Lorne Daniel
@lornedaniel.bsky.social
What is Broken Binds Us
new poetry
University of Calgary Press, Sept 2025
https://linktr.ee/lornedaniel
new poetry
University of Calgary Press, Sept 2025
https://linktr.ee/lornedaniel
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Lorne Daniel
@lornedaniel.bsky.social
· May 29
I’m delighted to announce that my new poetry collection, What is Broken Binds Us, will be published on September 15 by University of Calgary Press as part of their ‘Brave & Brilliant’ series.
The Press has done an amazing job of editing, layout and cover design.
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
The Press has done an amazing job of editing, layout and cover design.
press.ucalgary.ca/books/978177...
A delight and honour to talk about What is Broken Binds Us with Victoria Poet Laureate Kyeren Regehr. And listen to Zoe, Tracy and Jeremy. So many talented creatives here in Victoria. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
Welcome to the Inaugural Community Episode of The Poet Laureate Podcast, featuring: @lornedaniel.Bsky.social @zoeidadickinson.bksy.social Jeremy Loveday, & Tracy Wai de Boer. Recorded live at Haus of Owl Creation Lab, this episode celebrates community & the power of shared voice.
December 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A delight and honour to talk about What is Broken Binds Us with Victoria Poet Laureate Kyeren Regehr. And listen to Zoe, Tracy and Jeremy. So many talented creatives here in Victoria. @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
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“Resilience and repair become necessities. So do shifts in mental and psychological constructs. The fix-it mentality has to give way”
@lornedaniel.bsky.social’s backgrounder on his wonderful new collection.
@lornedaniel.bsky.social’s backgrounder on his wonderful new collection.
Thanks Sarah, this means a lot, coming from a writer I really respect.
Great essay by @lornedaniel.bsky.social about his latest poetry collection. the-wood-lot.ca/2025/12/05/o...
December 9, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“Resilience and repair become necessities. So do shifts in mental and psychological constructs. The fix-it mentality has to give way”
@lornedaniel.bsky.social’s backgrounder on his wonderful new collection.
@lornedaniel.bsky.social’s backgrounder on his wonderful new collection.
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As the darkest day approaches, I'm imagining spring, which will bring tulips and daffodils and also my new book! Visit my page at Thornapple Press for more information!
thornapplepress.ca/books/the-ar...
thornapplepress.ca/books/the-ar...
The Art of Looking Back
A former model, muse and object of obsession reclaims her image and voice, dismantling the male gaze that once framed her.
thornapplepress.ca
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
As the darkest day approaches, I'm imagining spring, which will bring tulips and daffodils and also my new book! Visit my page at Thornapple Press for more information!
thornapplepress.ca/books/the-ar...
thornapplepress.ca/books/the-ar...
Noise is a much-overlooked public health issue. Exposure to noise is also an equity issue: lower income and less advantaged people often have the greatest exposures. City of Victoria is updating their Noise bylaws... here's an opportunity to influence. #noise #urbanism cheknews.ca/sound-off-vi...
Sound off: Victoria seeks public feedback as it prepares to update 2003 noise bylaw
The City of Victoria is asking residents and businesses to weigh in on how the city should handle noise ahead of a bylaw update.
cheknews.ca
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Noise is a much-overlooked public health issue. Exposure to noise is also an equity issue: lower income and less advantaged people often have the greatest exposures. City of Victoria is updating their Noise bylaws... here's an opportunity to influence. #noise #urbanism cheknews.ca/sound-off-vi...
Thanks Sarah, this means a lot, coming from a writer I really respect.
Great essay by @lornedaniel.bsky.social about his latest poetry collection. the-wood-lot.ca/2025/12/05/o...
On ‘What is Broken Binds Us’ – (*with an excerpt)
by Lorne Daniel Every writer explores a set of subjects and themes. Over a lifetime or through the progression of a writer’s works, those explorations will hopefully shift somewhat, and / or go dee…
the-wood-lot.ca
December 9, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Thanks Sarah, this means a lot, coming from a writer I really respect.
Could they pair this announcement with one "strengthening access to voluntary care"? We have seen first hand how delays in access to care can prolong addictions issues for years that stretch into decades.
