BLENDING

SCIENCE AND POETRY

Debut Poetry Book Out Now !

Earth scientist. writer. editor.

Debut Poetry Collection Available Now!

ATTIC RAIN

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Published by NEWEST PRESS

Coming Soon from Roseway Publishing

I’ll get right on it

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Book cover image for "I'll Get Right On It," edited by the Land and Labour Poetry Collective, with a forward by Anjali Appadurai. The image behind the text is red orange, and dark blue.

Poems on working life in the climate crisis

Featured Writing

  • "Fieldwork Poetics and the Art of Observation" in Arctic

    (poetry + essay)

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  • Generation of Poetic Constraints from River Flow Data" in GeoHumanities

    (poetry + article)

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  • Site Orientation

    A Blasted Tree original collection of poetry.

    Read For free Here

HI THERE, I’M SAM

I am a poet and scientist dedicated to bridging the worlds of art and science.

My latest book “Attic Rain” explores the complexities of OCD with honesty and compassion, encouraging open conversations about this often-hidden experience.

Through my work, I aim to connect diverse communities and inspire meaningful dialogue.

Learn More About Sam

“I love the idea of combining scientific processes and data with poetry”

OCEAN ACIDIFICATION

Published in Watch Your Head

“I like the idea of exploring something that is invisible in a sense, but poses a substantial threat. “

Read it here

Press Highlights

  • A Trio of Poets at the Trident (Halifax, NS)

    Join King’s Co-op Books, Trident Booksellers & Cafe, Samantha Jones, Cory Lavender, and Clare Goulet for the Halifax launch of Attic Rain.

    August 18, 2025, 7:00 pm
    Trident Booksellers & Cafe, 1256 Hollis St.

    Event Info

  • Attic Rain Shortlisted!

    Attic Rain is shortlisted for the Robert Kroetsch Award for Poetry

    2025 Alberta Book Publishing Awards

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  • Alberta Literary Awards Finalists Online Reading

    Writers’ Guild of Alberta Podcast

    May 2, 2025

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  • Attic Rain is a Finalist!

    Attic Rain is a finalist for the Stephan G. Stephansson Award for Book of Poetry

    2025 Alberta Literary Awards

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  • The 2025 Festival of Literary Diversity

    Attic Rain is part of the 2025 Festival of Literary Diversity book list.

    April 2025

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  • dis/connect

    OCD on Every Page: On Reading Attic Rain by Samantha Jones

    An essay by Cynthia Marie Hoffman

    February 28, 2025

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  • Read Alberta

    Alberta Books for Black History Month and Beyond

    February 2025

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  • The Winnipeg Free Press

    Obsessive traits traced via textual remapping by melanie brannagan frederiksen

    September 28, 2024

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  • All Lit Up

    Homegrown 2.0: Even More Locally Produced Reads.

    September 19, 2024.

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  • The Honest Talk.

    Four Canadian poetry collections that speak to the soul by Ann Douglas.

    Sept. 8, 2024.

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  • All Lit Up

    Two Poems: Attic Rain by Samantha Jones.

    August 29, 2024. 

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  • The Gauntlet

    Highlights of Brackish: A transdisciplinary exploration of water by Leonie O’Sullivan

    March 20, 2024

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  • A Two-Way Flow

    Elena Johnson Interviews Samantha Jones

    EVENT, November 6, 2023

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  • The Gauntlet

    U of C student uses poetry to communicate scientific concepts by Mitali Pradhan

    September 14, 2023

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  • UCalgary News

    PhD candidate’s poetry unites science and art worlds by Samantha Lafleur

    August 16, 2023

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  • Read Alberta

    Site Orientation and Other Small Talk with Samantha Jones by Olajide Salawu

    July 10, 2023

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  • Doubt and Safety

    A Review of Samantha Jones' Site Orientation by Drew McEwan

    The Ex-Puritan, Issue 59: Fall 2022

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  • Poetry MiniQ

    Interview - Poetry MiniQ with Samantha Jones

    December 17, 2022

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  • Heliotrope Journal

    Turning Data into Poetry: An Interview in HELIOTROPE

    September 14, 2022

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  • MEOPAR OA Community of Practice

    Scientist Spotlight: Samantha Jones – Blending Science and Poetry

    June 2, 2021

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