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Rush of Wingspan: Poetry Film

26 May 20269 June 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert

22 May 202626 May 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

The first book launch for Rush of Wingspan will be Poetry in Concert. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Poetry in Concert

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Rush of Wingspan: Inspirations

2 May 202622 May 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Official Release Date

16 March 20262 May 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Rush of Wingspan: Arrivals

20 February 202616 May 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Rush of Wingspan: Blurbs

5 February 20262 May 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

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

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Visual Poetry: Seaside

5 December 202531 January 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

This year I cycled to the seaside for summer swims, and winter beach walks. I took many photographs. Multiple poems in my forthcoming book Rush of Wingspan (MQUP, March 2026) relate to these sea views. Continue reading Visual Poetry: Seaside

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Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages

26 September 202530 November 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

Rush of Wingspan feels truly real now. I love viewing the proof pages, and I enjoy working on the final details so that the book can be as perfect as it can be (while realizing one can never actually reach … Continue reading Rush of Wingspan: Proof Pages

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Viewpoint Gallery Opening

28 August 202512 September 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

I’m an alumni of Viewpoint Gallery and my image “Wild Horses” will be on display in September. I took the photograph in the dune landscape of the Netherlands earlier this year. Continue reading Viewpoint Gallery Opening

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Rush of Wingspan

26 June 20252 May 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

Rush of Wingspan (MQUP) will be published in March 2026. Cover reveal. Continue reading Rush of Wingspan

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Book Contract

29 May 202526 June 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

My forthcoming poetry collection Rush of Wingspan will be published by McGill-Queen’s University Press in early 2026. I’ve just signed the contract. Plus more info about music-theatre and song premieres. And photos. Continue reading Book Contract

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Vancouver: Song Premiere

24 May 202529 August 2025 Eleonore Schönmaier

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 Vancouver: Song Premiere

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Athens: Music Theater Premiere

19 April 202531 January 2026 Eleonore Schönmaier

Field Guide [to the Lost Flower] is a multimedia music theatre piece by composer Michalis Paraskakis based on my poetry. I attended the premiere on Saturday June 7, 2025 at Subset Festival / Athens Epidaurus Festival.
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Three Poems

2 March 202430 October 2024 Eleonore Schönmaier

“Enter,” “Floats,” and “Ancestors” have been published in periodicities journal. I found the coast storm-strewn with French books… This physics of light… Continue reading Three Poems

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Notes for Wavelengths

11 October 202019 October 2020 Eleonore Schönmaier

Each envelope contains the research material and drafts for a single poem in Wavelengths of Your Song. I gathered a broad range of information including a photograph of a gold miner working underground, notes on the dietary habits of migratory … Continue reading Notes for Wavelengths

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Eleonore Schönmaier is the internationally translated award winning Canadian author of Rush of Wingspan  (2026), Field Guide to the Lost Flower of Crete (2021), Dust Blown Side of the Journey (2017), and Wavelengths of Your Song (2013) all from McGill-Queen’s University Press. You’ll find her photographs throughout the blog.

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