Some involuntary care may be needed, but only as last resort.
#bcpoli #addictionstreatment
Some involuntary care may be needed, but only as last resort.
#bcpoli #addictionstreatment
Premier Eby will have announcement tmrw about "strengthening access to involuntary care for young people."
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...
CMHA: "lack of evidence to support effectiveness of involuntary treatment for substance use disorder... evidence suggests it leads to an increased risk of death..."
bc.cmha.ca/news/involun...
Involuntary Care Already Exists in BC, But Is It Working? - CMHA British Columbia
VANCOUVER, BC – (September 18, 2024): On September 15, 2024, Premier Eby announced that his government is expanding involuntary care for people with brain injury, mental illness, and severe addiction....
bc.cmha.ca
December 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Could they pair this announcement with one "strengthening access to voluntary care"? We have seen first hand how delays in access to care can prolong addictions issues for years that stretch into decades.
Some involuntary care may be needed, but only as last resort.
#bcpoli #addictionstreatment
Some involuntary care may be needed, but only as last resort.
#bcpoli #addictionstreatment
So good.
Pedestrians and cyclists might put themselves at risk, but drivers put others at risk.
#streets #streetsafety #transportation
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Pedestrians and cyclists might put themselves at risk, but drivers put others at risk.
#streets #streetsafety #transportation
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Comment: Grim Reaper looms over intersections where drivers turn without slowing
When I navigate Victoria traffic, I have a shocking realization: I felt safer in Montreal.
www.timescolonist.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
So good.
Pedestrians and cyclists might put themselves at risk, but drivers put others at risk.
#streets #streetsafety #transportation
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
Pedestrians and cyclists might put themselves at risk, but drivers put others at risk.
#streets #streetsafety #transportation
www.timescolonist.com/opinion/comm...
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Cool to see a video touting Victoria’s dedicated bike infrastructure that has really taken off in recent years, much to the ongoing chagrin of some suburban motorists who never tire of moaning and complaining about it in the pages of the local newspaper. 🙄
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
How to Build a Cycling City
YouTube video by Nic Laporte
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Cool to see a video touting Victoria’s dedicated bike infrastructure that has really taken off in recent years, much to the ongoing chagrin of some suburban motorists who never tire of moaning and complaining about it in the pages of the local newspaper. 🙄
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKMD...
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📣 Oak Bay needs your pro-housing voice!
The new OCP Bylaw 4942 could finally plan for 20 years of much-needed homes.
🗓 Dec 9, 6pm
📍 Monterey Rec Centre
Or watch on Civic Web.
Let’s speak up for more homes and a more welcoming Oak Bay. 🏡
oakbay.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...
The new OCP Bylaw 4942 could finally plan for 20 years of much-needed homes.
🗓 Dec 9, 6pm
📍 Monterey Rec Centre
Or watch on Civic Web.
Let’s speak up for more homes and a more welcoming Oak Bay. 🏡
oakbay.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...
Oak Bay - Meeting Information
oakbay.civicweb.net
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 AM
📣 Oak Bay needs your pro-housing voice!
The new OCP Bylaw 4942 could finally plan for 20 years of much-needed homes.
🗓 Dec 9, 6pm
📍 Monterey Rec Centre
Or watch on Civic Web.
Let’s speak up for more homes and a more welcoming Oak Bay. 🏡
oakbay.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...
The new OCP Bylaw 4942 could finally plan for 20 years of much-needed homes.
🗓 Dec 9, 6pm
📍 Monterey Rec Centre
Or watch on Civic Web.
Let’s speak up for more homes and a more welcoming Oak Bay. 🏡
oakbay.civicweb.net/Portal/Meeti...
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I'm so fucking tired of so many people being killed in traffic crashes. I'm so fucking tired but I'm also so, so fucking angry.
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
December 5, 2025 at 3:02 AM
I'm so fucking tired of so many people being killed in traffic crashes. I'm so fucking tired but I'm also so, so fucking angry.
