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Derek Beaulieu

@derekbeaulieu.bsky.social

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Poet, author, editor, literary advocate; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; former Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Treaty 7 territory, Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him. online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 1d

Apply by October 15th to be part of
@banffcentre.bsky.social's SPRING WRITERS RESIDENCY with mentorship from Eden Robinson, Vidyan Ravinthiran, and Nicole Sealey (and professional guest Stephen Motika of Nightboat Books) OMG! : www.banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...

Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 3d

Rest in Peace CLEMENTE PADIN (1939-2025); such an exceptional publisher, editor & visual poet, He was imprisoned by the Uruguayan dictatorship for 2 years for the crime of "vilification and mocking of the armed forces" through his poetry. It was a privilege to call him a friend & to publish him.

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 7d

CBC lists 10 pieces of lost canadian art, every artwork suggests a branch of cansdian art lost forever: www.cbc.ca/arts/10-lost...

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 7d

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BP

bpNichol was born on September 30, 1944, and was the author of numerous books of poetry, as well as four novels, several books for children and one collection of short fiction.

Learn more about bp's work with CH here: chbooks.com/Authors/N/Ni...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 8d

see you there!

Small Publishers Fair @smallpublishers.bsky.social · 21d

Small Publishers Fair returns to London's Conway Hall
next month, with 66 UK & international publishers, a special exhibition, and readings & talks. More details soon.

Fri 24 & Sat 25 October (11am-7pm)
FREE, all welcome
Conway Hall, Red Lion Square, London WC1R 4RL smallpublishersfair.co.uk

Promotional card for the 2025 Small Publishers Fair, with a full list of the 66 participating artists and publishers. Full details at https://smallpublishersfair.co.uk/publishers-2025/

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 8d

Maryam Mulialee discusses my VEXATIONS Project as part of her paper "Recycling Destroyed Cities: Ruined Archives in Copy Art" in Frames Cinema Journal (issue 19, Mar 2022): ojs.st-andrews.ac.uk/index.php/FC...

View of Recycling Destroyed Cities: Ruined Archives in Copy Art

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Aug 23

WOW! @banffcentre.bsky.social's 2026/27 Literary Arts Residencies w/ Westhead, Terry & Nakayasu; Martin, Thompson & Micallef; Dickinson, Bellamy & Abel; Prose, Weiden & Arthurson; Montfort, Bertram & Iwamoto; Bidini, Campbell & Fader! so much awesome!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts

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Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social · 13d

frogpond: before @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 17d

Very sorry.

Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 18d

I'm near your / my offices if you need help

Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 20d

I'm so excited to annouce that Do It Wrong: How to Be a Poet In the Twenty-First Century is now available for preorder from @pressassembly.bsky.social assemblypress.ca/shop/do-it-w...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 21d

Writers! apply today for 2-6 weeks in @banffcentre.bsky.social's Leighton Studios; a great chance to finish that manuscript, start new thoughts, and gain some solitude and brain-space: www.banffcentre.ca/programs/int...

Leighton Artist Studio Residency: Solo 26/27

The Solo residency offers multiple dates for self-directed creative retreats in Banff, with private studios for individual research and project development.

www.banffcentre.ca

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 24d

this is, hands down, the best video I've seen on men's influencer content and it's not close either

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 24d

Order your copy of WHY SELF-PUBLISH UNDER FASCISM? by Marc Fischer (@marc-fischer.bsky.social): halfletterpress.com/why-self-pub...

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Gregory Betts @whatisapoem.bsky.social · 24d

"A History of Poetry Comics" by JB
attn: @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 25d

can't wait! eager to see the schedule of talks and readings; always a great event.

Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · 29d

"No other writer of our time & place was so diverse, attempted so much, & never lost sight of his intent." – Michael Ondaatje. Purchase SOME LINES OF POETRY FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF BPNICHOL, lovingly edited by @whatisapoem.bsky.social & I, from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Some...

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Sep 4

watch as I transform Stephane Mallarme's "Un Coup de Des" into a poetic shipwreck afloat on waves of detritus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6eW...

UnCoupDeDes

YouTube video by David Jonas

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sal Nunchakov keeps doing strange things with my portrait (that's fernando aguiar holding my head in the bottom right hand corner)

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Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Sep 4

or the AWP's George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature: awpwriter.org/AWP/AWP/Cont...

Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social · Sep 4

new from No Press: SIGILS FOR INSPIRATION by Kevin Stebner: derekbeaulieu.ca/2025/09/04/s...
Only 50 copies, $5 ea incl postage (email / paypal [email protected] to order). With SIGILS FOR INSPIRATION Stebner creates work of breathtaking sensitivity exposing a beautiful, unexpected symmetry.

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