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Thank you to Rebecca Foster @bookishbeck.bsky.social for the wonderful review of THE BEAUTY OF VULTURES on her blog:

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#dannymiles @newestpress.bsky.social #ekphrasis #drummerswholovebirds #writerswholovebirds

Calling all Mina Loy fans! Our forthcoming print companion to the scholarly website mina-loy.com will be out Sept. 15th. Learn more about the project and its print companion here: mina-loy.com/uncategorize...

Everyone Keeps Saying Probably - PSYCHOPOMP.COM Publisher's Note: Please enjoy this short story by Premee Mohamed, who, coincidentally(!!), has a book out from Psychopomp on February 11th. It's called One

Let me also shout out EVERYONE KEEPS SAYING PROBABLY, a short story I had out earlier this year that still makes me feel ?? eight things ??

psychopomp.com/everyone-kee...

Canadian Publishers Condemn Nova Scotia’s Decision to Cut Funding to Book Publishers - Association of Canadian Publishers

Canadian publishers are deeply disappointed by Nova Scotia's cancellation of the Publishers Assistance program. Support for local publishers has been reduced from $700,000 to $0, making NS the only province that does not invest in its own publishers. @nsgov.bsky.social publishers.ca/nova-scotia-...

These cuts set a dangerous precedent for independent book publishing in Canada

Second Story Press: New logo (sort of) Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators

I just noticed that @secondstory.bsky.social Second Story Press has a new logo—which I never noticed when it was announced last year—so I’m giving a little love to this amazing #Canadian publisher. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/02/seco...

Fernwood requests community support against austerity We’re reaching out to our community for urgent support, solidarity, and action.

In light of the proposed cuts to the Nova Scotia arts sector, we are requesting help from our friends and community. Please take the time to read this piece and help in whatever what you can.

#defendNSbooks #rallyforthearts

fernwoodpublishing.ca/news/view/fe...

Women, Resistance and Revolution In Women, Resistance and Revolution, Sheila Rowbotham traces four centuries of feminist struggle and revolutionary politics. She reveals how women have confronted the dual challenges of an unjust stat...

Out now - Women, Resistance and Revolution: A History of Women and Revolution in the Modern World by Sheila Rowbotham

"Groundbreaking … One of feminism’s great chroniclers."
- Melissa Benn, Guardian

The pre-order isn't up yet, but I do love the "I'm only kind of thinking of sucking all your blood" look in her eyes.

"CROSSING INTO CANADA conscientiously brings into focus previously unknown stories about war resistance, and helpfully juxtaposes stories from the 1960s and 1970s with those from much more recent conflicts.” Jessica Squires, Building Sanctuary
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf

#OralHistory #Politics #War

It's Tuesday! Time for another #PromptMyStory to encourage kids to write.

"The CEO of a major hamburger chain refused to take more than a nibble of their signature hamburger. What does he know that we don't?" #edusky

NEW FOR SPRING 🩵

THE MAN IN MOTION: HOW RICK HANSEN’S WORLD TOUR HELPED BREAK DOWN BARRIERS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES releases April 07, 2026!

"A strong choice for classrooms." —SLJ

"A truly moving tale." —Kirkus Reviews

Pre-order your copy today 🧡

#NewBooks #NewBooksForSpring

Professional Editorial Standards Professional Editorial Standards by Editors Canada clarifies what knowledge, skills and practices are expected of English-language editors.

Have you downloaded Professional Editorial Standards from Editors Canada? The 2024 edition has new material on audience considerations, legal considerations, ethical responsibilities, conscious language, fiction editing and more. Get it free:

The Drowned Man's Daughter is a fine book: rich, dark, intense, sneaky, secretly literary. On first reading I was simply lost in the strange and complex world of Naia and her cohort of generational slow-apocalypse survivors. As I read, I also wondered: does every generation of writers write the apocalypse that they have not earned but their forebears deserve?

Grateful for Candas Jane Dorsey's lovely review of THE DROWNED MAN'S DAUGHTER in Alberta Views: albertaviews.ca/the-drowned-...

CROSSING INTO CANADA complicates our understanding of Canada as a safe place of refuge for war resisters by juxtaposing the stories of resisters from the Vietnam War with stories from resisters of later wars.
https://bit.ly/4agkxLf

#History #OralHistory #Politics #War #Military #Conscription

Butterfly Sea Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators

A simple day of play and hopefully of photographing butterflies is much more in @booksbycindy.bsky.social's new #picturebook BUTTERFLY SEA, illus by @marielaurecouet.bsky.social, publ by @tielmourpress.bsky.social canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2026/03/butt...

