The Lifelong Process of Knowing Our Minds Can Be Beautiful: An Interview with Amber Dawn The two authors talk about perverting pain, literary influences, and cultivating one's awareness of body and mind.

Interview #2 in my 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with @amberdawnwrites.bsky.social about her new @arsenalpulp.bsky.social collection, "Buzzkill Clamshell."

I hope you enjoy it:

Lauren Peat has a light skin tone, blue eyes, and a dark blonde pixie cut. She wears a brown turtle neck sweater and small hoop earrings. She is looking to the side while sunlight shining through leaves creates spots of sunlight and shadows across her face.

“Words can make a minute stretch long, or collapse it into a pinprick. It’s a special kind of alchemy… I remember feeling as if the rest of the bus had melted away, and I almost missed my stop.”

The 1:52 train sustains a D major chord. I rehearse having no purpose inside night’s cargo of shadow. —Lauren Peat, “Freight Train”

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Lauren Peat☀️

We spoke with Lauren Peat and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
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An Utterance Overhears Itself and Doubles Back: An Interview with Joseph Kidney The two poets talk about perceptions of time, playing with the units of language, and things beyond oneself.

My 2026 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here! New interviews in the series will be coming out steadily over the coming months.

I spoke with @josephkidney.bsky.social about his debut @gooselane.bsky.social collection, "Devotional Forensics."

I hope you enjoy it:

Calvin Wharton has a light skin tone, and a light grey mustache and goatee. He’s wearing a tee shirt and sweater with glasses and a flat cap.

“There was a distinct pleasure in imagining strangers unexpectedly discovering and reading my poem”

Imagine you have lost connection to gravity, a condition that has developed so gradually you didn’t notice it was underway —Calvin Wharton, “Do This, Do That: Exercise 2”

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Calvin Wharton✨ @anvilpress.bsky.social

We spoke with Calvin Wharton and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
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Joseph Kidney has a light skin tone and wavy brown hair being swept by the wind. He’s wearing a cable knit sweater and looking to the side with the ocean in the background.

“I’m very grateful to be a part of Poetry in Transit, in part because it means that I am stepping forward more directly into the modern conflict between art and advertising.”

What could be stranger than looking from a cliff at animals flying beneath you? Perhaps the dead observe the living this way —Joseph Kidney, “Mori Point”

Poetry in Transit spotlight: Joseph Kidney✨ @gooselane.bsky.social

We spoke with Joseph Kidney and the other Poetry in Transit 2025-26 poets on place, transit, and community. Read here: www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/09/17/p...
#PoetryInTransit #ReadLocalBC #BCPoet
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Marguerite Pigeon reviews I Would Like To Say Thank You, by Joseph Marguerite Pigeon reviewsI Would Like To Say Thank You, by Joseph Dandurand (Madeira Park: Harbour Publishing, 2025) $19.95 / 9780889714908 and November, November, by Isabella Wang (Madeira Park:

Check out Marguerite Pigeon’s reviews of November, November by Isabella Wang, and I Would Like to Say Thank You by Joseph Dandurand, now on The BC Review.

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QOD x Medusa - a poem by Frangelica. Copyright Frangelica Atherton. #poetry #poet #sookepoet #poetrylovers #goddesses #rideordie #bcpoetry #Medusa

Candour, Craft, and Community: Seven BC Poets on the Writers They Love We asked seven writers about a BC poet who has influenced or inspired them.

My #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social has come to an end for another year.

As usual, we wrap things up with a post in which our featured poets get a chance to pay tribute to a BC poet who inspired them.

There's lots of love in this post and I hope you give it a read:

Words Being Read Like Birds: An Interview with Cecily Nicholson The poets talk about attending to local restoration efforts in art, collectivity, and the sonic and semantic harmonies in poetry.

The seventh, and final, interview in my 2025 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with Cecily Nicholson about her just-released @talonbooks.bsky.social book, Crowd Source.

I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/04/30/w...

The Part of the Brain that Silently Slips Forward: An Interview with Pamela Porter The author of Between the Bell Struck and the Silence talks about death as transition not end, birding, and writing as an act of faith.

The sixth interview in my 2025 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with Pamela Porter about her @caitlinpress.bsky.social
collection, Between the Bell Struck and the Silence.

I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/04/22/t...

An Ancestor-in-Training: An Interview with Pauline Le Bel Le Bel and Taylor talk about reframing death as an active choice, the wisdom of "old crones," and the ubiquitousness of music.

