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@james-lindsay.bsky.social
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Book publicist and writer in Toronto.

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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Rush are the Kid Rock of prog.
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caroline cash @cashbrowns.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Nancy 9/7/26 … Happy Labor Day 🛠️
8 Hours for Work, 8 Hours for Rest, 8 Hours for What We Will. Based on a screenprint by Ricardo Levins Morales after the organizing work done by Robert Owen.
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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
"This way >>>" kirbyfairy.ca/
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FAIRY Out Now from Palimpsest Press
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jessi @jessisays.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
19. James Lindsay, Choral Coral Carol (Knife Fork Book, 2026)
The chapbook held in front of a “Vendome” metro sign and concrete wall.
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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 10/08/2026
Listen here, pal: this is a Megan Follows bar. You don’t come to the goddamn Avonlea Alehouse and start shit-talking Megan Fucking Follows unless you want someone to take you the fuck out." buff.ly/C6klcGj
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Say “Megan Follows Is the Best Anne of Green Gables” or I’ll Beat the Living Shit Out of You
“Listen here, pal: this is a Megan Follows bar. You don’t come to the goddamn Avonlea Alehouse and start shit-talking Megan Fucking Follows unless you want s...
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Cullen @hellocullen.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
when i made a cartoon i was like "i really hope people enjoy laughing at my cartoon." i guess i don't understand show business
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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
"We all want to ding the dinger, but can't afford to annoy The conductor." #SealeyChallenge 2/31 #TodaysPoem #poetry from Choral Coral Carol by @james-lindsay.bsky.social (2026 @knifeforkbook.bsky.social) www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...
Poetry chapbook Choral Coral Carol by James Lindsay (2026 Knife Fork Book) sits in the grassPoetry chapbook Choral Coral Carol by James Lindsay, open to a selection from the long poem
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Across The Pond Podcast @acrossthepondbooks.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hello! Late to advertise this week's conversation on here. (Been in Scotland, dodging the heat.) But! We've got a great one - a fine book from the mighty @coachhousebooks.bsky.social - Geoffrey D. Morrison: "The Coffin of Honey". Find it here or wherever: www.buzzsprout.com/1728150/epis...
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140. Geoffrey D. Morrison, "The Coffin of Honey" - Across the Pond
Geoffrey D. Morrison joins Lori and Sam to talk about his new novel, The Coffin of Honey, that imagines a new world order arising from a climate-induced catastrophe and the mysterious appearance of UF...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 13/06/2026
Dashcam footage captured a US police officer accidentally shooting a colleague in what’s been described as ‘horseplay’ with loaded guns. The incident, which left an officer seriously injured, occurred in September 2025 in the parking lot of the Pasadena Police Department.
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
If you take the doors off of your jeep for the summer then don’t be surprised to find me sitting in it and pretending to take it for a drive, making vroom vroom noises.
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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
"Transitive sensuality, let's say smooth, dappled, tawny, a texture, a page that does not demand but still tastes of dark incessant sky." #TodaysPoem #poetry Rosemary by @rkolewe.bsky.social from Holonomy (2026 @knifeforkbook.bsky.social) asterismbooks.com/product/kfb1...
Poetry chapbook Holonomy by R. Kolewe (Knife|Fork|Book) sits next to a silver metal tub in which rosemary is growingPoetry chapbook Holonomy by R. Kolewe opened to the poem "Rosemary", with bright green rosemary growing in a metal tub in the backgroundHandwritten transcription of the poem "Rosemary" by R. Kolewe from the chapbook Holonomy
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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Sunday. #goodnightdarlins Thank you @james-lindsay.bsky.social
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
All Labubus are blood-Labubus under late stage capitalism.
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Really a fantastic novel. A real frolic for fans of Oreo by Fan Ross.
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Ten years in the making. #KFB10 #poetrywellserved The new James Lindsay @james-lindsay.bsky.social Choral Coral Carol KFB www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...
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JAMES LINDSAY Choral Coral Carol
from the author of Only Insistence and The Lake Generations of migrating robins have authored on the sky.Translucent desire lines. Lapsed Catholics. What a sight JAMES LINDSAYChoral Coral CarolPoetry....
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
"Generations of migrating robins have authored on the sky. Translucent desire lines. Lapsed Catholics. What a sight" - @james-lindsay.bsky.social from the author of "Only Insistence" and "The Lake" JAMES LINDSAY Choral Coral Carol #KFB10 www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...
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JAMES LINDSAY Choral Coral Carol
from the author of Only Insistence and The Lake Generations of migrating robins have authored on the sky.Translucent desire lines. Lapsed Catholics. What a sight JAMES LINDSAYChoral Coral CarolPoetry....
