Laura K. Watson

Writers' Open Mic. Sunday, February 22nd, 3:00-4:30 pm. Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre, 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB. A free monthly even for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds.

Tomorrow!

An illustration in pencil of a slightly weathered shed sitting under two very tall, old trees. Maple maybe. It's early spring so the leaves aren't on the trees yet.

It's been a while but I might actually have a new poetry zine to share soon and I am very excited about it. Here's a drawing of a nice shed.

Sticker sheets with swans, flowers, and stars.

Prints with flowers drawn in pencil crayon.

Hand-dyed silk shirts and a knit scarf, made by Alana Morouney/Slowpony.

Dried bouquets of gomphrena by Meadowsweet Gardens.

Dropped off some new stock at Living Things Arts Collective yesterday! There are so many great things in the shop right now!

Digital print featuring an illustration of daisies in bloom and hand-written lines of poetry that read: "I let them go to seed, and I never pulled the weeds." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Digital print featuring an illustration of a barn that has seen better days and hand-written text that reads: "I am always saying goodbye too soon. Goodbye to this day, this week, this season. Goodbye to the purple asters only just now beginning to unfurl. Goodbye to this moment in bloom." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Digital print featuring an illustration of crocuses peeking through the dirt in the garden in early spring and hand-written lines of poetry that read: "I keep a list of other periods in history when surely the world seemed ready to end. And maybe even did. But then new worlds started." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Digital print featuring an illustration of flowers in a garden in summer and hand-written lines of poetry that read: "Is planting a prophesy? Or simply a labour? Generations of observation distilled into a magic spell that tells me how to get flowers." Drawn in pencil and coloured pencil.

Made some 8" x 10" prints out of illustrations from my 2026 calendar. If there's others you want to see as prints, let me know! These are now on my online store!

A 4" x 6" sticker sheet featuring super cute stickers of swans, daisies, rudbeckia, and tiny stars, hand-drawn in pencil and pencil crayon.

New stickers!

I sent these to the Snail Mail Club last month but they are also now on my online store!

NB POWER PUBLIC INFORMATION SESSION - SACKVILLE Location: Crabtree Auditorium, Mount Allison University – Room M14 Date: Wednesday, January 14, 2026 Doors Open: 6:15 p.m. Session Time: 7:00 – 9:30 p.m. Format: 15-minute NB Power presentation followed by an extended public Question & Answer period.

TANTRAMAR GAS PLANT COMMUNITY INFORMATION SESSION - MONCTON Location: Centennial Park Rotary Lodge - 125 Rotary Lodge Lane Date: Saturday, January 17th, 2026 Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm

New Brunswick friends! Help us stop the Tantramar Gas Plant!

There are information sessions happening this week in Sackville and Moncton.

Sign the letter campaign here: win.newmode.net/protectthech...

Front cover of my 2026 calendar featuring a drawing of daisies in pencil crayon.

Calendar open to November featuring a drawing of an old stone building and power lines and pigeons flying.

Calendar open to September featuring a drawing of a collapsing barn and a field, drawn in pencil crayon.

I've only got about 30 copies of my 2026 calendars left and I'll be closing my online store for the holidays this Saturday!

(I've also got a few copies available that arrived from the printer without a hole for hanging, which could be for you if you are someone that loves a discount!)

BEARDSLEY GRANGE CHRISTMAS MARKET 11:00 am - 7:00 pm, November 29th 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, November 30th Beardsley Grange, 388 Queens Road, Sackville, NB SIMPLE BOOK-BINDING WORKSHOP 5:30 -6:30 pm, December 4th Dorchester Memorial Public Library, 3516 Cape Road, Dorchester, NB
 WRITERS’ OPEN MIC 3:00 - 4:00 pm, December 7th Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre, 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB
 B HOME HOLIDAY MARKET 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, December 13th B Home, 333 St. George Street, Moncton, NB

Events coming up in the next few weeks!

In a corner of a gallery space, someone sits reading a zine in a well-worn armchair with a floral pattern. On the wall beside them, there's two small shelves filled with zines.

I have work in this beautiful show at the @owensartgallery.bsky.social alongside a bunch of incredible artists whose work I've admired for a long time and I'm pretty excited about it! The show is up until Dec. 14th and, like everything at the Owens, it's free to attend!

(Photo by Rodger J. Smith)

Wednesday, November 12th, 7pm all welcome STRUTS GALLERY! SWAP MEET INDEPENDENT PUBLISHING round table!

Sackville friends! I'll be part of this round table on independent publishing tomorrow along with a bunch of incredible zine-makers, small-press publishers, and other book people! Hope you can make it!

UPCOMING MARKETS NIGHTMARE MARKET 12:00 - 6:00 pm, Saturday, November 1st Nightmare on Kill’em Drive Roller Derby, Moncton Coliseum, 377 Killam Drive, Moncton, NB CHARLOTTETOWN ZINE FEST 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Saturday, November 8th Charlottetown Library Learning Centre, 97 Queen Street, Charlottetown, PE
 LADY SMITH MANOR CHRISTMAS MARKET 11:00 am - 7:00 pm, Saturday, November 15th and 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Sunday, November 16th Lady Smith Manor, 22 Woodlawn Road, Dorchester, NB
 HEART & POCKET REVUE 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Saturday, November 22nd Sackville Legion, 15 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB TRUEMAN FARMS CHRISTMAS MARKET 11:00 am - 4:00 pm, Sunday, November 23rd Trueman Blueberry Farms, 255 Etter Ridge Road, Aulac, NB

Events in the next few weeks!

