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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Calling Canadian poets! 🍁📚 The Al and Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize awards a $10,000 prize to an outstanding book of poetry by an established Canadian poet whose work demonstrates distinguished achievement. You can find the guidelines and entry form on the Al Purdy A-frame Association website.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Lisa López Smith spoke with Chris Walker on CBC Daybreak South about her new collection, Hallelujah Anyhow, and how life in Jalisco, Mexico, informs and inspires her writing. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

In this chat with the BC Review, Matt Rader reads from his latest collection, FINE, and talks about growing up in Comox, moving to Rutland in Kelowna, and the many ways community can be understood and experienced. #Canadianpoetry #mattrader www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSIL...

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Matt Rader - Fine

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Join Renée Sarojini Saklikar for a dynamic writing workshop at Upstart & Crow on Monday, October 19 at 6:30 pm. Explore a range of forms from epic fantasy and eco-fables to climate fiction and journaling to spark creativity and strengthen your writing practice! upstartandcrow.com/event/writin...

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Writing Into Hope & Action: A Workshop with Renee Sarojini Saklikar | Upstart & Crow

How can writing help us imagine a more hopeful, just, and livable world? Join award-winning author Renee Sarojini Saklikar for an inspiring writing workshop exploring how storytelling can become a ......

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Lisa’s final book tour stop: Calgary! 📍 Shelf Life Books 📅 October 7 at 7 pm 💬 In Conversation with paulo da costa Come join Lisa for the final stop on her book tour. We’d love to see you there!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Kelowna friends! Join us at the Kelowna Central Library on October 6, where Lisa Lopez Smith (Hallelujah Anyhow) and Sakiru Adebayo (Wildfire Verses) will launch their debut collections, alongside Matt Rader, who will read from his latest work, FINE. We’d love to see you there!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Sakiru Adebayo will launch his debut collection, Wildfire Verses, at Little Wren Books in London on Monday, October 5th. #booklaunch #sakiruadebayo #canadianpoetry

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tickets to Vancouver Writers Fest events are going fast! 🎟️ Don’t miss Jess Housty reading from their new collection, How to Nourish a Cannibal, at the Poetry Bash on October 22 at 8:30 p.m. Come hear Jess bring this powerful new collection to the stage!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Join us this Sunday evening at Upstart & Crow for the Vancouver launch of Hallelujah Anyhow by Lisa López Smith! Renée Sarojini Saklikar will moderate a conversation with Lisa, with readings, treats, door prizes and more. Come celebrate! upstartandcrow.com/event/hallel...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Shari Narine speaks with Jess Housty about their latest collection, How to Nourish a Cannibal. "A cannibal in the Heiltsuk culture," says Housty, "is a complex idea…as something that takes, but also something that gives. There's a really deep inherent reciprocity to the cannibal figure.”

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Reciprocity key to understanding the complex cannibal figure of the Heiltsuk

A cannibal in the Heiltsuk culture, says poet Jess Housty, is a “complex idea…as something that takes, but also something that gives. There's a really deep inherent reciprocity to the cannibal figure....

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Another thoughtful review of Wildfire Verses, this one by Chris Banks at The Woodlot: "The simmering essence of the whole collection might just be the line, 'Man’s felony against the earth is a felony against himself.'" the-wood-lot.ca/2026/09/22/a...

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A Verdict Written in Fire: Wildfire Verses by Sakiru Adebayo (Nightwood Editions, Fall 2026)

reviewed by Chris Banks “Writing poetry after a wildfire / is a herculean task” writes Sakiru Adebayo in his poem “Wildfire Verses” which is also the title of his debut poetry collection out with N…

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Check out this wonderful review of Sakiru Adebayo's collection, Wildfire Verses: "Adebayo’s voice is like a stone dropped in a pond... poems create the first ripple, moving outward to communal laments, then further to post-human landscapes, ending with resonant and rippling litanies for change."

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‘We. are. the. monsters. we. made.’ | The British Columbia Review

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Victoria friends, there’s still time to join Lisa Lopez Smith tonight at 7 p.m. at St. Barnabas Anglican Church, where she’ll be presenting her debut poetry collection, Hallelujah Anyhow. Come hear Lisa read from this wonderful new collection and celebrate its launch with us. Free to attend!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In this debut novel, the intimate community of Toronto Island is fractured by a death in the ice—one that binds two families across generations. 🏝 Available for order NOW! Order from your local indie bookstore, major retailers and our website. 🏝 Cover design by the ultra-talented Natalie Olsen

Graphic including text, the cover image of "Islanders” and Adrick Brock's author photo. The cover is a graphic with text of the title and the author’s name oriented in a cross surrounded by a broken circle like a lifebuoy. Adrick Brock’s author photo is in black and white and he is looking at the camera with a half-smile. Text at the bottom reads "Order Now, October 6".

