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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · Jul 13

"Why bother a beast
whose memory is a roar
in an apparent cave?"

#TodaysPoem #poetry
Body town by Alice Burdick (2025 Opaat Press / @thisisannick.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/4wamz9tp

Poetry pamphlet Body work by Alice Burdick (Opaat Press) rests atop green ferns

Poetry pamphlet Body work by Alice Burdick, open to the poem, rests atop green ferns

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thetemzreview.bsky.social @thetemzreview.bsky.social · Jun 17

Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of @aliceburdick.bsky.social's Ox Lost, Snow Deep (pub. @anvilpress.bsky.social) in Issue 31!

I loved [it]. It is full of subversions of fixed expressions and ideas, knock-your-socks-off observations and quirky aphorisms..

www.thetemzreview.com/earl-burdick...

The cover of Ox Lost, Snow Deep, by Alice Burdick. The bottom two-thirds of the cover is white, with a black-and-white photo of an ox near the top, and the title and author's name lower down. The top third of the cover is a deep blue

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Jun 8

2) This was the 1st of my 6 books to have ever been listed for any poetry awards. Ox made it to the longlist for the Raymond Souster Award too. I’m a poetry lifer, at it since the early 90s, writing without awards in mind & will continue. But it’s a nice encouragement for this aging poet. 🐂❄️

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Jun 8

1) I’m so grateful that Ox Lost, Snow Deep was so deeply read & felt by the jury of the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award. This citation almost made me cry. Congratulations to Cory Lavender, who won the award, & to Annick MacAskill, also on the shortlist.

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Atlantic Book Awards @atlanticbookawards.bsky.social · Jun 1

Ox Lost, Snow Deep by @aliceburdick.bsky.social, is nominated for the Maxine Tynes Nova Scotia Poetry Award! Come celebrate all nominees at the NS Book Awards on Mon, June 2. Hear Alice read this Wed Live at The Carleton Hosted by Tara Thorne. Published by @anvilpress.bsky.social

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · May 14

Looking forward to this! Great company! @anvilpress.bsky.social

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · May 8

And Bukowski

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · May 8

Is it all Beowulf

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · May 7

Jay Miller reviews Lance La Rocque's Glitch (above/ground press, 2020)
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/05/jay-...

Jay Miller reviews Lance La Rocque's Glitch (2020)

Montreal poet, translator and reviewer Jay Miller was good enough to provide the first review of Lance La Rocque's Glitch (2020) over at ...

abovegroundpress.blogspot.com

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · May 5

Thanks, Chris! Even if I don’t win anything I’m savouring the lists!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · May 5

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Catherine Walker : on Little Books Collective
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2025/05/cath...

Catherine Walker : on Little Books Collective

For a small town in rural Nova Scotia, Lunenburg has an impressively robust and diverse ecosystem of writers and artists. It seems...

periodicityjournal.blogspot.com

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · May 5

I am so happy that Ox Lost, Snow Deep has been getting some love! It’s my 6th book, and the first one that’s been on any short and longlists ever! That feels great in itself. 🐂❄️ @anvilpress.bsky.social

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 30

Thank you to The League of Canadian Poets! Lovely to have Ox Lost, Snow Deep on the longlist for the Raymond Souster Award and in excellent company. 🐂❄️ A Feed Dog Book … from Anvil Press @anvilpress.bsky.social

poets.ca/longlist2025...

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 29

Really lovely to see this insightful and generous review of Ox Lost, Snow Deep from Catherine Walker via The Miramichi Reader!
🐂❄️ @anvilpress.bsky.social

miramichireader.ca/2025/04/ox-l...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Apr 16

Jay Miller reviews Alice Burdick's I Am So Calm (above/ground press, 2025) / @aliceburdick.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/04/jay-...

Jay Miller reviews Alice Burdick's I Am So Calm (2025)

Montreal poet, translator and reviewer Jay Miller was good enough to review Alice Burdick's I Am So Calm (2025) over at Bibelotages . Than...

abovegroundpress.blogspot.com

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 15

My daughter’s very excellent drawing of our four very nice boycats. Actually spot on in terms of personality too.

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 13

@augustawynde.bsky.social and I had a great time reading to a very full house yesterday at the gorgeous LaHave River Books!

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Apr 12

some above/ground press author activity: Stan Rogal, rob mclennan, Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social , Karl Jirgens, Laynie Browne, Noah Berlatsky @nberlat.bsky.social + Frances Boyle @francesboyle19.bsky.social ,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/04/some...

some author activity: Rogal, mclennan, Burdick, Jirgens, Browne, Berlatsky + Boyle,

Stan Rogal is interviewed for National Poetry Month at All Lit Up, and a poem by rob mclennan is posted as part of such ; rob mclennan has a...

abovegroundpress.blogspot.com

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 12

Absolutely! I find it funny that poetry is so often in the “other” category in terms of perceived value

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 12

Occasionally there’s still a PWYC jar here because of course there are costs to hosting in any space, but the general expectation seems to be that poetry readings are free. Aside from those associated with festivals

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Alice Burdick @aliceburdick.bsky.social · Apr 11

I’m super grateful to Jay Miller for his very astute review of my new chapbook I Am So Calm from above/ground press @robmclennan.bsky.social bibelotages.com/alice-burdic...

Alice Burdick, I Am So Calm

Alice Burdick is simply masterful.

bibelotages.com

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Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia @writersfedofns.bsky.social · Apr 9

You asked, and we’re answering: WFNS is finally offering a creative writing day camp for adults! 😎

June 23-27 at our office on the Halifax waterfront

writers.ns.ca/workshops-ev...