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Samuel Day Wharton @fakeourway.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Meant to post earlier, but last week was a great book mail week! Got these 4 mini chaps & bonus broadside from @russellcarisse.bsky.social @sider0xylon.bsky.social @jordandavis.bsky.social @nberlat.bsky.social Monty Reid, @jessicaleemcmillan.com Great short reads, hand typed & bound beautifully

Covers of 4 mini chapbooks & a folded broadsheet on a distressed table top.

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

ooo, @jordandavis.bsky.social's chappie Sorry, God, found in the weeds we still have a couple of copies! sider0xylon.carrd.co

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sider0xylon press

a new press for experimental writing.

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Avi Lewis @avilewis.ca · 08/10/2026

Les libéraux et les conservateurs viennent de voter ensemble pour s’attaquer aux droits des travailleurs, à la protection de l’environnement et aux droits des peuples autochtones afin d’accélérer la réalisation de mégaprojets privés. lactualite.com/actualites/a...

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Le projet de loi C-39 franchit une première étape à la Chambre des communes

OTTAWA — Un projet de loi économique majeur, le C-39, a franchi une première étape à la Chambre des communes jeudi. Le texte de 243 pages va désormais être examiné par une commission spéciale. Le proj...

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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

can the orca hear me when i sing of their heroic deeds? no, but sink em all my cetaceous friends.

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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

couldn't recommend a subscription more, above/ground press is as fresher than fresh

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Nobel Prize @nobelprize.org · 08/10/2026

BREAKING NEWS The 2026 #NobelPrize in Literature is awarded to the Canadian author Anne Carson, “for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature.”

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Bad + Bitchy Podcast @badandbitchy.com · 04/10/2026

Canada is second

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talking-time.bsky.social @talking-time.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The fifth day of our seventeenth issue includes new poems by rob mclennan, and The art of writing #136: an interview with Lillian Nećakov @robmclennan.bsky.social talkingaboutstrawberries.blogspot.com

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Ben Niespodziany 📚🎪 @neonpajamas.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

this week's poem is a collaborative one between @garybarwin.bsky.social & Lillian Nećakov complete with a free writing prompt neonpajamas.substack.com/p/092-poem-p...

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Bryn Robinson, PhD @brynphd.com · 01/10/2026

This weekend @discoverunb.bsky.social Memorial Hall is #Poetry Weekend! Admission is free to all the readings this weekend, and there will be great #CanLit on sale. I'll be attending most sessions, and reading from "Days in Microgravity" on Sun Oct 4 @ 1030am. Hope to see you there!

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today in Canada we observe Truth and Reconciliation Day in Canada, also known as Orange Shirt Day to honour the Indigenous victims and survivors of residential schools and their families. It’s a good day to read the TRC list of 94 calls to action and think about progress we still need to make.

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Calls to Action - Indigenous Watchdog

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada believes that in order for Canada to flourish in the twenty-first century, reconciliation between Ab...

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy to have three haiku up in @havehashad.com today!

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talking-time.bsky.social @talking-time.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

there is still space in our next issue, so consider our deadline extended beyond October 1! talking about strawberries all of the time seeks #flashfiction and #poetry #submissions, including visual works, Send as .doc or .docx with author biography. strawberriesjournal@gmail.com

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BP bpNichol was born on Sep. 30, 1944. A founding member of The Four Horsemen, bp was recognized as a majoravant-garde writer of his time. Besides his small press and editorial activities, he often collaborated in writing, sound poetry performance, and linguistic research.

bpNichol's smiling wooden cut-out inside the Coach House.

An illustration of bp from within the Martyrology.

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

ALWAYS OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS! ! !

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The mid-autumn festival is this week, so it’s the perfect time to get a copy of my mini-chapbook, full of tiny poems inspired by Chinese folklore www.tinywrenlit.com/product-page...