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Poet meets chapbook. #KFB10 JAMES LINDSAY @james-lindsay.bsky.social Choral Coral Carol #ArtsEtobicoke #NationalPoetryMonth
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Hear Jim Johnstone "Eye for an Eye" James Lindsay "Choral Coral Carol" Here. Saturday. 11 April 2-5pm Arts Etobicoke 4983A Dundas St W (12 minute walk from Islington Stn). Jim www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p206/J... James @james-lindsay.bsky.social www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...
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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 05/04/2026
#OtD 5 Apr 1932 in Newfoundland, a crowd of 10k protested price increases and pension cuts at the central government building. Police attacked, but the mob fought back and searched for the PM, who was punched in the face. The govt later collapsed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1048...
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
"How do I look?"* Jacob Alvarado Jim Johnstone Kirby R.Kolewe Zane Koss James Lindsay Jennifer LoveGrove Amanda Merpaw Januel Noche Ben Robinson & Dale Martin Smith KFB10 SPRING POETRY EXTRAVAGANZA 11 April 2-5pm Arts Etobicoke Storefront Gallery 4983A Dundas St W www.patreon.com/posts/gift-o...
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The gift [of Spring]. | knife fork book
Get more from knife fork book on Patreon
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Some times life is too short to finish the annoying books.
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
things with you, Ralph) & our master printer, guide John DeJesus @coachhousebooks.bsky.social And, our readers dear to us, for your preorders, so helpful. Anticipate shipping mid-April. She bows. Get yours: www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p211/K...
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Dorothy, a publishing project @dorothyproject.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Hey, join us, @deepvellum.bsky.social, and @twolinespress.com at Red Emma's in Baltimore for Indie Press Happy Hour on Thursday 3/5 from 5:30 to 7:30pm. RSVP and enjoy a drink on us! events.humanitix.com/translation-...
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AWP26 Offsite Event: Indie Press Happy Hour at Red Emma's with Two Lines Press, Dorothy, a publishing project, and Deep Vellum
Decenter the Anglophone universe! Come together for drinks and readings from award-winning translators.
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Spring awaits. #KFB10 HELEN ROBERTSON Lesbia BEN ROBINSON [A] Sensitive Man R. KOLEWE Holonomy JIM JOHNSTONE Eye For An Eye MICHAEL PRIOR Shadows Under the Trees AMANDA EARL + MATTHEW WALSH Slutflowers JAMES LINDSAY Choral Coral Carol Poetry bliss. #bundle www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p211/K...
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KFB 10 SPRING 2026 BUNDLE OF BLISS
"This, our celebratory 10th Anniversary Season, was simply too good not to do." - Kirby, Publisher knife | fork | bookYour KFB 2026 Spring Bundle awaits. And, it's fire. Poetry bliss. HELEN ROBERTSON ...
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depths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
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Diana Chan McNally @dianachanmcnally.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
And yet the Ford government will take over multiple school boards on the premise that they have mismanaged their finances.
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
from the author of "The King of Terrors," and "The Ouroboros" "I take back what I said earlier. I do remember, I do – " JIM JOHNSTONE Eye for an Eye #KFB10 #Spring2026 www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p206/J...
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JIM JOHNSTONE Eye for an Eye
from the author of The King of Terrors, and The Ouroboros I take back what I said earlier. I do remember, I do –JIM JOHNSTONEEye for an EyePoetry. Chapbook.ISBN 978-1-989355-82-4OUT SPRING 2026Part of...
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
from the author of "As if," "The Book of Benjamin," and "Without Form" "he is fine, fast asleep, bathed in the bubbling orange of his lava lamp." BEN ROBINSON @bengymen.bsky.social [A] Sensitive Man #KFB10 #Spring2026 www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p207/a...
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{A] Sensitive Man
Ben Robinson
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I wanted to try and write something joyful that still thinks about death. All the gratitude to @itsakirby.bsky.social for keeping poetry alive.
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
from the author of "Only Insistence" and "The Lake" "Generations of migrating robins have authored on the sky. Translucent desire lines. Lapsed Catholics. What a sight" JAMES LINDSAY @james-lindsay.bsky.social Choral Coral Carol #KFB10 #Spring2026 www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...
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JAMES LINDSAY Choral Coral Carol
from the author of Only Insistence and The Lake Generations of migrating robins have authored on the sky.Translucent desire lines. Lapsed Catholics. What a sight JAMES LINDSAYChoral Coral CarolPoetry....
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
I was very excited to write a poem for Paul Vermeersch’s new ekphrastic project! These always generate some really great stuff.
