Contest alert! You still have time to write a poem in response to my prompt (Bristle) or find one you already wrote that fits, then send to Arc's monthly Arc Award of Awesomeness to win money and earn some snazzy good old-fashioned clout.

This is such an honour! Thank you @caseyplett & Please visit @Ex_Puritan. for including my story on the shortlist. Congratulations to all the writers listed & especially to my phenomenal friends in poetry & in life, @manahilbanduk & @liamjmburke!

Unfortunately I won't be able to join after all. It's a fabulous event and anyone in Ottawa who's able to should attend tonight at 7 pm!

I am so incredibly blessed. There are no words. My debut poetry collection has won the Maya Angelou Book Award. The affirmation. The encouragement. This means the absolute world to me. To everyone who helped to make this possible, thank you, thank you, thank you.

I always say I get to work with the best authors, editing already phenomenal manuscripts & that’s because it’s unequivocally true. Recently the paperback of Laurie Lico Albanese’s historical novel Hester launched. People Magazine called it “hauntingly beautiful” & I agree!

Congratulations to my dear pal @conyerclayton for winning the Archibald Lampman Award! 🥳 On the heels of their debut collection winning the Ottawa Book Award. Eyo! All the flowers! 🌸🏆🌸

Celebrating the PB release of Kate Manning’s masterpiece bildungsroman Gilded Mountain. (I got to edit an early ms🙂.) "Stellar... Manning shines at giving the era’s class, racial, and economic tensions a human face. This is one to savor." —Publishers Weekly, *starred review*

Congratulations to Draft alum (((Moribund Facekvetch))) (he/him) on his newest book, a collection of essays called Imagining Imagining from @wolsakandwynn! bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/products/imagi…

Room Magazine stands against the occupation of Palestine and condemns the ongoing apartheid and genocide perpetuated by Israel. We grieve the violence and fear what is yet to come. And amidst this grief, we must act. Please share widely: roommagazine.com/resources-to-e…

Today we're looking back to Arc's Fall 2018 issue by sharing "Jerusalem’s Smile" by Naomi Shihab Nye. "Who is that man pretending power / over my stones? / No one with guns will ever own me" writes Naomi in this in this defiantly stunning poem. Read more: buff.ly/46Qh8yC

Got to chat with my awesome friend Ellen Chang-Richardson 🍉 about Blood Belies for Room Magazine!

Can’t wait for y’all to be able to read this book. Hot like hot egg rolls and sinsemilla! Spicy like the spiciest mustard. If you wish you could visit 1970s Toronto, pre-order now ⚡️

Please join me for a conversation with Ado Nkemka at @owlsnestbooks as we explore the intricacies of #FamilyDynamics and the secrets that bind us. Fri May 3, 2024 at 7pm. Guernica Editions #TheFamilyCode #booktour #AlexandraWritersCentre #canlit