Poet, teacher, editor. Author of Siren (Signal Editions, Vehicule Press, 2017) and Reporting from Night (Iguana, 2011).https://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mwoxtg2s6227https://learn.utoronto.ca/why-continuing-studies/about-our-instructors/instructors/kateri-lanthier Excited to be teaching Poetry: Introduction and Poetry II in the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. Classes start in October! Please join us on the downtown campus (and help spread the word!). @uoftscs.bsky.social29 Sep 2026 23:21 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoxtg2s6227https://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mvsl3q2l5227A new poem of mine. Many thanks to The Walrus for publishing this one in the Sept/Oct issue. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsl3q2l5227https://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mub3gtd2ec26On a walk to Lake Ontario with my family.29 Aug 2026 23:58 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mub3gtd2ec26https://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mg4dnvyook2zGreat to hear this interview with my former student, Guy Elston! It was a pleasure to write a blurb for The Character Actor Convention, a book that I recommend you seek out at an independent bookshop, request from your local library, read conspicuously in public, etc. [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Mar 2026 22:49 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg4dnvyook2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mf3vtgaask2wDelighted to be teaching Poetry: Introduction and Poetry II in the School of Continuing Studies at the University of Toronto. In-person classes start next week! Join us downtown on the St. George campus. Please help spread the word. https://learn.utoronto.ca/why-continuing-studies/about-our-instructors/instructors/kateri-lanthier18 Feb 2026 01:17 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf3vtgaask2whttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3metkzfpbbc2vKeats as Canadian comedian. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Feb 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3metkzfpbbc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mczxlv7huc2bPleased to see my poem online now at The Walrus. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczxlv7huc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mcs4voqbik2wThrilled to see this! Thank you for choosing my poem for your series, Vicki. As well, my thanks to the editors of The Night Heron Barks, who obtained permission to reproduce the Georgia O'Keeffe work. A dream journal. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Jan 2026 17:06 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcs4voqbik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3mazda56n4c2hHonoured that my poem "Harmonics" brought joy in 2025 to Walrus Editor in Chief Carmine Starnino! "5. This opening line in Kateri Lanthier's luminous poem 'Harmonics,' which I immediately accepted: 'Like a private nightclub, this bright ambulance.'" [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Dec 2025 02:58 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3mazda56n4c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3m6ziw55wlc2yI have a new poem in The Walrus, Jan/Feb 2026 issue. It's my first poem in print since losing my husband last year. Our three Gen Z kids said, "So, Mum, it's the sex and death issue." @thewalrus.ca02 Dec 2025 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6ziw55wlc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3m25fpnauys2mGreatly enjoyed reading new poems and discussing chapbooks, full-length collections, and poetry world with Prof. Richard Greene's class in the MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing, University of Toronto. Many thanks to Rick Greene for the invitation.01 Oct 2025 15:56 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3m25fpnauys2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3lsyu3ky2ic2sLooking forward to this debut! Guy Elston was one of my students in @uoftscs.bsky.social. A brilliant poet. Highly recommended! [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Jul 2025 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsyu3ky2ic2shttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3loaax3wois2cVisited the cherry blossoms at Robarts Library, University of Toronto. Twice in one week! Ahhhhh...Getting ready to teach Poetry II for @uoftscs.bsky.social next week! #cherryblossoms #poetry03 May 2025 02:07 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3loaax3wois2chttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3lnqjyhiemk2lHappy Independent Bookstore Day! Always happy to visit my local, The Great Escape. Picked up The Size of Paradise by Dale Martin Smith, published by Canadian small press @knifeforkbook.bsky.social, helmed by @itsakirby.bsky.social! #independentbookstoreday #poetry26 Apr 2025 20:06 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnqjyhiemk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/katerilanthier.bsky.social/post/3linxksygh22oI met my daughter, an undergrad at U of T, for coffee at the Royal Conservatory before teaching the first class of Poetry II (winter) in the School of Continuing Studies, U of T. After the class, a student said, "You're so passionate about poetry! It's great to be taught by someone so passionate."21 Feb 2025 04:25 +0000at://did:plc:bbgfhz6y72d6bl43obmnpbms/app.bsky.feed.post/3linxksygh22o