Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social Author of Things that Cause Inappropriate Happiness (Guernica 2024) A Place for People Like Us (Guernica 2025)
Vidal, At Bay Press, 2026
For All the Men... reissue (Guernica 2028)
Fiction and art enthusiast. Humber School for Writers faculty.
Richard-Yves Sitoski @rsitoski.bsky.social Poet (day job). Songwriter (other day job). Artistic Director of the Words Aloud Poetry Series (other other day job). Marketing and Publications Coordinator of Kegedonce Press (other other other day job). rsitoski.com
Diane Seuss @dseuss.bsky.social Author of Modern Poetry, frank: sonnets, Still Life w Two Dead Peacocks and a Girl, Four-Legged Girl, all from Graywolf Press, and Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open (Univ. of Massachusetts Press), Chancellor for Academy of American Poets.
Al Rempel @alrempel.bsky.social Poetry, Physics, and Photography
John Baglow @johnbaglow.bsky.social I'm an Ottawa-based writer/poet, formerly a PSAC vice-president. World-weary activist. Grumpy. The original Dr.Dawg.
Ken Hunt @jkchunt.bsky.social Writer, Editor, Publisher, PhD Candidate at Western University. Order "The Manhattan Project" from U of C Press: https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773850542/
Meghan Kemp-Gee, SPACE POET @meghankempgee.bsky.social Teacher | Writer (she/her)
NEBULAS ✨ https://chbooks.com/Books/T/The-Animal-in-the-Room
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Passing in the Night 🐉
Contested Strip: ONE MORE YEAR 🥏
The Animal in the Room 🦌
Space Heroines of El Andoo 🤖
John Nyman @jhonnyman.bsky.social Writes: johnnyman.ca. A Devil Every Day: https://tinyurl.com/23j38mrw. Your Very Own: http://tinyurl.com/4xvanppe. Law student.
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Jack Illingworth @illingworth.bsky.social ED, Association of Canadian Publishers. Kayaker and general nature nerd. Neurodivergent cancer “survivor.” Tkaronto for my work and Niibing for my soul.
Monica Kidd @monicakidd.bsky.social Author of THE CRANE (Breakwater, 2025) and HOLDING GROUND, THE WORLD'S ERODING COASTLINES forthcoming from Harper Collins Canada (2027) || Journalist || MD MSc MFA || associate editor at CMAJ || monicakidd.ca || represented by Aevitas
Tyler Pennock @pennockty.bsky.social Poet, OCD, former teen-ish sex worker, Queerdo gaymer NDN,
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(They/Them)
Author of two poetry books, New one in 2026. tylerpennock.ca
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ibearmeow @ibearmeow.bsky.social Gaymer 🐻 from Toronto, Canada. Twitch Affiliate. I play a lot of Fortnite. The Bear’s Den Discord: https://discord.gg/ARsBBHwzUg | Email: ibearmeow@gmail.com | https://linktr.ee/ibearmeow
Keili Bartlett @keilibartlett.bsky.social Journalist / writer / part-time bookseller interested in where culture, history and nature meet. Always looking for good stories and my next coffee! Based on the Sunshine Coast of B.C.
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The Adroit Journal @adroitjournal.bsky.social “The Adroit Journal is where I go when I want to know what the kids are reading.”
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Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks.bsky.social Cormorant books is a Canadian independent book publisher of fiction and nonfiction. We’ve been publishing diverse Canadian voices since 1986.
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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org Lambda Literary, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytellers since 1985. Home of the Lammy Awards, Writers in Schools, the Emerging Writers Retreat for LGBTQ Voices, and the Lambda Literary Review.
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Carolyn Forché @carolynforche.bsky.social Poet, memoirist
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Glengarry Glen Rachel @chrispb.bsky.social Future Criterion closet thief. Poetry, pints, fries. M/WNBA. Songs missing bridges. Shawarma connoisseur. Older than some dirt. Open to kindness.