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
I use obscene language because what is obscene is over 40,000 people/year dying in preventable crashes in the US, 7,000 or so who are merely walking, and society just 🤷🏻♀️
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I had a fun time carrying Patrick around in my cargo bike and giving him a little tour of my and Urban Thrive's first car free townhouse in #yyj.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
The Best Cycling City No One Talks About
with (among many others) @burgundavia.bsky.social and @ryanjabs.bsky.social
with (among many others) @burgundavia.bsky.social and @ryanjabs.bsky.social
The Best Cycling City No One Talks About
YouTube video by Oh The Urbanity!
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I had a fun time carrying Patrick around in my cargo bike and giving him a little tour of my and Urban Thrive's first car free townhouse in #yyj.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
Quoting myself here: "I changed the way I build because the city changed the way it built" by investing in safe and convenient cycling infrastructure.
Met a lovely American woman and her dog Scout, hiking at Goldstream Falls today. She seemed very happy to be escaping the Thanksgiving ‘stuff’ south of the border. Salmon, bald eagles, cedars and water. Lots to give thanks for.
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Met a lovely American woman and her dog Scout, hiking at Goldstream Falls today. She seemed very happy to be escaping the Thanksgiving ‘stuff’ south of the border. Salmon, bald eagles, cedars and water. Lots to give thanks for.
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That said, please request books from your local library because Public Lending Rights cheques are amazing and hugely appreciated / impactful
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
That said, please request books from your local library because Public Lending Rights cheques are amazing and hugely appreciated / impactful
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A haunting, luminous poetry collection
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
All of Us Hidden by Joanna Streetly
A haunting, luminous poetry collection. Award-winning poet and essayist Streetly charts a life changed by loss, memory, and the magnetic pull of the Pacific Northwest in her compelling latest book.…
theprairiesbookreview.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
A haunting, luminous poetry collection
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
… part elegy, part reclamation, this is a profound meditation on how love, grief, and place shape a life.”
Thank you to the Prairies Book Review for this generous review of “All of Us Hidden”
@caitlinpress.bsky.social #poetry
theprairiesbookreview.com?p=42588
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Something very cool just happened to #Montreal.
Last week I got to ride on the REM line, now fully open from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Last week I got to ride on the REM line, now fully open from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
November 25, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Something very cool just happened to #Montreal.
Last week I got to ride on the REM line, now fully open from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
Last week I got to ride on the REM line, now fully open from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes.
Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)
And really fun to ride...
🧵
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MELTDOWN traces Sarah Boon’s dual passion for scientific fieldwork and science writing as she tells her story of becoming a young scientist and reveals how women are pitted against obstacles and gender barriers.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 5:00 PM
MELTDOWN traces Sarah Boon’s dual passion for scientific fieldwork and science writing as she tells her story of becoming a young scientist and reveals how women are pitted against obstacles and gender barriers.
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
https://bit.ly/41lawaq
##MentalHealth #WomenInSTEM @snowhydro.bsky.social
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Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
November 23, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Young men are particularly at risk from online sports betting
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
72% of sports betters are men. They bet more often in larger amounts. They're three times as likely to be problem gamblers. They're twice as likely to bet while drunk or high
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/j...
A moving and thoughtful conversation about loss, place and culture, and poetry. Add this to your podcast playlist.
www.thepoetlaureatepodcast.com/2466740/epis...
Take a listen:
Thoughts about #poetry, deep time, the Anthropocene, Japanese WWII internment and how the current model of reconciliation is failing
Take a listen:
Thoughts about #poetry, deep time, the Anthropocene, Japanese WWII internment and how the current model of reconciliation is failing
Episode 8: Joanna Streetly - The Poet Laureate Podcast
Poet Laureate Podcast – Episode Eight Joanna Streetly | Deep Time, Transformation, and the Ethics of PlaceIn this eighth episode, Kyeren Regehr sits down with Joanna Streetly—poet, memoirist, and the ...
www.thepoetlaureatepodcast.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
A moving and thoughtful conversation about loss, place and culture, and poetry. Add this to your podcast playlist.
