Raoul Fernandes
@raoulfernandes.bsky.social
Poet, dad, and library guy | (he/him) | Wrote a book called Transmitter and Receiver (Nightwood Editions) | Poetry editor for EVENT Magazine | lives on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ (Vancouver) raoulfernandes.com
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
Feel bad for Kayla about this. Will do my part in off-setting the harm by boosting Kayla Czaga's great work: For Your Safety Please Hold On, Dunk Tank, and Midway are all excellent collections I'd highly recommend to any human being www.kaylaczaga.com
(also appreciate CV2's thoughtful apology)
(also appreciate CV2's thoughtful apology)
August 25, 2026 at 8:16 PM
Feel bad for Kayla about this. Will do my part in off-setting the harm by boosting Kayla Czaga's great work: For Your Safety Please Hold On, Dunk Tank, and Midway are all excellent collections I'd highly recommend to any human being www.kaylaczaga.com
(also appreciate CV2's thoughtful apology)
(also appreciate CV2's thoughtful apology)
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The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
August 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The Library is devastated to learn of the passing of Dolly Parton, a music legend and titan of children's literacy. Her Imagination Library program has earned multiple Library Literacy Awards and, in 2018, she visited us to donate its 100 millionth book to our collection and host a story time. 🦋❤️
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...
www.sfu.ca
August 23, 2026 at 7:21 PM
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...
Thanks to @pinholepoetry.bsky.social for these questions, and for publishing this poem!
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 8:25 PM
Thanks to @pinholepoetry.bsky.social for these questions, and for publishing this poem!
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if you are looking for newish poetry books, check out my little poetry raffle ending August 10th:
tally.so/r/LZOPB1
#SealeyChallenge
tally.so/r/LZOPB1
#SealeyChallenge
Summer Poetry Raffle for Hamza
Made with Tally, the simplest way to create forms.
tally.so
July 30, 2026 at 4:47 PM
if you are looking for newish poetry books, check out my little poetry raffle ending August 10th:
tally.so/r/LZOPB1
#SealeyChallenge
tally.so/r/LZOPB1
#SealeyChallenge
"Everyone was kind in ways that suggested/
we were fortunate." ❤️
we were fortunate." ❤️
What does it mean to make art on unceded land? In “Residency,” a new poem from Michael Prior, a writers’ retreat becomes a meditation on memory, privilege, and place. https://thewalrus.ca/residency/
July 21, 2026 at 5:05 AM
"Everyone was kind in ways that suggested/
we were fortunate." ❤️
we were fortunate." ❤️
Hey, I'll be reading poems with Jude Neale at Poetry in the Park (in the Centennial Lodge) in New West this Wednesday. Come on out!
An update to our lineup for opening night of Poetry in the Park. Can't wait to see you there!
July 15, 6:30-8:30
Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park
New Westminster
July 15, 6:30-8:30
Centennial Lodge, Queen's Park
New Westminster
July 13, 2026 at 4:44 PM
Hey, I'll be reading poems with Jude Neale at Poetry in the Park (in the Centennial Lodge) in New West this Wednesday. Come on out!
Nice to have a poem in this charm of an online journal. Erin Bedford does some great work with it and it's all free. Here's my poem pinholepoetry.ca/21747-2/
July 13, 2026 at 5:53 AM
Nice to have a poem in this charm of an online journal. Erin Bedford does some great work with it and it's all free. Here's my poem pinholepoetry.ca/21747-2/
Pretty thrilled to have this lil' shorty up at the very cool @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social Thanks to the editors! 😊
Welcome by Raoul Fernandes
"Every flag in the rain becomes a flag of the rain."
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July 4, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Pretty thrilled to have this lil' shorty up at the very cool @onlypoemsmag.bsky.social Thanks to the editors! 😊
I think about this comic by John Campbell every father's day
Reddit - https://preview.redd.it/snow-day-by-john-campbell-v0-e8o7mc65lph61.jpg?auto=webp&s=c12a6f2fcd290c6d780d7afc4b70920a19697984
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June 21, 2026 at 7:27 PM
I think about this comic by John Campbell every father's day
Excited to read some new poems for this and to hear these fine poets. Tune in, tomorrow! You'll need to email [email protected] to get an invite to join. (Note that if you're in or around Vancouver it will be starting at 3pm)
It's time to celebrate The Fiddlehead's spring issue with another virtual launch!
Join us on Zoom Saturday, June 13 at 7 pm ADT for readings by Melanie Power, winner of the 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and issue 307 contributors Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez!
Join us on Zoom Saturday, June 13 at 7 pm ADT for readings by Melanie Power, winner of the 2025 Ralph Gustafson Poetry Prize, and issue 307 contributors Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez!
June 13, 2026 at 5:49 AM
Excited to read some new poems for this and to hear these fine poets. Tune in, tomorrow! You'll need to email [email protected] to get an invite to join. (Note that if you're in or around Vancouver it will be starting at 3pm)
Oh, and Kay Ryan is up there for me. Also a master of rhyme #shortpoemsunday www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
May 17, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Oh, and Kay Ryan is up there for me. Also a master of rhyme #shortpoemsunday www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazi...
