chris johnson
he/him : white settler : managing editor, @arcpoetry.bsky.social : editorial assistant, @nightwoodeditions.bsky.social : opinions are my own : profile photo by Curtis Perry
@kateheartfield.com
Novels: Mercutio (2026). The Tapestry of Time. The Valkyrie. The Chatelaine. The Embroidered Book. Games. Assassin's Creed books. Former journalist. University instructor. Ottawa, Canada. She/her. Trans rights or gtfo 🏳️🌈 https://kateheartfield.com
@lisawhitt.bsky.social
This Magazine Publisher. Words in Longreads, The Walrus, Catapult, Hazlitt and more. Author of Girls, Interrupted: How Pop Culture Is Failing Women and a 33 1/3 on Beauty and the Beat by The Go-Go's.
@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social
Innovative literary book publisher based in British Columbia, Canada.
@cv2magazine.bsky.social
Celebrating 50 years of poetry in 2025 ✨ https://linktr.ee/cv2magazine
@playcanpress.bsky.social
Canada's foremost publisher of theatre books since 1984 playwrightscanada.com
@poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social
A luminous space for listening Each month: one poet, one moment Hosted by Kyeren Regehr 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria www.kyerenregehr.ca/poetlaureatepodcast Recorded at Haus of Owl on lək̓ʷəŋən homelands (Victoria BC)
@byallmeanswrite.bsky.social
New to this platform! Literary Poet (author of Cult Life) www.kyerenregehr.ca Artistic Director of Planet Earth Poetry www.planetearthpoetry.com Host of The Poet Laureate Podcast @poetlaureatepdcast.bsky.social 7th Poet Laureate of Victoria (2025-2026)
@totalvibration.bsky.social
Producer, NPR Music. Editor, Tiny Desk and Tiny Desk Radio. Mixtapes, tea and whatnot: https://www.vikingschoice.org/
@stevemcormond.bsky.social
Author of four books of poetry, most recently Reckon (2018). New chapbook forthcoming in Fall 2025 from Baseline Press.
@openbookon.bsky.social
Open Book is your connection to Ontario's vibrant literary scene. Posts via Kevin, Holly, and Sarah. Visit our website to learn more: https://open-book.ca/
@theseaboardreview.ca
Embark on a Journey to Uncover Great Reads. We primarily review Canadian books & authors, but occasionally we cross some borders. #Booksnotpolitics #Miramichi #NB. (Posts by James M Fisher, Editor-in-chief) #canlit 🇨🇦 https://theseaboardreview.ca
@gooselane.bsky.social
Canada’s oldest independent publisher, representing some of the best and brightest authors in the entire country. linktr.ee/GooseLane
@emdubbleu.bsky.social
wrote “these are not the potatoes of my youth” in 2019 and “terrarium” in 2024. mole trapped in human body. writing, reading, drawing, and dreaming.
@ringtales.bsky.social
artist, poet ✊🏾 UNMET (Biblioasis April 2025) 🥳 rushes from the river disappointment (MQUP), POETRY Magazine 🇨🇦🇵🇦 https://linktr.ee/ringtales
@newestpress.bsky.social
Publishing Radically Rewarding Literature for Almost Fifty Years
@melaniesiebert.bsky.social
Poetry, adventure, swimming, planting, rewilding, decolonizing, therapy, heartbroken justice-doing as best one can, movement trying to know movement. She/Her
@harbourpublishing.bsky.social
Books of the Pacific Northwest (and beyond). It's our 50th Anniversary and we published a collector's edition of Raincoast Chronicles - Fifth Five to celebrate. Distributor of Nightwood Editions.
@scrivener1980.bsky.social
is a literary journal published at McGill University in Montreal, founded in 1980. BUY TICKETS FOR THE LAUNCH PARTY HERE: https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/2025-scrivener-launch-party
@thenewquarterly.bsky.social
TNQ is a literary magazine that has been publishing Canadian Writers & Writing for over 40 years. Proud presenter of the Wild Writers Literary Festival!
@eleonoreschonmaier.bsky.social
Poetry, fiction, song lyrics, music-theater. Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete, Dustblown Side of the Journey, and Wavelengths of Your Song (all from McGill-Queens’ University Press). https://eleonoreschonmaier.com
@kimfahner.bsky.social
Writer, teacher, editor. First Vice-Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024) The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025) www.kimfahner.com
@49thshelf.bsky.social
Fuelled by the largest collection of Canadian books ever assembled, 49th Shelf makes it easier to find your next great Canadian read.