Victoria’s Planet Earth Poetry has been hosting weekly readings and special events for 30 years! Help it secure its future in the face of dwindling arts grants. Donate $30 (or more!) today. Thanks, in the name of poetry.
gofund.me/0f3d8e176
gofund.me/0f3d8e176
Donate to 30 for 30, organized by Steven Ross Smith
30 for 30 - $30 for 30 Years - Help us fund another 30 years of poetry!
Planet Earth Poetry invites y… Steven Ross Smith needs your support for 30 for 30
gofund.me
November 21, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Victoria’s Planet Earth Poetry has been hosting weekly readings and special events for 30 years! Help it secure its future in the face of dwindling arts grants. Donate $30 (or more!) today. Thanks, in the name of poetry.
gofund.me/0f3d8e176
gofund.me/0f3d8e176
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Join us for a City Talks conversation about Public Spaces. I am pleased to be moderating the panel with planner / landscape architect Anna Kapusta, architect Peter Johannknecht, Scott Amos of Monkey C Interactive and Jeff Bray of the DVBA. Dec 2, 6-8 pm. www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/11...
City Talks - Public Spaces — Sidewalking Victoria
Last year, Sidewalking Victoria co-hosted a panelist conversation at The Dock called City Talks - Is Downtown Dying, Thriving or Surviving , you can read my article about that event here . That ev...
www.sidewalkingvictoria.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us for a City Talks conversation about Public Spaces. I am pleased to be moderating the panel with planner / landscape architect Anna Kapusta, architect Peter Johannknecht, Scott Amos of Monkey C Interactive and Jeff Bray of the DVBA. Dec 2, 6-8 pm. www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/11...
Join us for a City Talks conversation about Public Spaces. I am pleased to be moderating the panel with planner / landscape architect Anna Kapusta, architect Peter Johannknecht, Scott Amos of Monkey C Interactive and Jeff Bray of the DVBA. Dec 2, 6-8 pm. www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/11...
City Talks - Public Spaces — Sidewalking Victoria
Last year, Sidewalking Victoria co-hosted a panelist conversation at The Dock called City Talks - Is Downtown Dying, Thriving or Surviving , you can read my article about that event here . That ev...
www.sidewalkingvictoria.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Join us for a City Talks conversation about Public Spaces. I am pleased to be moderating the panel with planner / landscape architect Anna Kapusta, architect Peter Johannknecht, Scott Amos of Monkey C Interactive and Jeff Bray of the DVBA. Dec 2, 6-8 pm. www.sidewalkingvictoria.com/blog/2025/11...
I look forward to moderating City Talks: Public Spaces at The Dock on December 2.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-talks...
www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-talks...
City Talks: Public Spaces
Join us for an engaging panel discussion on Victoria's public spaces: what we're doing well, what we're not, and what could/should be!
www.eventbrite.ca
November 19, 2025 at 12:53 AM
I look forward to moderating City Talks: Public Spaces at The Dock on December 2.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-talks...
www.eventbrite.ca/e/city-talks...
Tomorrow 12:30 on CKCU 93.1 FM (Ottawa) and CKCUFM.com, I'm talking with Susan Johnson about What is Broken Binds Us @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Tomorrow 12:30 on CKCU 93.1 FM (Ottawa) and CKCUFM.com, I'm talking with Susan Johnson about What is Broken Binds Us @ucalgarypress.bsky.social
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In this NBN episode, I chop it up with the excellent award-winning author Bruce Hunter about his CanLit masterpiece, In the Bear’s House (Frontenac House Press, 2025).
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
In this NBN episode, I chop it up with the excellent award-winning author Bruce Hunter about his CanLit masterpiece, In the Bear’s House (Frontenac House Press, 2025).
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
Tune in:
newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears...
@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social
#canlit
I’ve enjoyed Vancouver Island writer Jennifer Manuel’s fiction. Now she’s up for the CBC Poetry Prize. www.cbc.ca/books/litera...
Hold for the Next Available Me by Jennifer Manuel | CBC Books
The Duncan, B.C.-based writer is on the 2025 CBC Poetry Prize shortlist.
www.cbc.ca
November 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I’ve enjoyed Vancouver Island writer Jennifer Manuel’s fiction. Now she’s up for the CBC Poetry Prize. www.cbc.ca/books/litera...