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Freelance literary editor, poet, writer. UBC MFA fiction grad. Editor @ Arc Poetry Magazine. Mad & queer. π³οΈβπShe/her. White settler living in Algonquin Anishinaabe territory. i of vii collective. margolapierreeditor.com. π Linktr.ee/margolapierre
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Margo LaPierre @margolapierre.bsky.social : 2026 VERSeFest interviews: Paul Vermeersch / @paulvermeersch.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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ICYMI: Poets Guy Elston and Margo LaPierre are on the most recent episode of Sharon Israelβs Planet Poet show.
Tune in!
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#poetry #canlit
@margolapierre.bsky.social @guernicaeditions.bsky.social
TOMORROW NIGHT! @CIUT895FM 10pm - 11pm host @valentinoaaaa.bsky.social talks to Lindsay Wong βVillain Hitting For Vicious Little Nobodiesβ (Penguin Random House) & @hollay.bsky.social talks to @margolapierre.bsky.social for her book βAjarβ @guernicaeditions.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
Gooooo @margolapierre.bsky.social! β¨β€οΈπ€©π€©
βThis novel is a delicious titration of acts of betrayal and care. Iβve never read anything like it before and yet it felt familiar in hard-to-reach places of the soul.β
βMargo LaPierre, author of Ajar
More about our books:
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guernicaeditions.com/products/ajar
Salon of the Refused Poster: December 15, 7-9 pm, Bytown Museum, Ottawa
Tonight in Ottawa, 7-9 pm at the Bytown Museum
Love this interview with Suzanne Craig-Whytock. We discuss my process in writing Ajar and why I wrote this book of bipolar poetry in the first place.
If you're my mom and want to skip ahead to my part, it's at 36:00. Go see the link in my profile to listen to the interview on my link.tree.
The Peter F. Yacht Club annual regatta/christmas party/reading! / @amandaearl.bsky.social @francesboyle19.bsky.social @ceeeejohnson.bsky.social @christinemcnair.bsky.social @margolapierre.bsky.social @conyerclayton.bsky.social @ajdolman.bsky.social ;
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9 December 2025: @guernicaeditions.bsky.social #Ottawa launch at Avant-garde Bar, 135 1Γ©2 Besserer Street, Ottawa.
@margolapierre.bsky.social @anncavlovic.bsky.social @akessaris.bsky.social
I'm presenting a poetry webinar at noon this Saturday, November 15, with LCPβs Fall Poetry Intensive. It's about how to write poetry using the visual artsβmore specifically, how to apply the elements and principles of design to our poetry.
Find out more or sign up at poets.ca/intensivefall2025.
β¨Don't miss poet @margolapierre.bsky.social discuss her new collection AJAR with @alllitupcanada.bsky.social ππ€©
Thanks @alllitupcanada.bsky.social for this interview!
Montreal, are you free this Thursday?
Tamara Jong and I are launching at Argo Bookshop at 7 p.m. November 6.
Tamara's memoir Worldly Girls was CBC's top pick for nonfiction this fall, so don't miss out!
Register for this free event here: www.ticketsource.com/argo-bookshop.
Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts & The Writersβ Union of Canada for the National Public Readings program funding.
See you Ottawa poetry folks tonight! At our spookiest!
Thank you for shining the spotlight & sitting w my poems, rob!
One day left to apply for the Augur Editor role! You'd get to collaborate with an awesome team on putting our future issues together, for both Augur Magazine and @talesfeathers.bsky.social. Apps on our site!
Oh my heart thank you
Tour dates!
If anyone has suggestions for reading series in Canada (or virtual) I can ask if they'd like to have me to read from Ajar and/or talk about editing poetry, I'd love to hear them.
Next up:
Oct 3 π» Gatineau: Nuit Blanche
Oct 14 π» Ottawa International Writers Festival
Oct 31 π»Ottawa
Ajar is finally in print, and I wanted to do an unboxing video that would reflect my life in its fullness at the moment.
Postpartum proofreading,
dog walks & doctorβs visits,
precious conversations,
late nights,
diaper changes,
a little alone time,
a lot of family time,
and exciting mail.
βA devotion to poetry is a way to make friends, while devotion to specificity is a way to make poems.β
Thank you @robmclennan.bsky.social for the chance to share some of my thoughts on poetry β¨
Tune in tonight at 10 pm EST / 7 pm PST β¨
I strongly suspect that god/God is a category error for reality.
""Pain can limit us. A bed can be a constraint. But in [Buzzkill Clamshell], Amber Dawnβs third solo collection of poetry and eighth book with Arsenal Pulp Press, constraint elevates and intensifies." This review means everything; thanks @margolapierre.bsky.social
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This poetry collection is spec-tac-ular & is going to spark all the best conversations #BuzzkillClamshell
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Banff Centre's 25/26 Lit Arts offerings: COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS (w/ Madden, Som, Hart), DEEP WINTER WRITERS (w/ Pester, Hussain, Victor), SPRING WRITERS (w/ Robinson, Sealey, Ravinthiran), EARLY CAREER YA & CHILDREN"S BOOKS (w/ Scott, Boteju, Ferguson) & more!!: www.banffcentre.ca/literary-arts
Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! πͺΆππ©·
If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add.
(Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!)
Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people!
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Okay, I have done it! I have made a Canadian BIPOC Poets Starter Pack. I'm definitely missing folks, so feel free to share! β¨οΈπ»
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Thanks so much for doing this starter pack, Terese, youβre the best! π