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Writer, teacher, editor. Chair, The Writers' Union of Canada The Donoghue Girl (Latitude 46, 2024) The Pollination Field (Turnstone, 2025) www.kimfahner.com

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TtD supplement #295 : seven questions for Tanis MacDonald Tanis MacDonald (she/they) is the author of Straggle: Adventures in Walking While Female as well as six other books. She has won The Malah...

Touch the Donkey supplement #295 : seven questions for Tanis MacDonald / @bookhugpress.bsky.social ;
touchthedonkey.blogspot.com/2026/03/ttd-...

06.03.2026 15:30 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Heated Rivalry creator Jacob Tierney's next project is another CanLit adaptation | CBC Books Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob Tierney will write, direct and executive produce new series Alexander, adapted from Vancouver author Annabel Lyon's 2009 novel The Golden Mean, Netflix announced Thursd...

CBC Books: Heated Rivalry show creator Jacob Tierney's next project is another #CanLit adaptation
www.cbc.ca/books/heated...

06.03.2026 21:14 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So great to see you there! Thanks! (Yentlβ€”πŸ˜)

06.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

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06.03.2026 21:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe Sadness is Upon Me”: A Review of The Pollination Field Turnstone Press, 2025) by Kim Fahner reviewed by Kate Rogers Kim Fahner’s The Pollination Field draws us into a sensory, sensual world of small creatures and sprawling landscapes. Its emotional range is just as broad, evoked by encoun…

Kate Rogers guides us thoughtfully through observations on the "poetic prose, free verse and form poetry express[ing] evolving emotions, and the process of transformation" in @kimfahner.bsky.social's The Pollination Field (Turnstone Press) the-wood-lot.ca/2026/03/06/t...

06.03.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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my usual terrible sportsbar corner, working my essay on Don McKay’s Long Sault (1975), and a copy of the latest issue of The Paris Review, // @parisreview.bsky.social

06.03.2026 18:04 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

I mean, this is a poemβ€¦β€οΈπŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

06.03.2026 21:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Interested in Tim's work? Check out the rest of his accolades and list of published titles on the Our Authors page of the Wolsak & Wynn website.

πŸ”— www.wolsakandwynn.ca/authors-all/...

Photo credit: Jacqueline Baker

(Alt text: photo of Tim Bowling with short author bio)

06.03.2026 21:15 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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#bluejay
#kensingtonmetropark #MI

#birds
#corvids
#photography
#birdphotography
#BirdWatching
#birdsofbluesky
#nature
#wildlife
#wildlifephotography

06.03.2026 14:38 πŸ‘ 2570 πŸ” 215 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 7
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Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery Breeding is getting more competitive, suggesting the population is growing, a new study shows.

This is a marvelous change not only for the Humpback whale πŸ‹ population but for all of us. We need to keep our gentle giants from going extinct.
Fifty years after New Zealand stopped whaling, humpback population showing signs of recovery | RNZ News share.google/X1HB3JFgaePK...

05.03.2026 15:44 πŸ‘ 11062 πŸ” 2270 πŸ’¬ 164 πŸ“Œ 141
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Grateful to Heather Campbell at Latitude 46 for the ARC of John Degen’s new mystery novel, Seldom Seen Road. Northern Ontario folks will find it feels familiar and true to this part of the province. Be sure to pre-order this one from @lat46publishing @jkdegen @river_street_writes β€οΈπŸ“šβœοΈ

06.03.2026 21:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Nine images of stained glass work painted with images of different birds

Nine images of stained glass work painted with images of different birds

Harriet Love, contemporary stained glass artist inspired by nature #womensart

27.02.2026 06:02 πŸ‘ 418 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

While all these cuts are horrifying, I want to be clear that, at the moment, these are PROPOSED cuts. There’s still time to your voice heard. Call or email your MLA. Call or email Tim Houston’s office. Call or email the Ministers related to the cuts you’re most angry about. See below for contacts.

26.02.2026 23:59 πŸ‘ 71 πŸ” 39 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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Ilhan Omar Disrupts Trump’s State of the Union With Searing Message: β€˜You Have Killed Americans’ | Video Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) disrupted Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday evening, loudly heckling the president over his comments on "illegal aliens."

Ilhan Omar disrupted tRumpstein's SOTU:
'YOU HAVE KILLED AMERICANS'
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The PEDOPHILE called out Democrats for not β€œstanding up” when he said β€œthe first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens πŸ–•, not illegal aliens”

NO HUMAN IS ILLEGAL
NO HUMAN IS ALIEN
ICE KILLS AMERICANS

25.02.2026 19:25 πŸ‘ 2737 πŸ” 589 πŸ’¬ 113 πŸ“Œ 28
Nova Scotia austerity budget eliminates publishing fund - Quill and Quire The Atlantic Publishers Marketing Association said Wednesday that publishers in the province received letters on Feb. 24 from the Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage informing the...

Nova Scotia austerity budget eliminates publishing fund.

In a press release from the AMPA reacting to the news, Nimbus Publishing manager Terrilee Bulger called the move β€œdrastic and devastating.”

quillandquire.com/omni/nova-sc...

25.02.2026 21:54 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
bayly grapefruits, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1902

bayly grapefruits, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1902

bayly grapefruits, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1902

25.02.2026 05:18 πŸ‘ 85 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is everyone always going to be Ozempic slim now? Like identical paper cut out dolls? Lately, seeing people feels like being inside Scott Westerfeld’s dystopian novel, Pretties, and not in a healthy way…

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Love this book!

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Review of Ian LeTourneau's "Metadata from a Changing Climate" | FreeFall Magazine Reviewed by Kim Fahner Metadata from a Changing Climate by Ian LeTourneau Gaspereau Press (2025) Reading Ian LeTourneau’s new collection Metadata from a

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25.02.2026 02:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Mary Pratt ❀️

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raritan rose peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1940

raritan rose peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1940

raritan rose peaches, painted by mary daisy arnold, 1940

24.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 61 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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In 3.4 of Macbeth, the king's unhinged, paranoiac ranting moves from unsettling to intolerable with startling speed. The thanes depart in disorder and the incoherent spectacle is a key turning point. They are done.

25.02.2026 03:10 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Massie goes full beast mode today.

Gets on the house floor, shreds the DOJ and starts naming names from the Epstein files.

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Photo of ocean and sand beach, with white waves, gray sky and line of clouds. Uneven Line of wet sand with standing water running diagonally from left center to right lower corner

Photo of ocean and sand beach, with white waves, gray sky and line of clouds. Uneven Line of wet sand with standing water running diagonally from left center to right lower corner

for you, a glorious walk with the ocean on an Oregon winter day
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#ArtistsOnBlueSkyΒ #BlueSkyArtShowΒ #WomensArtBlueSkyΒ #PhotographyΒ #PhotographersOnBlueSkyΒ #OregonCoast #Ocean #CloudsΒ #Oregon

24.02.2026 13:31 πŸ‘ 4898 πŸ” 354 πŸ’¬ 103 πŸ“Œ 22
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Australian artist Margaret Preston, 'Bird of Paradise' 1925, woodblock print #womensart

24.02.2026 15:39 πŸ‘ 443 πŸ” 65 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Thanks to the folks at the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild (SWG) for inviting me to take part in an online chat with Bruce Rice about the foundations of my writing career. You can register for the Zoom invitation here:

us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

25.02.2026 04:23 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Ink and watercolour images of Reed Buntings (male and female) male Linnet and Stonechats (male and female) against a plain background

Ink and watercolour images of Reed Buntings (male and female) male Linnet and Stonechats (male and female) against a plain background

Small birds from Seaton Common - Reed Buntings, Linnet and Stonechats (ink and watercolour)
Northeast England
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23.02.2026 11:55 πŸ‘ 1630 πŸ” 144 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1
ogerean pears, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

ogerean pears, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

ogerean pears, painted by deborah griscom passmore, 1896

24.02.2026 02:18 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I can accept any and all criticisms leveled at Sting and the Police except for the music itself.

I know why you want it to be bad, but it's just not.

22.02.2026 20:32 πŸ‘ 1496 πŸ” 50 πŸ’¬ 175 πŸ“Œ 0