What? That’s wild!
05.03.2026 06:46
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What? That’s wild!
because I keep forgetting to mention it: LITERALLY ANYONE can nominate books for this prize! yes! that means you! you have until march 31st!
The Federal Book Ban bill uses funding threats to pressure schools to remove books.
Federal control over local policy - and federal control of reading, writing, and publishing - is unacceptable.
Sign the petition to stop it. action.everylibrary.org/hr_7661 via @everylibrary.bsky.social
What other marvels might have been rummaged out of this monstrous cabinet there is no telling.
Headline reads: my heart can't bear
The small-town paper in Tumbler Ridge is going to need support. This is its front page right now. Their subscription page is here:
www.patreon.com/tumblerridge...
idk i think in a time when it feels like nothing matters & all is futile it might actually be time to double down and write your stories & make your paintings & sing your songs & do your art. create the things that make us human and share them.
We have more power than they want us to believe. Be careful around anyone who wants you to give up hope.
I’m curious: fellow writers, if you see that an old enemy or nemesis is going to be part of an event that (otherwise) sounds good, do you go, or stay away?
(Not that you or I have an enemy or nemesis, of course. Just a theoretical question, obviously.)
Thank you! Ha ha -- let's face it, some of them are unfinished for a reason :)
I’m a little afraid to do this!
Tapping the sign… ❤️
In other news, I went to a reading the other night and someone asked me if I'd ever heard of Submittable.
Now trying to figure out if I give off *that* much of a Luddite vibe, or am just that old.
(Yes, I do remember sending manuscripts in the actual mail. So maybe I'm overthinking here.)
A cartoon-style image of clouds in whimsical colours, with the words: "Head down, keep writing, don't be an asshole," followed by a smiling emoji.
Have to love a lit mag that has this on their home page 😍
@splitlipthemag.bsky.social
I am only gradually learning that some people really would rather just watch a video than read words -- even for basic info. To me it feels like an imposition to receive a youtube link with no context -- like someone is demanding my time -- but apparently for some folks this is a good thing?
So good
For Liam.
A pile of valentines, including a gulper eel saying "you make my jaw drop", a grimalditeuthis saying "I find you a-LURE-ing" a whale skeleton at the bottom of the ocean with snailfish and two octopuses making heart arms under the words "I've whale-fallen for you", and an anglerfish saying "You're my light in the darkness", and then two packs of cards that are all nice and tied up
Hey cuties. Everything sucks ass. Get some valentines and send them to your friends.
I'm sad. You're sad. They're probably sad.
Send them a valentine.
It keeps Skype a Scientist running, which hey, is very good too.
squidfacts.bigcartel.com/product/deep...
"A writing career is not a sprint. It is also not a marathon. A writing career is one of those wilderness survival challenges where they dump you in the woods without a map or a compass or food and whoever finds their way out wins."
www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/how...
You know, there are three contemporary writers in Canada I cite when someone asks who will one day have a shot the Nobel, and they are all women: Madeleine Thien, Canisia Lubrin, and Karen Solie. www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
who the fuck WANTS their posts to go viral, have you ever had that actually happen? it's like getting a winning pull on a slot machine if wasps started pouring out the bottom instead of quarters
(Also: I think I need to make it a higher priority to visit Dublin.)
A map of part of Dublin, focussed on St Stephen’s green and including the National Gallery of Ireland.
I’m finally reading Intermezzo by Sally Rooney, and in the last few pages I’m slowing down, luxuriating, looking up some of the locations. There are lots of things I don’t like about modern life but this ability to see the locations of a story, it’s pretty amazing when you think about it.
Oh my heavens!
A zoomed in photo of the bottom left corner of a page in a book, showing the grain of the wood pulp, and the edges of some printed letters. The only readable word is “to.”
The sun has come out in Vancouver after days of rain, and it’s illuminating the surface of the pages of the novel I’m reading. A book is just a combination of wood pulp and glue and ink, and yet it contains worlds. Thinking of these small wonders.
That '70s selection is suspiciously light on avocado green.
Sooner or Later Everything Falls into the Sea, by Sarah Pinsker. "This beautiful, complex debut collection assembles some of Nebula winner Pinsker's best stories into a twisting journey that is by turns wild, melancholic, and unsettling." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)
I really love these stories by Sarah Pinsker — one of those books where I have to pause after every story to process what I just read — a very good thing.
It’s also one of those books where first I get it from the library — and then I go out and buy a copy so I can keep coming back to it.
"There’s this Chekhov quote that I’m kind of living by lately. He says a work of art doesn’t have to solve a problem — it just has to formulate it correctly.... You ratchet the question up, and you go, Yeah, that’s a tough one."
Cannot emphasize enough studying whatever the heck you want in university.
I switched from journalism to women's studies and Canadian studies and people said I was nuts.
Fast forward to 2026 and every news story is Canadian sovereignty, toxic masculinity 🤝 fascism and TradWives.
Did you enjoy today's story? This Magazine is currently accepting short fiction submissions for publication in 2026! Email fiction editor H Felix Chau Bradley at fiction@thismagazine.ca and attach your story (no more than 2500 words long) by January 31! Further details here:
this.org/contribute/
If you're like me and the Nuggets compilations are your desert island discs, you may also love The Creation.
No matter what is happening in the world, we have music.
(Sorry there's no video, but this is some glorious low-fi audio goodness.)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSc8...
