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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A few images from my 2027 calendar! (Which is almost done, I promise.) You can pre-order these guys over on my website. I'll also have some at markets throughout the fall!

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New cards! 🌻 Just dropped these off at Living Things Arts Collective in Sackville and they’re also now available on my web shop!

Off-white, square greeting cards with an illustration of a monarch butterfly visiting some wildflowers.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Work on the 2027 calendar has begun! 🌻 My goal for this year is to not let the calendar destroy my life. Will update soon.

A desk littered with papers, pencil crayons, a light table, and other junk. On the papers are drawings of calendar grids and handlettered names of months.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I keep forgetting that social media exists and that I should probably tell people when I make things. Anyway, hello, I made this 8 x 10 print of a drawing from my zine, Aftermath, a few months ago.

A hand holds an 8 x 10 inch digital print of a drawing in pencil. The drawing is mostly loose linework and depicts a flooded street with a road sign that reads: "Road Closed. Detour."

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Shediac! I'm not sure if I have mentioned that there is a whole booth of my stuff at Maritime Crafts this summer! If you live in the area or you're passing through, stop by. There is so much to see in this shop! Alternately, enjoy this very tired picture of me that Patrick took. 🙃🌻

A framed drawing of a chair with the name Laura K. Watson spelt out in stickers, tucked between racks of zines and cards on a bookcase.

A person with long hair stands in front of a bookcase filled with racks of stickers, prints, zines, and other paper goods.

A display stand holding zines sitting on a shelf.

A rack of six different sticker sheets sits on a shelf next to a box of art prints.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

New sticker sheet that I just sent out to the Snail Mail Club! These guys are also now available in my web shop!

4” x 6” sheet of stickers, drawn in pencil crayon, including 6 stickers of tulips and other greenery and 11 tiny star stickers.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

New Brunswick friends! I made this postcard for you to send to @susanholtnb.bsky.social or your other representatives with room for your own message on the back. If you want one, let me know and I'll send it to you for no money. 🌷

BUILDING A GAS PLANT IN A CLIMATE CRISIS

Like preheating the oven for dinner
when, just over your shoulder,
the house is in flames,
thinking: well, we still have to eat, don’t we?
Like breaking a bone
and digging out the band-aids.
Like tying yourself to the mast
when the boat is already sinking.
Like building a house in a floodplain—
well, we’ve done it before, haven’t we?
Like going for a skate
when the ice has started to thaw,
but you tell yourself it’s still early,
you tell yourself it’s still safe.
Stop and listen. Do you hear it?
That’s the ice breaking.
The seasons have changed.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Toronto/Montreal/Moncton/Saint John folks! I've got a bunch of fairs and markets coming up in the next couple months! Come say hi!

UPCOMING MARKETS

FOG CITY COMIC CON
10 - 4, Sunday, May 3rd
Saint John Public Library, 1 Market Square, Saint John, NB

BHOME MOTHER’S DAY POP UP
9 - 3, Saturday, May 9th
The Arches of St. George, 333 St. George Street, Moncton, NB 

MONTREAL COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL
12 - 8, Friday, May 15th, 10 - 8, Saturday, May 16th & 10 - 5, Sunday, May 17th
Saint-Denis Street, between Gilford and Roy, Montréal, QC 

TORONTO COMIC ARTS FESTIVAL
9 - 5, Saturday, June 6th & 10 - 5, Sunday, June 7th
The Mattamy Athletic Centre, 50 Carlton Street, Toronto, ON

EAST COAST COMIC EXPO
6 - 9, Friday, June 12th & 10 - 5, Saturday, June 13th
Moncton Coliseum (arenas A, B & C), 377 Killam Drive, Moncton, NB

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

the kettle still boiled in the exact same way

Pencil drawing of a tree growing around a fence.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I’ll be at Zine Explosion in Halifax tomorrow! 10-4 at the All Nations Church, 2535 Robie street!

The Zine Explosion, April 18th, 2026, 2535 Robie Street, All Nations Church, 10 am to 4 pm. Free Entry: Bring cash for the many local vendors. Hepa filtration and masks provided.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Another poem from my new zine, Aftermath.