$Graphic including text and the cover image of "Islanders" as well as Nightwood Edition's logo. Text reads: "In this debut novel, the intimate community of Toronto Island is fractured by a death in the ice—one that binds two families across generations. When Theo Frith, a teenager growing up on Toronto Island, discovers the body of artist Dan Rainier in the harbour ice, he’s thrust into the center of a drama that will alter the course of his life—and the lives of everyone around him. Dan’s sudden death jolts the close-knit island community, including Theo’s mom, Yvonne, who is struggling to keep her drinking in check, and Dan’s daughter, Maxine, who is left with the senselessness of losing her dad. Inhabiting the world of Toronto Island in vivid detail, Islanders captures the ache of isolation and belonging amidst the rare backdrop of one of Canada’s most unusual neighbourhoods."$

Graphic including Adrick Brock's author photo and their biographical statement, which reads: "Adrick Brock grew up on Toronto Island. His short stories have appeared in The New Quarterly, EVENT, The Malahat Review, PRISM international, Riddle Fence and The Dalhousie Review, and have been short- and long-listed for the CBC Short Story Prize. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of British Columbia and lives in Vancouver, BC. Islanders is his first novel."

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Aaron Cully Drake, along with Dennis E. Bolen and Heather Ramsay, will present their books at "Memory or Imagination" at WORD Vancouver this Saturday, September 19! www.wordvancouver.ca/roomc440/mem...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

WELíK'T by Kalli Van Stone is going on tour 💫 Join Kalli in Vancouver for the ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl: Coming Toward the Fire Festival this Saturday, September 19, for the first stop of her tour. More dates and event details here: linktr.ee/nightwoodedi... ✨

Graphic with text, the cover of WELíK'T and the author photo Kalli Van Stone. The graphic promotes Kalli's book launch tour.

Graphic with a list of dates of Kalli Van Stone's book launch tour.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New book spotlight: Jess Housty talks with CBC’s Daybreak North about kinship, ancestral knowledge, and the surprising ways the concept of nourishment shaped the creative process in writing their new collection, How to Nourish a Cannibal.

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Word Vancouver @wordvancouver.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Join us for an afternoon of suspense with two acclaimed Canadian crime writers Daniel Kalla, and Sam Wiebe. Date: Saturday, September 19 Time: 12:30Pm - 1:30PM Location: C420 UBC Robson Square Moderator: Charles Demers #Vancouver #FreeVancouverEvents

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join Books BC and Read Local BC at Word Vancouver on Saturday, September 19 at 2 pm to celebrate 30 years of Poetry in Transit! Hosted by Rob Taylor, poets Elizabeth Bachinsky, Renee Saklikar, Wendy Donawa, and Russell Thornton will read from their new collections.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Reviewer Odette Auger writes, "Drawing on Haíɫzaqv understandings of cannibals and supernatural beings, ’Cúagilákv writes toward a world where the sacred is neither distant nor metaphorical but living and immediate. The poems hold grief, longing, sensuality and abundance simultaneously."

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Whistles in the forest - BC Booklook

Odette Auger reviews Jess Housty's How to Nourish a Cannibal, exploring Heiltsuk spirituality, sacred nourishment & ancestral transformation.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Don’t miss the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival, where Sakiru Adebayo will join the panel, Words on Fire, on Sunday, September 20th, moderated by environmentalist Elizabeth May.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sakiru Adebayo was evacuated from Kelowna during the devastating 2023 wildfires. He has now published a powerful collection of poetry, Wildfire Verses, inspired by the experience and talks about the book on CBC’s On the Coast. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

From the spiny trees and wildflowers on farmland in Jalisco to the breezy Yucateca coast, rural Mexico is at the heart of HALLELUJAH ANYHOW. ✨ Available for order NOW! Order from your local indie bookstore, major retailers and our website.

Graphic including text, the cover image of "Hallelujah Anyhow” and Lisa López Smith's author photo. The cover is a graphic of arms holding an array of desert plants like cacti and flowers. In Lisa López Smith's author photo she is smiling at the camera and wearing a blue and green shirt, and she is standing in front of a large desert plant. Text at the bottom reads "Order Now, September 22".

Graphic including Lisa López Smith's author photo and their biographical statement, which reads: "Born in British Columbia on the traditional lands of the syilx people, Lisa López Smith has lived and worked in Italy, Uganda, China, the USA, Ireland and Brazil, but Mexico has her heart. Along with her Tapatío husband and kids, she raises livestock on their small biodynamic farm, which is an endless source of inspiration for her poetry and fiction and where she practices slow living, contemplation and everyday revolution. She has a BA from the University of Calgary and an MA from Royal Roads University in subjects unrelated to writing or farming. Originally from Kelowna, BC, she and her family now live in Jalisco, Mexico."

