Wpg writer & enthusiast. She/her. Recently: FUNGAL w/W&W. Now: BLOOD LETTERS w/GPP. Ringleader of NPM project with WIWF & WFP.
Joined June 2009
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24 Sep 2025
I’m honoured to be the next WiR! (Send me your writing…)
24 Sep 2025
Welcome Ariel Gordon, the 2025-2026 Writer-in-Residence for WPL.
Learn more:
winnipeg.ca/writerinresidenc…
@JaneDayReader
ALT Ariel Gordon (she/her) is a Winnipeg/Treaty 1 territory-based writer, editor, and enthusiast. Gordon is the author of seven books, the most recent of which are the essay collection Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest (Wolsak & Wynn, 2024) and the just-released speculative fiction hybrid novel Blood Letters, co-authored with GMB Chomichuk (Great Plains Press, 2025).
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27 Mar 2025
Kim is the best! @atbaypress
26 Mar 2025
April is National Poetry Month, so I’ll be sharing a poet a day again this year…but for now…a reminder to buy, borrow, and read Canadian poetry.
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24 Mar 2025
Greenspaces and natural areas are vital to Winnipeg’s health and well-being. We’re creating a Greenspace Plan and a Biodiversity Policy to help manage and restore these spaces for future generations. Take the survey at winnipeg.ca/greenspaceplan
#wpgengage
ALT A path near a river Une piste qui longe une rivière
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20 Mar 2025
Exciting news! Today is the release of @shirleycamia’s poignant poetry film, “Children Shouldn’t Use Knives.” Explore the creative world she has created with artists tidepools and Cindy Mochizuki, on @CBCGem: buff.ly/hKM0TlC
@CanadaCouncil @CBCArts @CBCManitoba @CBCBooks
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13 Mar 2025
Poetry fans! Check out this review of TreeTalk by @JaneDayReader
on Poets.ca. Read more here: buff.ly/L2OkuA0
#poets #poetry #canadianpoets #canadianpoetry #naturepoems #poemsaboutnature #treepoetry #treepoems #poemsabouttrees #poetryaboutnature
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19 Feb 2025
Thursday, I’ll be doing an event in #Regina with Sue Sorensen, who will be reading from her @atbaypress poetry collection, Acutely Life. I’ll be reading from my latest Wolsak & Wynn essay collection, Fungal. See you there? @riverstwriting
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11 Feb 2025
Our Upcoming Releases!
#bookreleases #upcomingreleases #newbooks #bookdrop #februaryreads #februarybooks #februaryreleases #bilingualbooks #historicalfiction #shortstories #shortstorycollection #canadianficiton #winnipeg #canadianpublisher #indiepublisher #atbaypress
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30 Jan 2025
Three words. Every. Tree. Counts.
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13 Jan 2025
NYT Book of the Week:
"In this hair-raisingly prescient book Vaillant makes the case that the raging wildfire that consumed Fort McMurray, Alberta in 2016 was a harbinger of catastrophes to come." - Elisabeth Egan
penguinrandomhouse.com/books… #lafires
@nytimesbooks
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11 Jan 2025
Hollay is the best!
11 Jan 2025
In a recent @NewBooksNetwork podcast, Ariel Gordon & I about her new book Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest, the merits adult show-and-tell, giving a damn about our planet so our planet survives, & how Ariel would win a knife fight.
newbooksnetwork.com/ariel-go…
#mushrooms
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11 Jan 2025
My friend Ariel Gordon’s newest book, Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest, is really beautiful. If you haven’t thought a lot about mushrooms, or trees, or ecosystems, or the roles we have in helping to protect the natural world, then you can start here. @JaneDayReader
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20 Dec 2024
Ariel Gordon’s collection of personal essays, Fungal: Foraging in the Urban Forest got a marvellous review by Michael Frey in Calgary’s FreeFall Magazine.
freefallmagazine.ca/review-o…
Fungal is available wherever books are bought or borrowed. 🍄 @JaneDayReader
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11 Dec 2024
Today's Turning Pages (11:30am CT on @UMFM ) features return guest @JaneDayReader talking Fungal (Wolsak & Wynn). If you're not in FM range or can't wait to listen, it's streaming at the link: umfm.com/programming/broadca…
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For her #ALUcozyfest reading, @JaneDayReader shares a moment from her book FUNGAL (Wolsak & Wynn) where she's reminded of the cathedral of the forest during an Xmas Eve service.
alllitup.ca/cozy-fest-ariel-…
ALT A graphic with the text: "Now Reading on Cozy Fest: Ariel Gordon, Fungal" featuring the cover of the book and an inset photo of the author.
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2 Dec 2024
Advice from a tree as you tackle the week ahead:
• Stand tall and proud
• Go out on a limb
• Remember your roots
• Drink plenty of water
• Love your natural beauty
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10 Nov 2024
Tonight in Ottawa! I'm so looking forward to hosting @JaneDayReader and Yvonne Blomer, and hearing them read from their great new books. See you there.
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7 Nov 2024
Kingston, it's your turn! Sue Sorensen, Yvonne Blomer and @JaneDayReader at @NovelIdeaYGK at 7pm tonight for a celebration of the written word!
#booktour #poetrytour #bookevents #literaryevent #poetry #poems #poetryreading #canadianbooks #canadianpoetry #canadianpoet #atbaypress
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5 Nov 2024
Join poets Sue Sorensen, @JaneDayReader and Yvonne Blomer at @WaterlooLibrary - John M. Harper Branch at 7p.m. tonight for a night of discussion around the beauty of life, obsessions, hopes and fears
#poetryreading #booktour #canadianpoets #canadianpoetry #canlit #atbaypress
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1 Nov 2024
Attention Ontario poetry lovers! Sue Sorensen, along with fellow poets @JaneDayReader and Yvonne Blomer, are touring Ontario. Check out the schedule below to see when they'll be in a city near you! @QueenBooksTO @WaterlooLibrary @NovelIdeaYGK @PortHopePL
#booktours #atbaypress
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