Oh, this should be fun! Excited to read with these folks 🤩
We’re excited to celebrate our spring issue with another virtual launch! Join us for readings from Melanie Power, Abhimanyu Acharya, Raoul Fernandes, and Christine Stewart-Nuñez!
⭐Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. ⭐
The event is free and open to all, with ASL interpretation.
⭐Email [email protected] for the Zoom link. ⭐
The event is free and open to all, with ASL interpretation.
May 14, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Oh, this should be fun! Excited to read with these folks 🤩
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Our next reading is this coming Sunday, May 17th! Here's the fabulous lineup: Daniela Elza reads Lyubomir Levchev, Yilin Wang reads Qiu Jin, Cristina Holman reads Federico García Lorca, and Annie Lafleur reads Danielle Collobert 🤩 See you at Outsiders and Others, (938 Howe St #100) at 3pm!
May 11, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Our next reading is this coming Sunday, May 17th! Here's the fabulous lineup: Daniela Elza reads Lyubomir Levchev, Yilin Wang reads Qiu Jin, Cristina Holman reads Federico García Lorca, and Annie Lafleur reads Danielle Collobert 🤩 See you at Outsiders and Others, (938 Howe St #100) at 3pm!
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Join us next Sunday for our next iteration of the Dead Poets Reading Series. Always inspiring and fun! Readings by @danielaelza.bsky.social , @yilinwriter.bsky.social , Cris Holman and Annie LaFleur. Details in poster. Accessible space. Hope to see you! 🌞
May 10, 2026 at 7:54 PM
Join us next Sunday for our next iteration of the Dead Poets Reading Series. Always inspiring and fun! Readings by @danielaelza.bsky.social , @yilinwriter.bsky.social , Cris Holman and Annie LaFleur. Details in poster. Accessible space. Hope to see you! 🌞
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"Points" by @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, from the new issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social. (So many good poems in this one!)
May 3, 2026 at 11:40 PM
"Points" by @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, from the new issue of @fiddlehd.bsky.social. (So many good poems in this one!)
These are really charming poems. Congrats, Ellie! 🤩
We’re thrilled to announce that Ellie Sawatzky’s poems “Truth Serum” and “Vaporwave,” from EVENT 54/2, have been nominated for a 2026 National Magazine Award @canadamediaawards.bsky.social in Poetry! You can read “Vaporwave” on our website: tinyurl.com/3zh58na9 #NMAS26
Poetry: "Vaporwave" by Ellie Sawatzky - EVENT
Read "Vaporwave" by Ellie Sawatzky. Originally published in EVENT issue 54/2.
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April 30, 2026 at 11:01 PM
These are really charming poems. Congrats, Ellie! 🤩
solid advice
April 20, 2026 at 7:44 PM
solid advice
First page of Applause for a Cloud by Sayumi Kamakura (trans. by James Shea) #shortpoemsunday
April 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
First page of Applause for a Cloud by Sayumi Kamakura (trans. by James Shea) #shortpoemsunday
Happy to have a couple new poems in this one, alongside such lovelies as Liz Howard, Billeh Nickerson, Ellie Sawatzky, and others ❤️
Our Spring issue is shipping out today to subscribers!
Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/307
Here’s a preview of what’s inside: thefiddlehead.ca/issue/307
April 14, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Happy to have a couple new poems in this one, alongside such lovelies as Liz Howard, Billeh Nickerson, Ellie Sawatzky, and others ❤️
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Eliminating libraries in prisons is a disaster, completely shortsighted. Libraries are a lifeline for incarcerated people who want to learn and grow, and have few other options.
Correctional Services Canada will be eliminating all prison librarians at federal prisons. This will save between $1.5 million and $2.5 million annually.
April 13, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Eliminating libraries in prisons is a disaster, completely shortsighted. Libraries are a lifeline for incarcerated people who want to learn and grow, and have few other options.
Little display of some local (BC) poets I put up at my library branch. some friends and those I wish were my friends 🥰
April 13, 2026 at 9:25 PM
Little display of some local (BC) poets I put up at my library branch. some friends and those I wish were my friends 🥰
"The idea has become the work for some, and the immaculate production of it their reward, and this is a doomed prospect. An idea is a nothing thing that has built and destroyed the world countless times over, and it matters how it is crafted and wielded into its final form." ❤️
Wrote a little thing in my newsletter this morning about the way people talk about AI and writing, and the devaluation of labour
www.anxietyshark.ca/solve-for-wo...
www.anxietyshark.ca/solve-for-wo...
Solve for work
There is no written word without a weary hand wielding the pen.
www.anxietyshark.ca
April 9, 2026 at 12:32 AM
"The idea has become the work for some, and the immaculate production of it their reward, and this is a doomed prospect. An idea is a nothing thing that has built and destroyed the world countless times over, and it matters how it is crafted and wielded into its final form." ❤️