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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
NEW @thedonpyle.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social DON PYLE Rough Description: Love Letters and Ghost Stories From a Life in Music SPRING 2026 Available for Preorder ecwpress.com/products/rou...
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
I can’t wait to ask for a bite of @bengymen.bsky.social’s sandwich!
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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Ten years of #poetrywellserved #KFB BEN ROBINSON [A] Sensitive Man @bengymen.bsky.social JAMES LINDSAY Choral Coral Carol @james-lindsay.bsky.social Spring 2026 Available for Preorder knifeforkbook.shop
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The Booker Prizes @thebookerprizes.com · 12/12/2025
In a personal essay, Colin Crummy reflects on the lasting power of Milkman by Anna Burns, our Monthly Spotlight pick for December, and considers how this Booker-winning novel captured the lived reality of the Troubles. 🔗 Read the full article below. thebookerprizes.pulse.ly/jehhn9nrrq
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How Anna Burns’ Milkman perfectly articulated the experience of life during the Troubles | The Booker Prizes
Colin Crummy, who grew up in South Armagh, explains how Anna Burns’ Booker winner Milkman held up a mirror to a world of suspicion, surveillance and groupthink
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Pre-order my new chapbook from the spectacular @knifeforkbook.bsky.social! Kirby does the lords work in publishing amazing poetry in beautiful books.
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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
A joy to work with James @james-lindsay.bsky.social again. This one sings/soars... a new stratosphere. #glory @knifeforkbook.bsky.social www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p203/J...
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JAMES LINDSAY
from the author of Only Insistence and The Lake Generations of migrating robins have authored on the sky.Translucent desire lines. Lapsed Catholics. What a sight JAMES LINDSAYChoral Coral CarolPoetry....
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Niko Stratis @nikostratis.com · 04/12/2025
Its easy to say "the best Christmas song is the one where Springsteen yells numbers at the audience" but the true honour goes to Tom Waits doing "Silent Night" as a bit before launching into his own Christmas classic, where the audience laughs nervously at the "Charlie I'm pregnant" line
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Tom Waits - "Christmas Card From a Hooker in Minneapolis" (Live at Austin City Limits, 1978)
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Kirby asked me if I had another chapbook in me so I wrote this, hopefully, joyful long poem about singing, dancing, and groups without leaders. With love to @itsakirby.bsky.social & @knifeforkbook.bsky.social.
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james-lindsay.bsky.social @james-lindsay.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Kirby asked me if I had another chapbook in me so I wrote this, hopefully, joyful long poem about singing, dancing, and groups without leaders. With love to @itsakirby.bsky.social & @knifeforkbook.bsky.social.
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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
So pretty. @knifeforkbook.bsky.social #KFB10
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Trump talking to Zohran is giving huge my grandfather talking to me about my career energy
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Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
The Communist Manifesto was published in 1848.
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(Screams From The) Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
My latest jazz column is up at @stereogum.bsky.social - I interviewed drummer/producer Makaya McCraven about his four new EPs (also available as a double LP/double CD), and reviewed 10 other excellent new releases: www.stereogum.com/2327057/maka...
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Makaya McCraven, On The Record
The distinction between composition and improvisation has always been fraught territory in the discourse surrounding jazz; some artists have argued that all music begins as improvisation, and what mak...
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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Toronto recognized a priest, Rev. Maggie Helwig, for her book on a church encampment. Then, it tore it down. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Toronto recognized a priest for her book on a church encampment. Then, it tore it down | CBC News
Dozens of people gathered outside a church in Toronto's Kensington Market neighbourhood on Thursday as city staff began clearing another homeless encampment, deemed to be a fire hazard.
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Kamran Javadizadeh @kjavadizadeh.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Inger Christensen, from alphabet (trans. Susanna Nied)
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(Screams From The) Burning Ambulance @burningambulance.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
My latest column for @stereogum.bsky.social is up; I wrote about the new jazz-oriented Joni Mitchell box with help from @annkpowers.bsky.social, @themountaingoats.bsky.social and Linda May Han Oh, and reviewed a bunch of great new releases as well: www.stereogum.com/2324112/joni...
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Joni Mitchell, Jazz Artist?
A look at the 'Joni’s Jazz' box set. Plus: the best jazz releases of the month.
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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
"And the wildflowers are canary yellow Turnip violet and bone china white Because they hate us that much" #TodaysPoem #poetry from Labour Day by @james-lindsay.bsky.social (2021 Dusie)
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The Biking Lawyer LLP @thebikinglawyer.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Friendly reminder. Road safety campaigns must speak directly to and target those that perpetrate the greatest harm.
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