Nancy Huggett @nancyhuggett.bsky.social Writer, caregiver, crone, that kinda gal. Work @ Event, The New Quarterly, Rust & Moth, American Lit Review, anti-heroin chic, Gone Lawn, Full Mood &&&
Montreal International Poetry Prize @montrealprize.bsky.social The Montreal Poetry Prize is committed to poetry and poets around the world. For our 2024 winner and finalists, visit us at:
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russell carisse @russellcarisse.bsky.social poet. queer. dirt-farmer. trailer-trash. they/them
unceded Wolastoqiyik/Mi'gmaw territory
work currently or forthcoming in: ARC Poetry, Queen's Quarterly, Touch the Donkey, The Temz Review, Talking About Strawberries All The Time, and elsewhere.
sider0xylon press @sider0xylon.bsky.social a mono-press of pithy handmade limited edition mini/micro chapbooks and broadsides.
launching june 20th @ the ottawa small press book fair!
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Patricia Caspers @patricia-caspers.bsky.social Writer, reader, eic @ West Trestle Review, librarian, UU, mama, rider of bicycles. 🚲 🚲
Jess H̓áust̓i @jesshausti.bsky.social Parent; poet; herbalist; Indigenous; AuDHD; queer.
Author, Crushed Wild Mint (2023) and How to Nourish a Cannibal (Fall 2026).
Executive Director, www.qqsprojects.org
Lead, www.coastalfoodways.ca
Co-Lead, www.rightrelationscollaborative.ca
They/them.
GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social Independent Publisher of Diverse #CanLit: No Borders. No Limits.
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On Occasion: Poems for the People @queyras.bsky.social Poet. Critic. Professor. Periodically I delete all social media.
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Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social www.rclas.com
RCLAS’s mission is to maintain and build a welcoming community of writers and readers, to support the goals of writers at all stages of their development, and to promote an appreciation of all forms of literary arts.
Renee Sarojini Saklikar @reneesarojini.bsky.social Author, Educator, Editor
Leigh Nash @nashls.bsky.social Publisher @pressassembly.bsky.social, lapsed poet, occasional tarot reader
Kevin Shaw @kevinshaw84.bsky.social Writer | Ottawa | www.kevinshaw.ca
Becky Tuch @beckyltuch.bsky.social Fiction & nonfiction writer, Founder of Lit Mag News
Catherine McKenney @catmckenney.bsky.social Ontario NDP Shadow Minister for Housing and MPP for Ottawa Centre.
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Trans/non-binary.
Jay Odjick @jayodjick.bsky.social Writer. Artist. Jack of all trades, master of absolutely none
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dⒶlton @sickenedsour.bsky.social poet. radio host. day jobber.
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AGA Wilmot @agawilmot.bsky.social Author (lit, horror, surrealism), editor, professor, communications professional. Represented by K2 Literary. Ace, nonbinary trans woman—they/she. 🏳️⚧️
"Withered," ECW Press Spring 2024
http://agawilmot.ca
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Joanna Lilley @joannalilley.bsky.social Author of books including the extinction poetry collection Endlings and the novel Worry Stones. From the UK, now living in Yukon, Canada. 
The Tyee @thetyee.ca Independent BC-based journalism swimming against the current. Paywall-free since 2003. support.thetyee.ca
The Poetry Society @poetrysociety.org.uk A charitable organisation promoting and advocating poets & poetry since 1909. Publishes #ThePoetryReview, supports young poets @youngpoetsnet.bsky.social.
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mosababutoha @mosababutoha.bsky.social Palestinian poet from Gaza. Author of Forest of Noise & Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear.
Kai Cheng Thom @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
Lisa C Reynolds @lisacreynolds.bsky.social Canadian writer, poet, educator.
Durham Region Branch Manager for The Ontario Poetry Society.
Eva Tihanyi @portpoet.bsky.social Writer/poet. Lover of books, music, visual art and intelligent conversation.
Rob Budde @rbudde7.bsky.social He/him/hey buddy. Poet, novelist, UNBC creative writing prof, plant person, feminist, anti-fascist. Profoundly befuddled. Gratefully living on Lheidli T’enneh territory.