The fifth interview in my 2025 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with Pauline Le Bel about her @caitlinpress.bsky.social collection, Becoming the Harvest.

I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/04/07/a...

That Open Space Was All I Needed: An Interview with Estlin McPhee The two poets talk about a grandmother's love, the Bible and Harry Potter, and when not to give up on your projects.

The fourth interview in my 2025 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with Estlin McPhee about their debut Brick Books collection, In Your Nature.

I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/04/02/t...

Standing Outside the Self: An Interview with Hamish Ballantyne The poets talk about Spanish baroque writing, mushroom picking, and the sonic demands of poetry.

The third interview in my 2025 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with Hamish Ballantyne about his new New Star Books collection, Tomorrow is a Holiday.

I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2025/03/25/s...

Returning Through Myself: An Interview with Svetlana Ischenko The author of Nucleus talks about the challenges of form, cultural resistance, and poetry as history.

The second interview in my 2025 #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

I spoke with Svetlana Ischenko about her new Ronsdale Press collection, "Nucleus: A Poet’s Lyrical Journey from Ukraine to Canada."

I hope you enjoy it:

Being Sentient Isn’t For the Faint of Heart: An Interview with Rhea Tregebov The author of "Talking to Strangers" talks about unified field theory, poetry forms, and keeping the ego in check.

Year Seven of my #BCPoetry interview series with @readlocalbc.bsky.social is here!

We're going big to open this year's series, with an interview with the one and only @rheatregebov.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it.

Seven BC Poets on the Writers that inspire them Rob Taylor speaks with our featured National Poetry Month poets about a BC poet who influenced and inspired them.

Poetry Month may be over, but we're not done celebrating at
Read Local BC!

In the closing post of our #BCPoetry series, the seven interviewed poets each talk about a poet they love:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2024/05/01/s...

Amphibious Poetics: An Interview with Leanne Dunic Poets Leanne Dunic and Rob Taylor talk about genre-crossing art, mask wearing, and desire and restraint.

The seventh, and final, interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here. (Don't worry, we'll have one more surprise for you next week!)

I spoke with Leanne Dunic about her new poetry collection, "Wet," published by Talonbooks:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2024/04/24/a...

You Are Your Own Landscape: An Interview with Onjana Yawnghwe The author of We Follow the River talks about grief, implanting memories through poetry, and understanding one's parents.

The sixth interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here!

I spoke with Onjana Yawnghwe about her third poetry collection (which she'd once planned on being her first), "We Follow The River," published by Caitlin Press:

The Hinge Where the Mysteries Lie: An Interview with Donna Kane Poets Donna Kane and Rob Taylor talk about stars, liminal moments, and camaraderie in difficult times.

The fifth interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here!

I spoke with Donna Kane about her new Harbour Publishing collection, "Asterisms." I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2024/04/10/t...

A Beautiful Constellation: An Interview with Samantha Nock Poets Samantha Nock and Rob Taylor talk about small towns, grief, and being old souls.

The fourth interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here! (A new interview will be coming every week this month.)

I spoke with Samantha Nock about her debut Talonbooks collection, A Family of Dreamers.

I hope you enjoy it:

www.readlocalbc.ca/2024/04/03/a...

A Freely Given Gift: An Interview with Jess Housty Poets Jess Housty and Rob Taylor discuss Housty's new poetry book, salmonberries, and gift economies.

The third interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here!

I spoke with @jesshausti.bsky.social about her debut Nightwood Editions collection, Crushed Wild Mint.

I've thought about our exchange a lot over the last few weeks. I hope you enjoy it:

The Silence of the Woods: An Interview with Rodney DeCroo - Read Local BC The following interview is part two of an eight part series of conversations with BC poets. All interviews were conducted by Rob Taylor.Go to full post ...read more

The second interview in my 2024 #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is here!

I spoke with Rodney Decroo about his new Anvil Press collection, Fishing For Leviathan. We talked about the "worth" of poems, the role of silence in poetry, and more:

Becoming More Visible: An Interview with Meghan Fandrich The author of Burning Sage talks about love, wildfires, and the realities of survival.

My #BCPoetry interview series with Read Local BC is back for another year!

My first conversation is with Meghan Fandrich, who wrote about the 2021 Lytton wildfire and its aftermath in her debut Caitlin Press collection, "Burning Sage":

www.readlocalbc.ca/2024/01/10/b...