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

"my language is not endangered / it is immortal" ✨ One of CBC Books' anticipated poetry collections, WELíK'T is available through our website, local booksellers and online retailers now! ✨ nightwoodeditions.com/collections/...

Graphic including text, the cover image of "welík’t" and Kalli Van Stone's author photo. The cover is an illustration of sparkles by Kalli Van Stone. In Kalli Van Stone's author photo they are in front of a blank white background and wearing a flowing pink dress. Text at the bottom reads "Order Now, September 15".

Graphic including Kalli Van Stone's author photo and their biographical statement, which reads: "Kalli Van Stone, or Spyu7, is syilx and Secwépemc from the north end of Okanagan Lake. She loves dance, singing, writing songs and poems, and revitalizing syilx and Secwépemc language and culture. Her writing expresses personal and familial story, putting words to the heavy truths, feelings and the experience of trying to take care of oneself through the ways of her ancestors. She lives near Kelowna, BC."

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Already # 2 on the BC Bestseller list, HOW TO NOURISH A CANNIBAL is hitting bookstores now! "Jess Housty guides us through different eyes." —David Suzuki "How to Nourish a Cannibal will change how you see, feel and breathe in the world." —Angela Sterritt, author of Unbroken & host of CBC's Land Back

Graphic including text, the cover image of "How To Nourish a Cannibal" and Jess Housty's author photo. The cover is an illustration of Báxvbakvalanusiwa (the Great Cannibal at the North End of the World) by Nusí Qámácļas (Ian Reid). In Jess Housty's author photo they are outdoors wearing a black, short-sleeved button-up shirt. Text at the bottom reads "Order Now, September 15".

Graphic including Jess Housty's author photo and their biographical statement, which reads: "Jess Housty ('Cúagilákv) is a parent, writer and grassroots activist with Heiltsuk (Indigenous) and mixed settler ancestry. They serve their community as an herbalist and land-based educator alongside broader work in the non-profit and philanthropic sectors. They are inspired and guided by relationships with their homelands, their extended family and their non-human kin, and they are committed to raising their children in a similar framework of kinship and land love. They reside and thrive in their unceded ancestral territory in the community of Bella Bella, BC."

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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A poetry book that invites us to create new relationships with nature, is coming to bookshops soon. Find the cover below to memorize it @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Join us at Upstart & Crow on September 27 to celebrate the launch of Hallelujah Anyhow by Lisa López Smith! In conversation with Renee Saklikar, Lisa will discuss how the rhythms of farming, family, and community have shaped her writing. This event is free, but please RSVP as capacity is limited.

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Hallelujah Anyhow: A Poetry Launch with Lisa López Smith

A celebration of a new debut poetry collection!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Get to know Sakiru Adebayo in this interview published in Dragonfly's Eco-Fiction series about the ideas behind his debut poetry collection, Wildfire Verses. It's a great introduction to an exciting new voice—and might just have you adding the book to your TBR. 🔥

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Wildfire Verses, Sakiru Adebayo - Dragonfly: An exploration of eco-fiction

Click here to return to the world ecofiction series About the Book Written in the aftermath of the 2023 McDougall Creek wildfire, Wildfire Verses chronicles the experience of displacement and the emot...

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Interview #5 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with Joseph Dandurand about his new @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social collection, "I Would Like To Say Thank You." I hope you enjoy it: www.readlocalbc.ca/2026/07/23/m...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Renée Sarojini Saklikar discusses epic world building, climate change, the role of tricksters, literary allusions and language play embedded in her novel-in-verse, Bramah's Discovery, in this interview with RC Weslowski and Kevin Spenst of Wax Poetic! archive.org/details/wax-...

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WAX POETIC 070826 With RENEE SAROJINI SAKLIKAR : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Kevin and RC chat with Renee Sarojini Saklikar about her brand new book, Brahma's Discovery from Nightwood Editions.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Jess Housty, author of the bestselling poetry collection, Crushed Wild Mint, will read from their forthcoming book, How to Nourish a Cannibal, at the Campbell River Art Gallery on July 12th. Copies of Crushed Wild Mint will be available for signing!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

We couldn't possibily be more excited about our Fall 2026 books! ✨ Swipe through to see what's out soon. ✨ Pre-orders for all titles are available NOW. Go get 'em!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Isabella Wang originally thought one successful publication was the finish line — but now she understands it was only the beginning… Check out her interview in the Wednesday Series. www.publicationcoach.com/isabella-wang/

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Reflections on writing with Isabella Wang... | Publication Coach

Isabella Wang says she originally thought one successful publication was the finish line — but now she understands...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

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Events | Campbell River Art Gallery

Upcoming and past events at the Campbell River Art Gallery.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Saanich friends! Meg Todd will share a reading from her novel, Most Grievous Fault, at WRITERS READ at the Nobel Garden on July 19th. Reading with her: Lorna Crozier, Mac Farrant, and Anny Scoones.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Summer reading recommendation! We're thrilled that When the World Was Twice as Big by Aaron Cully Drake has been featured on CBC Books' roundup of recently published books by B.C. authors. Add it to your TBR list and celebrate local literature this summer!

