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Author: Eleonore Schönmaier

Award winning author of Wavelengths of Your Song and Dust Blown Side of the Journey both from McGill-Queen's University Press.
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One year ago

24 February 2023 Eleonore Schönmaier

Today is the parasitenpresse publication date of Since September I have been wanting to go to Kyiv by Jelena Jeremejewa in English translation. Continue reading One year ago

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Adventitious Sounds

18 February 202324 February 2023 Eleonore Schönmaier

“Pink” has been published in Adventitious Sounds: a chapbook for medical practitioners, learners and poets. The poem draws on my experience as a young northern nurse (the photo shows me heading off to work). Continue reading Adventitious Sounds

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The gifts of 2022

21 December 202212 January 2023 Eleonore Schönmaier

It has been a wonderful year and I’m grateful to all of you for your ongoing support and encouragement. In this post you’ll find a summary of the year, photos and a discount gift link. I wish all of you a great start to 2023! Continue reading The gifts of 2022

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Return to Crete

29 October 20225 December 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

I retraced some of the memories that formed Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete along with doing new research in the form of notes and photographs (some of which you can view in this post). Michalis Paraskakis and I sat in… Continue reading Return to Crete

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European Literature Festival

7 September 202225 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

On Saturday I read poems in the wonderful wild space of an urban garden. In the blog post you’ll find lots of photos, Continue reading European Literature Festival

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Strella

13 August 202228 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

For those of you who watched my January poetry in conversation with composer Michalis Paraskakis you may also be interested in knowing about his forthcoming opera Strella which was commissioned by the Greek National Opera. Plus the Field Guide is featured in the Queen’s Alumni Review.

Continue reading Strella

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Garden

29 April 202225 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

“Garden” from the Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete was featured by the League of Canadian Poets in their Poetry Pause program for National Poetry Month; this year’s theme is intimacy. The Field Guide was also reviewed in Arc Poetry Magazine by Margaryta Golovchenko. Continue reading Garden

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Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation

25 January 202225 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

The Greek composer Michalis Parakakis and I had a wide ranging conversation about our individual and collaboration creative process. Continue reading Michalis Paraskakis: In Conversation

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In the wild year of 2021

27 December 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

You’ll find an overview of the year’s highlights including lots of images, plus highlights of some of my favourite books. Continue reading In the wild year of 2021

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Poetry in Concert

17 December 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

Panos Gklistis and I had a wonderful time performing our Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Poetry in Concert

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Program for Dec 12: poets musicians

8 December 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

You’ll find the program for our poetry in concert plus visual imagery from some of the poems I’ll read. Continue reading Program for Dec 12: poets musicians

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November 7 reading

12 November 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

On 7 November I had an enjoyable conversation with my German translator Knut Birkholz along with reading poems from Wavelengths of Your Song (McGill-Queen’s University Press) and Wellenlängen deines Liedes (parasitenpresse 2020). Continue reading November 7 reading

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Travel Guides

1 October 2021 Eleonore Schönmaier

My partner joked that this might happen… A friend said, “Anyone who knows you well knows you don’t write travel guides…” Enjoy the journey! Continue reading Travel Guides

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Lost Flower Launched in Forest

27 July 20212 November 2021 Eleonore Schönmaier

I’ve launched books on the cafe terrace of a Nova Scotian fishing village, in a bookstore in Oxford, England and in an Amsterdam concert hall but the forest celebration will for a long time remain as my all time favourite. Continue reading Lost Flower Launched in Forest

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Book Launch for Lost Flower: Preview

17 July 202125 October 2022 Eleonore Schönmaier

I walked in the city forest this week with an American composer who will do the introductions for the Poetry Pop Up. Continue reading Book Launch for Lost Flower: Preview

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Eleonore Schönmaier is the award winning Canadian author of Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (2021), Dust Blown Side of the Journey (2017), Wavelengths of Your Song (2013) and Treading Fast Rivers (1999) all from McGill-Queen’s University Press. Wavelengths of Your Song was published in German translation in 2020 as Wellenlängen deines Liedes (parasitenpresse, Cologne).

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