slipsslips.bsky.social !)

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

New @banffcentre.bsky.social lit arts residencies: Spring Writers: Ross, Schofield, O'Neill Lit. Journalism: Al-Solaylee, Kidd, di Cintio Summer Writers: Melgard, Howard, Allen Comics: Bell, Tamaki, Lonergan Fantastic & Futuristic: El-Mohtar, Varghese, Johnson www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

new from No Press: "PREMIEREMENT / Firstly" by PAUL ELUARD, in new English translation by Ross Belot and Sarah Burant. Limited edition of 60 copies, email derek@housepress.ca to order: derekbeaulieu.ca/2026/08/28/n...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

download a free PDF of James Maynard's "POETRY IN THE MAKING: A Bibliography of publications by graduate students in the Poetics Program, University at Buffalo, 1991-2016" and see the massive literary impact the poetics program had: library.buffalo.edu/content/dam/...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Just heard that the UB Poetics program at SUNY-Buffalo has been eliminated. Such a massive loss. "Nothing beside remains. Round the decay / Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare / The lone and level sands stretch far away." @justbuffalolit.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Rest in peace Yayoi Kusama (1929-2026)

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

With the us #tariffs and #tradewar happening, lets ensure that #canauthors get some love. Share the Canadian authors on your bookshelves and tag with #mycanadianshelves to spread the word of excellent Canadian authors & poets who you recommend! I'll go 1st, here's #mycanadianshelves #elbowsup

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Download a free PDF of George Bowering's AT WAR WITH THE U.S. (1974, talonbooks): drive.google.com/file/d/1y1YV...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

TEACHERS! STUDENTS! Prettis & Stark's CULT OF DONE MANIFESTO was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how you create: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social @kiostark.bsky.social (More here: medium.com/@bre/the-cul...)

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"Libraries Found, and Lost" -- an excerpt from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY is included in the latest issue of @albertaviews.bsky.social, thanks! DO IT WRONG can be ordered here, courtesy @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

TEACHERS! STUDENTS! Sister Corita Kent's "10 Rules for Students and Teachers (for John Cage)" was a massive inspiration for my new book DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY. Rethink how you teach and how you learn: assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A small selection if the books that informed DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY (assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...) ... each of these will blow your mind and send you down a rabbit hole of radical thinking. #poetry #teaching #poetrycommunity @pressassembly.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Honoured to have edited these two collections by bpNICHOL-- both explore the edges of reading and writing, both are strange and exciting. Pick your copies today from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social : chbooks.com/Authors/N/Ni...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Sol LeWitt's DO IT letter: "don’t think that your work has to conform to any preconceived form, idea or flavor. It can be anything you want it to be": news.lettersofnote.com/p/do-13c read DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... @pressassembly.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It's AUGUST 4, 2026: Read Ray Bradbury's THERE WILL COME SOFT RAINS: docs.google.com/file/d/0B41v...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Get down to THE POINT and read this fabulous book of poetry of nothing but exclamation points! THE POINT by Nasser Hussain! chbooks.com/Books/T/The-... @coachhousebooks.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

WRITERS! Apply today for @banffcentre.bsky.social's FUTURISMS INTERSTIVE WRITING RESIDENCY with faculty Joshua Whitehead, Sheree Renée Thomas, and Nalo Hopkinson (and guest speaker Jenna Butler from Barbour Books)!: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit... #writing #futurism #fiction

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Writers! spread the word of the new SETI Wow! Literary Award for emerging writers and poets of all ages whose work explores questions of interspecies communication, intelligence and consciousness in the universe: www.seti.org/news/wow-lit... @setiinstitute.bsky.social @whatisapoem.bsky.social

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Wow! Literary Award 2026

The annual Wow! Literary Award for emerging writers and poets (formerly Cosmic Chronicles Literary Prize) is a contest for emerging writers of all ages whose work explores questions of interspecies co...

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Michael Elves @melves.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Today's Turning Pages (11:30am on 101.5 UMFM) features a conversation with @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social on Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet in the Twenty-First Century (Assembly Press). We discuss artistic economics, academia and AI. umfm.com/programming/...

Cover of Derek Bealieu's Do It Wrong: How To Be A Poet In The Twenty-First Century with the author and title in red 2d lettering on top of a yellow floral background.

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

"You're Out of Excuses" -- an entreaty to publish in small press forms ... excerpted from DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY, new from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... #poetry #instpoetry #poetrycommunity #doitwrong

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Download a free PDF of George Bowering's AT WAR WITH THE U.S. (1974, talonbooks): drive.google.com/file/d/1y1YV...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Nominate someone 4 the Order of Canada (www.gg.ca/en/honours/c...), Alberta Order of Excellence (www.alberta.ca/aoe-nominate...), Canada's Walk of Fame (www.canadaswalkoffame.com/who-we-are/n...), UCalgary's Alumni Arch Award (alumni.ucalgary.ca/programs/arc...), or another way of saying thanks

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Book Publishers Association of Alberta @abbookpub.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Calgary’s Bestselling Books for the week ending May 28, 2026! #ABbooks @owlsnestbooks @shelflifebooks

Calgary's Bestselling Books for the week ending May 28, 2026. The full list is available on our website.

FICTION

1. Beneficiary - JoAnn McCaig (University of Calgary Press) * +
2. The Downloaded 2 - Robert J Sawyer (Shadowpaw Press)
3. The Ending Writes Itself - Evelyn Clarke (Harper)
4. The Chambermaid's Key - Genevieve Graham (Simon & Schuster) *
5. Treat Them as Buffalo - Blair Palmer Yoxall (HarperCollins Publishers) *
6. Tinkers - Paul Harding (HarperCollins Publishers)
7. The Forgotten Midwife - Laura Anthony (Gallery Books)
8. The Downloaded - Robert J Sawyer (Shadowpaw Press)
9. When the Cranes Fly South - Lisa Ridzén, trans. Alice Menzies (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
10. The Hounding - Xenobe Purvis (Henry Holt and Co.)

Calgary's Bestselling Books Week Ending May 28, 2026. The full list on our website. NON-FICTION
1. I Wish I'd Quit Sooner - Laura Hambley Lovett (She Writes Press) *
2. Cultures of Growth - Mary C. Murphy (Simon & Schuster)
3. Kathie the Mail Girl's Mother's Cookies - Julie Van Rosendaal (self-published) *
4. Do It Wrong - Derek Beaulieu (Assembly Press)
5. Raising Hare - Chloe Dalton (Canongate Books)
6. London Falling - Patrick Radden Keefe (Bond Street Books)
7. The Land and Its People - David Sedaris (Little, Brown and Company)
8. This Is Not a Book About Benedict Cumberbatch - Tabitha Carvan (G.P. Putnam's Sons)
9. The Art of Making - Jared Tailfeathers (Durvile & UpRoute) * +
10. We Survived Until We Could Live - Uchechukwu Peter Umezurike (University of Calgary Press) * +

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ReadingWithAPencil @readingwithapencil.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

#Reading today: DO IT WRONG by Derek Beaulieu. A wonderfully refreshing #book about #writing and reading #poetry and living engaged with art and artistic communities. I love it and plan to use it in my teaching next term. @pressassembly.bsky.social

Cover of Do It Wrong by Derek Beaulieu, subtitled "How to be a poet in the twenty-first century." The basic colour of the cover is bright yellow, with series of large, curvy bursts on top, in red, light blue, purple, and off-white; the book's title appears on top of the colour bursts.

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