I just played the first level of the original Tomb Raider and I'd like to apologize to Mario 64 for every nasty thing I ever said about its camera.

You're Invited! On May 1, join Talonbooks at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall to celebrate the release of seven stellar new titles! Attendance is free, venue is wheelchair and scooter accessible. Hope to see you there!

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new from above/ground press: Consequences, by Susan Rudy Consequences Susan Rudy $6 Telling the truth about my own experiences as a body That kiss in Mrs Dalloway. That life is complicated is a fac...

new from above/ground press: Consequences, by Susan Rudy / @susanrudy.bsky.social ;
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2/2 If you'd like to take in some poems in person, we hope to see you at our launch on May 1! All of these excellent poets will be in attendance whether live in person or digitally. ⁠We hope to see you there!

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@eleekg.bsky.social

1/2 The #NationalPoetryMonth celebrations continue! Take a look at Talon's spring 2026 titles, some freshly on the shelves, some still to return from the printer.

All of these books are available for purchase or preorder on our website or at your favourite bookstore. ⁠

@jkirton.bsky.social

The book CUT SIDE DOWN displayed on a shelf beside the author’s copies of works by Renee Gladman, H.D., and others.

The poem “A Role in the Executive.”

Yesterday (April 8) was the one-year anniversary of CUT SIDE DOWN, my second book of poetry, being officially released into the world by Invisible. If you are looking for poems with heart, humour, and (hopefully) intelligence, please request my book at your local library or bookstore.

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Check out all of these titles and more here:

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1/2 April is National Poetry Month! To celebrate, Talonbooks is highlighting some recent titles that have been making our bookshelves proud they weren't manufactured into chairs instead.

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National Poetry Month : Daphne Marlatt, the plot                    for Bridget     how condense seventy odd years to one  plot            the breaks, the transiencie...

National Poetry Month: Daphne Marlatt, / @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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Join us at the Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall for the launch of the Talonbooks spring 2026 titles! Come help us celebrate this season’s authors and books.

Talonbooks Spring Launch
Martha Lou Henley Rehearsal Hall
Vancouver, BC
May 1, 2026
Doors at 7 p.m., readings begin at 7:30 p.m. PDT

Every month is poetry month if you try hard enough.

A spread of copies of Growing my Way Home by Jenn Ashton. On the cover: the top third and bottom fifth are solid light tan panel. The top, in a serif font, bears the title "Growing" in Green and on the next line in burgundy "My Way Home". The subtitle is "Stories of "Resilience and Care" Then middle is a lovely painting with collage-esque effects of a greenhouse, trees to the left, pinecone, legs, flowers, and a house. The bottom reads "Jenn Ashton"

The new work of autofiction Growing My Way Home by award-winning Sḵwx̱wú7mesh author @raveonstudio.bsky.social is here! Growing My Way Home traces Ashton’s experiences as a thirteen-year-old drug dealer, a fifteen-year-old parent, and finally an author and artist.

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some author activity : Chang-Richardson, Zhang, fitzpatrick, Kelly, Rogal, mclennan + Niespodziany, Ellen Chang-Richardson has a poem in Paul Vermeersch’s “In the Third Sleep” series ; forthcoming author Elena Zhang has new work up at The B...

some above/ground press author activity : Ellen Chang-Richardson, Elena Zhang, ryan fitzpatrick, J-T Kelly, Stan Rogal, rob mclennan + Benjamin Niespodziany, / @neonpajamas.bsky.social @ezhang77.bsky.social @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/03/some...

The first thing I thought of when the longlist came out was this post. I would've put money on you being right about Solie being on there 😅

Book cover for Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality by Ryan Fitzpatrick. The cover is minimalist. The title and author name are in the background, muted, and the subtitle runs in a vertical column lightly overlapping the title.

I’m not much of a poster these days, but I’d be remiss to not share the cover for my fall nonfiction book Ace Theory:An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality, which has snuck it’s way onto the internet this week.

