brandy ryan
poet. avid pedestrian. collage artist. following the path of tiny cuts and misplaced adhesive.
@toluini.bsky.social
Bumbler, quitter of things, poet, and project management person (in that order). New Collection: UNRAVEL (McClelland & Stewart, 2025). Opinions mine. https://bio.site/tolu.ca he/him
@christinemcnair.bsky.social
Book person — read them, bind them, fix them, write them. I like type. Author of Conflict (2012) and Charm (2016) & Toxemia (poetic non-fiction) from Book*hug (fall 2024). President of CBBAG. Former co-organizer of the Ottawa Promise Walk for Preeclampsia.
@xtramagazine.com
Queering the conversation. Fierce, proud and independent LGBTQ2S+ journalism, since 1984. 🌈✨ Read more at xtramagazine.com
@pantsmclee.bsky.social
Co-editor of SHARP NOTIONS (2023) PRE-ORDER: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/S/Sharp-Notions. Author of WHAT HURTS GOING DOWN, THE AGE and DEAD GIRLS. Corgi fanatic. Always stitching.
@theferocity.bsky.social
Poet and cultural critic. Also, I co-host the podcast VIBE CHECK. Artist-in-residence at Harvard rn. BOOKS: Prelude to Bruise, How We Fight for Our Lives, Alive at the End of the World. saeedjones.substack.com
@ambersparks.bsky.social
Your garbage mom; writer; she/her; I ♥️ unions; essayist on film, books, fairy tales, and horror; wrote AND I DO NOT FORGIVE YOU; HAPPY PEOPLE DON’T LIVE HERE in October; rep’d by Kent Wolf; I just want you to be happy, honey linktr.ee/ambernoellesparks
@tmziniuk.bsky.social
Editor, writer, media-maker, parent. Past lives in activism and community radio. Likes: menus, comics, lists, farmers markets, good poetry, bad TV. By day: managing editor @ Xtra Magazine
@kristenarnett.bsky.social
writer, librarian, huuuuge lesbian. dad. floridian. New York Times Bestselling author. Mostly Dead Things & WITH TEETH & STOP ME IF YOU’VE HEARD THIS ONE https://www.kristenarnettwriter.com
@julieslalonde.bsky.social
6x award-winning feminist buzzkill. Public educator. Franco-ontarienne. 🏳️🌈 Femme. I believe in high heels & high standards. Resilience is futile, babyyy✌🏻 📍Ottawa, Canada YellowManteau.com
@waub.bsky.social
Latest novel MOON OF THE TURNING LEAVES is available via Random House in Canada and William Morrow in the USA
@razorfemme.bsky.social
Writer, performer, facilitator, somatic coach & dreamer. Author of FIERCE FEMMES & NOTORIOUS LIARS, I HOPE WE CHOOSE LOVE, FROM THE STARS IN THE SKY TO THE FISH IN THE SEA, and FALLING BACK IN LOVE WITH BEING HUMAN. https://linktr.ee/kaichengthom
@jestintzi.bsky.social
Cult-classic queer and Grendel’s emergency contact. Call me JES. [They/She] 📚: BAD HOUSES (stories), THE CHILDREN OF GULGA-KRÜ (mini-comic), MY VOLCANO (novel), VANISHING MONUMENTS (novel), JUNEBAT (poems), & various chapbooks. linktr.ee/jestintzi
@isabellawangbc.bsky.social
NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER (Nightwood fall 2025) | PEBBLE SWING (Nightwood 2021) 👇| CHOREOGRAPHY OF FORGETTING (in-progress) | Director Revise Revision St. | MA SFU Sociology | https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/IBellaShopCo | she/they/he
@eatonhamilton.bsky.social
Writer/ author 10 books. Guernica, The Sun, Gay Magazine, Salon, Missouri Review etc. Wretched disappointment in all things life-like. They/them.
@conyerclayton.bsky.social
Poet/Writer/Editor from KY living in Canada | Latest 📚 But the sun, and the ships, and the fish, and the waves. | Senior Editor @augursociety.bsky.social | Fiction & Essays in The Ex-Puritan, This Magazine, and more | conyerclayton.com | they/them
@rsalazar.bsky.social
haunted swamp femme, PhD // author of sulphurtongue (2021) & antibody (2025) // (she/they) 🇨🇴🤎🇵🇸
@poetryincanada.bsky.social
A space for writers, educators, visitors, and poetry enthusiasts alike to share, research, perform, and cultivate widespread appreciation for poetry. Coast Salish Territories. poetrycanada.org
@ofpoetrypodcast.bsky.social
Kitchen table conversations with poets. Hosted by Han VanderHart. www.OfPoetryPodcast.com
@razovsky.bsky.social
Writer, editor, publisher, writing instructor. 2023 Trillium Book Award winner. 2019 Harbourfront Festival Prize winner. Author of The Book of Grief and Hamburgers — and 21 other books of poetry, fiction, memoir, and essay.