$Small Collection of Past Mistakes Today, I glued back together all the little things we’ve broken. I’ve been keeping them in a box for a day like today, quietly amassing this sad army of maimed figurines and fractured plates. Little things. All it takes to make something shatter is a moment’s miscalculation, a single careless gesture. But I saved our mistakes, shelved them like preserves, squirrelled them away like nuts for the winter, and today, one by one, slowly, deliberately I pieced them back together.$ Drawing in pencil of a flooded street and a sign that reads: "Road Closed. Detour."

Drawing in pencil of a flooded street and a sign that reads: "Road Closed. Detour."

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

More new stock at Living Things Arts Collective! Including these little cat stickers that I also sent out to the Snail Mail Club recently and some newly reprinted zines.

A hand holds a little die-cut sticker of a black cat drawn in coloured pencil.

A hand holds up a zine with the title "Spell for the End of the World."

A hand holds up a zine with the title "Spell for Spotting Invisible Things."

A hand holds a zine open to a page with pencil crayon drawings of tansy in bloom. Handwritten text reads, "I say: I see you. I see you now."

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A poem from my new zine, Aftermath.

Small Encounter with an Ongoing Storm

We are planting trees
where a lawn used to be,
where someone with a ride-on lawn-mower
used to be paid to come by and mow it.
Along the highway, you can still see
where the hurricane last fall
snapped all the trees like matches
or bones and who knows how long
before another record storm moves
in to mow these new trees down too.
But still, we plant them.

Remember how we stayed up all night
with the cat and the radio,
playing board games at the kitchen table
like some sort of exorcism or vigil
to keep out the wind and the rain
as it battered the windows.
In the morning, we woke in a heap
on the living room floor
to find we had been very lucky.
In Newfoundland, a whole house
had been swept into the sea,
which seemed like something
we couldn’t even conceive of, until
wildfires this spring took a hundred and fifty.

And still, we settle in.
We learn how to put up bookshelves,
hang our postcards on the fridge,
build raised beds for veggies,
make plans to paint the kitchen cabinets,
we read up on types of primers
and flip through sunny paint chips,

as if we will be allowed to stay.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's Poetry Month! 🌷 Here's the full schedule of poetry-related events taking place in Tantramar this April.

1. Tantramar’s Poetry Contest
Submit by Monday, April 6th

Poets of all ages are invited to submit their poems to Tantramar’s annual Poetry Contest. Find more information at tantramarnb.com/programs.

2. Dorchester Poets Circle
Tuesday, April 7th, 7:00 pm
Station 8, 8 Station Road, Dorchester, NB

A casual event to read, listen to, and discuss poetry. There will be coffee, tea, and snacks and comfy couches. Everyone is welcome. This event is free to attend, but cash and food donations will be accepted for the Station 8 community fridge.

3. Writers’ Open Mic
Sunday, April 26th, 3:00 - 4:00 pm
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre, 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB

A free event for writers of all ages and kinds. Come to share your work or just come to listen. All are welcome.

4. An Evening of Poetry in the Municipal Council Chambers
Tuesday, April 28th, 6:00 pm

All are invited to an evening of poetry in the Municipal Council Chambers, including readings from local poets, the launch of the third annual Poets of Tantramar chapbook, and the announcement of the winners of Tantramar’s Poetry Contest.

5. Book Club at the Sackville Public Library
Tuesday, May 5th, 6:00 - 7:00 pm

The Adult Book Club will be reading So Imagine Me by Lynn Davies. Books can be picked up in advance at the front desk.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

My new poetry zine is finally done and back from the printer! This guy has been in the works for a few years now and I am so happy/relieved that it is finally out here in the world. If you want to grab a copy, it's available on my website and also at Living Things Arts Collective in Sackville.

A hand holds up a zine with a drawing of potted bulbs sprouting but not flowering yet and hand-lettered text that reads: "Aftermath."

A hand holds the zine open to the title page with the same pencil drawing of potted bulbs, this time in black and white, and hand-lettered text that reads: "Aftermath. Laura K. Watson." The facing inside cover is olive green.

