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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Big congratulations to the winners of the FOURTH PINHOLE POETRY CHAPBOOK SEARCH: Yvonne Blomer, Lorna Crozier, Zoe Dickinson, Foster Gareau, Sneha Subramanian Kanta, Marc Perez, Lee Potts and Erin Vosters.

ANNOUNCING the WINNERS of our 4th PINHOLE POETRY CHAPBOOK SEARCH!
YVONNE BLOMER

LORNA CROZIER
ZOE DICKINSON
FOSTER GAREAU
SNEHA SUBRAMANIAN KANTA
MARC PEREZ
LEE POTTS
ERIN VOSTERS
THANKS TO ALL WHO SUBMITTED!

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Robert MJ Thompson @wh0n0z.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I took a book by @charlieangus104.bsky.social to a tiny park beside the sea. I read how one searches for ways to find meaning. I paused, then stood to read an inscription by @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social on a rock nearby. Words found. One planet. I journeyed with hope today.

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Canada-based #TheMetalsCompany is working with Trump to mine the deep sea, despite global opposition. Canada must double-down to #StopDeepSeaMining and oppose the Mining Code that would open oceans to looting. @greenpeaceca.bsky.social‬ Take Action: act.gp/3ZXB5ll

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Petition: Tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.

Sign the Greenpeace petition to tell Canada to oppose the Mining Code and protect the deep sea from mining.

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Wolsak & Wynn @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

It's National Indigenous Peoples Day! Today, we recognize and celebrate the traditions, cultures, and contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. Here are some book recommendations from Wolsak & Wynn.

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🇨🇦JOY 🇨🇦 @joycomes.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

This video shows the new born octopus hatching from the egg. They are independent, the size of a pea. To learn more about the entire process go here: octonation.com/how-do-octop...

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Laurie D. Graham @lauriedgraham.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Much thanks to Geoff Martin and the Creek Collective for putting together this event in celebration of Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice, published by @caitlinpress.bsky.social and edited by @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social, and for including me and my book in the festivities!

A poster containing pictures of all the poets and information about the time, place, and location of the event.

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Nancy Huggett @nancyhuggett.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The Nature of Our Times poetry reading with some fantastic poets including moi & @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social May 13. Link to register www.thepoetrylighthouse.com/events-and-p...

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Congratulations to @stephenking.bsky.social for this well-deserved honor!👍 (Novels/Novellas: Approximately 65 to 67 Non-fiction books: 5 books. Short Stories: Over 200 Pseudonyms: 7 novels were published as Richard Bachman. Frequency: He has published at least one book almost every year since 1974)

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Happy Earth Day everyone, here is my sad sonnet, inspired by Eliot who said "April is the cruelest month". Humans are the cruelest creatures because we keep killing all the other creatures, plus ourselves, our water and our air. #EarthDay #planetwater #planetearth #poetrymonth

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

rob mclennan in Victoria, BC: April 24 + 25, , two readings (including w Anna Yin + Phoebe Wang) and a podcast-on-stage, interviewing Kyeren Regehr, / @ucalgarypress.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.substack.com/p/rob-mclenn...

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

More pics from Sublime: Poems for vanishing Ice launch

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This Sunday April 19 is the crowd cast launch of Sublime! March 21 & 22 Open Space and @caitlinpress.bsky.social and I held a two day event for World Poetry and World Water Day. I am going to share photos galore

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Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions @caitlinpress.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Join Caitlin Press for a virtual book reading of Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice with readings from editor and host @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social and contributing poets across North America on April 19th at 5 pm ET. Please register at www.crowdcast.io/c/rswz8h8ifafm

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Sublime: Poems for Vanishing Ice in Mulberry Books, Qualicum with thanks to Sophia Rosenberg and @caitlinpress.bsky.social The launch is on March 21 (world poetry day) & March 22 (world water day) @ Open Space, 510 Fort Street,two day event and public engagement openspace.ca

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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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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

In this seventh episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Yvonne Blomer—poet, editor, and the fourth Poet Laureate of Victoria. This episode is generously supported by Bolen Books, independently owned and operated by the Bolen family since 1975. @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social

