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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Renée Harper✨ We spoke with Renée Harper and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read the full interviews here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p... #PoetryInTransit #ReadLocalBC #BCPoet #BCPoetry

Renée Harper has a light skin tone, hazel eyes, and shoulder length brown hair with a side part. She wears tortoise shell framed glasses, and a grey turtle neck sweater. She looks at the camera with a soft smile

“There’s something inherently poetic about being in motion, suspended between places. Transit invites reflection, and for me, it sometimes invites poetry.”

he read my fortune
in the passing clouds
ill omens mixed
with gusts of wind
but sunshine too
—Renée Harper, “Fortunes”

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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

↪Swipe to find out how place impacts these Poets’ work Join us tomorrow from 2-3:30 PM @wordvancouver.bsky.social in Robson Square to hear readings from our featured poets! followed by discussion and Q&A. Read the full interviews here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...

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Poetry on the Bus: Spot These 10 BC Poets on Your Next Ride

Celebrating 29 years of Poetry in Transit with a conversation with this year's selected BC poets.

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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Join us THIS SATURDAY from 2-3:30 PM at @wordvancouver.bsky.social for readings from this year's Poets! Hosted by Vancouver's poet laureate @eleekg.bsky.social and followed by discussion and Q&A. #ReadLocalBC #WordVancouver #PoetryInTransit

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Books BC @booksbc.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

If you love arts and culture in Canada, please consider signing the @artscoalitionca.bsky.social letter before September 15th! 📣✒️ #DontCutTheArts @readlocalbc.bsky.social

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I’m thrilled to be a part of this year’s Poetry in Transit roster and to be reading at the Word Vancouver Festival in a few weeks as part of the kick off 💚🚊💚 Here are some details on the launch (just in case you happen to be in Vancouver): www.wordvancouver.ca/poetry-tent/...

Poetry in Transit poster feature book covers.

Poetry in Transit bus placard featuring a poem from my book Boundary Territory.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Fresh off the easel 💚🎨💚 Sunshine Bay is one of our favourite swimming spots in the Kootenays. I’m looking forward to getting back there soon ❤️ Sunshine Bay, 28” x 22”, acrylic on 1.5” gallery profile canvas, 2025. Contact to purchase.

Painting of mountains and Kootenay Lake in the summer.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I interviewed B.C. Premier David Eby this morning after his visit to Nelson and Trail. He said the province can't offer financial relief to post-secondary institutions making cuts due to drops in allowed international students. Instead he's lobbying the federal government for change.

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'Scale is too high' to give financial relief to B.C. universities, colleges: Eby

British Columbia's universities and colleges making cuts to address federal immigration rules targeting international students are unlikely to receive financial relief from the provincial government.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I’m so proud of @tylerharper.bsky.social and all the amazing work he does everyday. This nomination is SO well deserved.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

As someone who got their start at a rural community college and who now teaches at one, I stand behind everything our union leader, Takaia Larsen, says here. These places need protecting for students and their communities.

nelsonstar.com

Selkirk College union leader criticizes provincial post-secondary funding

'The government must step up to prevent more cuts and layoffs on campuses'

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Sarah Smellie @sarahsmellie.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

"The 'worst-case scenario' can be found in Newfoundland and Labrador, he said, where small towns in that province have lost three-quarters of their news outlets in the past 16 years." www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/business/loc...

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Local news coverage in Canada in steep decline, inviting misinformation: report

The number of local news outlets has been in significant decline in Canada, leaving suburban residents in particular "starving" for local coverage, a new report found — and creating gaps

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Spotted in the wild: one of my bestie's @leesadean.bsky.social books, and my book just hanging out (as it should be).

Book shop window displaying copies of Waiting for the Cyclone by Leesa Dean and Boundary Territory by Renée Harper.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Our wonderful local arts association ndac.ca asked me a few questions about writing and making art in the Kootenays :) Big thanks to Sydney Black for including me in this series :)

nelsonstar.com

BLANK CANVAS: Writer, visual artist and educator Renée Harper

Harper first studied at Kootenay School of the Arts and is now a Selkirk College instructor

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

As someone who teaches first year composition courses, amen to this. Give me energetic, messy, human prose every time. AI “perfection” is the worst.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Things that are keeping me feeling hopeful: taking an art class and being terrible at it; my dog just being; knitting a cardigan while drinking coffee out of my favourite mug; and dog dates. What’s keeping you going?

Mug with eyes on it and a golden yellow knitting project.

