Kim Mannix

@kimmannix.bsky.social

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she/her Listener. Watcher. Writer. First poetry collection, Confirm Humanity, published Oct 2025 https://wildskiespress.com/our-books/#confirmhumanity We're in a climate crisis & an empathy deficit. Be a good human. 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇵🇸❤️☮️🐈‍⬛️🌎 #Treaty6 #YEG #ShPk #NoAI

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A pale skinned woman with dark hair and glasses (me) leans back on a sofa wit an orange and white tabby sleeping on the back of the sofa. His white paw rests on my forehead
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A book cover that shows an image of a large shadowy ghoul holding the hand of shadowy human fugure. The title: Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature, edited by Becky Siegel Spratford
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A book cover featuring the title Confirm Humanity, poems. An illustrative image of flowers and greenery, some colored and some black and white, surrounding a laptop computer with a black and white skull sitting on it. The author's name, Kim Mannix, is below. A description reads: In Confirm Humanity, Kim Mannix delivers a hauntingly honest collection of poems that explore the fragile balance between joy and sorrow, asking what it means to endure, observe, and feel deeply in a beautifully broken world.
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Text reads: Confirm Humanity on the Shortlist! A cover of a book that features the title, Confirm Humanity: poems and an illustration of a skull, flowers and a laptop computer. My name, Kim Mannix, is underneath. In the bottom left corner is a gold medallion sticker that says Whistler Independent Book Awards Shortlist
a graphuc of a poetry book cover featuring an illustration of flowers around a laptop computer with a skull. The title reads Confrm Humanity and the author's name, Kim Mannix is at the bottom. In the top right corner of the graphic is a medallion-sticker that reads: NIEA FINALIST, National Indie Excellence Award
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A background illustration/photo of a suburban fence, some trees and a rainbow. There is a sign for Strathcona County and a hand holding a pen. Over top is the text: Park Poets Unite; Featuring Kim Mannix, Catherine Cicuttini, Katharine Weinmann and Teren Hazzard; June 14 7-9 pm; Cafe Haven; Open Mic - Bring your poetry and join us for an open mic of Sherwood Park Poets
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A blue graphic with the words Congratulations to Confirm Humanity! Then a bookcover featuring the title 'Confirm Humanity' 'poems' and 'Kim Mannix' with an illustration of a computer, a skull and flowers. In the corner is a medallion that reads Whistler Independent Book Awards - Longlist and a logo featuring a book and mountains
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Here are our winners (and this week’s schedule): Monday, May 11 First-place (and winner of CAD$100): “For Your Birthday” by Kim Mannix Judges’ comments: “This poem is gorgeous and thought provoking and filled with wonderful imagery . . .” “DAMN I went through an eureka moment when I read the ending line and returned to the title..."
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Text says: This year's 10 words are: Zugzwang Deipnosophist Ululation Solivagant Pizzazz Funk Sniffishness Express Clam Bone
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Text reads: Book Launch; Kristine Scarrow; An image shows a book cover with fingerprints and Only Human written in white text. When: Sunday, April 19, 2026 2:00 - 3:30 pm; Where: Audrey's Books 10702 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton AB; Please join us in celebrating the Edmonton launch of short story collection Only Human; Now featuring opet Kim Mannix
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