Please come —this is a literary picnic, a smorgasbord, a buffet!

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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This. Over and over and over.

"If your parental values include a desire for your child to die from a vaccine preventable disease, your values need an adjustment."

The VWF 2026 online auction is open for bidding!
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One of the top prizes is this 1 hour, one-on-one creative mentoring session with Elee Kraljii Gardiner @eleekg.bsky.social, who is the current Vancouver Poet Laureate and director of the Vancouver Manuscript Intensive.

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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You could have had free universal healthcare this entire time. The money was always there.

A faded background displays a top-down view of a coffee cup, typewriter, dried roses, a pen, and glasses sitting on a desk. Overlaid on the image is the text "poetry submissions now open. Portal closes June 30"

📜 Attention, poets📜
Submissions for icehouse poetry are now open!

Guidelines and submission portal can be found at gooselane.com/PoetrySubmissions

Don't sit on that novella or poetry collection — send it to Driftwood Press instead! Use the link in our bio for details. #callforsubmissions

Joanna Streetly reviews Pitiful, by Brandi Bird Joanna Streetly reviews Pitiful, by Brandi Bird (Toronto: House of Anansi, 2026) $22.99 / 9781487014087

My review of Pitiful, a remarkable new #poetry collection by Brandi Bird, newly published by @houseofanansi.bsky.social

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New #bcfire a few kilometers north of #stumplake #kamloops #bcws zone

this is like that weird Italian music video from the 60s that uses fake language sounds like English

book cover photo of sometimes, forest by Elee Kraljii Gardiner, a collage of soft, round green shapes and spiky red orange ones emanating from it

MY BOOKS HAVE SHIPPED FROM THE PRINTER!
sometimes, forest will be in my hands shortly! If you'd like to order, ask for a review copy, talk about readings or hylofeminism (hylo from the Greek meaning woods/forest matter)...let me or @talonbooks.bsky.social know!

Sunday Exception:

Swan Perfect Landing

SCHLAPP: Who wants to see impeachment hearings?

CPAC CROWD: *cheers*

SCHLAPP: No. That was the wrong answer.

poster of green tree branches with text over the image reading Here, Hearing mini residencies, A Vancouver Poet Laureate Project. Host a Citizen poet, Apply by April 20, 2026. Here, Hearing pairs a Citizen Poet with a Host Site to make poetry visible as public art. 2 hours/week 2 months. We welcome applications from accessible sites including but not limited to offices, museums, cafes and bookstores! learn more at versevancouver.ca City of Vancouver, VPL, Writers Fest

image of dandelions looking slightly purple with white font over them reading: Here, Hearing Residencies A Vancouver Poet Laureate Project, Are you interested in poetry? Could you benefit from having space for poems in your week? Here, Hearing mini residencies pair a Citizen Poet with a Host Site to make poetry visible and possible as public art. 2hours/week for 2 months. Receive a $200 stipend and official Citizen Poet button. Use the time to dream, read, think, write. Contribute a final recording to a playlist. Open to anyone living in Great Vancouver! We seek a diversity of applicants. Apply by April 20, 2026. versevancouver.ca City of Vancouver, VPL, Writers Fest

VANCOUVER BC RESIDENTS: applications to host or be a Citizen Poet as part of the Poet Laureate Here, Hearing Mini Residencies are open until April 20. Visit verse.vancouver.ca for info!

“No street soccer services are currently available in Vancouver.

Street soccer has been proven to benefit at-risk communities around the world. There is even a Homeless World Cup Foundation… By shutting down the VSSL, Vancouver Parks has caused harm and suffering.”

Are you nervous about coming to No Kings 3.0 because you have never been to a rally? Come be amazed! You’ll feel it the second you’re surrounded by thousands of people who refuse to give up.

This Saturday. March 28. 3,000+ events. First-timers welcome. #NoKings2026 social.demcast.com/s/TZLfJgaE

The regime is counting on your exhaustion. 😮‍💨

Your neighbors are counting on your presence. 🤝

3,000+ events this Saturday.
Choose your side.
March 28.

#NoKings2026

“A Vehicle for Seeing Through and Beyond”: The Life and Poetry of Sandy Shreve BC poets and friends honour her legacy.

We remember Sandy through the words of the poets and friends on whom she left a lasting impact. Building on a Vancouver Centennial project from a decade before, she started the annual Poetry in Transit campaign which celebrates its 30th year in 2026.

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Alice Wong's Celebration of life March 25th, 2026 11am PST This toolkit is an invitation and a resource for individuals and communities to participate in Alice Wong's Celebration of Life. Be it from bed, your living room, local community center, classroom, or in the streets... You can join Alice's Celebration of Life through: * The livestream + virtual reception: Join the livestream and gather for the virtual reception hosted by Calling UP Justice & San Francisco Disability Cultural Center. * In-person livestream watch + your own gathering: host an in-person gathering to join the livestream and connect in person to celebrate Alice. * Detailed Toolkit with links, photos, and resources to make your gathering accessible, plus ways to honor Alice Wong's legacy: https://bit.ly/aliceislove

Poster held in hand at a rink. Poster reads We are still and time moves through us. Live electronics, voice, sound of ice,, motion tracked figure skating. An immersive ice performance where movement turns into sound. Stadion Liebenau Halle A March 1 16:30 March 3 14:00

March 1&3 in Graz, Austria we’re opening the ice laboratory! Using poetry, live voice, choreography and motion sensors to affect the compositions, skaters embody the field of meaning. Grateful to be here and so curious about the process!

This is a great interview!

I’ve always liked the idea of a cohort so I like this in someways and it must be fun for the designer to have such a constraint. But it proposes interesting questions!

Interesting to design books by such different writers the same way. I get a series and they’re lovely but this is interesting.

#NewBrunswick #nbpoli #Canada

This is a HIPAA violation.

After executing Alex Pretti on Saturday, ICE has shifted to primarily targeting bus stops and elementary schools in my community this week. I cannot overstate how much of the ICE activity in my community is just targeting places where little kids are.

Sesame Street Instagram: Big Bird snuggling a smaller bird. Offering comfort in Scary Times: After a violent event, children of different ages will have different needs. These age based strategies can help them feel safer and more secure.

Sesame Street is now offering tips for parents on post-trauma comfort because the federal government is physically and mentally abusing our country's children.

A graphic on a cream background. On a marigold yellow banner, it reads "The Talonbooks spring 2026" and then it reads "Sneak Peek!" In green it says Drama! in burgundy, Poetry! and in marigold yellow, Fiction! Then there are stripes in marigold yellow, autumnal orange, burgundy, and green at the bottom.

Springtime in January? When you're as excited as we are about our spring 2026 lineup, you'll find an excuse to bring it up even on days as frosty as these. So here's a sneak peek of Talonbooks' spring 2026 titles! May we introduce you to:⁠