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Eric Wickham @ericwickham.ca · 21/02/2025

me: international competitions are dumb and I don't care also me: I want canada to win 700-0

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

A friend gave me this wonderful book by Richard Wagamese a while ago. I like to flip through it sometimes for the wisdom it offers. Today I landed on this section about Canada. It seems fitting to share.

THE SOUL OF A NATION is in its people and the spirit of Canada is variegated and sublimely diverse. What makes us strong is our diversity, our differences, but what pulls us together, ties us irrevocably into a common destiny, whole and complete and shining, are the strainings of our very human hearts— the secret wish for a common practical magic.
It exists. It lives. It sails across the sky once a month as fat and round and free as a dream. You need to step out on the
land to see it properly. You need to walk away from all that binds you to a city, to a desk, to a job, and stand where the wind can get at you. And when that moon comes up and begins to sail across the sky there will come a point, if you watch it close enough, that the earth will start to move, to race that moon, and you can feel it spin in the heavens.
It doesn't matter who you stand with or where they're from. It happens for both of you. Universal magic inhabiting you, filling you, making you more, joining you, erasing differences.

Blue Book Cover that reads:
WHAT COMES FROM SPIRIT
RICHARD WAGAMESE

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I feel honoured to see my name on this list by @readlocalbc.bsky.social My book is deeply dug into the soil here, so it feels extra special to see it recognized as regional literature ❤️ www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/01/29/1... #readlocalbc #bcbooks #poetry

Screen shot of webpage: 14 BOOKS EVERY
BRITISH COLUMBIAN
SHOULD READ
FEATURED • JANUARY 29, 2025 •

Picture of book cover. Black and white picture of misty forest. Book title: Boundary Territory by Renée Harper

14 BOOKS EVERY
BRITISH COLUMBIAN
SHOULD READ
FEATURED • JANUARY 29, 2025 • RLBC
Any resident of British Columbia is familiar with the urge to explore the offerings of their province. But it can feel easier said than done— where should one start?
This list of books is curated to equip anyone from lifelong residents, BC-newcomers, and PNW adventurers in their journey to discover the history and natural beauty of the province. Consider this your toolkit to unlocking BC in all its glory!

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Travis Earl 🇨🇦 @travisearl.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Hello Fellow #Canadians, I've whipped together a starter pack of Canadian authors, indie publishers and bookstores. In light of the economic warfare we're about to endure, I wanted to create a starter pack so we can support each other. Let me know who to add! #Booksky #Canada go.bsky.app/51MFsXj

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 29/01/2025

Writing advice that should be more popular than it is: - Take workshops taught by writers in your community - Go to book launches and readings in your community - Proactively practice craft by reading about it, applying what you read, and discussing it in your community

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 30/01/2025

Even if you don’t have the spoons right now to read the article, I would URGE you to download it so you can have access later no matter what. There is a PDF download link at the top of the article. If you want a printed copy, there is a printable zine below:

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Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Combat Anti-Trans Censorship (CW #9)

A printable zine of the Trans Literature Preservation Project, nationwide action on December 3rd, 2024, and more!

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 21/01/2025

Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action. If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.

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The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship

Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

I’m teaching Book 1 of Art Spiegelman’s Maus this week in my Comics and Graphic Novels class. It’s felt prescient for years now, but right now the parallels feel overwhelming :( I recommend it if you haven’t read it, but take care of yourself while you do 💔

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Robert "The Bobby Yaga" McNees @mcnees.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

No particular reason to bring this up, but Jack Kirby was inundated by complaints from Nazi sympathizers after publication of his famous cover that showed Captain America punching Hitler. It was drawn and published before the US officially entered WWII. www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/20...

Jack Kirby's "Captain America" cover that shows Cap punching Hitler in the face.

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Janis La Couvée @lacouvee.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

THREE starter packs of litmags - #1 - bsky.app/starter-pack... #2 - bsky.app/starter-pack... #3 - bsky.app/starter-pack... 4 Lists LitMags bsky.app/profile/laco... Poets bsky.app/profile/laco... Writers bsky.app/profile/laco... Editors & Readers bsky.app/profile/laco... #WritingCommunity #Skypoets

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 21/01/2025

#OnlyBeautifulThings was a big success and helped a lot of folks yesterday. The great thing about hashtag events is you can scroll through them anytime. Like today if you need to. You might also enjoy scrolling #ArtAdventCalendar for literally thousands of pieces of art posted in December.

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Wendy N. Wagner 🎃 @wnwagner.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

One of the reasons David Lynch's work meant so much to me is that he promised that no matter how ordinary-seeming the space you occupy, you contain an unmeasurable quantity of weirdness that deserves expression. I am promising myself that from here on out, I will try to write even weirder.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

My brilliant brother has started the account @harmscommitted.bsky.social as a place for gathering stories on harm reduction. If you are at all interested in reportage on the drug crisis, give them a follow.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I’ve been going for a lot of long dog walks ❤️ Needless to say, they help.

