She has published four collections since 2005: Curio, Home of Sudden Service, God of Missed Connections, and The Hottest Summer in Recorded History.

Her second book, Home of Sudden Service, was nominated for a 2006 Governor General's Award for Poetry.

Bachinsky's work has appeared in literary journals and anthologies in Canada, the U.S., France, Ireland, the U.K., China and Lebanon.

Bachinsky was born on May 10, 1976, in Regina, Saskatchewan, and grew up in Prince George, British Columbia.

She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she teaches creative writing at Douglas College.