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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

The Kroetsch shortlist! Delighted to see 'What is Broken' on another award list. Purdy longlist and now this Robert Kroetsch shortlist. And in great company. Alberta publishers rock! Grateful to BPAA in helping get poetry out to readers. 🙏

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Out of office. Mostly offline. Summer sabbatical. This is my self-accountability post. Me on a favourite bench on the grounds of Government House. (pic by Taylor Roades) Advice to self: leave ‘the devices’ powered down and walk up to the bench more often. Sit. Maybe read. Maybe just sit.

man sitting on bench in rocky green landscape under Garry Oak trees

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Vancouver! The world is going to hell so you might as well come out Wednesday night and share some poetry.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Restocked with books, ready for Twisted Poets in Vancouver Wed May 13. See you there?

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Signed copies of NO CONTACT: Writers on Estrangement in stock @munrobooks ! Seattle Times: 'a Most Anticipated Book of 2026.' Chicago Review of Books: a Must-Read. I’m honoured to have work alongside Cheryl Strayed, Nick Flynn, Michelle Dowd, Stephanie Foo & so many more. @jennybartoy.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Well. Purdy Prize Longlist. Amabile, bissett, Bowering, Dandurand, Daniel (?!), Lau, Solie, Sze, Vulpe, Wayman. It's an amazing honour to be here. Huge thanks to judges Sid Marty, A.F. Moritz & Susan Musgrave 🙏 Congratulations to all the nominees & gratitude to all. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I am pleased to host featured readers Amber Nuyens and Irina Moga at Planet Earth Poetry, this Friday March 20, starting at 7:30 pm (doors at 7, Zoom stream around 8 pm). Open Mic sign up at 7. Join us in person at Russells Books (Fort St, Victoria), live on Zoom, or video (later) on YouTube.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Great new program by @capitalbike.ca - donate a bike. Got an extra bike in the household? “Bike It Forward”

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Author copies! No Contact: Writers on Estrangement, from Catapult (NY). 32 writers on "the complex grief, healing and authenticity found in rupture from family." I'm honoured to have work here alongside so many writers I admire. Deep thanks to editor Jenny Bartoy for this important anthology.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Bikes. Sailboats. Sea. Mountains across the channel. Quite pleasant today at Cattle Point.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Hey (Canadian) writing community! Any reading opportunities coming up in '26? I'd love to join fellow poets / authors at events outside BC/AB. Reading series organizers in SK, MB, ON, QC -any openings? I know everyone is hit hard by grant cutbacks, so full funding not always necessary. Ideas? DM me.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Must say, after some months on here, getting virtually no interaction. I haven't invested a lot of time, but it seemed that the old Tweet place generated its own energy. Here, a post gets maybe a couple likes, rarely comments, almost never back-and-forth conversation. Will likely set B'sky aside.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Met a lovely American woman and her dog Scout, hiking at Goldstream Falls today. She seemed very happy to be escaping the Thanksgiving ‘stuff’ south of the border. Salmon, bald eagles, cedars and water. Lots to give thanks for.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Tomorrow 12:30 on CKCU 93.1 FM (Ottawa) and CKCUFM.com, I'm talking with Susan Johnson about What is Broken Binds Us @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Alberta bestseller for October, #6 What is Broken Binds Us. Alberta readers thanks for putting a poetry collection on your bestseller list! Huge thanks to all the independent booksellers who supported my tour with buddy Bruce Hunter and my publisher @ucalgarypress.bsky.social . #readalberta #books

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

What a blast we had Tuesday night at Common Loaf Bake Shop in Tofino, launching @joannastreetly.bsky.social ‘s new All of Us Hidden. 40+ warm, wonderful people plus poetry, food, music, conversation.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Reading tonight at Common Loaf in Tofino. Very cool venue. Thanks @joannastreetly.bsky.social for the dual book launch.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

CANMORE! One week from now >> Bruce Hunter and I at Canmore Public Library. "In the Bear's House" award-winning novel and my new poetry collection "What is Broken Binds Us." Hope to see you there!

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Fairfield scavengers! Check these Little Free Libraries for What is Broken Binds Us bookmarks. (more pix on Insta) Find a Gold Seal bookmark & claim my new poetry book from @ucalgarypress.bsky.social . Instructions on the winning bookmarks! Full map of Victoria #LFL sites at victoriaplacemaking.ca.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

October is Book Tour month, right? I would ❤️ to see you at one of these events.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

TOFINO ! November 4 at Common Loaf. I’m delighted to be co-launching books with @joannastreetly.bsky.social . As Joanna says, assuming that weather and roads cooperate 😁 Books, snacks, music and good Tofino vibe 🥰

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Perfect travel read: Blaine Newton’s short story collection Rag Pickers. Charming, moving, expertly crafted, often funny — these stories amaze & delight. Just right for the jumbled reading on journeys: on planes, in airports, in the passenger seat of a van. Recommended. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

New cycle lanes on Dallas Rd at Ross Bay. Presume that @victoria.ca will add curb dividers? Does anyone know if this treatment will continue up the hill (westbound)?

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Oak Bay built one modest apartment. Its elderly high-net-worth denizens are scrambling to find a cliff off which to jump. Or perhaps they will just wade into the Salish Sea. #oakbayapocalypse #densificationhorrors #lifeismiserable #yyjhousing

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The state of discourse re alternatives to car culture transportation infrastructure is just so sad. #highwaytohell #transportation #widenroadsforever #niceoverpass #bcpoli #urbanism #yyj

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

On Monday we unexpectedly had to say goodbye to Kyna, our furry family member for 12 years. She talked at length as we went about our days, engaging in spirited conversations about poetics or politics or (her favourite subject) deficiencies in our attention to her needs. We will miss her deeply.

