I’m super pleased to pass on the news that I am shortlisted for the 2016 Magpie Prize for Poetry, through the kind folks of Pulp Literature. And I’m not just pleased because the prize is named after a remarkable bird (Did you know that the black-billed magpie has a tail that makes up half of itsContinue reading “Shortlisted for the 2016 Magpie Prize for Poetry”
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Boobs, The Anthology: Vancouver Book Launch
Please RSVP to the Vancouver launch of Boobs here. You’re invited to the launch of Boobs: Women Explore What It Means to Have Breasts at the Heartwood Community Cafe at 317 East Broadway, Vancouver. Join the editor—that’s me!—and many contributors for multiple readings of true stories and poetry. Books will be available for sale andContinue reading “Boobs, The Anthology: Vancouver Book Launch”
Boobs anthology now available to purchase
Boobs: Women Explore What it Means to Have Breasts is now available to purchase at your local independent bookstore! Sometimes with lovely, lovely shelf space like at Mosaic Books in Kelowna, BC, where I spotted it today (hullo spring break!). For all my Vancouverites, I know you can get it at Pulp Fiction and BookContinue reading “Boobs anthology now available to purchase”
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”
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”
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”
A poem in The Quilliad, Issue 6
My copy of The Qulliad, issue 6, arrived in the mail this week! And guess whose poem is the first piece in the issue? That’s right–it’s mine. I’m pretty excited to be on page one of such a stellar line-up. Pick up a copy of the new Quilliad to read “Bluebeard’s First Wife,” as wellContinue reading “A poem in The Quilliad, Issue 6”
A poem forthcoming in The Quilliad
In the creepy fairy tale “Bluebeard,” his wife is condemned to die because she discovers the ghastly evidence that confirms he murdered his previous wives. Bluebeard decides to kill her because she knows his terrible secret. But what brought about his decision to kill his first wife, who had no previous wives’ deaths to unearthContinue reading “A poem forthcoming in The Quilliad”
Ruth Daniell 