We are SO looking forward to this as well! This celebration of local poets is coming up next Sunday April 26 in the afternoon.

www.mcnallyrobinson.com/event-18911/...

I am SO looking forward to this!
@winnipegfreepress.com @winnipegarts.bsky.social @melanie-b-f.bsky.social #poetryforever #nationalpoetrymonth

Prairie Fire invites you to a Manitoba Kitchen Party! This event will feature short readings by Bob Armstrong, Jody Baltessen, Sheldon Birnie, Katherine Bitney, Di Brandt, Gillian Crawford, Kristian Enright, Hannah Godfrey, Zilla Jones, Kirstian Lezbubsk...

On Friday April 24 at 7pm, @prairiefiremag.bsky.social invite you to celebrate the launch of their new issue, Manitoba Kitchen Party. Featuring readings from @bobarmstrongwriter.bsky.social, Jody Baltessen, @badguybirnie.bsky.social, Katherine Bitney, Di Brandt... - mailchi.mp/grant/prairi... 1/2

For more information on eligibility and to apply, visit: manitobabookawards.ca

The Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction
The Lansdowne Prize for Poetry
The Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-Fiction
Le Prix Littéraire Rue-Deschambault
The Carol Shields Winnipeg Book Award
The Eileen McTavish Sykes Award

It's time — submissions for the 2026 Manitoba Book Awards are now open!

This year, we’re thrilled to be offering six awards.

❤️🔥❤️

Excellent dinner with @ariel-gordon.bsky.social at Jane's, the Red River College culinary school restaurant. I'm a pushover for them desserts what are set afire.

This looks great! Help spread the news!

The Centre for Human Rights Research is hiring a part-time Student Researcher for the Summer term. Deadline to apply is Friday, April 17 at 4:00 pm.

To see this job posting, the full eligibility requirements, and to learn how to apply, visit chrr.info/about/employ...

#umanitoba #umstudent

Thanks for this!

A photo of Ariel Gordon labelled "Poets Resist" with the All Lit Up logo. On the bottom right is an inset photo of her book Blood Letters.

"Poems are Tarot spreads: they tell you who we are and who we could be."

Ariel Gordon chats with us about what poetry makes possible and shares a poem from her dystopian book BLOOD LETTERS (@greatplainspress.bsky.social) for #ALUPoetsResist.

alllitup.ca/poets-resist...

Good News! The Manitoba Book Awards are alive again thanks to a dedicated group of writers:
David A. Robertson, Jenny Heijun Wills, Colleen Nelson,
Chantel Mierau, Seyward Goodhand, Ariel Gordon, Anna Leventhal, Rowan McCandless, Bertrand Nayet &
Chimwemwe Undi. More info: manitobabookawards.ca

Six awards in English and French will be presented at a gala on September 19th. Publishers can submit their entries starting April 15th. manitobabookawards.ca

Since 1989, we’ve been able to cultivate an amazing community of emerging and established writers, and we’re so excited to be resuming this journey.

It’s official. After a two-year hiatus, the Manitoba Book Awards are returning to
our province!

Our mission is simple: we want to uplift, recognize and award noteworthy Manitoban writing and celebrate books written and published in our province.

Writes of Spring 2026 Call for Submissions Writes of Spring 2026 Call for Submissions

Details on submitting your poems to Writes of Spring here: winnipegarts.ca/writes-of-sp...

Manitoba poets! The deadline for Writes of Spring is Monday, March 30, which is also my 53rd birthday. So: won't you PLEASE gift me with me with some land and sea-themed poems?

#nationalpoetrymonth #NPM #NPM2026

You’ve always been a Wonder Woman to me!

We are beyond excited to host Natalie Baird and Toby Gillies next week Thursday, March 19 for a workshop on basic screen-printing techniques. The workshop will be held from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in 342 Education Building.

Learn more about Natalie and Toby below ⬇️

#umanitoba #communitybuilding

Enter to win a copy of Patrick Friesen's brand-new collection of poetry (his latest in a 50-year career of publishing) SIGHTINGS.
Go to the Giveaways page of @49thshelf.bsky.social (a project of Association of Canadian Publishers @cdnpublishers.bsky.social) and sign up!
--> 49thshelf.com/Giveaways

We are honoured to host Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette for two events in the upcoming weeks. Learn more about Dr. Sherry Farrell Racette below. ⬇️

#umanitoba

Awesome!!

All books from CMU Press | booksellers.ca | Purchase print books and eBooks online A network of over 100 bookstores, more than 500,000 print books or eBooks, unparalleled expertise. It is possible to buy local on the Web!

It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!

www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021

In honour of International Women’s Day, the CHRR & Giganwenimaanaanig are honoured to host Joy Chadya, Brenda Gunn, Helga Hamilton, Olga Khamedova, (Denima) Thelma Morrisseau, Shirley A. Robinson, & Alex Wilson for a panel on gender-Based violence & displacement. Learn more about the speakers below.

It's I LOVE TO READ month!
In a long & distinguished poetry career, Sarah Klassen has explored hope & suffering, language & its limits, movement & stillness—always inviting readers into her care. Full of faith, curiosity & surprise, these poems offer readers grace & insight at every turn.
#booksky

Join us for a workshop with Natalie Baird & Toby Gillies on basic screen-printing techniques on Thursday, March 19, 2026, from 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm in Room 342, Education Building.

All materials and light refreshments provided. Register now at chrr.info/event/method...

#umanitoba #artactivism

'Take off, eh!': 'SCTV' to stream in its entirety for the first time on Prime Video Canada’s most famous low-budget TV station is finally logging onto the digital era.

Canada’s most famous low-budget TV station is finally logging onto the digital era.

Shouting.