Jess Key @JD_Key
SFU MPub 2016. subTerrain Magazine. Anvil Press. Iceland Writers Retreat. If I'm not reading books, I might be serving you beer at the Alibi Room. Vancouver Joined April 2012-
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No matter what happens tonight, we will have to reckon with the millions of people who chose Trump after seeing his racism, bigotry, and xenophobia over the past 4 years. If Trump is this wild for the first term, he will be an even more intense terror for a second term.
Join winners @SMMullally, @DougDiaczuk, and @DonSamders for short readings and an informative Q&A while you prep for your Labour Day Weekend writing! 3-Day Senior Editor @JD_Key and Publisher Brian Kaufman will also be on hand to answer questions! facebook.com/events/2649548…
“Guinea pigs kind of look like Tom Petty” Quarantine thoughts from @JesseDonaldso17
In her speech accepting the #GriffinPoetry Prize last night, Eve Joseph thanked her publisher, @AnvilPress: "Small publishers in this country keep poetry alive. I don't think we would have poetry if not for small publishers.” Here, here!
In her speech accepting the #GriffinPoetry Prize last night, Eve Joseph thanked her publisher, @AnvilPress: "Small publishers in this country keep poetry alive. I don't think we would have poetry if not for small publishers.” Here, here!
Have you heard the news? You have two more weeks to send us your best fiction, non-fiction, and poetry! subterrain.ca/about/103/lush…
HELP - we need two photographers for the Gala on Saturday eve! Our previous team had to cancel. We pay an honourarium, provide an excellent 3 course meal + you get the opportunity to snap shots of famous writers! If you're interested please email info at bcbookprizes.ca
Breaking my Twitter silence to say how pleased I am to be recognized for my work with @magsbc, particularly alongside someone as amazing as Chelene Knight @LWEstudio
THEY'RE BACK! Our annual Lush Triumphant Literary Awards are open for submissions! Send us your best fiction, non-fiction, and poetry for your chance at fame, glory, and cash. Check out our website for full details: subterrain.ca/about/103/lush…
The last two years have been fun but we're ready to settle on a final form (for now at least) and you get to help us decide! Vote in the comments by Monday, January 21st to weigh in on your favourite subTerrain format.
New year, new themes! If your resolution involves writing more or submitting your work, check out our updated writer's guidelines for our 2019 themes. Submissions are currently open for SHAME. subterrain.ca/about/35/sub-t…
Seasons Greetings to all from subTerrain! Thank you for being a part of what has made the last 30 years so great. facebook.com/subTerrain/vid…
I turned in my thesis for my MPub degree, and tonight I'm celebrating with poetry (and beer) at The Heatley. @eleekg, @HilaryPeach, and Eve are all phenomenal poets (and their books will make fantastic holiday gifts), I'm MC-ing, and the venue has a bar, so come celebrate!
Up your holiday gift game with a 2-for-1 subscription to subTerrain—officially Krampus-approved! subterrain.ca/gift
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Oh, look, another man who lied to me and other poems
Flying back from Toronto on the 25th, so guess who just bought two tickets as a birthday gift to myself. Who wants to come with?
Flying back from Toronto on the 25th, so guess who just bought two tickets as a birthday gift to myself. Who wants to come with?
Guys! New list is live & also kicking serious butt: alibi.ca/menus-drink/
Finally making it out east for a visit in February. Anyone have some favourite Toronto recommendations?

Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor
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sean cranbury @seancranbury
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BC and Yukon Book Pri... @bcyukonprizes
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rob mclennan @robmclennanblog
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Kevin Spenst (he/him) @kevinspenst
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Isabella Wang @isabellawangbc
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Kevin Chong @thatkevinchong
2K Followers 2K Following Associate prof @ubcokanagan, author of 7 books, including THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU (Giller Prize finalist!) with @simonschuster (2023). Photo: Iris Chia.
Vancouver Writers Fes... @VanWritersFest
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Leslie Hurtig @LeslieHurtig
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PRISM international (... @PrismLitMag
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David Ly @dlylyly
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Vince Beiser @VinceBeiser
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Wyatt @MSmete78008
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Philip Williams @PhilipW14915323
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Strike Sessions @strikesessions
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poetry in canada @CanadaPoetryin
461 Followers 389 Following A space for writers, educators, visitors, and poetry enthusiasts alike to share, research, perform, and cultivate widespread appreciation for poetry.