@gaspereaupress.bsky.social
¶ One of Canada’s most innovative and tenacious literary publishers ¶ http://linktr.ee/gaspereaupress
@paulvermeersch.bsky.social
Human poet/artist. New book NMLCT: POEMS from ECW Press this Sept. Professor at Sheridan College. Senior editor at Wolsak and Wynn. Editor-in-chief at The Ampersand Review of Writing & Publishing. wererabbit on Bandcamp. https://linktr.ee/paulvermeersch
@westendphoenix.bsky.social
A home-delivered, periodical local newspaper with city news + art featuring the finest writers and photographers from Toronto and beyond. Subscribe today! www.westendphoenix.com
@biancaspence.bsky.social
Word nerd. Balletomane. Cat lady. Fashion plate. Bit of a foodie. Runner. Your close personal friend.
@battleaxepress.bsky.social
small press poetry / poet / editor / lawyer / feminist killjoy
@arcpoetry.bsky.social
Canada's Poetry Magazine, founded in 1978. Arc Poetry #106 is available now. Subscribe today at arcpoetry.ca!
@jesbattis.bsky.social
Writer/Prof/Other. They/Them. Fantasy, queer medievalism, 18thc shenanigans, YA lit, disability and neurodiversity. 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️ 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/jbattis
@nycterosea.bsky.social
Writer, editor, critic, leftist & co-founder of MA|DE. Poetry collection Love Is A Place But You Cannot Live There (Guernica 23), novel ANOMIA (Palimpsest 24), collaborative poetry collection ZZOO (Palimpsest 25). 🌈 https://jadewallace.a
@arielletwist.bsky.social
Emerging Aunty | Interdisciplinary Artist Author of DISINTEGRATE/DISSOCIATE Linktr.ee/ArielleTwist
@junctionreads.bsky.social
Toronto Prose Reading Series (online & in person) May 25: In person at TYPE Books Junction May 29: The First Thirty Louise Ells 📚📇 www.junctionreads.ca Opinions shared are Alison's.
@adelebarclay.bsky.social
writer, editor, creative writing instructor | she/they | author of If I Were in a Cage I'd Reach Out for You (Nightwood, '16) & Renaissance Normcore (Nightwood '19) working on: cnf, fiction, poetry
@nashls.bsky.social
Publisher @pressassembly.bsky.social, lapsed poet, occasional tarot reader
@fillingstation.bsky.social
Canada's experimental literary magazine. https://linktr.ee/fillingstation?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=42f26869-3a42-45a1-a3cc-034a1ec1d613
@spencergordon.bsky.social
Sometimes author. Wrote A HORSE AT THE WINDOW (House of Anansi Press, coming June 2024), CRUISE MISSILE LIBERALS (Nightwood Editions) & COSMO (Coach House Books). Founded The Puritan (now Ex_Puritan). Former prof, now writer/editor in social policy. ☸️Ⓥ�
@morganmpage.bsky.social
Writer. Film: Framing Agnes (2022). Book: Boys Don’t Cry (2022). Podcast: One From the Vaults. Capricorn.
@eschmaltzzz.bsky.social
possibles, infinites, gaps, nothings, in-betweens new book in fall 2025 (Coach House Book) Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University https://ericschmaltz.com/
@lisarichter.bsky.social
Poet, writer, and educator based in Tkaronto/Toronto, Canada (she/her). Author of Nautilus and Bone (2020), winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, and Closer to Where We Began (2017). www.lisarichter.org
@kissmachine.bsky.social
Author of books, comics, weirdness. Tiny Aussie Shepherd's devoted human. Toronto --> Vancouver. Teach creative writing at University of British Columbia (Canada) https://emilypohlweary.com/ Latest novel: https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/H/How-to-Be-Found
@anothernisha.bsky.social
I write stuff and draw stuff sometimes. fuck AI. managing editor of young adulting & currently finishing my mfa. author of A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH and COCONUT. disabled and seeking justice. nishapatel.ca
@pinholepoetry.bsky.social
Digital journal and chapbook press. We love the upside-down view and the fact that some art can only happen in the dark. Journal submissions always open! pinholepoetry.ca
@juliemannell.bsky.social
Award-winning author of fiction/poetry/memoir/criticism. Editor. Journalist. Columnist. Professor. Forthcoming novel is titled little girls. Niagara child.
@jaclyndesforges.bsky.social
Space poet, secret mermaid. Author of Weird Babies (forthcoming fall 2026), Danger Flower + Why Are You So Quiet? #hamont #audhd
@domenicahope.bsky.social
Writer, loud talker, perky terror | Poetry: GOOD WANT (Coach House Books, 2024) ❤️🔥 + ALL DAY I DREAM ABOUT SIRENS (2019) 🌊
@ivancoyote.bsky.social
Writer, storyteller, performer. Author of Care Of, Tomboy Survival Guide, Rebent Sinner and 10 other books. Kindling chopper, berry picker, snow shoveler, Yukoner. I like to build things. PLAYLIST is the name of my new show. www.ivancoyote.com
@quillandquire.bsky.social
Canada's online magazine of book news and reviews. https://quillandquire.com/
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social
A charmingly contrary literary press based in beautiful post-industrial Hamilton, Ontario.
@christibelcourt.com
Artist. Metis. The earth is my government. #antifascist #Landback mânitow sâkahikanihk âpihtawikosisân. She/her. Limited editions: www.christibelcourt.ca https://linktr.ee/christibelcourt
@garybarwin.bsky.social
writing, multimedia, music, art, Hamilton ON Canada https://linktr.ee/garybarwin “There’s a wisecrack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.”