Golden retriever chewing a stick in a snowy forest

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Peter Counter, Nightmare Host @peterbcounter.com · 24/12/2024

I have ordered the crew of my ship to plug their ears with wax and tie me to the mast as we sail past the musical region of Whoville this Christmas so that my dangerously small heart might grow to full size while their chest cavities, which contain normal size organs, remain intact and healthy.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

For the last day of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting I did of one of my favourite places, Kokanee Creek Park 💙 Thank you to all the artists who’ve shared their work over the past 24 days ❤️ ‘Kokanee Creek Park in December’ 30”x24” Acrylic on 1.5”gallery profile canvas

Painting of the lake at Kokanee Creek Park.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

My happy place ❤️ Happy holidays, friends. Wishing everyone peace and moments of joy.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Fellow humanities grad school nerds, this is gold. I mean: Louis Althusser: Once you are perceived by the Elf, you are interpellated as either “Naughty” or “Nice.” There is no neutral form of existence within Santa’s ideology.

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Tyler Harper @tylerharper.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

So grateful to be included on this list.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

For Day 20 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting I did of a sunset in Riondel. I’ve spent a lot of summer evenings here and never get tired of it. Sunset from Riondel 30” x 24” Acrylic on Canvas

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

For Day 15 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting I did of the lake after a big storm 🌈 Rainbow Over Kootenay Lake Acrylic on 1.5” Gallery Profile Canvas, 40” x 30

Painting of a rainbow over Kootenay Lake.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For Day 14 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing another painting I did of the north end of the lake 💚 ‘Fires Burning to the South’ 24” x 18” acrylic on gallery profile canvas. I’m so enjoying all of the art being shared! Thank you to all of you Art Advent Calendar artists out there.

Painting of Kootenay Lake with mountains and cloud.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

It’s still a thrill to see my book in the wild. Here she is at the always lovely @notablybookish in Nelson BC ❤️❤️❤️ nonpublishing.com/boundary-ter...

Poetry book, Boundary Territory, on a book shelf at a bookstore.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

For Day 13 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting of Kootenay Lake in early September 💚 Last Camping Trip of the Season 16” x 20”, acrylic on 1.5" gallery canvas.

A painting of Kootenay Lake, mountains and clouds.

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John "Chud" Chidley-Hill @jchidleyhill.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

As more and more journalists have been making the move to Bluesky I've been maintaining a starter pack of all the reporters, editors, and photographers from The Canadian Press, our country's leading news service. Go ahead and click through to get caught up on all of our work go.bsky.app/PE3Ue74

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

For Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting I did of the little valley I get to call home. ‘City Lights’ Acrylic on Canvas 20” x 16”

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

For Day 10 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing a painting I did when I was in a bit of a gothic mood. I have still have a soft spot for this oddball painting 🔥❤️🔥 ‘O Sweet Incendiary’ 30” x 40,” Acrylic on Gallery Profile Canvas.

A painting of a heart on fire in front of a moonlit lake.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

For Day 9 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this painting I did of Nelson from Kootenay Lake. It’s included in the wonderful 2025 Kootenay Boundary Art Calendar by @plumtreelife. This is publisher’s last year in operation before her retirement 💚 www.plumtreelife.ca/kootenay-bou...

Nelson BC and n the spring from Kootenay Lake.

Screenshot of Kootenay Boundary Art Calendar webpage.

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

For Day 8 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing this little painting I did of the moon in December. “Winter Moon” 8”x10”, acrylic on gallery profile canvas

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

For Day 7 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m posting this painting I did of the north end of Kootenay Lake a few years ago. This summer, this region was hit hard by wildfires :( ‘North of Lost Ledge’ 48” x 36”, acrylic on gallery profile canvas

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

For Day 6 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m posting another painting of Kootenay Lake. I spend a lot of my summers off from teaching camping at different spots along the lake 💚 These paintings are really love letters. ‘Sunset Over Kootenay Lake in July’ 30” x 24”, acrylic on canvas

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Renée Harper @reneeharper.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

For Day 5 of #ArtAdventCalendar I’m sharing another painting I did of Kootenay Lake (I’m a bit obsessed with this body of water). This one is the view from the beach at Ainsworth Hot Springs 💚 Kootenay Lake in June 18” x 24”, acrylic on gallery profile canvas

Kootenay Lake, mountains and an unsettled sky.

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