fine. press @fineperiodpress
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sarah berman @sarahberms
5K Followers 3K Following don’t call it a cult. pressure cooker. escaping twin flames. rep: @cforde_litagent / @translitagency
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CHLY 101.7 FM📻 @chly1017fm
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Lorin Medley @LorinMedley
51 Followers 81 Following somatic psychotherapist, writer, editor, gardener
The Maple @readthemaple
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casey marlowe @yocaseymarlowe
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Cameron @cmrnbourne
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Yulia-in-publishing-m... @bodylize
158 Followers 188 Following I write about surrendering to life FB: https://t.co/c29my1yzYv
Goose Lane Editions @goose_lane
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BC Federation of Writ... @bcwriters
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Jaiden Rhianna @JaidenRhianna
25 Followers 250 Following SFU mPub candidate. Writer. Feminist. Environmental advocate. Publicist @arsenalpulp
The Maynard @MaynardPoetry
728 Followers 464 Following The Maynard is an online poetry journal for emerging and experienced writers from Canada and around the world. #publishing #poetry
Word Vancouver @WORD_Vancouver
4K Followers 1K Following Word Vancouver is Western Canada's largest free literary festival. Celebrating 30 years in 2024! https://t.co/Skwc9pJYGF
Jennifer Croll @jencroll
718 Followers 619 Following Author of Buzzworthy, Dressed to Swill, Art Boozel, Free the Tipple, and other books. Editorial Director @greystonebooks.
Alice Fleerackers @FleerackersA
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C. Brobby @TBrobbs1
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Elaine McCluskey @ElaineMcCluskey
872 Followers 983 Following Author of seven books, most recently The Gift Child (2024) and Rafael Has Pretty Eyes, Winner of the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction
Trenton @TrentonAlomar
22 Followers 213 Following
Mary Novik @MaryNovik2
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Dorothy Ellen Palmer ... @depalm
5K Followers 3K Following Mom, knitter, past improv teacher/union rep. Disabled writer: WHEN FENELON FALLS (CH 2010) FALLING FOR MYSELF (W&W 2019) WIGGINS: SON OF SHERLOCK (OPB 2021)
BCFerrys @BCFerrys
17K Followers 4K Following The most interesting (imaginary) marine transportation system pair o’ dee account in the world.
Doretta Lau @dorettalau
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Real Vancouver @RealVancouver_
1K Followers 1K Following A quarterly literary reading series featuring great Canadian writers hosted on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations.
Shanon Sinn @ShanonSinn
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K8 @krsegriff
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A. H. @a_h_reaume
25K Followers 17K Following Disabled writer & feminist. Pub. in Disability Visibility (Vintage). Passionate about experimental lit & vintage. she/her
Lauren Conoscenti @LConoscenti
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Laurie Moy @LCMoy
273 Followers 1K Following “We do not learn from experience, we learn from reflecting on experience.” -- John Dewey
maureenmedved @maureenmedved1
193 Followers 173 Following I tweet therefore I am. I teach at UBC, write fiction, screenplays, film and tv reviews.
Natasha Sanders-Kay @natasharoses87
763 Followers 2K Following Murder is bad, poetry is everywhere. ✨
Ivan Coyote @ivancoyote
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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor
3K Followers 1K Following Author of Weather (@GaspereauPress, 2024) and four more. Editor of What the Poets are Doing and @BestCdnPoetry 2019. Interviewer. @UFVEnglish. @FVWritersFest.
Jen Sookfong Lee @JenSookfongLee
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sean cranbury @seancranbury
5K Followers 5K Following nobody wants to be here and nobody wants to leave
BC and Yukon Book Pri... @bcyukonprizes
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rob mclennan @robmclennanblog
9K Followers 6K Following poetry, fiction, publisher, critic, papa; disappearing from this space for azure skies ; Canada's sweetheart ; https://t.co/XmIJnR5pYx
Zoe Whittall @zoewhittall
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CBC Books @cbcbooks
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David A. Robertson @DaveAlexRoberts
16K Followers 1K Following 2-time Governor General’s Literary Award, TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, Editorial Director of new imprint w/ Tundra. Rep: @wca_litagency
Kevin Spenst (he/him) @kevinspenst
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Isabella Wang @isabellawangbc
3K Followers 1K Following ON FORGETTING A LANGUAGE | PEBBLE SWING (Nightwood 2021) 👇| NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER (fall 2025) | Director Non-profit 4827 Revise Revision St. | she/they
Alicia Elliott - AND ... @WordsandGuitar
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Heather O'Neill @lethal_heroine
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Kevin Chong @thatkevinchong
2K Followers 2K Following Associate prof @ubcokanagan, author of 7 books, including THE DOUBLE LIFE OF BENSON YU (Giller Prize finalist!) with @simonschuster (2023). Photo: Iris Chia.
Vancouver Public Libr... @VPL
28K Followers 1K Following Official account of the Vancouver Public Library. Got a question? Email us at [email protected], or call 604.331.3603.
Claudia Casper @claudiacasper
686 Followers 642 Following Winner of 2017 Philip K. Dick Award for The Mercy Journals. Author of The Reconstruction and The Continuation of Love. Cyclist. Auntie. Teacher @TWSSFU.
Vancouver Writers Fes... @VanWritersFest
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Leslie Hurtig @LeslieHurtig
3K Followers 4K Following Artistic Director Vancouver Writers Fest; New Yorker cartoon aficionado; fast walker. Views are my own but you could consider adopting them.
