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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 1d

It’s time to submit your poetry collection for the 2026 Al & Eurithe Purdy Poetry Prize! Be sure to review the submission guidelines listed on the Al Purdy A-frame Association website. One outstanding poet will be awarded $10,000! 📝✨ #PurdyPrize2026 #CanadianPoetryPrize #CallForSubmissions

Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 2d

"How do you break the cycle of intergenerational trauma when you've never seen it done?"

Meg Todd's MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT is officially in the world now and we couldn't be more excited. Find it at your local indies or through online retailers!

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Read Local BC @readlocalbc.bsky.social · 2d

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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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 7d

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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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 7d

Most Grievous Fault by Meg Todd has been selected for the Zoomer Book Club list for October! Don’t miss this must-read!

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Your 12 New Must-Reads for October

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 7d

🎙️ Author Spotlight!
Dennis Rimmer chats with Vancouver Island novelist Meg Todd about the inspiration and writing journey behind her powerful book, Most Grievous Fault.
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Talkingbooksandstuff's podcast: Episode 303 - Meg Todd

Meg Todd grew up in the Alberta prairies. She is a two-time finalist for the CBC Short Story Prize, and her work has appeared in Ploughshares, Prairie Fire, PRISM international and elsewhere. Her debu...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to @chrisbanks6625.bsky.social for this thoughtful analysis of Isabella Wang's new poetry collection, November, November: "a brave, risk-taking book pushing a reader to think about poetic structure, of love and loss, of time left..."

“For Your Safety Please Hold On” – A Review of November, November by Isabella Wang (Nightwood Editions 2025)

by Chris Banks How happy I was if I could forgetTo remember how sad I amWould be an easy adversityBut the recollecting of BloomKeeps making November difficultTill I who was almost boldLose my way l…

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Christina Shah @christinashah.bsky.social · 12d

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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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 9d

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!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 15d

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 · 18d

TONIGHT!! Join Isabella Wang, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social and me for the launch of 'November, November', and 'if: prey, then: huntress!' Hosted by Natalie Lim. 7 pm, Massy Books. 229 E. Georgia St. @massybooks.bsky.social

Register here: www.eventbrite.com/e/huntress-i...

#poetry #booklaunch

Green book launch poster featuring authors Isabella Wang, Christina Shah and Natalie Lim.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 18d

"Most Grievous Fault is an unsettling story about victimization and forgiveness... (Meg Todd) is an observant, sympathetic writer who describes in detail Crystal’s doubts and fears and her uphill battle to become a better person."
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Bill Paul reviews Most Grievous Fault, by Meg Todd

Bill Paul reviews Most Grievous Fault, by Meg Todd (Madeira Park: Nightwood Editions, 2025) $24.95 / 9780889714984

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 21d

📚✨ Don’t miss Renée Sarojini Saklikar at WORD Vancouver this Saturday! She’s hosting the poetry panel, Tending the Unspoken, at 12:30 PM. In this interview, she shares insights into writing her epic series—and why a notebook by the bed is a must!

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Renée Sarojini Saklikar - Why do readers love epics?

YouTube video by The British Columbia Review

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 23d

Don’t miss an incredible panel at Word Vancouver this Saturday, Sept. 20! Join Isabella Wang (November, November), Joseph Dandurand (I Would Like to Thank You), Arleen Paré, and Junie Désil for a powerful conversation hosted by Renée Sarojini Saklikar.

🗓 Saturday, Sept. 20
🕧 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM

Tending the Unspoken — WV

From encrypted histories and systemic weight to ancestral echoes and quiet acts of gratitude, this poetry reading brings together four distinct yet intertwined voices in Canadian literature. Join us f...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 25d

Christina Shah chats with Caroline de Ryk on Daybreak North 🎙️ Her debut poetry collection if: prey, then: huntress drops next week — don’t miss it! #poetry #debutbook #ChristinaShah

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

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 28d

📚 Award-winning author Joseph Dandurand returns with I Would Like to Say Thank You—a powerful new poetry collection exploring trauma, love, grief, and forgiveness.
Interview by Michelle Hardy for the Victoria Festival of Authors.
#JosephDandurand #VFA2025 #IndigenousLit #CanadianPoetry

Q&A with Joseph Dandurand

Building on his legacy as a skilled storyteller, award-winning author Joseph Dandurand continues to write about trauma, love, grief and forgiveness in his latest poetry collection I Would Like to S…

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 28d

In her powerful new collection, November, November, Isabella Wang turns grief & illness into poetry that lingers. Read how she navigates loss, recovery & community in this moving interview with Becky Tu for Pancouver magazine. #Isabellawang #poetry

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November never left: Isabella Wang's new poetry collection navigates grief and recovery - Pancouver

Isabella Wang's second poetry collection November, November navigates the grief of losing loved ones and recovery from major illness.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · 28d

"The poems that make up Wang’s November, November are composed with such deep and delicate precision; as a calendar of meditative space around grief, homage, illness and recovery," writes Rob McLennan in his review of Isabella Wang's new collection.

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Isabella Wang, November, November

tears salt the good fabric of her poppy scarf there is slow quiet mapped ribbon developments of our black ice future winters eve...

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · Sep 10

🎙️ Don’t miss Christina Shah’s conversation about her new book, if: prey, then: huntress, with Carolina de Ryk — airing tomorrow on CBC Daybreak North between 6–8:37 a.m. PT! Catch it live on radio or stream it online. Full episodes drop later & live in the archives. #RadioChat #MorningShow

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Sep 9

"meanwhile i
long grieved the passing
of this new year and i in its
sorrowful residence"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
from Passage 4 November 2022 by @isabellawangbc.bsky.social in November, November (2025 @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) harbourpublishing.com/products/978...

The poetry collection November, November by Isabella Wang (Nightwood Editions), with its subtle cover in shades of blue and gray, sits angled across a notebook with an ornate gold cover

Handwritten transcription of part of the poem sequence Passage 4, November 2022 from the poetry collection November, November by Isabella Wang

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · Sep 8

Spotlight Series 3113 with Christina Shah, author of the debut poetry collection, if: prey, then: huntress. robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/09/spot...

Spotlight series #113 : Christina Shah

The one hundred and thirteenth in my monthly "spotlight" series, each featuring a different poet with a short statement and a new poem or t...

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Sep 5

"I weep myself
to write a poem
even though
I know
I have
been
forgotten"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
I would like to say thank you ... by Joseph Dandurand from I Would Like to Say Thank You (2025 @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) nightwoodeditions.com/products/978...

The poetry collection I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand (Nightwood Editions) sits on a mossy rock amidst twigs, needles and leaves.

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · Sep 8

November, November by Isabella Wang and if: prey, then: huntress by Christina Shah will be launched at a reading hosted by Natalie Lim at Massy Books on September 22nd!

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · Sep 8

Vancouver friends! Joseph Dandurand (I Would Like to Say Thank You) and Isabella Wang (November, November) will read at WORD Vancouver on September 20th at 12:30 pm. www.wordvancouver.ca/poetry-tent/...

Tending the Unspoken — WV

From encrypted histories and systemic weight to ancestral echoes and quiet acts of gratitude, this poetry reading brings together four distinct yet intertwined voices in Canadian literature. Join us f...

www.wordvancouver.ca

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Nightwood Editions @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social · Aug 20

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