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Paul Vermeersch @paulvermeersch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The latest addition to the Ekphrastic Poem Project honouring Kay Sage and her painting "In the Third Sleep" is from none other than @thisisannick.bsky.social! Enjoy the poem! inthethirdsleep.blogspot.com

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

"Teach me the beauty of being radiant with indignity, show me how to point to heaven and cry to God of being forsaken." #TodaysPoem #poetry Confessions by Drew Lavigne (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/20/c...

Poetry pamphlet Confessions by Drew Lavigne (Opaat Press) sits nestled among bright cone flowers and bergamots

Poetry pamphlet Confessions by Drew Lavigne, open to the poem and nestled among bright cone flowers and bergamots

Handwritten transcription of poetry pamphlet Confessions by Drew Lavigne

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

"may the dishes you broke in that rage clean themselves up quietly" #TodaysPoem #poetry May you by Jessica Joy Hiemstra (@jessicajoyhiemstra.bsky.social) (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/29/m...

Bright green poetry pamphlet May you by Jessica Joy Hiemstra, admidst cone flowers

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Float Plane Coming in for a Landing Franz Johnston 1927

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phillip crymble @phillipcrymble.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

her shroud like washing / blown onto the grass Carol Ann Duffy

CAROL ANN DUFFY
Wish
But what if, in the clammy soil, her limbs grew warmer, shifted, stirred, kicked off the covering of earth, the drowsing corms, the sly worms, what if her arms reached out to grab the stone, the grooves of her dates under her thumb, and pulled her up? I wish. Her bare feet walk along the gravel path between the graves, her shroud like washing blown onto the grass, the petals of her wreath kissed for a bride. Nobody died. Nobody wept. Nobody slept who couldn't be woken by the light. If I can only push open this heavy door she'll be standing there in the sun, dirty, tired, wondering why do I shout, why do I run.

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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The rainier the city the more useless the umbrella.

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

"A dumb blankness full of meaning Flense these memories or whatever, nevermind." #TodaysPoem #poetry White Whale by Geordie Miller (2026 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/22/w...

Colourful Opaat Press poetry pamphlets arranged on an equally colourful crocheted afghan in progress

Poetry pamphlet White Whale by Geordie Miller (Opaat Press) sits atop a notebook with an ornate gold cover, with a black pen nearby

Handwritten transcription of the poem White Whale by Geordie Miller, with an uncapped black pen resting on the notebook page

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

New Westminster's Poetry in the Park series lineup has been announced! This Summer, they'll feature @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, @allegorically.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @jkirton.bsky.social, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social, and more. @rclas.bsky.social

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Together Forever Jim Oskineegish ~ Anishinaabe n.d.

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Dawn Macdonald @yukondawn.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Guest post for The Woodlot -- thank you Chris for letting me into the conversation!

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Sascha Stronach🏳️‍⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

all the primitive caveman diet stuff is so funny because wdym cavemen never ate vegetables, what do you think the gatherer in hunter-gatherer means, are they gathering steak sauce

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Bethany Black @bethanyblack.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️ One milkshake to rule the boys, one milkshake to find them, one milkshake to bring the boys and in my yard to bind them 🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

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Alex @alexplatt.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Somehow forgot to include the poetry collections I’ve loved this year. I doubt I’ll be able to read this many next year but I feel like this is an excellent sampling of contemporary Canadian poetry.

Crohnic by Jason Purcell, Echolalia Echolalia by Jane Shi, Antibody by Rebecca Salazar, Crying Dress by Cassidy McFadzean, Votive by Annick MacAskill, Unravel by Tolu Oloruntoba, Unwashed by Daniel Maluka

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RJ Lackie @rjlackie.com · 17/01/2026

i will never finish reading all of this poetry if i keep buying more poetry

A queen bed covered in collections of poetry, as a cat curiously sniffs at em.

