Derek Beaulieu
@derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
Poet, author, editor, literary advocate; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; former Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Treaty 7 territory, Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him.
online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
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Save the date! I will be hosting a one-day bpNichol symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University on Thursday 9 April 2026. Details to follow!!
Possible, tentative name for the event:
"the leafless book": A One-day Symposium Celebrating the Re-launch of bpNichol.ca
Possible, tentative name for the event:
"the leafless book": A One-day Symposium Celebrating the Re-launch of bpNichol.ca
February 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Save the date! I will be hosting a one-day bpNichol symposium at Toronto Metropolitan University on Thursday 9 April 2026. Details to follow!!
Possible, tentative name for the event:
"the leafless book": A One-day Symposium Celebrating the Re-launch of bpNichol.ca
Possible, tentative name for the event:
"the leafless book": A One-day Symposium Celebrating the Re-launch of bpNichol.ca
Reposted by Derek Beaulieu
Download THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK, which is banned the UK, and which the FBI called "one of the crudest, low-brow, paranoiac writing efforts ever attempted" : archive.org/details/thea...
August 19, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Download THE ANARCHIST COOKBOOK, which is banned the UK, and which the FBI called "one of the crudest, low-brow, paranoiac writing efforts ever attempted" : archive.org/details/thea...
January 30, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Honored to have work in PLACE #8 alongside such fabulous international writers: publication.place-plateforme.com
PLACE #8 Sommaire /Summary | PLACE - Revue d'Art / Art Magazine
Place #8 – Janvier / January 2026 ARCHIVES SOMMAIRE / SUMMARY FLUCTUATIONS Edito OEUVRES / ARTWORKS Benjamin Arnault Jan Baetens Derek Beaulieu Charles Bernstein Vincent Broqua Claude Closky Agnès G...
publication.place-plateforme.com
January 30, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Honored to have work in PLACE #8 alongside such fabulous international writers: publication.place-plateforme.com
Lovely to see @quillandquire.bsky.social include DO IT WRONG in their spring 2026 previews: quillandquire.com/omni/2026-sp...
@pressassembly.bsky.social
@pressassembly.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Lovely to see @quillandquire.bsky.social include DO IT WRONG in their spring 2026 previews: quillandquire.com/omni/2026-sp...
@pressassembly.bsky.social
@pressassembly.bsky.social
Rest in peace SAL BUSCEMA (1936-2026), extraordinary artist of the incredible hulk, spectacular spider-man, rom: spaceknight, and so much more...
January 27, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Rest in peace SAL BUSCEMA (1936-2026), extraordinary artist of the incredible hulk, spectacular spider-man, rom: spaceknight, and so much more...
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📣 Coming April 2026 📣 Do It Wrong by @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
is a radically liberating collection of essays, ideas, and approaches to writing and teaching poetry.
Preorder your copy now from us, your fav book shop, or request it from your library! 📚
assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
is a radically liberating collection of essays, ideas, and approaches to writing and teaching poetry.
Preorder your copy now from us, your fav book shop, or request it from your library! 📚
assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
January 23, 2026 at 4:24 PM
📣 Coming April 2026 📣 Do It Wrong by @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social
is a radically liberating collection of essays, ideas, and approaches to writing and teaching poetry.
Preorder your copy now from us, your fav book shop, or request it from your library! 📚
assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
is a radically liberating collection of essays, ideas, and approaches to writing and teaching poetry.
Preorder your copy now from us, your fav book shop, or request it from your library! 📚
assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...
Reposted by Derek Beaulieu
Last few hours of 26% off all already-published books on our site, including our 2025 releases and backlist favourites!
chbooks.com/Books
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
chbooks.com/Books
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
Happy Squirrel Appreciation Day!
We're having a Squirrel Appreciation Day Sale today only: all books published before 2026 are 26% off!
SHOP 26% OFF: www.chbooks.com
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We're having a Squirrel Appreciation Day Sale today only: all books published before 2026 are 26% off!
SHOP 26% OFF: www.chbooks.com
🐿️📚
January 22, 2026 at 1:45 AM
Last few hours of 26% off all already-published books on our site, including our 2025 releases and backlist favourites!
chbooks.com/Books
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
chbooks.com/Books
Discount automatically applied at checkout. Ends at 11:59 PM tonight.
3 new @banffcentre.bsky.social literary arts residencies: EARLY CAREER WRITERS OF POETRY w/ Tyler mills, Joelle mcsweeney, vik shirley, DEEP WINTER w/ Karen solie, Yasmin seale, Renee gladman, & FUTURISMS w/ Joshua whitehead, sheree Renee thomas, nalo hopkinson!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
January 20, 2026 at 10:50 PM
3 new @banffcentre.bsky.social literary arts residencies: EARLY CAREER WRITERS OF POETRY w/ Tyler mills, Joelle mcsweeney, vik shirley, DEEP WINTER w/ Karen solie, Yasmin seale, Renee gladman, & FUTURISMS w/ Joshua whitehead, sheree Renee thomas, nalo hopkinson!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
"Major works of twentieth-century art are probes of consciousness—particular experiments with recollection or mindfulness, experiments with language and speech, experiments with forms. Modern art is an attempt to define or recognize or experience perception—pure perception."