Why this food rescue charity serving southern Alberta might have to close YouTube video by CBC News Alberta

Heads up Canadians!

An Albertan food rescue charity cannot afford their rent and risk closing. Watch this CBC report on their services, and then please share this post.

Donations can be made here: www.wildrosecommunityconnections.com/food-connect...

CBC report: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fB9P...

As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories As the Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories

Finished reading the #ShortStory anthology "As The Earth Dreams: Black Canadian Speculative Stories."
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This had a bunch of interesting and clever #SpeculativeFiction #ShortStories.
#books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #fantasy #horror @houseofanansi.bsky.social #BookSky

Equity Fellowship - Editors Canada The Equity Fellowship is designed to support editors who have been excluded by the publishing and editing industries. Learn more...

There's still time to submit an application for Editors Canada's 2026 Equity Fellowship! This annual fellowship is designed to support editors who have traditionally been excluded by the publishing and editing industries. Deadline: Friday, March 6. Learn more: editors.ca/about/awards...

Best novelette/novella: The First Thousand Trees (ECW Press) The Weight of What is Hollow (Psychopomp) Best Short Story Hunted to Extinction (The End of the World as We Know It) Replacement Wanted (Cosmic Horror Monthly #59) Songs Never Sung (Three-Lobed Burning Eye) The Maiden of the Serpent Moon (New Edge Sword & Sorcery #5) Best Related Work One Message Remains (Psychopomp)

Honoured to see seven (!) of my 2025 works on the Aurora Awards eligibility list, along with so many friends! :) Next step is nominations to pick the top five in each category -- more details at the @csffa.bsky.social website!

www.csffa.ca/awards-infor...

Psst! Canadians! The nomination period for the Aurora Awards is now open!

This. So much this.

What enshittifies everything right now is not LLM use itself, but a general lack of knowledge about what LLMs are and what they do

Attention writers! We are excited to announce that we are launching online exclusives—monthly stories that will appear digitally only on this.org! But we need pitches. Find out what we're looking for and how to submit under "Online Exclusives" at the link below:

this.org/contribute/

Please join us at the Spring Edition of our ONLINE WRITING RETREAT Saturday, March 14, 2026 ALL TIME ZONES: PT 8am–6pm | MT 9am–7pm CT 10am–8pm | ET 11am–9pm AT 12pm–10pm | NT 12:30pm–10:30pm Registration required via the member/friend portal on the CANSCAIP website.

Please join us at the Spring Edition of our
ONLINE WRITING RETREAT

Saturday, March 14, 2026

ALL TIME ZONES:

PT 8am–6pm | MT 9am–7pm
CT 10am–8pm | ET 11am–9pm
AT 12pm–10pm | NT 12:30pm–10:30pm

Registration required via the member/friend portal on the CANSCAIP website.

#CANSCAIP #kidlit

Paula Guran reviews Weird Horror #12 as "a standout issue," and puts four of the stories (including mine!) on her recommended reading list.
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Alex Deng : What’s Left Behind: On Verissimo’s Circumtrauma Circumtrauma is a book that explores the Nigeria-Biafra War, specifically the leftover trauma and (un)spoken history of that war. V...

newly posted: Alex Deng : What’s Left Behind: On Verissimo’s Circumtrauma / @awapointe.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social ;
periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/03/alex...

You don't necessarily want to use the exact same alt text each time a specific image is used. Alt text must consider the context of the image and why it's being included on a site, post, article, etc. In other words, alt text depends on where you're including the image and why.

We need more reviewers in Canada. I think as poets we should be reviewing a couple of titles a season. It’s good for the community and it’s good for our own sensibilities and poetry. It’s hard to justify the work involved, I get it, but ultimately I think it’s a way to give back.

🗓️Monthly reminder: The circle is always open and ready to read your poem.

-- 28-day or less turnaround
-- Simple submission requirements
-- No fee

Full guidelines here:

Open letter from the Board of the Nova Scotia Women’s History Society re. the closure of 12 of 18 provincial museum sites Minister RitceyDepartment of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage1741 Brunswick St., 3rd FloorHalifax, NS B3J 2R5Email: MIN_CCTH@novascotia.ca Premier HoustonOffice of the PremierOne Governme…

On the blog we share an open letter from the board of the Nova Scotia Women's History Society re. the decision of the NS government to close 12 of 28 provincial museum sites: