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“I was able to hear the actual birdsong the poets talk about.”
In Ep. 29 of the Happy Hearing Podcast, Dr Rosette Ruth Aguilar and hearing loss health advocate Carly Sygrove are joined by award-winning author of In the Bear’s House, Bruce Hunter.
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In this NBN episode, I speak with J.J. (Jeff) Dupuis about Roanoke Ridge—the first book in his Creature X series published with Dundurn Press, 2020. In fact, I was so excited to talk with Jeff, I lost coherence in the introduction. đź«
Listen in:
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4 Canadian authors are launching their speculative fiction books tonight at Hamilton's The City and City Books @Hollay2 @AnnetteHamm. FULL INTERVIEW: chch.com/morning-live/4-cana…
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Shirin E. describes Crystal AJ Smith’s novel Gitwaałtk (Gordon Hill/The Porcupine’s Quill) as “a raw, beautiful, and eye-opening exploration of the harsh reality lived by countless yet unknown missing & murdered girls and women, and their families.”
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(1) Collective 1-min/book launch at @ACCUTEnglish - 2026 conference in Montreal, so fun and community-creating. Such brilliant minds. I 'launched' What_to_feel,_how_to_feel & had many interesteds approach thereafter. Sold out of all the copies I brought! Also, for those . . .
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In a recent Power Q & A, we asked novelist Ellis Scott about his book, Night Terminus (Dundurn Press, February 2026) — an evocative story reflecting the determination and resilience of a gay diaspora as it faced extinction.
Read the feature:
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#queerlit
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Fully-Booked reviewer Shirin E. wrote an excellent review of Alison Gadsby’s electrifying #shortstories, Breathing is How Some People Stay Alive (Guernica Editions, 2026).
You had us at “twisted version of Chicken Soup For The Soul.”
Read more:
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Widow Fantasies | Hollay Ghadery
@Hollay2 @gordonhillpress
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Thank you, @catalogofdream ♥️
Widow Fantasies | Hollay Ghadery
@Hollay2 @gordonhillpress
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Elina Penner will be appearing at Flying Books on College Street in #Toronto this evening to launch her newly released translated novel, Nightberries!
In anticipation of the event, we’re sharing this NBN episode with Elina, hosted Hollay Ghadery.
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“There is a lot of climate grief in The Fall-Down Effect... And yet, at the same time, each of the characters also tend to and preserve their hope for and connection to the natural world.”
-Liz Johnston
Read the full interview:
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3% subscribers! I have a new Substack article live about my guidelines for planning a book tour.
You can find my Substack here:
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“At its heart, this novel looks at the beautifully complicated, creative, and powerful ways people learn to survive and thrive when love and belonging feel out of reach.”
—Justine Abigail Yu, 49th Shelf
Read the full column:
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Windsor-area author André Narbonne was featured in The Windsor Star. In the column, he talks about his #historicalfiction, Those Are Pearls (Palimpsest Press).
Shout to journalist Pascal Hogue for the excellent reporting!
Read the article:
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Big love to Heather Campbell, the intrepid publisher of Northern Ontario’s Latitude 46 Publishing! Heather has been named one of Sudbury’s most influential artists by Sudbury Arts Council.
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#Toronto readers, please join me to celebrate the launch of @jkdegen's nordic #noir SELDOM SEEN ROAD next Wed May 20 at the Society Clubhouse (967 College Street).
It should be a lark. @Lat46Publishing #Writers #CanLit #crimefiction
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#NationalShortStoryMonth feature: Pratap Reddy and his brilliant collection, Remaindered People & Other Stories (Guernica Editions, 2025).
Thank you to Pratap for allowing me to share an excerpt from “Dreams of God and Men” on my blog:
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Thanks to George Murray for inviting me to submit a poem to NewPoetry.ca. The piece was written by my youngest daughter and me. We printed out lyrics from Raffi’s Baby Beluga, cut out each word, scrambled them, & used 20 or so to create.
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Join us on Thursday May 28 2026 7:00 pm in Winnipeg at McNally Robinson!
More details below & RSVP here:
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Join acclaimed author Lindsay Wong, with Zilla Jones, Alison Gadsby, and Hollay Ghadery for an evocative conversation. Hosted by Lindsay Wong. 🫶🏼
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In this NBN episode, I speak with Griffin Prize winner Kaie Kellough about his new long poem, Interposition (McClelland & Steward, 2026).
Listen in:
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