Annick MacAskill

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Poet Latest: Votive (Gaspereau Press, 2024) Shadow Blight (Gaspereau Press, 2022) #GGBooks2022 Murmurations, No Meeting Without Body, five from hem, Brotherly Love: Poems of Sappho and Charaxos annickmacaskill.com

Photo of poetry pamphlets from micropress Opaat Press. The pamphlets are red, laid overtop of a few manila envelopes. A white bone folder lies across the pamphlets.
The photo is of a poster for an event, Poets & Pints. The poster features event details in white text, photos of the poets featured, and an image of a quill pen.
Photo of poetry chapbook Verfondre / Wormmelt by Annick MacAskill. The photo shows the cover, inner page, and two pages of bilingual poetry.
This photo shows a small pile of peach and pink cardstock fliers against a black background. The top flier is fully visible. It has black text that reads "Opaat Press SECOND ANNIVERSARY POETRY BASH / Free and open to all / Saturday, November 22, 2-4 pm, Halifax Central Library, Paul O'Regan Hall." At the bottom are four black and white logos for the League of Canadian Poets, The Writers' Union of Canada, Canada Council for the Arts, and Halifax Public Libraries.
This is a cropped photo showing a page in a book. The paper is textured and the text is black. The text is of the poem "Starcraft" by Karen Solie, from her collection, Wellwater.
Poster featuring chapbook cover and judges' citation for five from hem, a poetry chapbook by Annick MacAskill. The citation reads, “Within the span of five poems, Annick MacAskill’s five from hem manages a feat few achieve even in a full-length work: the articulation of a personal poetics. Laying classical translation against vibrantly contemporary re-imaginings, and forming them along the lines of her own distinctive shorthand, MacAskill creates a snowglobe cosmos that transcends millenia.”
Photo of poem "Starcraft" by Karen Solie, from her collection Wellwater.
Screenshot of an online auction page featuring a number of books.
Photo of the poem "Berkeley Hills, 2022," by Karen Solie, as found in her 2025 collection Wellwater.
A photo of Karen Solie's poetry book, Wellwater, lying on top of a blue and white blanket.
Five poetry pamphlets shown together, fanned out slightly, from Opaat Press.
Screenshot of search result for LibGen.