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Black and white cat in front of an opened book of poetry

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Gorgeous! (The new book, obvs not me.) Just arrived from @ucalgarypress, author copies of What is Broken Binds Us! I'm so looking forward to getting these out to readers. Poems of estrangement, addiction, ancestral discoveries, body breaks, & all sorts of recovery & peacemaking. Available Sept 15.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Oak Bay is the funniest / saddest ... e.g. Cadboro Bay Rd, wide enough in places for 6 vehicles (with only two active driving lanes) but no room for sidewalks, bike lane, boulevard.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Before jumping on the 'compulsory care' bandwagon for addictions & mental health treatment, let's ensure that everyone who wants VOLUNTARY care can find it? As a parent of a person who needed assistance for decades, I've seen the challenges of finding the right supports @ the right time. Fund them.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I’m delighted to announce that my new poetry collection, What is Broken Binds Us, will be published on September 15 by University of Calgary Press as part of their ‘Brave & Brilliant’ series. The Press has done an amazing job of editing, layout and cover design. press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Field Notes on Listening is, appropriately, a quiet book. A literary gem from 2022. @kitdobson.bsky.social 's work is characterized by close observation of people & place over time. Change & what is almost unchanging. The opening 50 pages are a braided wonder of memory & discovery. Seek out a copy.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

I'm one of many North Americans linked through slavery: descendants of enslavers & enslaved. Coming to the Table is an active group w/ chapters in dozens of cities, working towards understanding & reparations. Their upcoming conference will be available online. www.flipcause.com/secure/cause...

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

The Fiddlehead is 80 & I've only been submitting work to it for... 50 years??? Delighted to have Blacklist in Spring'25. Thanks to editor @puneetdutt.bsky.social for advocating for the work. Tough to write but finding readers thru journals, anthologies & (this fall) the new book is heartening.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The Senior Class has arrived! "100 Poets on Aging," Ed. by @laurencemusgrove.bsky.social, from Lamar University Literary Press. A fine looking anthology. If you're in Canada & interested in a copy, message me. Also: Zoom reading on Sunday April 13; I'll read "Biking to the Green Burial Grounds."

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Coming up during National Poetry Month! Friday April 11, The Malahat Review and Planet Earth Poetry in collaboration: featuring four brilliant poets, and an all Malahat Review open mic (livestreamed from 7:30pm). Hosted by Iain Higgins, editor of The Malahat Review. @russellbooks.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Tonight, 7:30 pm at @russellbooks.bsky.social in downtown Victoria. Doors and open mic signup at 7:05. Should be a great evening of poetry featuring Al Rempel and Harold Rhenisch. @alrempel.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I'm honoured to be guest host Friday night for accomplished poets Al Rempel & Harold Rhenisch. Al will read from Sprockets, about childhood in a small town, Harold from The Salmon Shanties, his exploration of the lands, people and nature of the Cascadia region; Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Enjoy Friday night poetry amongst the friendly Planet Earth Poetry audience, at Russell Books in downtown Victoria. Highly recommended. This Friday at 7:30 pm: Bren Simmers and Emma Sloan, plus the usual open mic (sign up at 7:05 pm). #poetry #poetrycommunity #yyjarts @russellbooks.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Indigenous storytellers living in Canada, check this call for subs from @malahatreview.bsky.social

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Book watch: In the Bear's House, a new edition of the great novel by Bruce Hunter. Set in 1960s Calgary and Alberta‘s backcountry, In the Bear’s House tells of a creative young mother, Clare Dunlop, raising a deaf son against the insurmountable odds of poverty, mental illness and hardship.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Haven’t heard specifics but presume it’s moving into construction soon.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Friday, Feb 7: readings by (almost) all the great volunteers at Planet Earth Poetry. See you at Russells Books, Fort St, 7:30 pm.

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

A long-term trend, unfortunately. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Bo...

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Desire lines: a story written by human (and animal) feet that show us where the landscape plan or the streetscape plan failed. Unfortunately, it's a challenge to get cities to come back to re-do infrastructure. This, from a relatively recent plaza in Victoria. #urbanplanning #placesforpeople

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I was wondering about this: relative size of recent California fires compared to recent fires in Canada. More structures destroyed in LA; much more forest burned in Canada. (Chart from CBC News) @johnvaillant.bsky.social #forestfires

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Pop down to Russell's Books tonight for Planet Earth Poetry! Phil Hall, Steve Ross Smith, and their collaborative poetry. Plus open mic. Free (donation basket). Doors at 7 pm, readings at 7:30 pm. #poetry #canlit #poetrycommunity

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Al Purdy. I don’t get this kind of mail anymore. So legendary he could just use “Purdy” as his return address 😁 #poetry #canadianpoetry #literaryhistory #archives

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Civic life is more than potholes & policing. Write mayorandcouncil@victoria.ca to keep #yyj Poet Laureate & Victoria book prizes. Tx @mattdellvictoria.bsky.social for supporting arts. @davethompsonvic.bsky.social @jeremycaradonnayyj.bsky.social #poetry #books #bookawards #poetlaureate

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Lorne Daniel @lornedaniel.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Pkols. Cedar and fir, moss and fern in conversation: colour, texture, movement and rest. #urbanparks #forestbathing #timeandchange #getoutside #naturelovers #yyj #victoriabc

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