Drawing in pencil crayon of an old stone building that's probably a church with power lines and pigeons in the sky above it and handwritten text that reads: "We're casting spells, casting shadows. We are casting a wide net. We're making something out of nothing, making do, making amends."

November in my 2026 calendar!

Love this one!

WRITERS' OPEN MIC Sunday, October 26th 3:00 - 4:00 pm Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB A free, monthly event for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds. Come out to share your work or just come to listen. All are welcome.

POETRY READING! Andrés Urzúa de la Sotta All the way from Limache, Chile! Andrés is a poet, published, and arts organizer. He will read from The Language of Stones, published by Sackville's own Hardscrabble Press. With Special Guests: Geordie Miller and Laura Watson Sunday, October 26th 7:30 pm The Arts Collective 25 Lorne Street, Sackville, NB

There is a lot happening poetry-wise in Sackville this Sunday!

The Writers' Open Mic is at 3:00 then there's a special reading from visiting poet, Andrés Urzúa de la Sotta at 7:30! Hope you can make it!

Drawings in pencil crayon of flowers in bloom, including coneflowers, rudbeckia, and foxglove. Handwritten text reads: "Is planting a prophecy? Or simply a labour? Generations of observation distilled into a magic spell that tells me how to get flowers."

July in my 2026 calendar!

WRITERS' OPEN MIC Sunday, October 26th 3:00 - 4:00 PM Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Centre 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB A free monthly event for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds.

The October Writers' Open Mic is coming up this Sunday!

As always, this event is free and open to all ages as well as all genres. Come with a poem, a story, a song, a monologue, an essay, or a comic to share. Or just come to listen.

Drawing in pencil and pencil crayon of a black cat perched on a fence below a flowering vine. Handwritten text reads: "Working on my languages. Do I speak yours yet?"

May in my 2026 calendar!

Drawing in pencil crayon of a cat looking out a window surrounded by house plants. Out the window, there's a loose outline of a winter landscape. Handwritten text reads: "We set up camp in our bedrooms and kitchens. We huddle around the kettle as the cold closes in. And as the walls inch inwards, we tell our own fortunes, detail our grand, expansive futures."

January in my 2026 calendar!

Drawing in pencil crayon of a snowy field marked with footprints and four figures moving through it. Handwritten text reads: "like a fresh sheet of paper, like a thick coat of ash."

February in my 2026 calendar!

Drawing in pencil crayon of a field with two trees towering over two girls and a sliver of a moon visible in the sky. Handwritten text reads: "New page in a new book. New month and a new moon."

August in my 2026 calendar!

Drawing in pencil crayon of a potted orchid just about to bloom sitting on a windowsill with a carved figurine of a bird. Out the window, there's a loose outline of a winter landscape. Handwritten text reads: "The orchid above the kitchen sink spent four and a half months working on these twelve flowers and never worried about wasted hours."

December in my 2026 calendar!

Drawing in pencil and coloured pencil of a barn in a field missing half a wall with hand-lettered text that reads: "I am always saying goodbye too soon. Goodbye to this day, this week, this season. Goodbye to the purple asters only just now beginning to unfurl. Goodbye to this moment in bloom.

September in my 2026 Calendar!

The purple asters are still blooming.

Drawing in pencil crayon of a clump of trees surrounded by melting snow and grasses and moss peeking through the snow. Text hand-lettered in pencil reads: "The snow is starting to melt and when it does, what will we find?"

March in my 2026 calendar!

Writers' Open Mic Sunday, September 28th 3:00 - 4:00 pm Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Activity Centre 70 Main Street, Sackville, NB A free, monthly event for writers of all ages, genres, and backgrounds.

The Writers' Open Mic in Sackville is back this weekend! Sunday, September 28th, 3:00 to 4:00 at the building in the Bill Johnstone park!

Drawing in pencil and coloured pencil of a crow in a tree with leaves turning yellow and hand-lettered text that reads: "The leaves hang off the trees like bright, paper flags, like the last stragglers left when the bar's about to close and they still want to dance."

October in my 2026 calendar!

The Sound of Music (1965)

Drawing in pencil crayon of a garden with crocuses popping up in between old leaves and dead plant material from the previous year. Text in pencil reads: "I keep a list of other periods in history when surely the world seemed ready to end. And maybe even did. But then new worlds started."

April in my 2026 calendar!

A pencil crayon drawing of daisies with text that reads: "I let them go to seed, and I never pulled the weeds."

I am still finishing up the drawings for my 2026 calendar and it has been a slow process! But if for some reason you have faith in me, you can now pre-order it on my webstore!

Anyway, this is June!

Shediac Fall Market 2025 September 13, 2025 11am - 4pm Free Entry 58 Festival Street, Shediac, NB Hosted by Love Letters oxo

I'm tabling at the Shediac Fall Market this Saturday! 11 am to 4 pm at 58 Festival street. Come say hi!

A table strewn with zines, sharpies, mailers and stamps.

Also just sent a new zine to the Snail Mail Club that I'm pretty excited about! (More on that soon!)