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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

I didn't do a "favourite books" post last year, as I was judging a prize, so here are some of my favourite books from 2024 and 2025 combined. Read them and be happy! (If it's hard to read, the titles and authors are in the alt text.)

the berry takes the shape of the bloom, andrea bennett
Entre Rive and Shore, Dominique Bernier-Cormier
After That, Lorna Crozier
Midway, Kayla Czaga
Hello, Horse, Richard Kelly Kemick
Devotional Forensics, Joseph Kidney
Shadow Blight, Annick MacAskill
We, the Kindling, Otoniya J Okot Bitek
Fine, Matt Rader
People You Know, Places You've Been, Hana Shafi
The Work, Bren Simmers
Wellwater, Karen Solie
Existing Music, Nick Thran

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long con magazine + Collusion Books @longconmagazine.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

"My mother / yells into the Alexa: 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑣𝑟𝑖𝑙 𝐿𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑒 / 𝑓𝑢𝑐𝑘𝑠𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠!" Excerpt from Emma Rhodes's "Anything Buried," imposed on the cover of Annick MacAskill's 𝑆ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤 𝐵𝑙𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 (2022). Read two of Emma's poems—which borrow lines from MacAskill and Kayla Czaga—in ISSUE 2.2: longconmag.com/issue-2-2/em...

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River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Where they went I cannot name— those liquefying emissaries or my aunt’s wishes, whatever it was that she held tight that morning— —from Votive by Annick MacAskill, Gaspereau Press, 2024 Read the full excerpt: www.riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/8/... @gaspereaupress.bsky.social

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Jaeyun Yoo @jaeyunwrites.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

My debut chapbook "when a country teaches you" is available for pre-order now at Baseline Press! Thank you to Karen Schindler for making my dream come true, Emily Jung for the beautiful cover art, and @thisisannick.bsky.social for being super editor! Pre-order link: share.google/0xpO2rGMgW43...

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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Kinda hate the term "happy place," but here I am, back with my printer and bone folder. annickmacaskill.com/2026/06/20/c...

Photo of poetry pamphlets from micropress Opaat Press. The pamphlets are red, laid overtop of a few manila envelopes. A white bone folder lies across the pamphlets.

One red poetry pamphlet on a wooden stool against a blue background. The title of the pamphlet and the author's name appear on the front--"Confessions" and "Dre Lavigne".

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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 11/06/2026

Anyone reading the press about Israeli daily mass terror killings of civilians in Palestine is aware that when they’re caught red-handed without any pretext they announce an official investigation. This has happened hundreds of times.

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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Peterborough friends, remember this great event is happening today!

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🎙️ The 11th Annual Digital Publishing Awards — Best Podcast: Arts, Culture & Society: 🥈: Sœurs de lutte : 1975, la révolution inachevée, @info.radio-canada.ca 🥇: Forged, CBC / ABC #DPA26

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

✍️ The 49th National Magazine Awards — Poetry: Gold: "Coat of Arms," Maisonneuve Silver: "I Want to Be a Good Person," Grain Magazine #NMA26

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

📖 The 49th National Magazine Awards — Fiction: Gold: "The Miraculous Return of Khalid from the Dead," @thewalrus.ca Silver: "Forest Hill Gothic," @thewalrus.ca #NMA26

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🖊️ The 49th National Magazine Awards — Personal Journalism: Gold: "Perhaps a Wolf & a Lamb," @thenewquarterly.bsky.social Silver: "Paper Trail," @thewalrus.ca #NMA26

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🏅Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Publisher of the Year: Florence Gagnon — lstw #NMA26

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National Media Awards Foundation @canadamediaawards.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

🏆 Gold at the 49th National Magazine Awards — Best Magazine: Special Interest: lstw #NMA26

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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Absolutely love Natalie Southworth's debut, There's Always More to Say.

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Gaspereau Press @gaspereaupress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

congratulations to Sue Goyette and Natalie Rice, who are nominated for the J.M. Abraham Atlantic Poetry Award! writers.ns.ca/programs/boo...

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Absolutely love Natalie Southworth's debut, There's Always More to Say.

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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 27/03/2026

This week the law of torts for wrongful injuries has started to catch up with Silicon Valley’s corporate electronic child molesters. A $6 million verdict on behalf of a damaged teenager in a Los Angeles courtroom and a much larger $375 million verdict in the case of New Mexico v. Meta.

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Is there a Mr Information? 😏

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Ralph Nader @nader.org · 02/04/2026

On national television last night, Tyrant Trump said he was pursuing what legal experts have considered a criminal war of aggression against Iran in the midst of negotiations for the benefit of “our children and grandchildren”.