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Bloodaxe Books @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social Bloodaxe Books, Britain's leading international poetry publisher.
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Lynn Tait @lynntait.bsky.social Poet, photographer. Author of You Break It You Buy It (Guernica Editions 2023) Talks to animals, plants, inanimate objects. A serious ham.
River Street @riverstreetwriting.bsky.social A ragtag team of creatives celebrating amazing CanLit. Join the party, pals!
Est. 2010.
University of Alberta Press @ualbertapress.bsky.social University of Alberta Press is a contemporary, award-winning publisher of scholarly and creative books distinguished by their editorial care, exceptional design, and global reach. https://ualbertapress.ca/
Jen R. Albert @jenralbert.bsky.social Award-winning editor acquiring science fiction, fantasy, horror, and popular science at ECW Press. Former co-editor at PodCastle. Former entomologist. She/they
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Kate Beaton @katebeaton.bsky.social Comics and things
Ivan Coyote @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
Lynn Coady @lynncoady.bsky.social Giller Prize winning fictioneer and screenwriter. Irony-poisoned. lynncoady.com
Anuja Varghese @anuja-v.bsky.social Author of CHRYSALIS (2023) and A KISS OF CRIMSON ASH (coming May 2026)
Jael Richardson @jaelrichardson.bsky.social Author, Executive Director - The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
nisha @anothernisha.bsky.social I write stuff and draw stuff sometimes. fuck AI.
author of A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH and COCONUT. nishapatel.ca
Nicole Haldoupis @nicolehaldoupis.bsky.social Writer of Tiny Ruins (Radiant Press)
Managing Editor, Paragon Press (MUNL)
Publishing Coordinator, At Bay Press
🎸 HAGS & True Trash
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Noelle Allen @noelleallen.bsky.social Editor, gardener, lots of opinions.
Triny Finlay @trinyfinlay.bsky.social Queer & genderfluid settler poet & writer 🏳️🌈 Prof at UNB Fredericton (English & Creative Writing)📚Author of Myself A Paperclip etc. she/they 🫖🧶🌊
Sarah Ens @sarahens.bsky.social Writer, editor, & book publicist. She/her. The World Is Mostly Sky & Flyway (Turnstone Press)
Tanya Talaga @tanyatalaga.bsky.social Journalist, author, filmmaker.
FOLD @thefoldcanada.bsky.social Updates on the Festival of Literary Diversity, FOLD Kids Book Fest, FOLD Academy, FOLD Reads and all year-round events supporting underrepresented Canadian authors.
Susan Gillis @susangillis.bsky.social Poet, editor, art lover. Fire and water, earth and air. Tending life in the Frontenac Arch. Yellow Crane, The Rapids, and more www.susangillis.ca
Lisa Baird @eramosageese.bsky.social Poet, essayist
www.lisabaird.ca
John Wall Barger @johnwallbarger.bsky.social Poet, editor, translator. He/him. johnwallbarger.com
Resurrection Pie (LSU Press, 2026)
Contract editor, Frontenac House
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm @kateriakiwenzied.bsky.social Anishinaabekwe. Writer. Spoken Word Artist. Publisher at Kegedonce Press. Editor. Assistant Professor at UofT Scarborough. Proud mom of 2. 
Andy Weaver @weaverandy.bsky.social Poet, professor of English and Creative Writing. Latest book, The Loom https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773855837/. 
House of Anansi Press @houseofanansi.bsky.social Anansi publishes very good books. 📖
Distributed by Jaguar in Canada and PGW in the U.S.
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Bronwen Tate @bronwentate.bsky.social Poet, Creative Writing Prof at UBC in Vancouver. Writes a nice newsletter: https://bronwentate.substack.com/
Celeste Ng @pronounced-ing.bsky.social Fiction writer (EVERYTHING I NEVER TOLD YOU, LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, OUR MISSING HEARTS). Science nerd, ex-Clevelander, embarrassingly sincere. Blue canary in the outlet by the light switch who watches over you. she/her. www.celesteng.com
Micheline Maylor @michelinemaylor.bsky.social Independent academic, poet, editor, reviewer, writing and mindfulness mentor. 
