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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 09/09/2026

We are excited to introduce this next line of guest authors at #VWF2026 from October 18-25! Visit writersfest.bc.ca to browse the full list now. Tickets on sale Thursday, September 17! 🎟️

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

As folks receive their preorders or go out of their way to find my book (thank you!) I want to take a minute to thank and uplift my brother Ian Reid for creating the artwork that gave my book a face to look out into the world. I’ll be forever grateful that he brought the cover to life in this way. ❤️

Image of a pastel-teal background with a Heiltsuk formline cannibal spirit design and the wording: Jess Housty How to Nourish a Cannibal

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

I grew up exploring this lake (typically a boat ride, hike, and another boat ride away) with my dad. He’s now 81 with terminal cancer. Today we flew in together to fish, explore, and harvest medicine one more time. I desperately wish I could be a kid again to discover it all over again with him.

The head of a lake hemmed in by granite cliffs and forest with blue skies and light clouds above

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

We often use noise deterrents like bear bangers as part of our strategy to discourage grizzlies from getting too comfy near camp. It will never stop being adorably funny to me when I fire one off and then the campers ask me, gasping: “DID YOU BANG THE BEAR?!” 🐻

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

When I ask people to blurb my books, I feel like such an inconvenience. When I get asked to blurb books, I feel like I’m in a magical secret club where I get exclusive perks and a really fun job. Brains are funny things!

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Ǧiáxsix̌a Campbell River Art Gallery for hosting me to read from Crushed Wild Mint (and preview poems from How to Nourish a Cannibal) in the midst of this beautiful exhibition!

On the right is red text on a dark blue wall reading “SACRED IN ALL FORMS: Artists Reclaim the Divine Feminine Across Bodies, Lands, and Worlds, Sandeep Johal, Xiaojing Yan, Kourtney Jackson, Aaron McIntosh.” On the left is a nonbinary person in a beige shirt with beaded earrings, silver nose rings, and short brown hair.

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Digital ARCs of forthcoming poetry books are salvaging my mental health these days. Thank you, poets. 🌿

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

11 months after finishing the first draft of How to Nourish a Cannibal, I finally wrote a new poem tonight. When I finished writing Crushed Wild Mint, it was roughly the same gap too. Apparently my poet-brain just takes long, unauthorized leaves of absence between books!

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Find me in Campbell River next month for this special event! www.crartgallery.ca/events/#!eve...

Image on the left in black and white of a person in jeans and a tank top and bolo tie with a messy updo standing by a creek with trees on the background. Text on the right reads: WORDS with Jess Housty Sunday, July 12 11:00AM - 12:30PM Campbell River Art Gallery

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Grateful for @notnicolebrewer.bsky.social and the @canadianpoets.bsky.social Pride Open Mic! Super fun and affirming way to end my day. @kathhealing.bsky.social, your share was my favourite! ❤️🌈

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Excited to have one of my poems uplifted in this collection! 🌿

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I am lucky to have a kickass staff full of neurodivergent, queer, disabled, and BIPOC humans. And I am all of those things myself! I believe we have a solid workplace culture and policies (driven by the team!) But I also want to cultivate a physical space that feels affirming. Can you help?

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

So pleased to have an essay in Geist #132! ❤️

Image of a short/dark haired person in a black halter top holding a copy of Geist Magazine with a pink-and-blue cover depicting mountains

Image of the inside of a magazine flipped to a page titled “Anatomy of a Meadow Island”

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Say hello to this little rough-skinned newt! (Yes, I know they exude a toxin. This one needed to be moved to safety, otherwise I wouldn’t have handled them. Always wash immediately and throughly after handling our tiny newt kin!)

A small brown newt with an orange belly resting in the palm of my hand

A small brown newt with an orange belly crawling out of my palm and over my thumb with grass in the background

A small brown newt with an orange belly resting on my outstretched fingers with grass in the background

A small brown newt with an orange belly crawling around my pinkie with grass in the background

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Grateful to be on the land, of the land, in relationship with the land

Pink five-petalled salmonberry blossom against a background of green leaves

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Meet Lupine! She’s a six month old Alabai puppy who is training to be our new bear dog in Koeye. And she is a big, sweet girl (90 lbs already!)

Image of a speckled black and white dog standing on its hind legs, hugging a human in a black hoodie, with trees and a remote youth camp in the background.

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

Burned out on socials and haven’t been here in nearly a year. Hi, friends! ❤️🌿

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Anybody need a visit from the Cat Distribution System? I have 5 of these little monsters and could potentially bring them with me to Vancouver on Tuesday.

Image of a brown and white kitten with grey eyes resting on a blue shirt

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I’m doing a fundraiser to support a local family that needs a hand. $20/ticket. I can’t ship due to the mail strike but non-local folks are warmly welcomed to buy tickets as mutual aid and I can put tickets in the names of local elders! EMTs to jess(dot)housty(at)gmail(dot)com

Image of a woven cedar hat with an abalone button, a jar of soapberries, and a pair of copper earrings

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Yáu. How do all you brilliant writers choose names for your books? 🌿

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

The intimacy and eroticism of Indigenous poetry is unmatched. 👌🏼

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

Hi friends, what are these seeds from? They were gifted to me with no label!