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Georgia Equality @georgiaequality.org · 03/04/2026

BREAKING: After a late night at the Capitol to finish out the 2026 legislative session, we could not be more excited to share that WE DID IT! We successfully defeated ALL of the nearly 15 pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation! Swipe to read our full statement:

A group photo of the Georgia Equality staff members gathered on the Capitol steps inside the GA State Capitol building.

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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Halifax indie superstar Bookmark II has organized a poetry event for at the Old Triangle. Featuring readings by local poets Nanci Lee, Jaime Forsythe, and Nolan Natasha, as well as an open mic! I'm excited to be hosting. Event is free and open to all, so come on out! Wednesday, April 8, 6:30-9 pm. ✨

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Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Popping on here to share that I've a new bilingual poetry chapbook out. Verfondre / Wormmelt is an experimental melding of traditional translation with the poème fondu, a poetic form invented by Michelle Grangaud, a member of Oulipo. Out now with Baseline Press. www.baselinepress.ca#/verfondre-w...

Photo of poetry chapbook Verfondre / Wormmelt by Annick MacAskill. The photo shows the cover, inner page, and two pages of bilingual poetry.

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Tove Black @toveblack.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Do you need something beautiful, small, and slow in your life, that will get your thoughts and feelings flowing around in unexpected directions? I think you do -- and I recommend this stunning little jewel of a chapbook.

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Susan Robertson @snullr.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

What's better than a brilliant chapbook? Two brilliant chapbooks: Annick McAskill's "Verfondre | Wormmelt" and John Barton's "Labyrinth" both from Baseline Press.

A light cream rectangular chapbook on top of a large shale fossil fern. Verfondre | Wormmelt is centered at the top. Annick McAskill is centered under it. Below both is a reverse image of foliage including a fern. The background of the image is midnight blue.

A rectangular cream coloured chapbook lies flat slightly angled to the right. Labyrinth is centered at the top with John Barton centered below. A loosely drawn green spiral is centered on the bottom half of the cover. A brown and cream spiral shell faces outward overlapping the bottom right cover of the chapbook. The spiral on the shell echoes the spiral on the cover.

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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Happy Birthday Victor Garber!🎂 The 'Legally Blonde' actor opened up to The Advocate about being gay in Hollywood in 2020. 📷 Getty

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Suzanne Rent @suzannerent.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Oscar-winning Nova Scotians speak out about Tim Houston's cuts to arts. Houston said spending $1 million to bring Larry Ellison's SailGP to Halifax is worth the "potential." I guess Oscar wins don't count?

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Dr. Stephanie @punkrockscience.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

It is *fascinating* to me how quickly some people have gone completely from “we all must work in the office! human collaboration is vital and only happens in person!” to “I can replace all these pesky people with chatbots!” Definitely some commentary there about our society and who gets to choose.

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Laurie D. Graham @lauriedgraham.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Thank you for Sublime, @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social & @caitlinpress.bsky.social, and for Sweet Water and Refugium before this. Glad to share space with so many poets in these anthologies. Here, a few faves, from @thisisannick.bsky.social and others.

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knife | fork | book @knifeforkbook.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

A REMARKABLE BOOK that is anti-corporate, anti-national, pro-queer body,& pro-queer sex is called SHE. Kirby has also lost many friends in the early years of the AIDS crisis you can feel the “I’m not taking shit from anybody” vibe all over these pages. CACONRAD www.knifeforkbook.shop/store/p185/K...

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KIRBY she

"She is joy's pronoun!" —ERÍN MOURE"She is a capacious city of rich human habitation, where elation is every day’s caring infusion. Her cityscapes are painted deftly—in few words, in pauses, in juxta...

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KIRBY @itsakirby.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

"Kirby’s SHE offers up prayers for the quotidian that are at once tender and resilient. Reading this collection reminded me of the ceremony inherent in poetry. A delight." - Annick MacAskill @thisisannick.bsky.social KIRBY She @knifeforkbook.bsky.social asterismbooks.com/product/she-...

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Jesse @requiemarm.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

they should make a movie series about how it’s irresponsible to use technology to mess with the natural order of things for profit

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