Cover of chapbook The Moon, My Heart
poems by Elena Zhang, the cover is the moon with pink blossoms in the foreground

The Moon, My Heart
In this story, Chang'e opens her mouth and I eat the egg inside.
Yolk sun in white moon.
I finally understand what Teresa Teng meant when she sang the moon represents my heart.
She meant immortal mothers and birthday gifts, and the starlit waning of time.

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The Government of New Brunswick has extended their deadline for their Making a Living survey for artists until September 30th. If you are an writer or artist living in New Brunswick, please fill out the survey! ferenceandco.com/making-a-liv...

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"Making a Living?" 2026 New Brunswick Artist Activity and Income Survey

Were you working as an artist in New Brunswick in 2025? Share your experience and help shape future arts policies and programs. Takes 15–20 minutes; closes au début d'octobre 2026.

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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

mark carney continues to crib carl schmitt's notes pertaining to ruling though exception

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

hey, that's me!

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49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

"I like a weird book. The weirder the better. I’m out here begging #CanLit to be weirder." – Dina Del Bucchia, author of Tougher Than The Rest @arsenalpulp.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/09...

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I'm Begging CanLit to be Weirder · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We were just looking though our submissions, and as a press in Canada we have not a single submission from Canada SUBMIT: sider0xylon.carrd.co

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sider0xylon press

a new press for experimental writing.

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We have some nifty chapbooks for $10, by @jessicaleemcmillan.com, @nberlat.bsky.social, @mreid.bsky.social, @jordandavis.bsky.social (Americans can save on shipping by buy multiple) sider0xylon.carrd.co #canlit #poetry

chapbooks
DARK PATTERNS & BATH DREAM

by Jessica Lee McMillan

SUMMARIES ARE POSITIVE ON SOME LEVEL

by Noah Berlatsky

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james o @jamesolearypoet.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Another poem from Diane Seuss, which just makes me cry and cry 🐦‍⬛

ROMANTIC POET
You would not have loved him,
my friend the scholar
decried. He brushed his teeth,
if at all, with salt. He lied,
and rarely
washed his hair. Wiped his ass
with leaves or with his hand.
The top of his head would have barely
reached your tits. His pits
reeked, as did his deathbed.

But the nightingale, I said.

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Ian LeTourneau @ianletourneau.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Tomorrow is Buy a NB Book Day! You could celebrate by ordering a chapbook published by Emergency Flash Mob (my press). Here are two new chapbooks, published this month. _Near You_ is expected today or Monday! DM or reply for more info!

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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

using corporate brand names sure is, and occurs quite frequently

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Elena Zhang @ezhang77.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Someday I’ll write a chapbook with full length poems, but that day is not today

CHAPBOOKS
A City Bursts Inside Me (Run Rabbit Run Press,
2026)
Micro-poems about the city
My Little Sister (above/ground press, 2026)
Micro-poems centered on siblinghood
The Moon, My Heart (Tiny Wren Lit, 2025) Micro-poems inspired by Chinese folklore
"White Rabbit" nominated for the Pushcart Prize
I Gave Birth (Rinky Dink Press, 2025)
Micro-poems that all start with "I gave birth"

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Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

if you value pieces like this, consider becoming a paid subscriber so I can keep scribbling? It's $50/yr, $5/month. www.everythingishorrible.net/subscribe

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Ian LeTourneau @ianletourneau.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

When selling at a small press fair, one acquires at a small press fair. A few pick ups. So great to meet @russellcarisse.bsky.social and get the new @sider0xylon.bsky.social by @jessicaleemcmillan.com ! Plus a beautiful letterpress chap from Rabbittown Press!

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

ANNOUNCING!!! A new title by @jessicaleemcmillan.com Dark Patterns & Bath Dream #canlit #poetry

a white with black and red text chapbook on a black tablecloth

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Here we are in Fredericton at the Printed Matters Indie Press and Zine Fair!!!

a middle aged settler sitting behind a table of chapbooks and art

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Big things are happening tomorrow, we're attending Printed Matters Indie Press and Zine fair plus announcing a new title by a Canadian poet! www.charlottestreetarts.ca/events/2026/...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

the book of sentences is up for the Archibald Lampman! , a shortlist, a shortlist, my kingdom for a shortlist! / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @arcpoetry.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/the-book-o...

