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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 5d

Wonderful to see Oct's full Harvest Moon during Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving/autumn harvest celebrations (Oct 6-8, 2025). My family and I practice gratitude, honour our ancestors, and engage in self-reflection. 🌕🍂 #Chuseok #KoreanHeritage #HarvestMoon #Korean #KoreanCanadian

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 10d

Started teaching a new Intro to Novel Writing class at @uoftscs.bsky.social. We explored what a strong opening paragraph might look like. One of my favourites is from Miriam Toews' A Complicated Kindness. It immediately draws readers in with its tone & narrative voice. #WritingFiction

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 12d

Tonight's moon - first quarter

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 13d

Tonight's moon - waxing crescent

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 17d

Do you want to write a novel but don't know how to get started? In this @uoftscs.bsky.social writing course, there are no grades - just a lot feedback from me & your peers to help shape the story you want to tell. Plus, the intro to novel writing class is online.
learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 20d

I had such a wonderful time being interviewed by Jean Marc Ah Sen for The Toronto Star 📚🎉 www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 23d

"The Moon is edging away at a rate of 1.5 inches (3.8cm) every year. And as it does so, our days are getting ever so slightly longer." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

How the Moon is making days longer on Earth

Billions of years ago the average Earth day lasted less than 13 hours and it is continuing to lengthen. The reason lies in our relationship to the Moon.

www.bbc.com

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations Danila!

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Sep 10

Tonight's moon is gorgeous.

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

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Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social · Sep 9

We're thrilled to share that Tom King is Indigo’s AUTHOR OF THE MONTH for September!

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The Writer's Studio at SFU @twssfu.bsky.social · Sep 3

Call for Submissions: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social's BIPOC mentorship program. An opportunity for emerging BIPOC writers to work with Lindsey Wong! arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CA...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong

Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...

arsenalpulp.com

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University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies @uoftscs.bsky.social · Sep 9

There's still time to meet your 2025 personal and professional goals! Here are 10 ways the U of T School of Continuing Studies can help: ow.ly/1i8750WS3hc

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Dr. Adam Pottle @adampottle.bsky.social · Sep 7

On October 4th, I’m going to be at the Telling Tales Festival in Burlington, Ontario performing BUTTERFLY ON THE WIND! I hope to see a lot of people there!🤟🏼🦋

tellingtales.org/presentation...

The Majesty of Sign Languages: Butterfly on the Wind

Join Adam Pottle for a powerful and immersive Main Stage experience. Before bringing the story Butterfly on the Wind to life in American Sign Language, Pottle will guide the audience through a brief a...

tellingtales.org

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Sep 8

Tonight's full moon, nicknamed the corn moon.

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Sep 3

The Toronto Book Awards honour books of literary merit that are evocative of Toronto. Check out the 2025 shortlisted titles
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/tba/

www.torontopubliclibrary.ca

Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Sep 3

Thank you! Grateful to UofT SCS for helping to jumpstart my writing career!

University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies @uoftscs.bsky.social · Sep 1

Congratulations to former SCS #CreativeWriting learner Ann Y. K. Choi, whose novel All Things Under the Moon is being released this month! https://annykchoi.com/

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Sep 2

My new novel, #AllThingsUndertheMoon, was released today!

Na-Young, my protagonist, was inspired by my great-grandmother. I hope you enjoy her story.

A huge thanks to my incredible team at @simonschusterca.bsky.social and my agent Jackie Kaiser at @westwoodcreative.bsky.social ❤️

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Douglas & McIntyre @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social · Aug 30

One of the novels on Alberta's banned book list is The Lesser Blessed by @richardvancamp.bsky.social. We've shared some of Richard's words about what this book has meant to him, and we hope that they will be cause for reflection about what is going on in the province.

Richard Van Camp on his novel, The Lesser Blessed

I remember the day I held my author’s copy of The Lesser Blessed in my hands. 1996. Victoria student housing. Rain. There were 117 pages of Larry Sole’s confession. There were the last five years of m...

douglas-mcintyre.com

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Aug 29

Sabyasachi Nag's writing is beautiful. Excited for this new book.

Mawenzi House @mawenzihouse.bsky.social · Aug 29

Cover reveal for THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS by SABYASACHI NAG!

The dream-like, eerily atmospheric prose poems in this collection interrogate margins and melt points of migrancy.

THE ALPHABET OF ALIENS is out on September 15, and is now available for pre-order: bit.ly/AlphabetofAl...

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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · Aug 28

CBC Books: 45 Canadian nonfiction books to read this fall #CanLit
www.cbc.ca/books/45-can...

45 Canadian nonfiction books to read this fall | CBC Books

Check out these Canadian nonfiction titles coming out in fall 2025.

www.cbc.ca

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Aug 26

My first interview for All Things Under the Moon! Thanks Victoria Festival of Authors for the chance to share why I wrote this new novel and more ❤️ victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/2025/08/18/q...
#AllThingsUnderTheMoon
@westwoodcreative.bsky.social

Q&A with Ann Y. K. Choi

Ann Y. K. Choi is a Toronto-based author and educator. Her novel, Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto, Sc…

victoriafestivalofauthors.ca

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Writers In Trees @writersintrees.bsky.social · Aug 24

"Dispatches from the Submission Process" by Leah Duarte writersintrees.com/2025/08/05/d...

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingAdvice #WritingTips #WritingProcess

Dispatches from the Submissions Process

by Leah Duarte I’ve been submitting my work again. After two years where my focus was on writing, then editing, my own manuscript as well as the WiT Forest Floor anthology, I was accepted into a po…

writersintrees.com

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Ann Y.K. Choi @annykchoi.bsky.social · Aug 24

choa | 초아 Magazine is an online platform sharing diverse voices of the #Korean female diaspora www.choamagazine.com/about.html

About

choa is an independent online platform devoted to recognizing, examining, and understanding the nuances and complexities of the Korean female diasporic experiences. Bringing together the voices of...

www.choamagazine.com

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The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · Aug 22

It's the second-to-last weekend to submit to our 2025 Fiction Contest!

The Fiddlehead @fiddlehd.bsky.social · Aug 6

Can you believe our 2025 Fiction Contest closes in less than a month?! Don't miss your chance to submit!

This year's contest is being judged by Anuja Varghese.
Prize: $2000 + Publication
Deadline: September 2, 2025
Guidelines: thefiddlehead.ca/contests/fic...

A purple graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Fiction Contest. From top to bottom the graphic says: Spin the tale only you can tell. Enter our 2025 Fiction Contest. Deadline September 2, 2025! Enter via Submittable. Judged by Anuja Varghese. $2000 Prize plus publication. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/contest/fiction or email fiddlehd@unb.ca. In the background is a picture of loop of purple rope and in the lower right corner is a picture of Anuja Varghese.

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Dr. Adam Pottle @adampottle.bsky.social · Aug 22

Review of APPARITIONS. I wholeheartedly agree, especially with that last bit. A lot of people have slept on this book, dismissing it because it’s written by a Deaf author and features Deaf characters. I’ll keep promoting it until it gets the attention it deserves.

5-star review of Apparitions saying “This is not just a book. It''s an eye opening journey into the internal thoughts and experiences of the main character who is non hearing. He is deaf and has been Severely Abused. The author does an excellent job guiding the reader through the eyes and hands of the main character. The writing flows like a poem. The book will make you sad, happy, shameful (for not knowing more about this community), hopeful, afraid. No hearing person could write a book like this. Indeed the author is non hearing (I looked it up) There are hard parts in the book. Severe abuse, sex etc., but there is a strong story of growth as well. The book prize people must have been sleeping when this book was published.”

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