A spread of copies of SUBTEXT by Nicole Raziya Fong. The cover reads SUBTEXT in all caps in a black, serif font across the top. Blue-grey watercolour brush strokes/marker strokes descend diagonally, taking up most of the cover. Behind this is white. In the bottom in black serif font. The left side is grey and looks stitched.

The new work of poetry by Nicole Raziya Fong is here! SUBTEXT collages the echoes of diasporic and colonial histories through poetry, drama, autobiography, and archival uncovering. SUBTEXT asks readers to negotiate the unsteady shoals of identity and history.⁠

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Thanks! The designer did a great job!

Book cover for Ace Theory: An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality by Ryan Fitzpatrick. The cover is minimalist. The title and author name are in the background, muted, and the subtitle runs in a vertical column lightly overlapping the title.

I’m not much of a poster these days, but I’d be remiss to not share the cover for my fall nonfiction book Ace Theory:An Essay in Fragments About Asexuality, which has snuck it’s way onto the internet this week.

Most of Hindmarch's work is available in this book, published a few years ago. Her novel The Watery Part of the World is an especially great feminist work novel.

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sad to hear that Vancouver writer Gladys Maria Hindmarch has died, via @talonbooks.bsky.social : talonbooks.com/news/in-memo...

Coming soon, whenever it's ready.

some author activity: fitzpatrick, Smith, Mody, mclennan, Burdick, Aube + Solomon, ryan fitzpatrick has work up at NewPoetry ; Dale Martin Smith has a new piece up at Annulet ; Monica Mody has two poems up at Art of the Com...

some above/ground press author activity: ryan fitzpatrick, Dale Martin Smith, Monica Mody, rob mclennan, Alice Burdick, Gwen Aube + Misha Solomon, / @aliceburdick.bsky.social @mishasolomon.bsky.social @ryanfitzpublic.bsky.social ;
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2026/03/some...

Thanks to @bookninja.bsky.social for publishing this poem of mine (and to my friend Julia Polyck-O'Neill for suggesting my work to him). It's from a manuscript I'm working on currently titled SLOP. I hope you'll check it out!

Calling all poetry lovers in Victoria, BC: catch A Jamali Rad and Shauntelle Dick-Charleson featuring at Planet Earth Poetry at Russell Books!

planetearthpoetry.com/march-2026

Cam Scott & ryan fitzpatrick Dual Book Launch (MANOR's RANSOM / No Depression in Heaven) YouTube video by McNally Robinson Online Events

The whole event is archived up on YouTube if you'd rather watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghia...

No Depression in Heaven A Conversation with ryan fitzpatrick

Thanks to @vanishingsigns.bsky.social for letting me elbow in on his book launch in Winnipeg back in November. A transcription of our post reading chat is up on Cam's blog (it's paywalled, but there's a free trial).

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BUT I GOT CLIPPED OUT OF CONTEXT Ryan Fitzpatrick ………“Competition is for losers.” ………………….—Peter Thiel UH OH ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS GET A GROUP OF PEOPLE TOGETHER AND YOU …

There's NewPoetry today from Ryan Fitzpatrick. newpoetry.ca/2026/03/09/b...

Thanks to @bookninja.bsky.social for publishing this poem of mine (and to my friend Julia Polyck-O'Neill for suggesting my work to him). It's from a manuscript I'm working on currently titled SLOP. I hope you'll check it out!

Manahil Bandukwala : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali Hajer Mirwali is a Palestinian and Iraqi writer living in Toronto. Her first book, Revolutions  (Talonbooks, 2025), is a collection of poet...

Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Hajar Mirwali / @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social @talonbooks.bsky.social ;
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Just got a AI scam email where Jodi Picoult says she likes my poetry. Jodi Picoult, y'all! Can't wait until she emails again threatening to reviewbomb me if I don't send her some google play cards!