A hand holds the zine open to a page with a hand-lettered poem called: "Small Collection of Past Mistakes." The body of the poem is not really legible. On the opposite page is a drawing in pencil of a flooded street, with a slightly decrepit building, a telephone poll, power lines, and a sign that reads: "Road Closed. Detour."

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It's been a while but I might actually have a new poetry zine to share soon and I am very excited about it. Here's a drawing of a nice shed.

An illustration in pencil of a slightly weathered shed sitting under two very tall, old trees. Maple maybe. It's early spring so the leaves aren't on the trees yet.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Dropped off some new stock at Living Things Arts Collective yesterday! There are so many great things in the shop right now!

Sticker sheets with swans, flowers, and stars.

Prints with flowers drawn in pencil crayon.

Hand-dyed silk shirts and a knit scarf, made by Alana Morouney/Slowpony.

Dried bouquets of gomphrena by Meadowsweet Gardens.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Made some 8" x 10" prints out of illustrations from my 2026 calendar. If there's others you want to see as prints, let me know! These are now on my online store!

Digital print featuring an illustration of daisies in bloom and hand-written lines of poetry that read: "I let them go to seed, and I never pulled the weeds." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Digital print featuring an illustration of a barn that has seen better days and hand-written text that reads: "I am always saying goodbye too soon. Goodbye to this day, this week, this season. Goodbye to the purple asters only just now beginning to unfurl. Goodbye to this moment in bloom." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Digital print featuring an illustration of crocuses peeking through the dirt in the garden in early spring and hand-written lines of poetry that read: "I keep a list of other periods in history when surely the world seemed ready to end. And maybe even did. But then new worlds started." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Digital print featuring an illustration of flowers in a garden in summer and hand-written lines of poetry that read: "Is planting a prophesy? Or simply a labour? Generations of observation distilled into a magic spell that tells me how to get flowers." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

New stickers! I sent these to the Snail Mail Club last month but they are also now on my online store!

A 4" x 6" sticker sheet featuring super cute stickers of swans, daisies, rudbeckia, and tiny stars, hand-drawn in pencil and pencil crayon.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New Brunswick friends! Help us stop the Tantramar Gas Plant! There are information sessions happening this week in Sackville and Moncton. Sign the letter campaign here: win.newmode.net/protectthech...

NB POWER PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION - SACKVILLE

Location: Crabtree Auditorium, Mount Allison University – Room M14
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Doors Open: 6:15 p.m.
Session Time: 7:00 – 9:30 p.m.
Format: 15-minute NB Power presentation followed by an extended public Question & Answer period.

TANTRAMAR GAS PLANT COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION - MONCTON

Location: Centennial Park Rotary Lodge - 125 Rotary Lodge Lane
Date: Saturday, January 17th, 2026
Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

I've only got about 30 copies of my 2026 calendars left and I'll be closing my online store for the holidays this Saturday! (I've also got a few copies available that arrived from the printer without a hole for hanging, which could be for you if you are someone that loves a discount!)

Front cover of my 2026 calendar featuring a drawing of daisies in pencil crayon.

Calendar open to November featuring a drawing of an old stone building and power lines and pigeons flying.

Calendar open to September featuring a drawing of a collapsing barn and a field, drawn in pencil crayon.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Events coming up in the next few weeks!

BEARDSLEY GRANGE CHRISTMAS MARKET
11:00 am - 7:00 pm, November 29th
10:00 am - 4:00 pm, November 30th
Beardsley Grange, 388 Queens Road, Sackville, NB

SIMPLE BOOK-BINDING WORKSHOP
5:30 -6:30 pm, December 4th
Dorchester Memorial Public Library, 3516 Cape Road, Dorchester, NB 

WRITERS’ OPEN MIC
3:00 - 4:00 pm, December 7th
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre, 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB 

B HOME HOLIDAY MARKET
9:00 am - 3:00 pm, December 13th
B Home, 333 St. George Street, Moncton, NB

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I have work in this beautiful show at the @owensartgallery.bsky.social alongside a bunch of incredible artists whose work I've admired for a long time and I'm pretty excited about it! The show is up until Dec. 14th and, like everything at the Owens, it's free to attend! (Photo by Rodger J. Smith)

In a corner of a gallery space, someone sits reading a zine in a well-worn armchair with a floral pattern. On the wall beside them, there's two small shelves filled with zines.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Sackville friends! I'll be part of this round table on independent publishing tomorrow along with a bunch of incredible zine-makers, small-press publishers, and other book people! Hope you can make it!