@alllitupcanada.bsky.social
An independent online bookstore and blog showcasing and selling Canada's best in indie books. Visit us at alllitup.ca
@amberdawnwrites.bsky.social
Kitchen witch, sparkle mind & aging whore. Wrote SUB ROSA, SODOM ROAD EXIT and other queer weird books. New poetry collection BUZZKILL CLAMSHELL Spring 2025. https://arsenalpulp.com/Contributors/D/Dawn-Amber
@cuinenglish.bsky.social
Now broadcasting live from the English Department of Carleton University! https://carleton.ca/english/
@emilyraustin.bsky.social
@rahat.bsky.social
reader & writer / THE BOOK OF Z_ poetry forthcoming 2025 / ahl-e-zubaan
@cassandraols.bsky.social
Co-Leadership at Arts Ottawa Mom of 2 Knitting and gardening
@harvilla.bsky.social
Host of 60 SONGS THAT EXPLAIN THE '90S: THE 2000S, old guy at THE RINGER, tentative embracer of new social-media platforms
@artsottawa.bsky.social
Bilingual arts service organization fostering a thriving arts sector by driving collective action in response to community needs and priorities in Ottawa, ON. https://linktr.ee/artsottawa
@annaveprinska.bsky.social
Poet | Asst Professor, UCalgary | Collection of poems, Bonememory, April 2025 | Author: Empathy in Contemporary Poetry after Crisis; Spirit-clenched; Stone Blossom; Sew with Butterflies Bonememory: https://utpdistribution.com/9781773856117/bonememory/
@helloiamben.bsky.social
Author of novel "I Remember Lights" (Apr 2025) and 2 poetry books 🏳️🌈🇨🇦
@versefest-ottawa.bsky.social
Ottawa's International Festival of Poetry / le festival international de poésie d’Ottawa / administrator of the City of Ottawa's Poet Laureate Program / l’administration du Programme des poètes lauréats d’Ottawa / https://www.verseottawa.ca/
@teagerbeza.bsky.social
She/her. Disabled neuroqueer writer and artist. Author of How I Bend Into More (Palimpsest Press, 2025). teagerbeza.com
@leesadean.bsky.social
Poet and CWRT instructor, editor, community arts. Author of 2 books and some chapbooks; book 3 forthcoming from Gaspereau 2026. Lots of 📕ish tattoos. On Sinixt Territory in BC. www.leesadean.ca
@carajeangoodwin.bsky.social
@ronnabloom.bsky.social
Writer of poems and essays. Taker of photographs. IN A RIPTIDE will be published by Brick Books in September 2025. ronnabloom.com
@dearkestrel.bsky.social
Author of 4 Poetry collections.. A Translation of Ghazal Mosadeq's "Andarznama" forthcoming with @uglyducklingpresse.bsky.social Late 2025. 5th Poetry Collection "A Book of Interruptions" forthcoming with @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social Fall 2025
@jkirton.bsky.social
I'm an Icelandic/Red River Métis poet, mother, grandmother & wife learning to live with uncertainty. Unsure which origin story to claim I choose science, & the knowing held within cells vibrating every language my Ancestors spoke. I am “Water made flesh."
@jaeyunwrites.bsky.social
Poet, psychiatrist, psychotherapist. One-fifth of Harbour Centre 5. Alum @TWSSFU. she/her. Chapbook: when a country teaches you (Baseline Press, 2026) https://harbourcentre5.wixsite.com/poetry/
@francesboyle19.bsky.social
My novel, Skin Hunger, is coming in 2026. In the meantime, my latest poetry books are Openwork & Limestone (2022) & Light-carved Passages (2024). Prairie-raised author of Seeking Shade (stories 2020), Tower (novella 2018) etc. www.francesboyle.com
@btrewart.bsky.social
Poet with 3 chapbooks and one full-length book. Next full-length forthcoming in 2026 with Palimpsest Press. Chapbook editor at Anstruther Press. Learning Specialist & Instructional Designer at Western University. Father of two.
@thrillandgrace.bsky.social
Fruity poet. Lambda finalist debut poetry collection: The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak (2021, Guernica Editions) 🇭🇰 🍁 https://grace-writes.com [Somewhere in Ontario]
@farahghafoor.bsky.social
poet and author of Shadow Price (House of Anansi, 2025) 🌿 | she/her | Tkaronto | farahghafoor.com | farah.substack.com | IG @/shadowpricepoems