Bryn Robinson, PhD

This weekend @discoverunb.bsky.social Memorial Hall is #Poetry Weekend! Admission is free to all the readings this weekend, and there will be great #CanLit on sale. I'll be attending most sessions, and reading from "Days in Microgravity" on Sun Oct 4 @ 1030am. Hope to see you there!

Today around the Campfire: A reflection on my first #UNBPoetryWeekend, but really an excuse to share some excerpts from #poets whose words made me take "notice". #CanLit

We're happy to have Sharon Berg doing author interviews for us on a regular basis. If you’re interested in being interviewed, please reach out to her directly or us at TSR!

Latest review for @theseaboardreview.ca is up! I can't wait to see this exhibit before it's gone this month. #CanLit #BookReviews

@ambrosealbert.bsky.social It was great to meet you last night @ Icehouse #Poetry and Friends! Looking forward to hearing your reading Sunday morning.

Just dropped off more copies w/bookmarks @thewritecupsj.bsky.social! 🥹 I hear it’s #NationalPoetryDay in the UK, and it’s almost @discoverunb.bsky.social #Poetry Weekend - seems like two good reasons to celebrate with a verse! #CanLit

#Poetry read!

Tonight @thewritecupsj.bsky.social - Saint John Voices open mic readings for #prose and #poetry. Sign up at 6pm, begins at 630pm. Going to read a few pieces from my chapbook, “Days in Microgravity”, and listen to some great local authors. Hope to see you there! #canlit

“Today’s humans need to seek beautiful and defend richness of ambiguity and mystery — as something not reducible to digital data that can be tortured into submission on Nvidia chip or data-fied at gallery or auction…” Reflections on beauty + book review, by Mark DeLong @3quarksdaily.bsky.social

I am thrilled to be taking part in this exhibit- check it out if you’re in the area

And if you pick up a #SaintJohn copy @thewritecupsj.bsky.social, you get one of the handmade #watercolour #bookmarks I made for the occasion. #poetry #CanLit #thewritecupbookstorecafe

Super weird to have a book I wrote in front me while I have coffee - but it’s happening! Now available @thewritecupsj.bsky.social. Thanks Shannon for giving this little guy a place to land in town. #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #poetry #CanLit #chapbook #thewritecupbookstorecafe

The Monday, September 7th issue has dropped! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa...

Our 2026 Ralph Gustafson Prize for Best Poem is now open for submissions! Our judges this year are Farah Ghafoor, Fawn Parker, & Patricia Young! Prize: $2000 + Publication! Deadline: Dec. 1, 2026 Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/poetry-contest #poetrycontest #poetry #callforsubmissions #canlit #litmag

Now available! A quick post to share more about the new #chapbook, what it's all about, and where you can get a copy. #Poetry #CanLit #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick brynphd.com/2026/09/03/a...

New Emergency Flash Mob Press chapbook is back from the printer and available now! Etransfer $13 ($10 + $3 shipping) to Ian.letourneau@icloud.com with your mailing address. Don't miss this fantastic debut from Saint John's Bryn Robinson!!! See what she says about it here: brynphd.com/2026/09/03/a...

Repping, and penning a new review for, @theseaboardreview.ca at @thewritecupsj.bsky.social cafe and bookstore. Always a great place to roost while #writing and a strong supporter of #SaintJohn, #NewBrunswick, and #Canadian #literature. #CanLit

Landing next week and now available for pre-order - my first #poetry #chapbook! #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #CanLit

A magical and introspective read for autumn days 🐝 Latest for @theseaboardreview.ca: #CanLit #Poetry #Writing

My latest for @theseaboardreview.ca. In Goose, “…the reader is invited to open their minds to a poetic deconstruction and rebuilding of Fort McMurray history - a history that is an oil sands history, but before and throughout that, a Métis history.” #Poetry #CanLit

The covers of the books reviewed in the October 8th issue of The Seaboard Review of Books. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-Seaboa... #canlit

A great - free! virtual! recorded for future watching! - conference for those in the #MECFS community and their supporters. Please share! #PatientEngagement icancme.ca/research/202... @icancmeresearch.bsky.social

New lifer! #Birds #Birding #Autumn #Fall #Sandpiper Alt: A juvenile solitary sandpiper stands in shallow water on an early fall evening; the water is blurry fall colours of yellow-greens and oranges.

This is a big moment for me because I have a distaste for butterflies, to put it mildly. (Their erratic fluttering and potential to land on me.) #NatureSky #Butterfly #MonarchButterfly #Nature #Photography

This little fellow got close! #Birds #Birding #NatureSky

“…Is there any value to resuming the trajectory of “before times”? Can we (or should we) ever truly “let go” of the past?” Today in @theseaboardreview.ca - my review of @premeemohamed.com’s latest post-apocalyptic novella, coming later this month. #CanLit #Books

Our first Call for Papers is live! If you are interested in writing the history of New Brunswick, engaging with popular audiences, and supporting small museums, then we would love to hear from you! Proposals for submissions are due 30 September 2025. See below for details:

Today around the Campfire: The courage and community of temporary #Art.

“We focus on doing photo-perfect performances for social media...And yet it's the ongoing, often messy, private practice of any of the arts that connects us to ourselves, to each other, that calms us and potentially helps us transcend troubles.” On #art in times of authoritarianism by Sue Clancy.

#Birds #Birding #NatureSky

“Regardless of the relationship between sender and recipient, the written letter stands out amongst the “immedia-sea” of artificial art and content creation as a profoundly romantic act of rebellion.” #Writing #Letters

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How your email finds me.

East Coast Bistro is easily the best restaurant in Saint John send skeet. Clockwise from bottom right: Smoked salmon/goat cheese/dill quiche; pain au chocolat; double chocolate puff pastry pop tart; vanilla crueller; ham/pesto/cheese croissant. #NewBrunswick

#Birds #CanadaDay #Nature #SciArt #CobraChicken

The "common" grackle. #Birds #SciArt #Wildlife

Last week on my 3rd trip to the mighty Miramichi I landed my first salmon! A nice little grilse on a royal undertaker. Definitely a great experience!

#Birds #SciArt #Birding

Timeline Cleanse, if you need it. #Birds #SciArt #Ducks

Who can work in science, EVERYONE #pride

“…knowledge is advanced by many…working on chipping away at boundaries of knowledge little bit at a time. Sometimes doing so leads to world-changing discovery. Other times it just tells us 1 more thing that doesn’t work, a vital step toward eventually learning what does work.“ Great read for all.

For Lorneville, Saint John is bound by tradition to shatter underprivileged communities. medium.com/@ravenblue/s...

Today around the Campfire ⛺ #Birds #Birding #SciArt #Photography

More timeline cleanse. How about some Talking Heads. music.youtube.com/watch?v=_3eC...

August 2000: Sitting at a bus stop in Old Quebec at midnight, and a limo pulls up to the red light. Sun roof opens, two members of Iron Maiden pop out, drunkenly scream “Iron Maiden!”, flash devil horns, and speed away into the night.

And in Saint John, 12K customers out for…reasons.

If you need a new lunch box, the Grand Bay-Westfield Town Yard Sale has you covered.