TONIGHT my amazing co-host Sierra Skye Gemma and I are going to show our love for literature along with Dina Del Bucchia, Christopher Evans, Daniel Zomparelli, Laura Trethewey, Jim Johnstone, and Daniel Tysdal. For more about these fabulous authors, check out our Swoon Spring 2016 – Meet the Authors post on the Swoon website. AndContinue reading “Swoon Spring 2016 tonight – March 12, 7pm in Vancouver”
Author Archives: Ruth Daniell
Boobs anthology to be featured at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in August 2016
I’m thrilled that the Caitlin Press anthology I edited, Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts, will be at the 2016 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Lorna Crozier, Rebecca Hendry, Janine Alyson Young and I will read and have a conversation about the book. If you’re thinking ahead to your summer, whyContinue reading “Boobs anthology to be featured at Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts in August 2016”
Interview with Boobs contributors up on All Lit Up for International Women’s Day
Happy International Women’s Day! I’m delighted that a feature about Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts—due to be published later this month by Caitlin Press—is up on the All Lit Up website today as the newest edition of Jules’ Tools for Social Change. Julia Horel interviews me about how the Boobs project cameContinue reading “Interview with Boobs contributors up on All Lit Up for International Women’s Day”
Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts
You can now pre-order your copy (copies?!) of Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts, an anthology edited by yours truly and forthcoming with Caitlin Press before the end of this month. I’m immensely proud to be able to showcase the important stories and poems within this book’s covers. About the book: “At turnsContinue reading “Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts”
New poem in The Antigonish Review
I’ve got a new poem, “The Giantess,” in the new issue of The Antigonish Review. I hope you’ll check it out! It’s a monologue from the point of view of the wife of the giant from “Jack and the Beanstalk.” My thanks to the editors for supporting my fairy tale rhymes! And here’s a photographContinue reading “New poem in The Antigonish Review”
Swoon Spring 2016 forthcoming on March 12!
Here’s an early Valentine’s Day present: a new Swoon event to put into your calendars! It’s going to be an awesome evening: March 12, 7pm!
Young Buck Poetry Prize-winning poem in new issue of CV2
The winter issue of Contemporary Verse 2 has hit mailboxes and newstands, and now you can read my poem “Fire and Safety,” which won their 2014 Young Buck Poetry Prize. I hope you will! You can see that my daffodils are very enthusiastic about February. You may also notice that I own several fairy houses. ThisContinue reading “Young Buck Poetry Prize-winning poem in new issue of CV2”
Three poems in Qwerty Magazine & a merry Christmas
My copy of the double issue 33/34 of Qwerty arrived in the mail just in time for Christmas! The magazine includes three of my poems: “Swans,” “Blue Moon (Honeymoon),” and “Blue.” I’m really thrilled to see them in print, and I hope you’ll enjoy them too! Happy holidays, readers and friends! Here’s a photograph of a dark-eyed juncoContinue reading “Three poems in Qwerty Magazine & a merry Christmas”
Interview with UBC Creative Writing Alumni Association
Awhile back, Francine Cunningham interviewed me for the UBC Creative Writing Alumni website, and the videos are now live! If you want to know what my hair looks like after an afternoon of summer bike-riding and how great my favourite lip colour is, in addition to learning what I’m working on right now and how IContinue reading “Interview with UBC Creative Writing Alumni Association”
A poem in Blue Unicorn
I’m so pleased that I got the latest issue of Blue Unicorn in the mail this week. The editors previously published me in their February issue, and I am so impressed by the quality of the poetry in the magazine. It’s one of those magazines where I read through all the other work and I likeContinue reading “A poem in Blue Unicorn”
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