Lisa Richter (she/her)

Toronto book launch news! Please join me in celebrating the launch of my third book, SUBLUNARY, coming out soon with @ualbertapress.bsky.social! Featuring readings by yours truly + two guest poets I adore, and more. Thurs. April 9th at @anotherstoryto.bsky.social. Check out sublunary.eventbrite.ca

So happy to see my new book in such fine company on @49thshelf.bsky.social 's Most Anticipated Spring Poetry Preview!

1. It was not an accident.
2. It was not a staffer.
3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia.
4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares.
5. His base agrees with him.
6. He will do it again.
7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Solid advice.

For me right now it's the opposite. My new manuscript is feeling a little neglected.

Having a spouse who's allergic to eggs has been a master class in the lack of awareness about food allergies. I asked a local business recently if their empanadas were made with egg. Their response: "Nope! Our dough is vegan! :) It does have an egg wash though." 🤦🏻‍♀️

It was an honour to write a blurb for @mishasolomon.bsky.social's debut collection, My Great-Grandfather Danced Ballet, coming out in the spring with Brick Books. Can't wait to see this book out in the world! Pre-order it!

Two days into December and I've already been Whammed. I think this is a new record for me.

Noticed the same thing! Which queen was that?

Great to see my dear friend @benjaminlefebvre.com's important critical work on L.M. Montgomery mentioned in this CBC article.

Dana Hansen at Hamilton Review of Books recommends SHELTER IN TEXT, edited by Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik. So many good books on this list: check it out!
https://bit.ly/3LJKSrf

#books #booklists #Literature #CanLit

Canadian author Omar El Akkad's debut nonfiction work wins U.S. National Book Award | CBC Books Akkad's powerful memoir won the U.S.-based award. The annual literary award program celebrates and honours authors for books published in the United States roughly during the award year.

Canadian author Omar El Akkad's debut nonfiction work wins U.S. National Book Award #CanLit
www.cbc.ca/books/omar-e...

Libraries purchase books. When you see a book at the library, it isn’t “free”

the library bought it.

which in turn means that the community bought it.

In other words, library books are not lost sales for authors and publishers; they’re positive sales. Active sales. Those are bought.

Sometimes I miss the fabulous vintage clothes I had in the 90s. A pair of amazing denim bellbottoms I bought for $10 off a rack on the street in Montreal that I stapled instead of hemmed. A purple velvet evening gown from the 50s. I miss the abundance of cheap treasures that were not "curated."

Fellow T.O. cyclist here. Pardon my ignorance, but what is the sewer death position?

Heads up, fellow #TorontoCyclists

Congrats to all the longlisted poets!

I loved this book, and so excited for Karen. Congratulations!

Endings have always been harder for me than beginnings. As a younger poet (like many, I think) I felt the urge to wrap up a poem in a clever way, or with some epiphany. But I'm increasingly drawn to poems that resist closure and leave lots of room to wander and wonder.

I wrote a thing, and I'm quite proud of it, if I do say so myself. My thoughts on where a poem begins, randomness, surprising yourself in a poem, strangeness, and more. Thank you to @robmclennan.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute to this fantastic series on where (and how) a poem begins.

this weekend! above/ground press in toronto at the tifa small press fair + meet the presses' indie lit market, In case you are around, I'll be (along with a mound of above/ground press titles + my new poetry title, the book of sentences ) participati...

this weekend! above/ground press in toronto at the tifa small press fair + @meetthepresses.bsky.social indie lit market,
new chapbooks by Chernoff, La Rocque, Nećakov, Siklosi, Saklikar, Heroux + a secret preview of a collaborative title by Fagan/Comay,
abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/10/this...

Read my story about my Winx Club-inspired, eco-influencer idols!

I was today years old when I learned that the Brits call braiding "plaiting" and pronounce it "platting." #GBBO

AI is not sentient. It doesn't have a survival instinct. What's happened is that corporations have decided that we'll all obey capital if it can pretend to talk.

URGENT Message to Doug Ford: Don’t End Rent Control! - ACORN Canada

Ford's new proposed bill is a DISASTER for tenants in Ontario, effectively end rent control, and put housing security at risk for renters across the province. Please sign the petition, let's stop this!!! acorncanada.org/take_action/... #HousingIsAHumanRight #ONpoli

[Image description: A beige background poster titled “Spoken INK with Aiden Chafe, Lisa Richter & Katherine Lawrence.” Below are three side-by-side author portraits: Aiden Chafe in a yellow jacket, Lisa Richter wearing a blue and purple scarf, and Katherine Lawrence in glasses and a white blouse. Text below reads: “Sunday, October 19, 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM (PST). Email info@bws.bc.ca to register.”]

Guelph MFA alum @lisarichter.bsky.social will be participating in the #SpokenINK series this Sunday.

This event coincides with the five-year anniversary of Lisa’s award-winning collection #NAUTILUSANDBONE (Frontenac House, 2020).

To receive the Zoom link, email info@bws.bc.ca.

Now that I've finished up my MFA, I have more time for book inhalations!

Given our shared interests, Pamela, this sounds like a book I immediately need in my library! I happen to share a birthday with Gary Snyder, which I think is pretty cool.

The world would be a much better place if we did.

Thanks to poet Rob Macaisa Colgate on @davidnaimon.bsky.social's Between the Covers podcast, I now refer to my bed during the day as my "soft office." #freelancewritinglife