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I arrived in Amsterdam early, and this was a good thing as the trams were not running. Two hundred thousand dedicated anti-war protestors were in the city, and as the streets were jammed with people the trams couldn’t pass through. After a brisk walk I still had enough time Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Amsterdam Launch
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Dublin is a UNESCO city of literature, and one feels this everywhere including at street level. On Friday evening a young construction worker, his tool belt still slung around his hips, greeted us by saying in Gaelic “A thousand welcomes.” He then told us, “We have the poets here.” Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Dublin launch
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I’m deeply honoured to have this thoughtful and perceptive review in the Montreal Review of Books. “Schönmaier writes with remarkable clarity and restraint about memory, landscape, music, and duration… Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Montreal Review of Books
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The first book launch for Rush of Wingspan will be Poetry in Concert in the Netherlands. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert Netherlands
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Rush of Wingspan (MQUP) will be published in March 2026. Cover reveal. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Cover Reveal
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During the weekend of June 7th I was in Greece. I attended rehearsals and watched the premiere of Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival. It was an immense experience.
Continue reading Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] Athens Premiere
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A song composed by Dorothy Chang and based on my poem “Knot” premiered at the Early Music Vancouver festival. The event combined baroque and Chinese musical instruments. Continue reading Song Premiere: Vancouver
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“Migrations” was featured in Ebertplatz on a public video-art channel (Fries-TV) in Cologne, Germany. The many meters long screen scrolls over an outdoor public square. “Migrations” was originally published by prism international and won the Earle Birney Prize. The poem … Continue reading Migrations: Cologne, Germany
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My Northern Childhood poem cycle is a CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) Poetry Prize finalist! From 2700 entries, five were chosen for the list! You’ll find all ten poems in the cycle published at CBC Books! Continue reading CBC Poetry Prize Finalist
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I was commissioned to write the lyrics for a cycle of three songs. The premiere by the Bosklank trio was in February. The concert included music by Schubert, Bernstein, Salazar and Gklistis. Continue reading Netherlands: Song Cycle Premiere
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Story #5 in my linked collection is a finalist in the International Literary Seminars fiction contest (in the top ten). The setting is in Halifax. You can also find details here about the previous four stories. Continue reading Linked Short Stories
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My short story “The Other Side of the Map” received an honourable mention in the Dave Williamson National Short Story Competition. Together with the other prize winning stories, it has been published in both a print and ebook. Continue reading Honourable Mention Short Story Competition
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“Taiga” was one of the winners in the Poem in Your Pocket Day contest. When I was growing up in a northern wilderness settlement I witnessed multiple forest fires and my family was evacuated by air when I was a teenager. Also in 2023 Continue reading Poem in Your Pocket Day Contest Winner
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“Intimate reflections are contrasted with geopolitical and environmental concerns as Schönmaier’s fierce intelligence focuses on what is most essential in our lives.” Continue reading Arrivals: Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete
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Dust Blown Side of the Journey (McGill-Queen’s University Press) was a finalist in the international Eyelands Book Awards (Greece) in the published book category. Continue reading Eyelands Book Awards Finalist
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Wellenlängen deines Liedes is the German translation of Wavelengths of Your Song (MQUP). The book is published by parasitenpresse. Adrian Kasnitz writes Continue reading Wavelengths of Your Song: In German Translation
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“it didn’t happen here” was the winner of the League of Canadian Poets National Broadsheet contest, and was selected by judge D.A. Lockhart for its “strong images, and captivating lyric voice.” Lockhart states, “It’s nature speaks to the sort of experiential empathy that would do much to our world.” Continue reading National Broadsheet Contest Winner
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“Eleonore Schönmaier’s [third] poetry collection, Dust Blown Side of the Journey, is the work of a poet who has mastered her craft…featuring a beautifully elaborate intertwining of images…akin to recurring melodies or riffs across distinct movements of a composition…poems both captivating and moving.” Continue reading Dust Blown Side of the Journey: Reviewed in the Malahat Review
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“This collection could be enjoyed for the beauty of the language alone…I’d be delighted to follow wherever she chooses to sail.” Continue reading Wavelengths of Your Song: Reviewed in Arc Poetry Magazine
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“The natural world is prominent, almost dreamlike in Treading Fast Rivers, and starkly beautiful”…”Schönmaier’s poetic gifts are apparent.” Continue reading Treading Fast Rivers: Reviews
In Arnhem, Netherlands my poem “Globe” will be performed as music. Continue reading Globe: Netherlands
Wonderful to find Rush of Wingspan in the context of Environmental and Nature Studies. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Environment and Nature
The next launch for Rush of Wingspan will be in Amsterdam on November 8th at 17.00 at the American Book Center. Tickets are free Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Amsterdam launch
I look forward to reading at the Winding Stair in Dublin! There will be snacks and drinks. All are welcome. Continue reading
Panos Gklistis and I had a great Rush of Wingspan Poetry in Concert last weekend. Working with Panos is an absolute pleasure. Our creative ideas merge in an intuitive and organic way. This results in a fully integrated Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert
Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful Rush of Wingspan Poetry in Concert rehearsal yesterday. It sounded so gorgeous that I said to him I want to sit in the audience but of course I can’t be in two places at once. I’ll be reciting poetry while Panos creates amazing sound Continue reading Poetry in Concert: Rehearsal
Poetry film featuring imagery from Rush of Wingspan including original sound track and bird song plus cameos of pianist Panos Gklistis and I. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry Film
As a guest blogger for McGill-Queen’s University Press, I explore what inspired Rush of Wingspan. Plus additional news! Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Inspirations
It’s the official release date for Rush of Wingspan. You’ll enter alternative worlds with lots of seaside imagery, and of course some owls Continue reading Official Release Date
Rush of Wingspan has arrived. “Outwards from a northern wilderness childhood these poems thrum musically with intuitive environmentalism in urban, coastal, and boreal forests.” Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals
I’m grateful for the beauty of nature, and grateful to have endorsements for Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026) from J. Mae Barizo, Kevin Irie, Stephanie Bolster, Brian Bartlett and Julie Sedivy. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Blurbs