Wendy McGrath (she/her)
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Wendy McGrath (she/her)
@wendymcgrath.bsky.social
Métis writer/artist in amiskwaciy-wâskahikan (Edmonton). Winner of the 1st Prairie Grindstone Prize. My book The Beauty of Vultures (poetry) w photography by Danny Miles out now. Board member NeWest Press. #prairiegothic #writerwholovesbirds
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Calgary fam, join us on December 11 at Pages Books on Kensington (Calgary, AB) for an evening of poetry and music at Flywheel Reading Series. Excited to share from Attic Rain & I'll Get Right On It! @newestpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social #Poetry #yycarts #CanLit #ReadAlberta
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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On Friday November 28 at 7pm, join Sabrina Janke and Alex Judge for the launch of Portage and Main: How an iconic intersection shaped Winnipeg's history, politics, and urban life (@greatplainspress.bsky.social). Hosted by @jenzoratti.bsky.social. - mailchi.mp/grant/janke-...
Sabrina Janke & Alex Judge to launch Portage & Main
Join co-authors Sabrina Janke and Alex Judge for the launch of Portage and Main: How an iconic intersection shaped Winnipeg's history, politics, and urban life. Hosted by Jen Zoratti, the event will f...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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Holy shit
Alex and Hugh. For 50 years, two instrumental icons of Canadian rock. They tear it up all over the Rheostatics new album. Check it out! 🇨🇦 #GreatLakesSuite #NewMusic @davebidini.bsky.social #LiveForLiveMusic
November 23, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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I've been putting together the 2025 Skateboarding Stories of the Year for the 'sletter. If you read a piece you loved or wrote something you're stoked on this year that is about or even tangentially related to skateboarding, lemme know.

www.simplemagic.ca/tag/ssoty/
SSOTY - Simple Magic
The Skateboarding Stories of The Year is an annual effort to catalogue and celebrate the best skateboarding-related writing published per annum.
www.simplemagic.ca
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 PM
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We’re live!
November 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Tomorrow
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Edmonton and Saskatoon--Eamon McGrath is headed your way!

December 18-Edmonton-Bent Stick Brewing
December 19-Somewhere Else Pub

See you there!

#yegmusic #yxemusic #edmontonmusic #saskatoonmusic @beefyrecords.bsky.social @sperounes.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:38 PM
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✨ Check out this brand new review✨ of THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES poems by @wendymcgrath.bsky.social , photos by Danny Miles

Do you have your copy yet? Order from our online store or find at a bookstore near you!

#NeWestPress #BookReview #TheBeautyofVultures

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November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Grateful to Edmonton readers and our local indie bookstores! Thrilled THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES is number 2 on the city's poetry bestseller list!
Thanks to @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social #paperbirchbooks @abbookpub.bsky.social @newestpress.bsky.social #dannymiles
November 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM
"Sometimes the books that affect us most profoundly are the most difficult to write about; this has been the case for me, with Wendy McGrath’s poems in The Beauty of Vultures..." Great "Buried in Print" blog review!

www.buriedinprint.com/the-beauty-of-vultures-by-wendy-mcgrath-and-danny-miles-2025/
November 3, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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Oh also! (I did not know this was announced, haha.) :D

See you online next year for WisCon!
Introducing our next Guest of Honor: Nebula Award Winning Author Premee Mohamed!
#WisCon2026 #Wiscon #premeemohamed #WisCONline2026
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Writers/Podcasters: DM if you’re interested in me talking about our fancy new record in our 45th year as a band!!
October 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Spring book haul 😍📚
April 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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How do any of us know this?

Slow Reading #Poetry Project 2025-09-23 paulpearson.ca/the-blog/

Today’s striking line comes to us from Fred Wah

#poem #poetrysky 💙📚
September 23, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Oh Fred, I love your sense of humour!

Slow Reading #Poetry Project 2025-09-24 paulpearson.ca/the-blog/

Today’s striking lines come to us from Fred Wah

#poem #poetrysky 💙📚
September 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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The Human Condition, briefly.

Slow Reading #Poetry Project 2025-09-25 paulpearson.ca/the-blog/

Today’s striking lines come to us from Fred Wah.

#poem #poetrysky 💙📚
September 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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Through art.

Slow Reading #Poetry Project 2025-09-26 paulpearson.ca/the-blog/

Today’s striking lines come to us from Fred Wah.

#poem #poetrysky 💙📚
September 26, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Have I mentioned how much I love a good title? A really good one like this will rattle around my brain for days. Say it out loud a few times. Be with it.

Slow Reading #Poetry Project 2025-10-07 paulpearson.ca/the-blog/

Today’s striking title comes to us from Samantha Jones.

#poem #poetrysky 💙📚
October 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Slow Reading Poetry Project 2025, Week Thirty-Four, “Poetry” Magazine November, 2023

This got me thinking about who sang to me and sent me down a rabbit hole of re-reading Patrick Lane's and Pat Lowther's poetry, doing almost a complete re-read of Sheila Watson's "The Double Hook" one evening, and…
Slow Reading Poetry Project 2025, Week Thirty-Four, “Poetry” Magazine November, 2023
This got me thinking about who sang to me and sent me down a rabbit hole of re-reading Patrick Lane's and Pat Lowther's poetry, doing almost a complete re-read of Sheila Watson's "The Double Hook" one evening, and even committing to tracking down a replacement copy of Ted Hughes's "Crow" and Kenneth Koch's "The Art of Love" to replace volumes I lent out that were never returned. That's what is driving my creativity this week. Who sang to you?
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October 6, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Thousands rallied in Edmonton for public education — calling out overcrowded classes, underfunding & privatization.

CBC was there covering what others ignore.
Public schools & public broadcasting serve us all.

🔗 r.pebmac.ca/https://www....
#SaveTheCBC #abpoli #PublicEducation
October 5, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Thrilled that THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES is Number 5 on the
Read Alberta Top Ten Most Borrowed ebooks for August 2025! Support your local library! Read Alberta!

@newestpress.bsky.social @abbookpub.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social #dannymiles #albertapubliclibaries #edmontonpubliclibrary
October 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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In the grand tradition of introductions, we inaugurate Li Isprii with an interview with the interviewer, Li Isprii Creative Director Jeremy Allard. A deep and wide ranging conversation touching on editorial intent, beadwork, fashion, photojournalism, and mixology.

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
September 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Feed: "Alberta Views"
By: Alex Rettie on Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Beyond Touch Sites
McGrath complicates that narrative with poems, stories, essays and other short pieces by Canadian writers from a variety of backgrounds
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July 3, 2025 at 2:39 AM
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Toronto! Join me & Danny Miles at West End Phoenix
Thurs. Sept. 11 at 7 pm! I'll read from THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES. BONUS: Danny's photographs (inspired the poems & included in the book) will be on display.

@newestpress.bsky.social
@westendphoenix.bsky.social
August 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM