Christina Shah
@christinashah.bsky.social
Poet, videopoet, valve fairy. ⚙️⛓️🧚 1/5 of the Harbour Centre Five. Author of RIG VEDA (Anstruther Press), if: prey, then: huntress (Nightwood Editions) Fall 2025
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Thank you so much to everyone who showed up yesterday: volunteers, exhibitors, facilitators, authors, staff, UBC Robson Square staff, book lovers, curiosity seekers, and those who stumbled upon us.
You truly made Word Vancouver 2026 (Main Festival Day) one to be remembered. 📚
You truly made Word Vancouver 2026 (Main Festival Day) one to be remembered. 📚
September 20, 2026 at 3:43 PM
Thank you so much to everyone who showed up yesterday: volunteers, exhibitors, facilitators, authors, staff, UBC Robson Square staff, book lovers, curiosity seekers, and those who stumbled upon us.
You truly made Word Vancouver 2026 (Main Festival Day) one to be remembered. 📚
You truly made Word Vancouver 2026 (Main Festival Day) one to be remembered. 📚
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We have some nifty chapbooks for $10,
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September 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM
We have some nifty chapbooks for $10,
by @jessicaleemcmillan.com, @nberlat.bsky.social, @mreid.bsky.social, @jordandavis.bsky.social
(Americans can save on shipping by buy multiple)
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#canlit #poetry
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(Americans can save on shipping by buy multiple)
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#canlit #poetry
Tomorrow! Join Russell Thornton and me in conversation with Rob Taylor @ WORD Vancouver! 12:30 @ the Poetry Tent. @roblucastaylor.bsky.social @wordvancouver.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social
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Across Generations — WV
Two poets at different stages of their careers come together to explore identity, memory, labour, and place.
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September 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Tomorrow! Join Russell Thornton and me in conversation with Rob Taylor @ WORD Vancouver! 12:30 @ the Poetry Tent. @roblucastaylor.bsky.social @wordvancouver.bsky.social @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social @harbourpublishing.bsky.social @gaspereaupress.bsky.social
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No kidding: the AI bros wants the government to let them collude. Who would have imagined that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Allowing AI firms to collude to ‘pace the frontier’ is a dangerous proposition
Tech CEOs banding together is an old ruse recycled from corporate America to get a pass from antitrust laws
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September 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
No kidding: the AI bros wants the government to let them collude. Who would have imagined that? www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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This starts in less than a week! Well, if I get a few more students!? 😬 So doing one more push to let you know, and to let your budding (or more blossomed) writer friends know. Feel free to DM me if you have questions
Excited to teach Poetry 1 again at SFU this Fall - an online and asynchronous course that introduces you to poetry's tools and approaches. Also includes workshopping, discussion, and fun activities. Check it out if you're interested or share it with those who might be! www.sfu.ca/continuing-s...
Poetry 1
<p>Poetry is often described as a conversation—with the self, the world, and the work of other writers.</p><p>In this introductory course, you'll gain the tools you need to enter the conversation thro...
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September 16, 2026 at 6:38 PM
This starts in less than a week! Well, if I get a few more students!? 😬 So doing one more push to let you know, and to let your budding (or more blossomed) writer friends know. Feel free to DM me if you have questions
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📰 On the eve of Carney’s visit to Europe, civil society orgs wrote to the President of the EU Commission
@ec.europa.eu, and members of Parliament: 🇨🇦’s #BillC22 forces #EU companies operating in 🇨🇦 to weaken #encryption and retain the metadata of EU users 🫣🚫
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@ec.europa.eu, and members of Parliament: 🇨🇦’s #BillC22 forces #EU companies operating in 🇨🇦 to weaken #encryption and retain the metadata of EU users 🫣🚫
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
Ottawa lawful-access bill could be obstacle to EU-Canada digital trade agreement, European privacy groups say
On eve of the PM’s EU visit, European digital experts warn Canada’s Bill-22 poses a privacy threat to residents of the bloc
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 15, 2026 at 8:29 PM
📰 On the eve of Carney’s visit to Europe, civil society orgs wrote to the President of the EU Commission
@ec.europa.eu, and members of Parliament: 🇨🇦’s #BillC22 forces #EU companies operating in 🇨🇦 to weaken #encryption and retain the metadata of EU users 🫣🚫
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
@ec.europa.eu, and members of Parliament: 🇨🇦’s #BillC22 forces #EU companies operating in 🇨🇦 to weaken #encryption and retain the metadata of EU users 🫣🚫
www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...
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Memory, imagination, & the pull of place converge in this reading from Aaron Cully Drake, Dennis E. Bolen, & Heather Ramsay. Moving through physical & emotional landscapes both these writers explore longing, transformation, wilderness, and the quiet strangeness of everyday life with Leanne Boschman
September 15, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Memory, imagination, & the pull of place converge in this reading from Aaron Cully Drake, Dennis E. Bolen, & Heather Ramsay. Moving through physical & emotional landscapes both these writers explore longing, transformation, wilderness, and the quiet strangeness of everyday life with Leanne Boschman
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September 20 | 2pm | Anvil Centre | Free for all!
September 7, 2026 at 5:16 PM
September 20 | 2pm | Anvil Centre | Free for all!
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Al Purdy A-frame 2027 residency applications are due in by the end of this week. Do it, people! Staying at the A-frame was one of the best things I've done as a writer:
www.alpurdy.ca/residency/
www.alpurdy.ca/residency/
Al & Eurithe Purdy Residency – The Al Purdy A-frame Association
Origins Acknowledgement of the Land The Al and Eurithe Purdy A-frame Association acknowledges that our residency and the activities of our writers-in-residence are sited on the traditional territories...
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September 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Al Purdy A-frame 2027 residency applications are due in by the end of this week. Do it, people! Staying at the A-frame was one of the best things I've done as a writer:
www.alpurdy.ca/residency/
www.alpurdy.ca/residency/
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Mark Carnage refuses to listen to the Canadian people, maybe he'll listen to the European politicians that he wants trade deals with.
Access Now and several European civil society orgs are urging President of the European Commission @ec.europa.eu, European Union commissioners, and members of the European Parliament to push for changes to Canada’s #BillC22, the Lawful Access Act!
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The EU must act now to protect privacy and encryption from Canada’s overreaching Bill C-22 - Access Now
Access Now, alongside several European civil society organisations, are urging Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, European Union commissioners, and members of the European Par...
www.accessnow.org
September 14, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Mark Carnage refuses to listen to the Canadian people, maybe he'll listen to the European politicians that he wants trade deals with.
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Fibre arts offer fresh possibilities for writers to get their words out into the world.
Bring a poem or write something in the workshop, then we’ll take the next step with fabric and a printer.
Facilitators: Natasha Boškić | Leanne Boschman
Bring a poem or write something in the workshop, then we’ll take the next step with fabric and a printer.
Facilitators: Natasha Boškić | Leanne Boschman
September 8, 2026 at 8:23 PM
Fibre arts offer fresh possibilities for writers to get their words out into the world.
Bring a poem or write something in the workshop, then we’ll take the next step with fabric and a printer.
Facilitators: Natasha Boškić | Leanne Boschman
Bring a poem or write something in the workshop, then we’ll take the next step with fabric and a printer.
Facilitators: Natasha Boškić | Leanne Boschman
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Poets Garth Martens, Eve Joseph and Billeh Nickerson gathered for this event travel through very different landscapes: a mother’s disappearance, the haunted rooms of childhood, and a hospital stay that prompts reflections on mortality, luck, and survival. With Renée Sarojini Saklikar.
September 13, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Poets Garth Martens, Eve Joseph and Billeh Nickerson gathered for this event travel through very different landscapes: a mother’s disappearance, the haunted rooms of childhood, and a hospital stay that prompts reflections on mortality, luck, and survival. With Renée Sarojini Saklikar.
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Join Books BC and Read Local BC at Word Vancouver on Saturday, September 19 at 2 pm to celebrate 30 years of Poetry in Transit! Hosted by Rob Taylor, poets Elizabeth Bachinsky, Renee Saklikar, Wendy Donawa, and Russell Thornton will read from their new collections.
September 11, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Join Books BC and Read Local BC at Word Vancouver on Saturday, September 19 at 2 pm to celebrate 30 years of Poetry in Transit! Hosted by Rob Taylor, poets Elizabeth Bachinsky, Renee Saklikar, Wendy Donawa, and Russell Thornton will read from their new collections.
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We're celebrating 30 years of Poetry in Transit! 💙 Join us next Saturday, September 19 @wordvancouver.bsky.social @readlocalbc.bsky.social #PoetryinTransit #poetry #bcbooks #bctransit
We're celebrating 30 years of Poetry in Transit!
This much-loved program began in 1996 and has featured hundreds of poems from BC poets over the years, making it one of the longest running transit poetry programs in Canada.
Join us @wordvancouver.bsky.social on Saturday, September 19 for...
This much-loved program began in 1996 and has featured hundreds of poems from BC poets over the years, making it one of the longest running transit poetry programs in Canada.
Join us @wordvancouver.bsky.social on Saturday, September 19 for...
September 10, 2026 at 6:25 PM
We're celebrating 30 years of Poetry in Transit! 💙 Join us next Saturday, September 19 @wordvancouver.bsky.social @readlocalbc.bsky.social #PoetryinTransit #poetry #bcbooks #bctransit
VICTORIA! So excited to be Kyeren Regehr's @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social guest on @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social for a LIVE studio recording in conversation with Junie Désil, Marc Perez, and Kim Trainor!
Special thanks to @victoria.ca for your generous support!
FREE tickets: tinyurl.com/bdv68vjk
Special thanks to @victoria.ca for your generous support!
FREE tickets: tinyurl.com/bdv68vjk
The Poet Laureate Podcast: LIVE AUDIENCE RECORDING
Celebrate 60 years of The League of Canadian Poets with Junie Désil, Marc Perez, Christina Shah, & Kim Trainor. Hosted by Kyeren Regehr.
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September 10, 2026 at 3:22 PM
VICTORIA! So excited to be Kyeren Regehr's @byallmeanswrite.bsky.social guest on @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social for a LIVE studio recording in conversation with Junie Désil, Marc Perez, and Kim Trainor!
Special thanks to @victoria.ca for your generous support!
FREE tickets: tinyurl.com/bdv68vjk
Special thanks to @victoria.ca for your generous support!
FREE tickets: tinyurl.com/bdv68vjk
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📰 AI-powered surveillance cameras are spreading in Canada
Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
AI-powered surveillance cameras are spreading in Canada
Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies — with some critics calling them a t...
www.cbc.ca
September 8, 2026 at 3:25 PM
📰 AI-powered surveillance cameras are spreading in Canada
Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
Automatic licence plate recognition cameras are in the spotlight as citizens across North America question their use by municipalities and law enforcement agencies:
www.cbc.ca/player/play/...
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The long game: rob mclennan on evolving as a writer through decades of daily practice
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of some fifty trade books of…
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of some fifty trade books of…
The long game: rob mclennan on evolving as a writer through decades of daily practice
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of some fifty trade books of poetry, fiction and non-fiction, rob's most recent titles include On Beauty: stories (University of Alberta Press, 2024), the poetry collections the book of sentences…
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September 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
The long game: rob mclennan on evolving as a writer through decades of daily practice
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of some fifty trade books of…
Born in Ottawa, Canada’s glorious capital city, rob mclennan currently lives in Ottawa, where he is home full-time with the two wee girls he shares with Christine McNair. The author of some fifty trade books of…
It was a privilege to interview Kingston Poet Laureate Sadiqa de Meijer on her wondrous new collection, Qaf's People for the Victoria Festival of Authors!
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Catch the interview here:
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Catch the interview here:
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Victoria Festival of Authors
Victoria Festival of Authors — an annual literary festival featuring readings, workshops, and conversations with Canadian and international authors.
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September 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
It was a privilege to interview Kingston Poet Laureate Sadiqa de Meijer on her wondrous new collection, Qaf's People for the Victoria Festival of Authors!
vehiculepress.com/shop/qafs-pe...
Catch the interview here:
victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/interviews/q...
vehiculepress.com/shop/qafs-pe...
Catch the interview here:
victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/interviews/q...
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In this workshop at Enabling Arts we’ll write some poetry (using chapbooks that engage in multiple languages as prompts), look at a large sampling of different types and styles of chapbooks, and we’ll learn three basic chapbook folds.
Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/chapbook-m...
Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/chapbook-m...
September 2, 2026 at 2:59 AM
In this workshop at Enabling Arts we’ll write some poetry (using chapbooks that engage in multiple languages as prompts), look at a large sampling of different types and styles of chapbooks, and we’ll learn three basic chapbook folds.
Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/chapbook-m...
Register for free: www.eventbrite.com/e/chapbook-m...
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rob mclennan on Kyeren Regehr's The Poet Laureate Podcast, / @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
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rob mclennan on Kyeren Regehr's The Poet Laureate Podcast,
I was interviewed on-stage by Kyeren Regehr (Victoria, British Columbia's seventh poet laureate, by the way, who I interviewed as part of t...
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September 1, 2026 at 12:33 PM
rob mclennan on Kyeren Regehr's The Poet Laureate Podcast, / @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social @caitlinpress.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ;
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Join us at Outsiders and Others Gallery for the Dead Poets Reading Series, where 4 local writers share the work of dead poets they admire.
Hosts: Elena Johnson · Raoul Fernandes
Readers: Mallory Tater | Whitney French | Marlo Browne | Kate McCandless
And reminder that all our events are FREE.
Hosts: Elena Johnson · Raoul Fernandes
Readers: Mallory Tater | Whitney French | Marlo Browne | Kate McCandless
And reminder that all our events are FREE.
September 1, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Join us at Outsiders and Others Gallery for the Dead Poets Reading Series, where 4 local writers share the work of dead poets they admire.
Hosts: Elena Johnson · Raoul Fernandes
Readers: Mallory Tater | Whitney French | Marlo Browne | Kate McCandless
And reminder that all our events are FREE.
Hosts: Elena Johnson · Raoul Fernandes
Readers: Mallory Tater | Whitney French | Marlo Browne | Kate McCandless
And reminder that all our events are FREE.
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Due to someone’s generosity, I can offer at minimum a 25% discount for up to four people for whom cost’s a barrier to attending this workshop. Please email me:
[email protected]
[email protected]
August 27, 2026 at 7:16 PM
Due to someone’s generosity, I can offer at minimum a 25% discount for up to four people for whom cost’s a barrier to attending this workshop. Please email me:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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"I don’t see micropress as a realm solely devoted to beginners, but as rich publishing space for all poets."
@chrisbanks6625.bsky.social talks to Jim Johnstone, editor, publisher and poet, of Anstruther Press: the-wood-lot.ca/2026/08/27/i...
@chrisbanks6625.bsky.social talks to Jim Johnstone, editor, publisher and poet, of Anstruther Press: the-wood-lot.ca/2026/08/27/i...
Interview with Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher of Anstruther Press
A few weeks ago, I managed to get up to Toronto to see the Summer launch of five brand new chapbooks from the mighty Anstruther Press. Jim Johnstone, editor and publisher, was gracious enough to an…
the-wood-lot.ca
August 27, 2026 at 8:31 PM
"I don’t see micropress as a realm solely devoted to beginners, but as rich publishing space for all poets."
@chrisbanks6625.bsky.social talks to Jim Johnstone, editor, publisher and poet, of Anstruther Press: the-wood-lot.ca/2026/08/27/i...
@chrisbanks6625.bsky.social talks to Jim Johnstone, editor, publisher and poet, of Anstruther Press: the-wood-lot.ca/2026/08/27/i...
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Mark Strand, with what it means to be poet
August 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Mark Strand, with what it means to be poet
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In our last feature from issue 5.2, Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social shares his poem ‘Gives Way,’ along with some of the craft questions he’s been thinking about and another artist who sparks his creative energy. Thanks, Raoul!
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August 21, 2026 at 12:15 PM
In our last feature from issue 5.2, Raoul Fernandes @raoulfernandes.bsky.social shares his poem ‘Gives Way,’ along with some of the craft questions he’s been thinking about and another artist who sparks his creative energy. Thanks, Raoul!
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