Sue Goyette @suegoyette.bsky.social poet
Derek Beaulieu @derekbeaulieu.bsky.social Poet, editor, author of DO IT WRONG: HOW TO BE A POET IN THE 21ST CENTURY; Director of Literary Arts at Banff Centre; Poet Laureate of Calgary (2014-2016) and Banff (2022-2024) -- located in Banff, Alberta, Canada. He/him.
online at: www.derekbeaulieu.ca
Alix Ohlin @alixohlin.bsky.social alixohlinauthor.com
Bianca Spence @biancaspence.bsky.social Word nerd. Balletomane. Cat lady. Fashion plate. Bit of a foodie. Runner. Your close personal friend.
Amanda Leduc @amandaleduc.bsky.social Disabled writer, dreamer, dog mom. Space enthusiast. Lover of chocolate and stories, student of wonder and grief. New novel, WILD LIFE, out now.
Might say things here…might not. To be continued!
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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca Connecting people to exceptional books, ideas, and dialogue.
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Sheniz J @shenizpoetics.bsky.social Writer, Arts Educator, Friend to Nature
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Jennifer Bowering Delisle @jenbdelisle.bsky.social New collection of poems, Stock, out now with Coach House Press
@freefallmagazine.bsky.social @freefallmagazine.bsky.social 
Donna Kane @donnakane.bsky.social Poet, non-fiction writer, Sky Sleeper, interested in astronomy, science, the natural world. Divides time between Rolla and Halifax.
Vera Hadzic @hadzicvera.bsky.social Writes poetry & fiction / MA Queen's University 2025 / BA uOttawa 2024 / she/her
Kate Sutherland @katesutherland.bsky.social Law prof, poet, collage artist.
https://linktr.ee/poetryartmagic
Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social Canada's online magazine of book news and reviews. https://quillandquire.com/
Dr. Kelly S. Thompson 📚📖🖌️ @kellysthompson.bsky.social Kellysthompson.com
Author of #memoirs STILL, I CANNOT SAVE YOU (2023) & GIRLS NEED NOT APPLY (2019). Instructor at King’s U nonfiction MFA. Canadian Forces Veteran. Bull terrier mom. Dreamer. Ally & safe space She/Her
Anna Swanson @annajswan.bsky.social Writer + Librarian + Wild Swimming | The Garbage Poems (Brick 2025) | The Nights Also (Tightrope 2010) | annaswanson.ca | garbagepoems.com | she/her 🏳️🌈 | no one is free until we all are free
Evan Jones (Ευριπίδες Ιωάννου) @evanpjones.bsky.social Post-Canadian poet, Cavafy translator, author of Men of the Same Name (Carcanet 2025). I’ve published in the Guardian, TLS, Malahat Review and PN Review.
Jenna Butler @jennabutler.bsky.social Author, writing mentor, editor, farmer. she/her
Revery, A Profession of Hope, Magnetic North, and more. GG finalist. Acquisitions Editor, Barbour Books at NeWest Press
www.jennabutler.com
Binoy Zuzarte @bzuzarte.bsky.social Poet, writer, creative director. Found or forthcoming in Arc, Augur, Scrivener Creative Review, Pinhole Poetry, The Shore, others. He/him. 👋🏽
Matthew Hollett @matthewhollett.bsky.social ✏️ Writer, photographer, walker
👁️ Optic Nerve (poems) published by Brick Books
🦑 Newfoundland / Ktaqmkuk
Carcanet Press @carcanet.bsky.social Award-winning publisher of modern, classic and translated poetry, and the bi-monthly literary journal @pnreview.bsky.social.
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Mattea Roach @mattearoach.bsky.social host of Bookends on CBC Radio/podcast platforms everywhere, former 23x Jeopardy champion, slowly also writing // everything that happens will happen today