Next Thursday! See you there my pretties.
I will be hosting an evening of poetry and song in the Sunfire Studios Atrium.
Publishers are busy with grants but please remember there is only one month left until submissions close for the Fred Cogswell Award. Guidelines are fairly simple & details are in link below. Good luck!
Delighted to be part of @pinholepoetry.bsky.social again. And this list of contributors!!!
Heather Haley
My poem BIRTHDAY is up today at B O D Y Literature, an international journal based in Prague.
A lotta life packed into these lines, including the jagged bits.
Read it here:
www.bodyliterature.com/2026/06/11/g...
Royal City Literary Arts Society
Frances Boyle
If your favourite author is coming to town, you can now get 30% off their books! Simply place your online order and put “AUTHORED EVENT” in the notes section at checkout. If we can’t find the event listing, we’ll contact you to confirm. Good until end of 2026!
www.instagram.com/p/DZdbUeASt8...
The new issue of @eventmags.bsky.social is out! It features a short story of mine, entitled "The Earthquake." Also, poems by Lorna Crozier, @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social, and a posthumous publication from Sandy Shreve.
I highly recommend picking up a copy:
www.eventmagazine.ca/product/even...
Thrilled to celebrate @mishasolomon.bsky.social's debut collection alongside another alchemical friend, @effervescentvoid.bsky.social 🥁
If you're zooming in/near/thru Calgary/Mohkínstsis, come land in our poetry's nest❗
Jun/18 | 7PM
Owl's Nest (815A 49th Ave SW)
👉 owlsnestbooks.com/events/51798...
Elee Kraljii Gardiner is bringing sometimes, forest to a city near you! Accompany @eleekg.bsky.social along with a host of amazing #poets and performers on a stroll through the woods at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social, Magpie Books, Bar Milton-Parc, Perfect Books, Novel Idea Bookstore, and Flying Books!
🇨🇦's #BillC22 is entering committee study this week - and we're hearing it may become law by end of the month.
We never say this: but this is the worst, most privacy-breaking bill we've seen. It MUST be stopped.
Speak up against it and read on to learn more:
www.openmedia.org/StopC22-bsky
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Garth Martens
🚨 Bill C-22 forces every Canadian internet provider, messaging app & cloud service to build surveillance backdoors and store a year of your data. Foreign state hackers exploited similar legislation in...
We got some great news today!
thanks so much to Canadian Heritage's Canada Arts Presentation Fund for giving us funding to support our 2027 and 2028 plans!
Rob Taylor
Carlos A. Pittella
OpenMedia
VERSe Ottawa / VERSeFest (prior account lost,
www.bodyliterature.com
Garth Martens is a poet and flamenco artist. His first book was a finalist for Canada’s Governor General’s Award for Poetry.