Wednesday, November 12th, 7pm
all welcome
STRUTS GALLERY!
SWAP MEET
INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING round table!

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

There is a lot happening poetry-wise in Sackville this Sunday! The Writers' Open Mic is at 3:00 then there's a special reading from visiting poet, Andrés Urzúa de la Sotta at 7:30! Hope you can make it!

WRITERS' OPEN MIC
Sunday, October 26th
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre
70 Main Street, Sackville, NB

A free, monthly event for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds. Come out to share your work or just come to listen. All are welcome.

POETRY READING!

Andrés Urzúa de la Sotta

All the way from Limache, Chile! Andrés is a poet, published, and arts organizer. He will read from The Language of Stones, published by Sackville's own Hardscrabble Press.

With Special Guests: Geordie Miller and Laura Watson

Sunday, October 26th
7:30 pm
The Arts Collective
25 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

The October Writers' Open Mic is coming up this Sunday! As always, this event is free and open to all ages as well as all genres. Come with a poem, a story, a song, a monologue, an essay, or a comic to share. Or just come to listen.

WRITERS' OPEN MIC
Sunday, October 26th
3:00 - 4:00 PM
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Centre
70 Main Street, Sackville, NB

A free monthly event for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

September in my 2026 Calendar! The purple asters are still blooming.

Drawing in pencil and coloured pencil of a barn in a field missing half a wall with hand-lettered text that reads: "I am always saying goodbye too soon. Goodbye to this day, this week, this season. Goodbye to the purple asters only just now beginning to unfurl. Goodbye to this moment in bloom.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

The Writers' Open Mic in Sackville is back this weekend! Sunday, September 28th, 3:00 to 4:00 at the building in the Bill Johnstone park!

Writers' Open Mic
Sunday, September 28th
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre
70 Main Street, Sackville, NB
A free, monthly event for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds.

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Pop Detective @popdetective.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The Sound of Music (1965)

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

I am still finishing up the drawings for my 2026 calendar and it has been a slow process! But if for some reason you have faith in me, you can now pre-order it on my webstore! Anyway, this is June!

A pencil crayon drawing of daisies with text that reads: "I let them go to seed, and I never pulled the weeds."

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

I'm tabling at the Shediac Fall Market this Saturday! 11 am to 4 pm at 58 Festival street. Come say hi!

Shediac Fall Market 2025
September 13, 2025
11am - 4pm
Free Entry
58 Festival Street, Shediac, NB
Hosted by Love Letters oxo

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

More upcoming markets! Including the Parrsboro Art Fair where I'll be tabling with @patrickallaby.bsky.social this Sunday!

UPCOMING MARKETS

PARRSBORO ART FAIR
11:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, August 17th
Parrsboro’s Bandstand
4030 Eastern Avenue, Parrsboro, NS

SHEDIAC FALL MARKET
11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday, September 13th
Shediac Multipurpose Centre
58 rue Festival, Shediac, NB

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

I’m tabling at the Dartmouth Comic Arts Festival tomorrow! 10-5 at Alderney Landing. Come say hi!

A cookie tin full of zines and stickers, all packed up and ready for the fair.

A super cute sticker sheet featuring drawings of moths and stars.

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Laura K. Watson @laurakwatson.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

I'm tabling at the Sappyfest Zine Fair this weekend! 10 - 3 at the Sackville Legion!

Sappyfest Zine Fair
Saturday, August 2
10-3
Free to Attend

(Poster by Patrick Allaby)
Royal Canadian Legion
15 Lorne St. (second floor)

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