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Joanna Streetly @joannastreetly.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

Book Mail Friday really made up for 8 days of ER work, the last two being 14-hour shifts. I’d been anxiously awaiting my contributor’s copy and am already in love with the way the subject matter inspired so many fabulous Canadian poets! @caitlinpress.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social

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long con magazine + Collusion Books @longconmagazine.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Find Yvonne Blomer on Bluesky at @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social

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Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions @caitlinpress.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

In Sublime, celebrated poets from across North America consider the beauty, fragility and decline of ice. They ask: what will be released as the planet’s ice melts? And how will this reshape the planet we call home? Pre-order now at caitlinpress.com/Books/S/Subl... @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Death of Persephone is ten months old! I've travelled to over a dozen cities to read from it. It took me fifteen years to write, a record for me, though I am not a fast writer. if you've not read it, please do. Its first print run sold out in 6 months, but I have copies!

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Caitlin Press/Dagger Editions @caitlinpress.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Award-winning poet, @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social was on Writer's Radio to discuss Death of Persephone, her poetry collection in which she displaces the myth of young Persephone in Hades’ violent underworld. Listen to the whole episode with Carole Harmon at www.writersradio.ca/podcast-dire...

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Delighted to be interviewed about Death of Persephone on Writers Radio www.writersradio.ca?fbclid=PAQ0x.... Huge thanks to Carole Harmon and the sound crew and @caitlinpress.bsky.social

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Kim Fahner @kimfahner.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Happy to have my review of Yvonne Blomer’s Death of Persephone: A Murder in @periodicities.bsky.social Thanks to rob mclennan for giving my reviews a good home. 🙏❤️ @robmclennan.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

National Poetry Month is waning and I have not kept up with daily prompts but have been teaching a poetry class and writing where I can. I have been playing with mark making, image and text, letting my pen wander. happy #poetrymonth2025

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Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Pretty excited about my first event as Poet Laureate with @zoeidadickinson.bsky.social, Nina Mosall and Tracy Wai de Boer! As well as @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social, John Barton, Steven Ross Smith, @andreascottwords.bsky.social, and more!! We also have cellist Maria Wang joining us!

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Kyeren Regehr @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

We have a city poetry book prize! Three cheers for DCReid & Victoria Book Prizes! 🥂This was such a heartfelt afternoon, and the readings from Tim, Ali & Arleen were superb (of course). Ali Blythe, Yvonne Blomer, DCReid, Arleen Pare, me, Tim Lilburn (I'm just reading the bios)

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Big fat full flowered Cherry Blossoms in James Bay, YYJ

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Please vote Green if you can, esp. if you are in this most popular parliamentarian’s riding 💚✅🌿🌎

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Thank you to Herizons Magazine and E.R. Zarevich for this review. herizons.ca

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I wrote a blog post for the After Hours Coffeehouse I'm part of at Churchmouse Books @ St Mary's Church, Oak Bay where readers and singers, musicians and literature lovers share their favourite pieces based on a theme. Last month it was Water for World Water Day www.stmarysoakbay.ca/blog/chronic...

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Chronicles from The Door Near the Floor

Chronicles from the Door Near the Floor Here I am, at last, attempting my first Churchmouse After Hours Coffeehouse blog, coming to you today from the little mouse door near the floor. Our second meet...

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

I have spots available in the next zoom class: New York Poets $200 Mondays on April 7, - May 5, 6:15-8:30 Pacific Time on Zoom Wednesdays on April 9-30, from 2:45-5:00 Pacific Time on Zoom We will read and write from Frank O’Hara, John Ashbury, Barbara Guest and James Schuyler. pm me.

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yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social @yvonneblomerwrites.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Hello BlueSky. I am a poet and writer, a teacher and a proud Canadian who never thought I'd have to write I'm a proud Canadian. 🍁 Here is my most recent book of poems, apt for these times, it is about violence to women and a reimagining of the Persephone Myth. #women #myth #poetry #maywomenrise

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