--Allen Ginsberg
--Allen Ginsberg
January 17, 2026 at 12:23 AM
"Major works of twentieth-century art are probes of consciousness—particular experiments with recollection or mindfulness, experiments with language and speech, experiments with forms. Modern art is an attempt to define or recognize or experience perception—pure perception."
--Allen Ginsberg
--Allen Ginsberg
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY is now available for pre-order from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... DO IT WRONG foregrounds sharing, equity, community support, collaboration, and free education. Read up and change the world!
January 15, 2026 at 3:25 AM
DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21st CENTURY is now available for pre-order from @pressassembly.bsky.social : assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w... DO IT WRONG foregrounds sharing, equity, community support, collaboration, and free education. Read up and change the world!
RIP to Bobby Weir, a true psychedelic cowboy...and, like many before him, he was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead.
January 11, 2026 at 12:38 AM
RIP to Bobby Weir, a true psychedelic cowboy...and, like many before him, he was and is now forever one of the Grateful Dead.
REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #90
Ancient History
The women are lying down
in front of the bulldozers
sent to destroy
the last of the olive groves.
—Diane di Prima
from Revolutionary Letters
50th Anniversary Edition
No. 27
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
Ancient History
The women are lying down
in front of the bulldozers
sent to destroy
the last of the olive groves.
—Diane di Prima
from Revolutionary Letters
50th Anniversary Edition
No. 27
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
January 10, 2026 at 4:17 AM
REVOLUTIONARY LETTER #90
Ancient History
The women are lying down
in front of the bulldozers
sent to destroy
the last of the olive groves.
—Diane di Prima
from Revolutionary Letters
50th Anniversary Edition
No. 27
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
Ancient History
The women are lying down
in front of the bulldozers
sent to destroy
the last of the olive groves.
—Diane di Prima
from Revolutionary Letters
50th Anniversary Edition
No. 27
City Lights Pocket Poets Series
THE MINUTE REVIEW - a little magazine, photocopied & sewn - seeks short (250-500 word) reviews of experimental, concrete, and risk-taking poetry and prose, especially by women and writers of colour. Please send submissions to [email protected]
January 9, 2026 at 4:52 PM
THE MINUTE REVIEW - a little magazine, photocopied & sewn - seeks short (250-500 word) reviews of experimental, concrete, and risk-taking poetry and prose, especially by women and writers of colour. Please send submissions to [email protected]
Apply for @banffcentre.bsky.social's LITERARY ARTS RESIDENCIES:
-SUMMER WRITERS (w/ Abel, Dickinson & Bellamy)
-CRIME WRITING (w/ Weiden, Arthurson & Prose)
-COMPUTATIONAL WRITING (w/ Montfort, Bertram & Iwamoto)
-SPORTS WRITING (w/ Bidini, Campbell & Fader)
www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
-SUMMER WRITERS (w/ Abel, Dickinson & Bellamy)
-CRIME WRITING (w/ Weiden, Arthurson & Prose)
-COMPUTATIONAL WRITING (w/ Montfort, Bertram & Iwamoto)
-SPORTS WRITING (w/ Bidini, Campbell & Fader)
www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
January 8, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Apply for @banffcentre.bsky.social's LITERARY ARTS RESIDENCIES:
-SUMMER WRITERS (w/ Abel, Dickinson & Bellamy)
-CRIME WRITING (w/ Weiden, Arthurson & Prose)
-COMPUTATIONAL WRITING (w/ Montfort, Bertram & Iwamoto)
-SPORTS WRITING (w/ Bidini, Campbell & Fader)
www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
-SUMMER WRITERS (w/ Abel, Dickinson & Bellamy)
-CRIME WRITING (w/ Weiden, Arthurson & Prose)
-COMPUTATIONAL WRITING (w/ Montfort, Bertram & Iwamoto)
-SPORTS WRITING (w/ Bidini, Campbell & Fader)
www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
"No other writer of our time & place was so diverse, attempted so much, & never lost sight of his intent." – Michael Ondaatje. Purchase SOME LINES OF POETRY FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF BPNICHOL, lovingly edited by @whatisapoem.bsky.social & I, from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Some...
December 28, 2025 at 8:50 PM
"No other writer of our time & place was so diverse, attempted so much, & never lost sight of his intent." – Michael Ondaatje. Purchase SOME LINES OF POETRY FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF BPNICHOL, lovingly edited by @whatisapoem.bsky.social & I, from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Some...
happy holidays -- here are FREE PDFs of my books FRACTAL ECONOMIES (2006, derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...), FLATLAND (2007, writing.upenn.edu/pepc/authors...), KERN (2014, derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...), and A, A NOVEL (2017, monoskop.org/File:Beaulie...) #giveitaway #hohoho #beyourownpirate
December 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
happy holidays -- here are FREE PDFs of my books FRACTAL ECONOMIES (2006, derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...), FLATLAND (2007, writing.upenn.edu/pepc/authors...), KERN (2014, derekbeaulieu.ca/wp-content/u...), and A, A NOVEL (2017, monoskop.org/File:Beaulie...) #giveitaway #hohoho #beyourownpirate
my "2025 Year in Review": derekbeaulieu.ca/2025/12/19/2...
2025 year in review
2025 has been a tough one. There’s been a lot going on and a lot of heaviness around the world, and during it all i’ve been trying to add to the literary world in the little ways that i…
derekbeaulieu.ca
December 19, 2025 at 10:23 PM
my "2025 Year in Review": derekbeaulieu.ca/2025/12/19/2...