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8 books by B.C. authors to kick off summer | CBC News

Start your summer reading list now, in between cheering on your favourite team in the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

A great review of Betty Baxter's Outspoken is up on rabble.ca. Tom Sandborn called Outspoken "a love letter to the strenuous joys of competitive sport, and to the 2SLGBTQIA+ community." Pick up a copy of Outspoken wherever books are sold! ✨📖 rabble.ca/books/the-he...

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The heroic life of Betty Baxter, athlete and activist

"Outspoken" is an autobiography of Betty Baxter chronicling her life and pioneering work in advocating for queer athletes.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Bramah's Discovery: "...a sincere, brave, and at times awkward pop culture pilgrimage, a road trip, a luxurious opera, an as-yet-unillustrated graphic novel, a Bollywood dance, and occasionally those old ghosts—poetry, epic, and fiction."

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Harold Rhenisch reviews Bramah’s Discovery, by Renée Sarojini Saklikar

Harold Rhenisch reviews Bramah’s Discovery, by Renée Sarojini Saklikar (Gibsons: Nightwood Editions, 2026) $26.95 / 9780889714946

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

“As the first act in looking out for Larry is to find him, I start looking around for him, hamstrung by the realization I’m not sure what he looks like...” Read more from Aaron Cully Drake's new novel WHEN THE WORLD WAS TWICE AS BIG (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) at: alllitup.ca/excerpted-wh...

This graphic features an abstract, sunburst background of muted colours. In the centre of the image is the cover of Aaron Cully Drake's WHEN THE WORLD WAS TWICE AS BIG. The cover features a tri-coloured image on the bottom of one-third a wooded scene, one-third a park swing set, and one-third a cityscape.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Outspoken: A Journey from Olympic Athlete to Activist by Betty Baxter is featured in this week's Bookworm: "Her memoir reveals that physical training cultivates a mental toughness that can carry one through challenging times." reviewcanada.substack.com/p/bookworm-n...

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Bookworm, no. 149

Adrian Ma reviews Susan Goldenberg’s “Will Power.” Cheryl Bell on Betty Baxter’s “Outspoken.” Inside the June issue.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Renée Saklikar will be a featured guest author at the CanLit Writing, Publishing and Pedagogy Conference taking place at the University of Winnipeg from May 27 to May 29, 2026. The multi-day event features keynotes, workshops, and panels focused on the Canadian literary ecosystem

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

You're invited to celebrate Elizabeth Bachinsky's 50th birthday with cake and poetry this Sunday afternoon at the Wildfires Bookshop in New Westminster!

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Interview #4 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! I spoke with @christinashah.bsky.social about her new @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social collection, "if: prey, then: huntress." I hope you enjoy it:

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Slipping Into the Water: An Interview with Christina Shah – Read Local BC

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Joe Planta speaks with Elizabeth Bachinsky about her new collection, Real Grownup: "In a way, the collection reflects the growing up she’s done. She’s given birth, is raising a child, and contends with loss, death, as well as joy. There’s acceptance and relief." thecommentary.ca/ontheline/23...

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Elizabeth Bachinsky | thecommentary.ca

The poet and educator Elizabeth Bachinsky discusses her new collection Real Grownup (Nightwood Editions, 2026), with Joseph Planta.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Vancouver friends! Elizabeth Bachinsky will be everything, everywhere, all at once, reading from her new collection, Real Grownup!

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Big thank you to @thespanielstale.bsky.social for hosting our Ottawa launch to a full house- with Natalie Southworth and David O'Meara! What a fun evening with two great writers- and I got to meet @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social!! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

Natalie Southworth reading from her debut collection, 'There's Always More to Say' at The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore in Ottawa.

David O'Meara, English Poet Laureate of Ottawa, reading from his novel 'Chandelier' at The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore in Ottawa.

Christina Shah reading from her poetry collection 'if: prey, then: huntress' at The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore in Ottawa.

Chris Johnson with Christina Shah! He is pointing at her and she is smiling and holding her book!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Catch Renee Saklikar in conversation about Bramah's Discovery, the final book in her trilogy, with Zsuzsi Gartner at Iron Dog Books on May 21st!

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