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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 07/09/2026

"The new math" from Bob Hicok's This Clumsy Living (2007)

The new math

There are these notions of how the world would be better. Shoot all the anti-Semites. Wear only red socks. Hunt truth like the wolf hunts elk, in packs, with relentless teeth. Make language stand up and be something like a house, give it the force of wind, the courage of a storm to destroy itself. What we think of as wild I think of as honest. Doing, not what you think, but what you are. The difference between counting the rings of a tree and finding a place in the sky. A theory toward wolf would be a fine addition to the history of advice. Train the spine to walk on fours. Claim only that which your urine can touch. Find faith in the scent of things. Humans are metaphors. Chagall was a synagogue dreaming of being a man. When his paintings meet, they lick each other like wolves. I go nowhere without alienation, I carry it like a pouch of anvils, not belonging is the way I belong.
This brings us to the strange math of our heads, the impossibility of dividing by zero. If we could solve that equation, we'd be happy. I give you pencil, I give you paper, I wish you luck. Wolf would make a better denominator. Divide any number by wolf, you get wolf.

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sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Look! a wonderful review of @mreid.bsky.social's chapbook, Operatives. copies still available for now! www.discordiareview.com/p/who-called...

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Ian LeTourneau @ianletourneau.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

New chapbook coming next week from Emergency Flash Mob Press - pre-order now! Etransfer $13 ($10 + $3 shipping) to Ian.letourneau@icloud.com with your mailing address. Don't miss this fantastic debut from Saint John's Bryn Robinson!!! If you're local, it's just $10 & we can arrange pick up/delivery!

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

"I don’t see micropress as a realm solely devoted to beginners, but as rich publishing space for all poets." @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social talks to Jim Johnstone, editor, publisher and poet, of Anstruther Press: the-wood-lot.ca/2026/08/27/i...

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Interview with Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher of Anstruther Press

A few weeks ago, I managed to get up to Toronto to see the Summer launch of five brand new chapbooks from the mighty Anstruther Press. Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher, was gracious enough to an…

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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Friday is a great day to eat the rich, starting with your boss! ! ! @coachhousebooks.bsky.social Available: chbooks.com/Books/O/On-O...

Available now from Coach House Books
ON OCCASION; POEMS FOR THE PEOPLE
EDITED BY SINA QUEYRAS
A twenty-first-century reconsideration of the occasional poem by contemporary writers

the chit era
hath ire etc
the reach it
hit here act
the cat heir

eat the rich

earth he tic
hear it tech
tie hath rec
cheat their
chit he tear

eat the rich

a chit ether
earth ethic
hit the acre
arch the tie
char the tie

eat the rich

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

don't forget: periodicities @periodicities.bsky.social is perpetually seeking submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essays! periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/01/subm...

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submissions (updated,

periodicities: a journal of poetry and poetics is open to submissions of previously unpublished poetry-related reviews, interviews and essa...

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🪦 Ghoulian Grave 🪦 @julianday.ca · 21/08/2026

Went to check on the chrysalises on the milkweed after I let the dogs out at bedtime. Almost there, little butterfly

A butterfly inside a chrysalis hanging on a milkweed leaf. Its wing is visible.

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Heather J. Witchy🧙 Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Since @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social is trying to resurrect #FollowFridays here's a #CanLit starter pack folks might want to check out. We need more #Canadian content on BlueSky! No spreadsheets required😉 bsky.app/starter-pack...

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dirt of the looming dawn @upfromsumdirt.blacksky.app · 18/08/2026

alice walker WE ALONE

We alone can devalue gold
by not caring
if it falls or rises
in the marketplace.
Wherever there is gold
there is a chain, you know,
and if your chain
is gold
so much the worse
for you.

Feathers, shells
and sea-shaped stones
are all as rare.

This could be our revolution:
to love what is plentiful
as much as
what is scarce.

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