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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for shining the spotlight & sitting w my poems, rob!

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 2d

a mid-week ringette practice for small one (skipping guides tonight because of it), so an opportunity to sit with Margo LaPierre’s Ajar, // @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social

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Toria 旻辰 Liao @suntorya.bsky.social · 15d

One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!

Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · 17d

✨ Augur Editor update ✨

The application deadline has been extended to SEPT 26th! 🚨

Don’t miss your chance to apply!

Augur Society | Augur Issue 8.1 is NOW LIVE ! @augursociety.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looking to join the Augur team? 👀 Now's your chance!

We are looking for dedicated, experienced, and compassionate folks to join our all-volunteer Editorial team! 💫🖋️ If you want to help shape the future of Augur magazine--APPLY NOW!

DEADLINE to submit your application is Sep 21 🗓️

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · 19d

Oh my heart thank you

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · 19d

Tour dates!

If anyone has suggestions for reading series in Canada (or virtual) I can ask if they'd like to have me to read from Ajar and/or talk about editing poetry, I'd love to hear them.

Next up:

Oct 3 👻 Gatineau: Nuit Blanche
Oct 14 👻 Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 31 👻Ottawa

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · 24d

Ajar is finally in print, and I wanted to do an unboxing video that would reflect my life in its fullness at the moment.

Postpartum proofreading,
dog walks & doctor’s visits,
precious conversations,
late nights,
diaper changes,
a little alone time,
a lot of family time,
and exciting mail.

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Jun 8

“A devotion to poetry is a way to make friends, while devotion to specificity is a way to make poems.”

Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for the chance to share some of my thoughts on poetry ✨

rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jun 2

Spotlight series #110 : Margo LaPierre / @guernicaeditions.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.medium.com/spotlight-se...

Spotlight series #110 : Margo LaPierre

Curated by Canadian writer, editor and publisher rob mclennan, the “spotlight” series appears the first Monday of every month.

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Apr 22

Tune in tonight at 10 pm EST / 7 pm PST ✨

Howl @howl895fm.bsky.social · Apr 22

TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5FM 10pm - 11pm Hollay Ghadery talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social about “In Violet” (Anstruther Press) & upcoming “Ajar” (Guernica Editions). Also on the show Alex Gurtis “When The Ocean Comes To Me” (Bottlecap Press) TUNE IN TONIGHT! #NationalPoetryMonth

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Apr 12

I strongly suspect that god/God is a category error for reality.

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Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Apr 5

""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawn’s third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social

prismmagazine.ca/2025/04/04/t...

Teeth, Guts, and Growths: A Review of Buzzkill Clamshell by Amber Dawn

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Apr 1

This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell

Amber Dawn is bent @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social · Mar 26

So, @margolapierre.bsky.social asks the greatest questions. This interview with @arcpoetry.bsky.social online newsletter is the most fun I've had talking about my work in my 25 years of publishing.

mailchi.mp/fa5f77dae6f1...

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Apr 1

💓💓💓

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Nov 15

Banff Centre's 25/26 Lit Arts offerings: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS (w/ Madden, Som, Hart), DEEP WINTER WRITERS (w/ Pester, Hussain, Victor), SPRING WRITERS (w/ Robinson, Sealey, Ravinthiran), EARLY CAREER YA & CHILDREN"S BOOKS (w/ Scott, Boteju, Ferguson) & more!!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts

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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · Nov 11

Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷

If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.

(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)

Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN

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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · Nov 10

Okay, I have done it! I have made a Canadian BIPOC Poets Starter Pack. I'm definitely missing folks, so feel free to share! ✨️🌻
go.bsky.app/Jugnv9d

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thanks so much for doing this starter pack, Terese, you’re the best! 💜

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Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social · Nov 8

Tonight!

chris johnson @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social · Nov 7

tmrw evening, The Spaniel's Tale on Wellington St W in Ottawa will be hosting a poetry reading featuring @mahaila.bsky.social and @manahil.bsky.social and @margolapierre.bsky.social and Jim Johnstone and little ol' me. please come out if you are able!

Graphic with text and the book cover of The Anstruther Reader. Text reads: "Ottawa Book Launch. Friday, November 8, 2024. 7:15PM doors open. The Spaniel's Tale Bookstore, 1131 Wellington Street West, Ottawa. Jim Johnstone, Manahil Bandukwala, Mahaila Smith, Margo LaPierre, Chris Johnson"

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Mar 24

TONIGHT: VERSeFest closing night / Spark Beer, door 7pm/8pm
@ajdolman.bsky.social, Myriam Legault-Beauregard, Nduka Otiono, Rhonda Douglas [special guest!], @jasonchristie.bsky.social, Klara du Plessis + Khashayar “Kess” Mohammadi / @versefestottawa.bsky.social
www.verseottawa.ca/en/versefest

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Amazon Syren @amazonsyren.bsky.social · Mar 24

@versefestottawa.bsky.social performers @amandaearl.bsky.social and @ajdolman.bsky.social (the latter on tonight, at Spark Beer on Somerset) were on All In A Day with Alan Neal.

Have a listen:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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periodicities : a journal of poetry and poetics @periodicities.bsky.social · Feb 28

Be aware that there are only THREE DAYS LEFT in the @versefestottawa.bsky.social fundraiser! and the schedule for the spring edition of VERSeFest: Ottawa's International Poetry Festival (March 21-24) will be announced soon!
www.indiegogo.com/projects/ver...

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AJ Dolman @ajdolman.bsky.social · Nov 22

I've been waiting for perfect, but let's just do the thing. I need 3-4 board members to launch a national Canadian bi+ organization with me.

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Nov 23

"goldenseal and sedge and lady fern
devil’s bit and daisy and aster
violet and ivy—every leaf will wither.

You will suffer the same."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Thicket by Sandra Ridley from Vixen (2023 @bookhugpress.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/5j6atnxt & tinyurl.com/d7c72zu2

Vixen by Sandra Ridley

Poetry Publication Date: October 24, 2023 72 pages 5.75 x 8.75 inches Paperback ISBN 9781771668569

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Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social · Nov 1

Has snow already been falling where you are? Arc's new Vice President, Kayla Calder, is asking for "Layered" poems for this month's Award of Awesomeness. So, bundle up and get your submissions responding to this prompt in before November 30! More details: buff.ly/3o0qYMO

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Bronwen Tate @bronwentate.bsky.social · Nov 7

UBC Creative Writing is hiring in Black Speculative Writing (TT position). Speculative is understood capaciously—writers across genres are invited to apply. Please share with your networks. 12/11 due date. Happy to answer questions about dept, Vancouver, etc. creativewriting.ubc.ca/about/job-op...

Job Opportunities | UBC Creative Writing | Vancouver, BC, Canada

Current opportunities Assistant or Associate Professor in Black Speculative Writing In support of its commitments to inclusive excellence in academia and research, The University of British Columbia i...

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Nov 3

"Keep my water flat, I don’t need it to be interesting. I’d prefer not to say—that’s a preference. I’d prefer to stay—that’s a preference."

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Low Maintenance by @ConyerClayton.bsky.social (2023 Plenitude Magazine) tinyurl.com/4d32tbyk

Low Maintenance – Plenitude Magazine

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