Shane Neilson
@Sneilsonwwh
Poet MD @macmedWRC PhD Dis/ability & CanLit. Edit: @gordonhillpress. Poetry Consultant: @cmaj. Judge @HippocratesInit 2025 The_Cost_of_Living @artelpress
🇨🇦Friends: I am one of three judges for the £1000 International Hippocrates Prize for Poetry and Medicine. Details are here: hippocrates-poetry.org/enter-the-hipp…... Let's go! Please RT at will, spread the word, do submit. @HippocratesInit
The Writing on the Wind’s Wall by Kevin Andrew Heslop (fall 2025, Porcupine’s Quill). The Writing on the Wind’s Wall listens at length to the voices of those affected by ‘Medical Assistance in Dying’. Request a review copy. riverstreetwriting.com/join-river-str…
Best of luck in 2026, get your poems ready everyone!
🏆Here are some screenshot from the awards that took place on Saturday! 🤝We want to congratulate and thank all the awarded and shortlisted poets and participants for their amazing poems. 🖊️We will be sharing some of the poems throughout the following weeks! 🥳Congratulations!
The intersection between poetry and medicine uniquely explored by two poets. #medicalhumanities theartelpress.co.uk/shop/poetry/th…
‼️Dear participants & attendees! We will be sharing the zoom link for the ceremony soon in our website. hippocrates-poetry.org 📨 Feel free to extend the invitation to anyone who would like to join us on the 19th! 🫂 We are looking forward to see all of you in a few days!
This September: an utterly unique modern fairy tale that takes place right here in New Brunswick 😍 head to gooselane.com/TheReign for more information or to place your pre-order!
Coming Sept. 2025 @goose_lane
Hey @richardgreene2 I think @walterkirn is reading your biography of Greene, possibly? See the really excellent podcast @mtaibbi America This Week (7/7/25 episode) when the fellows talk Waugh in the literary backstop of the eipisode
Some attention from the CBC this past weekend for What to Feel, How to Feel: (1) @cbcfreshair w/ @CBCIsmaila cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… (2) @NadiaKidwai of @CBCManitoba; (3) w/ @todd_obrien of @CBCNL; and (4) @CBCSask 's Shauna Powers. Yay, & thanks to all.
Do read! Thanks @OpenBookON (though FYI the book's published by Palimpsest Press palimpsestpress.ca/books/what-to-…
Read an excerpt from Shane Neilson's (@Sneilsonwwh) moving collection of lyric essays, WHAT TO FEEL, HOW TO FEEL (@gordonhillpress). #AmReading #Essays #Nonfiction open-book.ca/News/Read-an-E…
‼️🏆 We are absolutely delighted to let you know that the official announcement and awards ceremony for this year's winners of the #HippocratesPoetry prize will take place on the 19th of July, at 14:00h (UTC Time) !!!
Coming off of Father’s Day weekend, we’re excited to highlight an excerpt from Shane Neilson’s latest book, What to Feel, How to Feel, a lyrical collection of essays exploring neurodivergence and fatherhood. 💻 Read the full excerpt: riverstreetwriting.com/blog/2025/6/9/… #neurodivergence
Check out our latest BLOOM! @HBKidsHospital conta.cc/4nb3te4 ❤️
Holy frig! From Quill and Quire review: "Over the years, Neilson has carved out an important niche in the world of CanLit. This book is a worthy addition to his body of work." quillandquire.com/review/what-to…
My book about neurofatherhood, published on Father's Day! If you have: lived a traumatic childhood, and are now a father; or been raised by a neurodivergent father; or are non-neurotypical; or are raising a non-neurotypical son, palimpsestpress.ca/books/what-to-… is for you!