Andrea MacPherson @macpherson_a
2K Followers 3K Following Writer, sometimes. RECKLESS @bookhugpress. WHAT WE ONCE BELIEVED & ELLIPSES, etc. Finalist for Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Editor. Professor. ♌️♒️♐️
PRISM international (... @PrismLitMag
10K Followers 2K Following Periodical literary magazine located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people
Jael Ealey Richardson @JaelRichardson
11K Followers 2K Following Bestselling author of Gutter Child + The Stone Thrower + Because You Are + The Hockey Jersey | ED @TheFOLD_ + @FOLDkids | book lover | she/her | Micah 6:8 |
fine. press @fineperiodpress
346 Followers 313 Following Items of interest and quality. Nathan Mader's THE ENDLESS ANIMAL and Lee Suksi's ACTING ON YOU are out now.
sarah berman @sarahberms
5K Followers 3K Following don’t call it a cult. pressure cooker. escaping twin flames. rep: @cforde_litagent / @translitagency
The Fiddlehead @TheFiddlehd
6K Followers 1K Following The Fiddlehead is Atlantic Canada's International Literary Journal. Celebrating 75 years of literary foraging in 2020! #poetry #fiction #nonfiction #reviews
Contemporary Verse 2 @CV2magazine
4K Followers 742 Following This account is no longer active. Follow us on bsky: https://t.co/Os80q61DUr Publishing poetry and poetic writing since 1975. Treaty 1.
Grain Magazine @GrainLitMag
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Dr. Hilary Agro, PhD ... @hilaryagro
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Strike Sessions @strikesessions
32 Followers 175 Following Strike Sessions is a monthly exploration of soul, funk, and hip-hop. Work it out on the floor. Wax only @FoxCabaret. Phil David + @seancranbury at the controls.
Jesse Donaldson @JesseDonaldso17
12 Followers 25 Following Writer of Canadian books that people occasionally purchase.
Jennifer Croll @jencroll
718 Followers 619 Following Author of Buzzworthy, Dressed to Swill, Art Boozel, Free the Tipple, and other books. Editorial Director @greystonebooks.
Arielle Twist @ArielleTwist
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Kai Cheng, MSW, MSc, ... @razorfemme
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Sue Carter @flinnflon
2K Followers 3K Following Literature Officer, Ontario Arts Council. Former Inuit Art Quarterly, Horse & Hound. Culture writing at Toronto Star, etc. Barracuda Baby Fish Mouth. (she/her)
C. Brobby @TBrobbs1
3K Followers 3K Following 🇨🇦 CNF writer & photographer. Rarely here anymore. Find me under the Bluesky as tbrobbs.
Glass Buffalo @GlassBuffalo
2K Followers 621 Following A literary publisher in search of mythic power. We feature emerging writers in our magazine & chapbooks. / Out now: Summer 2019 issue & CONJUGATED LIGHT
Eighteen Bridges @EighteenBridges
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National Magazine Awa... @MagAwards
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Trenton @TrentonAlomar
22 Followers 213 Following
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23 Followers 238 Following just a grizzly bear looking for love on grouse mountain
Alice Fleerackers @FleerackersA
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roni @ronologist
757 Followers 370 Following find me on tumblr @ rontology | writer, drawer. important and unavoidable. they/them
Elaine McCluskey @ElaineMcCluskey
872 Followers 983 Following Author of seven books, most recently The Gift Child (2024) and Rafael Has Pretty Eyes, Winner of the Alistair MacLeod Prize for Short Fiction
Tonic Reading Series @tonic_readings
402 Followers 1K Following East Van reading series feat. great poetry. Next event: 7pm, December 12 @ The Emerald. c/o @AdeleVBarclay & @kaylaczaga & @curtiswleblanc
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Dorothy Ellen Palmer ... @depalm
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Mallory Tater (she/he... @malatonin
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Lily 😚🏳️�... @lilysmonster
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Ayelet Tsabari إيل... @AyeletTsabari
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Billeh Nickerson @BillehN
1K Followers 712 Following Author, educator and silver medalist at the Canadian Gay Curling Championships.
BCFerrys @BCFerrys
17K Followers 4K Following The most interesting (imaginary) marine transportation system pair o’ dee account in the world.
Doretta Lau @dorettalau
3K Followers 2K Following Writer 🖤 "Death is only the beginning at my workplace..."
P.S. Literary Agency @PSLiterary
49K Followers 1K Following ARCHIVED. PSLA continues to represent a diverse list of internationally published, award-winning, bestselling, and debut creators. Find us elsewhere online.
Anna Maxymiw @maxymiw
791 Followers 624 Following baba yaga 👁️ / represented by Paige Sisley at @CookeMcDermid / MINIQUE is out NOW @McClellandBooks
Jared Bland @jaredbland
5K Followers 812 Following
Sally Harding @SallyCMD
1K Followers 283 Following
League of Canadian Po... @CanadianPoets
8K Followers 2K Following The League of Canadian Poets | supporting poets and poetry in Canada | We are no longer active on X. Visit us at https://t.co/rb1B3GGgXZ