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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 15d

Listen now on all major platforms! Episode Six of The Poet Laureate Podcast featuring Drew Lavigne, poet laureate of Moncton NB is live! This episode is generously sponsored by @fiddlehd.bsky.social: Atlantic Canada’s international literary journal.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 15d

Episode Six of The Poet Laureate Podcast featuring Drew Lavigne is supported by The Fiddlehead—Atlantic Canada’s international literary journal. @fiddlehd.bsky.social

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 15d

Episode Six of The Poet Laureate Podcast features Drew Lavigne, the Poet Laureate of Moncton, New Brunswick! The episode is generously sponsored by @thefiddleheadca

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 27d

At Haus of Owl Creation Lab recording the next podcast episode!

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 27d

"Fiona, would you please tell us about a time poetry offered healing?"

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 27d

Episode 5 featuring Fiona Tinwei Lam is sponsored by @thetyee.ca. The Tyee is British Columbia’s award‑winning non-profit, reader‑supported news magazine.
Episode 5 is also sponsored by @canadianlit.bsky.social

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 27d

"Fiona, how does making a poem into a film tap into the poem's unconscious resonance?"

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · 27d

Episode 5 featuring Fiona Tinwei Lam is generously sponsored by @canadianlit.bsky.social, the leading scholarly journal for studies focused on literary and cultural objects produced in or about the lands known as Canada. Episode Five is also sponsored by @thetyee.ca

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Canadian Literature @canadianlit.bsky.social · Aug 22

Happy Friday, everyone! We're delighted to have sponsored the most recent episode of The Poet Laureate Podcast. In this episode, Kyeren Regehr, the 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria, is joined by Fiona Tinwei Lam, who served as Vancouver's Poet Laureate from 2022-2024.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Aug 14

In studio @haus.of.owl with Fiona Tinwei Lam, Vancouver's Poet Laureate 2022-2024.

Episode Five is generously sponsored by @canlitjournal and @thetyee, and is launching August 22nd! The Poet Laureate Podcast is recorded on Lekwungen Homelands.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jul 26

"Steven, how do poets respond to disturbing times?"

The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jul 26

In this fourth episode, Kyeren Regehr welcomes Steven Ross Smith— poet, mentor, arts leader, and former Poet Laureate of Banff. One of Canada’s great poetic experimenters, Steven speaks about improvisation and constraint, the sonic body of the poem, and his long-running Flutter Tongue series.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jul 26

Episode Four is kindly supported by Sage Hill Writing, one of Canada’s leading providers of learning opportunities for professional and emerging creative writers. At Sage Hill, your writing matters. Learn more at sagehillwriting.ca.

The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jul 19

In the podcast studio with phenomenal sound & performance poet, Steven Ross Smith, poet laureate of Banff, 2018-21 (also the Founding Director of Sage Hill Writing Experience & Director of Literary Arts at the Banff Centre.

Episode Four is generously sponsored by @sagehillwriting
Coming Soon!

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jul 19

John Barton: What draws you to form? Listen to Episode Three, generously sponsored by The Malahat Review. You can support this iconic Canadian literary journal by subscribing at malahatreview.ca.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 27

John Barton: What's the measure of a poem's success?
Listen to Episode Three on all major platforms--generously sponsored by The Malahat Review.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 23

John Barton—poet, editor, essayist & the fifth Poet Laureate of Victoria, BC. With unflinching grace & poetic precision, John speaks to the evolution of queer poetics in Canada, the intimate
distances of influence & his evolving relationship with formal constraint.

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 23

Loved walking into @haus.of.owl and seeing The Poet Laureate Podcast written on the studio whiteboard! Jordan and his team make everyone feel so welcome and supported. Their podcast studio is open for bookings!

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 23

A cornerstone of Canadian letters since 1967, The Malahat Review is published quarterly and showcases exceptional contemporary literary writing from Canada and beyond. The journal has been a vital space for literary excellence and discovery for nearly six decades. Subscriptions: malahatreview.ca.

The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 23

In the podcast studio @haus.of.owl with the inimitable John Barton, first queer male poet laureate of Victoria--HAPPY PRIDE!
This episode is generously sponsored by The Malahat Review--you can support this iconic literary journal at www.malahatreview.ca

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 20

Episode Three arriving soon!! John Barton, 5th Poet Laureate of Victoria, first queer male poet laureate of the city!

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 12

Episode Two: the sensational Hollay Ghadery! Listen to the full episode on all major platforms.
Generously sponsored by Munro's Books Victoria. Recorded in studio at Haus of Owl: Creation Lab on lək̓ʷəŋən homelands. Hollay.bsky.social

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · Jun 5

Episode Two: Hollay Ghadery! Listen on all major platforms. ❤️

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · May 25

EPISODE TWO! Iranian-Canadian poet & multi-genre writer @hollay.bsky.social, inaugural Poet Laureate of Scugog Township, who speaks with deep honesty & intelligence about poetry as a practice of receptivity, form as a map, & writing as a means of reclaiming enchantment. Sponsored by Munro's Books!

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The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social · May 25

Haus of Owl: supporting artists to make the best work of their careers.

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