AJ Dolman
@ajdolman.bsky.social
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They/she. Writer, editor, goldstar #bisexual. Shhh...I'm reading. Poetry collection Crazy / Mad: https://www.gordonhillpress.com/products/crazy-mad
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Hello fabulous new followers! I am a bisexual+ advocate and founder of Bi+ Canada. I am also a writer and editor and, if poetry is your thing, you can buy my collection Crazy/Mad through your local bookstore or via Gordon Hill Press: www.gordonhillpress.com/products/cra...
Crazy / Mad
Crazy/Mad is the latest modern poetry of resistance, against the norms and standards of a moment and against the idea of the confessional poem as a tool only for the poet themselves. Written around th...
www.gordonhillpress.com
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Heads up! Stoked that on Sept. 28, I am reading with the magnificent @ajdolman.bsky.social & @amandaearl.bsky.social at the Lieutenant's Pump in Ottawa.
Thanks again, Amanda, for putting this together.
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Ottawa friends! Would love it if you came out on Tuesday at 7 to Perfect Books for this fabulous event. Honoured to have Crazy/Mad shortlisted alongside these two wonderful books!
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Join us at Perfect Books on Tuesday, Sept 23, for a special reading with the 2025 Lampman Award Finalists: Emily Austin, Manahil Bandukwala, and AJ Dolman. Don’t miss the chance to hear these incredible poets share their work before the Lampman Award winner is revealed later this fall!
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Where the separate divisions of ANTIFA landed on the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944:
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Friends! There’s still time to bid on various goodies at our silent auction in support of the Bi+ Arts Festival. www.32auctions.com/biartsfestival2025
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Very excited to share this
forthcoming Sunday, Sept. 28 event in Ottawa.
Reading with the magnificent @ajdolman.bsky.social and @amandaearl.bsky.social at the Lieutenant's Pump, 361 Elgin.
Doors 1:30pm. Reading, 2pm.
Thanks, Amanda, for organizing the whole enchilada.
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Happy Labour Day.

I believe we need the labour movement more than we have in a very long time, given what is arrayed against us.

(Poster by Ricardo Levins Morales, who sells lots of cool things at his store and is having a 20% off sale! www.rlmartstudio.com)
A poster by Ricardo Levins Morales, title text 'The Labor Movement!  The folks that brought you...' Below this there is a diverse crowd of people holding up signs saying things such as 'workers' comp', 'unemployment insurance', 'minimum wage', 'pension benefits', and many more.

Text at the bottom reads 'Power concedes nothing without a demand.  It never did and it never will.  Frederick Douglass'
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It was a privilege to meet so many wonderful people at Capital Pride! Thank you for all the support as we grow and become a bigger voice for the Bi+ Community in Canada! The conversations at our booth were the highlight of our Pride. Stop "bi" our comments and let us know your favorite moment :)
AJ and Marta posing at the Bi+ Canada booth during Capital Pride 2025
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Let's do that.
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Fun fact did you know that if we seized all billionaire assets, implemented UBI, and ensured that everyone had human rights, food, and healthcare, we'd literally end climate colapse, dramatically reduce crime, drastically improve mental health, *and* eradicate fascism!
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No, authors aren't burnt out because "writing without AI is slow"

We're burnt out because we're paid dirt so we need day jobs to survive
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Come visit us at Capital Pride today!
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come on out to T's Pub in Ottawa tonight, if you're free, and please be kind to me as I read some poems for the first time in a long time!
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Queer Indie Authors at T's Pub
Featuring:
Host Eden Moore
@ajdolman.bsky.social
Natalie Hanna
@ceeeejohnson.bsky.social
Yours truly
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Queer Indie Authors at T's Pub
Featuring:
Host Eden Moore
@ajdolman.bsky.social
Natalie Hanna
@ceeeejohnson.bsky.social
Yours truly
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This weekend, Aug 23 and 24, we're tabling our first ever booth at Ottawa's Capital Pride Street Festival. Bank St, between Lisgar and Cooper, 12 to 8pm, Sat and Sun. Drop bi(!) and say "Hi". We'll have brand-new business cards. And stickers. And a big, beautiful banner. And friendly volunteers!
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Stoked to be a part of Queer Indie Authors at T's Pub in Ottawa.
Come on out!
Featuring fab host Eden Moore &
@ajdolman.bsky.social
@battleaxepress.bsky.social
@ceeeejohnson.bsky.social
Stevie Mikayne
@jamestheballadeer.bsky.social
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Eden Moore, AJ Dolman, Natalie Hanna, Chris Johnson, Stevie Mikayne and myself read at T's!
Thurs., Aug. 21.

Y'all are invited.

That's how the pros do it, true believers. We've got it all—lit, poetry, spec-fic, and mystery.
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Queer Indie Authors at T's Pub in Ottawa

Featuring fab host Eden Moore &
@ajdolman.bsky.social
@battleaxepress.bsky.social
@ceeeejohnson.bsky.social
Stevie Mikayne
@jamestheballadeer.bsky.social

T's Pub or tspub.ca
Thurs., Aug. 21.
Doors "open", 5:30.
6:00pm start.
Free event.
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To be clear, any "concerns" parents have over their kids being LGBTQ+ are rooted in either: 1) ignorance, or 2) prejudice, and are about them, and not their child.

You cannot "protect" kids from being queer. You can only protect them from the people who wish they weren't. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you.

It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.
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Had just said "The weather is perfect and I am dressed perfectly for it; I could not be happier with this weather" before I read these
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ICE now has over 70 billion dollars to build more concentration camps.

Just in time for Independence Day.

God damn you, America.
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I was part of a terrific Thurs. night Queer Indie Authors readng at Toronto's Super Bargain Cocktail Bar before @pridetoronto.bsky.social.
Host fab @dorianne.bsky.social;
Antonio Ribaldo; @xtianbaines.bsky.social; yours truly; @ajdolman.bsky.social.
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@ajdolman rocking their pome, "Delusions of Grandeur", a cheeky open letter to Canada.