📣 Tickets on sale now! Don’t miss Yann Martel, author of Life of Pi and Son of Nobody, in Vancouver. One night only, April 15 at the Lindsay Family Stage on Granville Island.
Tickets on sale now:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/yann-m...
It's been a long time coming. Canadian independent bookstores have banded together to create an online book buying source so you can avoid the behemoth in the room. (Here are the titles published by CMU Press, which I run.)
Spread the word #booksky!
www.booksellers.ca/publisher/cmu-press-18021
Donate $90+ USD to gofundme.com/f/support-siwc today (Feb 27) and email your donation receipt to siwc@maryrobinettekowal.com. This will get you access to my Auditioning Characters live class tomorrow, Feb 28 at 8 PM ET, benefitting @siwc.bsky.social. Hope to see you there!
Nooooo!
Freedom to read can never be taken for granted. Even in Canada, a free country by world standards, books and magazines are banned.
From February 22–28, Freedom to Read Week asks all Canadians to think about and reaffirm our commitment to intellectual freedom.
Learn more at www.freedomtoread.ca
Ahh, the dreaded sex scene (not to read--well, sometimes to read--but to write). A good one "move[s] the characters along to where they need to be next" and deepens the reader's connection with characters. #writesky #romancelandia #writersky #booksky #authorsky
booklife.com/news/authors...
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Whoohoo! Shorthanded first goal! #teamcanada #womenshockey
Cake from To Live For?
I’d love to be added (writer in Vancouver)
What? #WSPit. Author Hype Event. Industry Participation Welcome. When? February 25, 2026, in your time zone. Where? Bluesky only. Authors: Do your due diligence to vet anyone who requests your materials before sending.
Hey, #WIPSnips, mark your calendar!
#WSPit returns February 25th, 2026
This is an Author Hype Event
WIPSnips is already great with hype, but this gives you a chance to pitch your work as a whole, published work included.
#WriteSky #WritingCommunity
White cat with green eyes
My Valentine 💘 #caturday
Gotta get me a (fictional) love-horror combo to celebrate Friday the 13th and Valentine's Day! #booksky #authorsky
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Stack of books with the text "446 hours later, I have a good beta draft of a new novel ... and now the real work begins."
#writesky #writersky #authorsky
❤️Sending love to Tumbler Ridge.❤️
Looking for the best new writing in Canada? We now have 70 literary magazines listed in the LMCC directory!
litmags.ca/directory/
tweet: “as English speakers we have to sort out the 'had had' situation. it's frankly embarrassing to the language” Merriam-Webster Quote Tweet: “But, it’s not wrong that that occurs.”
There, there…
just to be clear, this also means that huge numbers of romance titles are now functionally out of print. and sure, romance has always been an ephemeral genre, but this decimates the genre in a very real way.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/06/b...
I loved it in my late adolescence, but I tried again recently and had to set it down.
How Much Do Authors Make is often reduced to a single discouraging number.
But verified author income statistics tell a more nuanced story.
We analyzed industry surveys and broke down what the numbers really mean.
Read the full analysis here: writestats.com/how-much-do-...
#PublishingInsights
I was waiting for someone to write this article ...
#booksky #writesky
www.vogue.com/article/wuth...
Tell the teachers in your life about Writers in the Classroom! This popular Vancouver Writers Fest program will provide 13 FREE author visits (in-person and online) to schools in BC between April and June 2026.
Apply by Friday, February 27:
writersfest.bc.ca/youth#writer...
Congratulations!
Well, this is interesting: men are more willing to read stories with female main character than women are to read stories with male main character. I confess I would have predicted the opposite. #booksky #authorsky
news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...
Still trying to gauge how many posts about Heated Rivalry is too many ... #booksky #writesky #heatedrivalry
www.vulture.com/article/rach...
Tonight I watched Prime Minister Mark Carney take the actual Heated Rivalry Canada fleece from Hudson Williams, slip it on and say: “This is true soft power.”
Writing a story with a dual timeline, when I struggle through a sticky plot point, I jump timelines. Engaging with the characters at a different point in their lives nearly always gives me the perspective to go back and tackle the problem. #writesky #authorlife
Advice to unstick writer's block: dive into dialogue; use your senses; jump ahead; interview your characters; double check POV; be pessimistic (think worst case for your characters); and get up and move. #writesky
shewrites.com/how-to-keep-...
Threads posts beginning with "Don't ask me how I know this but Mark Carney knows..." etc.
Threads posts beginning with "Don't ask me how I know this but Mark Carney knows..." etc.
Threads posts beginning with "Don't ask me how I know this but Mark Carney knows..." etc.
They are having some fun over on Threads with a very long chain of "Don't ask me how I know this but Mark Carney..." posts. Some samples:
Thank you Linda Dunn for making me smile!
