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Christina Shah

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Poet, videopoet, valve fairy. ⚙️⛓️🧚 1/5 of the Harbour Centre Five. Author of RIG VEDA (Anstruther Press), if: prey, then: huntress (Nightwood Editions) Fall 2025 https://nightwoodeditions.com/collections/forthcoming/products/9780889715028

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · Sep 2

IT'S HERE!!! Happy Labour Day. Why not celebrate with some work-themed poetry?

Pre-order 'if: prey, then: huntress' at nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...

Who are some of your favorite work poets?

#poetry #workpoetry #LabourDay

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Copy of poetry book titled 'if: prey, then: huntress' by Christina Shah on black coffee table with coffee mug with typewriter drawing set on orange coaster beside notebook.

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Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social · 1d

And the horrors continue: Cory Doctorow explains how corporate tech enshittifies apps to skirt the law.

How American Tech Cartels Use Apps to Break the Law

The death of competition spells doom for regulation. Competition is an essential component of effective regulation, for two reasons: First, competition keeps the companies within a sector from all …

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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 20h

New books to cozy up with this Fall 🍂 Part 1. Poetry and novels. Find the rest of this season’s latest releases from indie publishers below:
www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/10/08/a...

@talonbooks.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 1d

Perfect way to celebrate!💕🎂🤩

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Isabella Wang @isabellawangbc.bsky.social · 1d

Recently, over my birthday weekend, Christina and I read our books in the prettiest venue. And we loved everyone who came. @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social @christinashah.bsky.social

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 2d

Can’t decide what to buy on Prime Day?

Try: absolutely nothing, and then go support indie bookstores instead 📚

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 5d

Catch Nick Thran live at UNB Fredericton's Poetry Weekend!
Join us Sunday, October 5th, at 8 PM in Memorial Hall as he reads from his latest collection, Existing Music.
Don't miss this unforgettable night of poetry! ✨📚 #PoetryWeekend #NickThran #UNBFredericton

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 6d

Issue 4.3 is here! Featuring poems & photographs by 18 poets, 3 pinhole photographers & 4 new members of our Chapbook Love Letter Club; we’re so excited to see all this creative work out in the world. Please read & share!

pinholepoetry.ca/current-issue-pinhole-poetry/

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Misha Solomon @mishasolomon.bsky.social · 6d

Come on out!

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 6d

What a fun evening at @wildfiresbookshop.bsky.social last Sunday! Thank you Samita for hosting @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the #newwest launch of our new books! Great turnout in a cool venue! Thanks @catwrites604.bsky.social for the lovely photos!

Isabella and Christina posing together with their books and flowers at Wildfires Bookshop.

Isabella Wang reading from November, November. Christina Shah listening.

Jónína Kirton and Christina Shah together, smiling.

Christina Shah reading from her new book at Wildfires Bookshop, New Westminster.

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Ronna!💕

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 7d

"Has anyone done that for you, lately
or ever? Come over, torn open the sky
and let the snow fall in the wrong month
to show there's a rip in the face of the world?"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Rending the Garments by @ronnabloom.bsky.social
In a Riptide (2025 Brick Books) the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/21/v...

Poetry collection In a Riptide by Ronna Bloom (Brick Books), nestled amidst dried flowers and stalks in a garden

Poem "Rending the Garments" from the poetry collection In a Riptide by Ronna Bloom, held before dried flowers and stalks in a garden

Handwritten transcription of the poem "Rending the Garments" from the poetry collection In a Riptide by Ronna Bloom

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 7d

We're thrilled to see our fall list of new books by poets Christina Shah, Isabella Wang, and Joseph Dandurand included in CBC Books' Fall List!

34 works of Canadian poetry coming out in fall 2025 | CBC Books

Here are the Canadian poetry collections we are excited about this fall!

www.cbc.ca

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 8d

'I'll Get Right On It - Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis' New work poetry anthology from Fernwood Publishing- edited by the Land and Labour Collective. I have one poem in this collection. Stay tuned for online and in-person launches! Thanks Eds! #workpoetry @fernpub.bsky.social

Poster for poetry book: 'I'll Get Right On It'- Poems on Working Life in the Climate Crisis

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Jessica Lee McMillan @jessicaleemcmillan.com · 8d

Have a few of these titles on order (Joseph Dandurand, Randy Lundy) and one to pick up: if: prey, then: huntress by @christinashah.bsky.social. Congratulations!

www.cbc.ca/books/34-wor...

34 works of Canadian poetry coming out in fall 2025 | CBC Books

Here are the Canadian poetry collections we are excited about this fall!

www.cbc.ca

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you Jessica!! 💟📕

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Kevin Spenst @kevinspenst.bsky.social · 9d

This asynchronous online poetry course is my pride and joy. I wrote it through the pandemic & it brings together over a decade of studying, teaching, & living through poetry: sfu.ca/continuing-s... There's a little under a week for you to sign up. @pancouver.bsky.social @anvilpress.bsky.social

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<p>What is outside the formal properties of the poem? More forms! As writers, we bring forms of attention, memory, imagination, and ideas to the crafting of our poetry. </p><p>In this intensive course...

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 10d

Fascinating interview with my brilliant friend Ronna Bloom. Well worth a listen!

Ronna Bloom @ronnabloom.bsky.social · 10d

The host of Fresh Air on CBC Radio, Ismaila Alfa, and I had a conversation about poetry and I prescribed him some poems!

www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you to Patricia @massybooks.bsky.social for hosting @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for a dual launch! ❤️📕 It was a smash!! Full house!! What a fun evening. 🎉🌠Thanks @catwrites604.bsky.social for the great photos, and to Natalie Lim for being a splendid host! @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social

Isabella Wang, reading poetry from her new book.

Christina Shah reading poetry from her new book.

Three poets talking, surrounded by books.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 11d

small one has ringette (a long day for her so far: picked her up from guide camp to lunch in car en route to ukulele and then straight here), so starting in on three further Brick Books titles, by Jody Chan, Estlin McPhee and Ronna Bloom, / @ronnabloom.bsky.social @estmcphee.bsky.social

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 12d

Congrats @robin-susanto.bsky.social and @jessicaleemcmillan.com!!

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Pinhole Poetry @pinholepoetry.bsky.social · 13d

ANNOUNCING the WINNERS of our
THIRD PINHOLE POETRY CHAPBOOK SEARCH!

RAYYA LIEBICH, TOSH SHERKAT, ARIEL GORDON, YVETTE LECLAIR, DAVID ROSS LINKLATER, JESSICA LEE MCMILLAN, LM ROCHEFORT, ANDREW FRENCH & ROBIN SUSANTO

We’re excited to share more details about our 25/26 season soon!

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Ben Robinson @bengymen.bsky.social · 13d

"What distinguishes her poetry is the skill with which she deploys her technique, the intelligence behind her offhand observations, and her commitment to hesitation, qualification, and doubt. She is incomparably precise, knowing just how long to let a poem go slack before pulling the line taut."

She Writes about Tractors and Oil Drilling. She’s Also Changing Canadian Poetry | The Walrus

At fifty-eight, Karen Solie is one of our major poets. You might find her on her family farm in Saskatchewan

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 13d

Our Fall 2025 POETRY is officially out in the world this week! We're thrilled to offer I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANK YOU by Joseph Dandurand, IF: PREY, THEN: HUNTRESS by Christina Shah, and NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER by Isabella Wang. Order now at local bookstores and through online retailers!

Three books lie fanned out on a wood surface.

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks for sharing!🌠