Several flat brown seeds in a small box with a tray of planters in the background

Broad flat seed pods in a small box with a tray of planters in the background

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Ǧiáxsix̌a to Cahiri Secondary School & Timberline Secondary School in Campbell River — and to Words on the Water Festival — for inviting me to visit with some amazing high school students for classroom presentations and writing workshops!

Image of long-haired brunette in a brown sweater standing on the lawn in front of a Cahiri Secondary School sign

Image of a long-haired brunette with the entrance to Timberline Secondary School in the background

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Find me at Words on the Water in Campbell River next week! I’ll have a Friday evening panel, a Saturday morning reading/Q&A, and Saturday Evening Literary Cabaret in addition to a couple of high school visits! #CrushedWildMint www.wordsonthewater.ca

wordsonthewater.ca

Words on the Water

Campbell Rivers Writers's Festival, where contemporary writers and readers meet in a beautiful west coast setting.

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Today I was out on the land and it was good. ❤️

View of the ocean with an island in the background, a cedar tree to the right, and a curved cedar deck in the foreground

View of moss hanging from a tree branch with a blurry forest in the background

View of waves crashing into a bay with rocks and the edges of the bay to the sides and a grey sky

View of fog dissipating from the trees behind a sandy beach, river mouth, and ocean bay

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I also got to stop by Books & Shenanigans on Cook St. in Victoria to sign their copies of Crushed Wild Mint! Support those local bookstores, friends. 🥰

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

I was touched to stop in at Munro’s Books in Victoria and find my book, Crushed Wild Mint, is a staff pick! I signed their copies too, so if you’re after a copy — you could stop by Munro’s! They always have the best fancy pens for authors to sign. 😌

Shelf of poetry books at a book store. In the centre of the image is Crushed Wild Mint by Jess Housty, with a green cover decorated with a skeletal ribcage full of blooming wild plants.

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Today I popped into Ivy’s Bookshop on Oak Bay Ave in Victoria to pick up some new reads. And while I was there I signed a copy of #CrushedWildMint, so if you’re after an autographed copy stop on by!

Long-haired smiling brunette in an olive green raincoat pointing at a shop with a black awning that reads Ivy’s Bookshop

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I have the privilege of running a beautiful organization called Qqs Society. I spent ~15 years as the fundraiser for Qqs and have been the Executive Director for 5+ years. The seeds of Qqs’ work started in the mid-90s and it was incorporated as a society in 1999 and a charity in 2001.

View of trees, mountains, ocean, and blue sky through an unfinished window

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Honestly, how magical is this crystalflake snow? Every corner of the motherlands is stunning today.

Close up of crystalline ice formations on top of a layer of snow

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Indigenous Bookshelf🌈🪶 @indigenousbooks.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Books by Black-Indigenous authors to read all year long! Happy Black History Month! Read, reflect, act! #booksky

Title page “Books by Black-Indigenous Authors” with a colourful nature background

6 book covers by Black-Indigenous authors

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

An aesthetic update on the cracked ribs: how handsome does my tern look with the storm cloud bruise? So brooding! I almost want to tattoo in a majestic sunset background.

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Tips for coping with rib fractures please? 🙏🏼

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

❄️ snow in the motherlands ❄️

Mixed heights of snowy conifers and bare alder trees in the foreground with cloudy skies behind

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Applications are open for our UVic/Qqs field school in Koeye! 🌿 Co-taught by myself and Dr. Chris Darimont 🌿 Takes place in Koeye 🌿 Takes place May 1-7 🌿 Applications due February 28 🌿 4th year Geography class but open to other disciplines

Sand beach in foreground with calm ocean bay flanked by forested land with a sailboat, distant islands, and blue sky with light clouds in background

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

The wonderful @adamsandell.bsky.social, a physician at our local ƛ̓uxválásu̓ilas Hospital, has an insightful twice-monthly newsletter about how to be a good human doing purposeful work. You can explore more and sign up here! www.adamsandell.com/newsletter

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Aíkuxvs w̓iúɫ (good morning) ☀️

A peachy, lightly clouded sky with a hazy sun, and the silhouettes of islands, the shore, and a gull in the foreground

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Still feeling so deeply inspired by and grateful for our Native Hawaiian w̓áw̓áx̌vtus who hosted us so graciously in their homelands and shared about their profound leadership on the land. 🌊 The ocean is a bridge, friends.

A tattooed person with dark brown hair kneels in the Pacific Ocean with their back to the camera, surrounded by rocks and surf under a blue sky with soft, white clouds near the horizon.

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Last Friday, the coast guard brought our little Indigenous community 2 humans who had been adrift on a damaged sailboat for nearly 3 weeks before they were rescued. They arrived in Bella Bella with the clothes on their backs.

Image of a heterosexual couple in a hospital room beside a masked doctor, surrounded by bags of donated items

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Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

“It gives me so much joy that there are kids growing up who have no concept that our culture was ever at the margins. They’re growing up only with the knowledge that in this moment, it’s in the center.” Read more & watch H̓ágṃ́ṇtxv Qṇtxv Tx̌ (We’re all we got) here: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...