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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Seems like a good time to remind people that Canada Post will deliver any piece of mail to federal elected officials for FREE.

No stamp necessary!

Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

"This would push the split between our own ancestors, Neanderthals and Homo longi back by at least 400,000 years and...raises the possibility that our common ancestor – and potentially the first Homo sapiens – lived in western Asia rather than Africa."
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Hannah Oliver Depp: "For the month of Aug., we were down about 60% year over year... People are in pain, they’re suffering, they’re scared... Not-for-profits who might be aligned with us...fear repercussions if they were seen to support a Black, queer, Asian, disability-owned independent bookstore."

The 38th annual Vancouver Writers Fest lineup is so good. It includes A Trio of Vast Ideas with @clairecameron.bsky.social, elin kelsey, and @niigaanwewidam.bsky.social: writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve... @writersfest.bc.ca

In June, I visited a book club at Grand Valley Institution for Women, a maximum security prison. After a great conversation, I asked if they wanted to write a poem together.

This is the poem:
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Graham Greene helped make the rest of the world see Indigenous people as real human beings. The first time I saw him on screen was in Dances With Wolves and the last time was in The Last of Us. What a tremendous legacy! RIP ✊🏽🙌🏽❤️

Can you fall in love with AI?

My piece assembled using online debates, news articles and expert opinion about chatbots in @theglobeandmail.com today.

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Tickets are now available for my event with author Lily King. We'll be talking about her new novel, HEART THE LOVER.

This will be at the Toronto Reference Library on October 27. Tickets are free but you have to register. www.eventbrite.ca/e/lily-king-...

Hope to see you there!

Field notes from our travels to Old Crow, Yukon, to learn about how U.S. politics is threatening food security & cultural identity in Gwich’in communities across the border. Photography by Atsushi Sugimoto and Michael Code.

We can’t wait to hear from these featured authors at the VWF this fall!

Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Tanya Boteju
Eddy Boudel Tan @eddyboudeltan.bsky.social
Holly Brickley
Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social
Tim Cook

Stay tuned for event details at #VWF2025, taking place Oct 20–26.

EXCELLENT!!

"The judge ruled Wednesday that Cycle Toronto and others "have established that removal of the target bike lanes will put people at increased risk of harm and death, which engages the right to life and security of the person."

#OnPoli #ToPoli

The the is a requirement!

So thrilled to be sharing a new interview with @clairecameron.bsky.social where we discuss her breathtaking memoir, HOW TO SURVIVE A BEAR ATTACK.

Thank you so much!

In June, I visited a book club at Grand Valley Institution for Women, a maximum security prison. After our conversation about my book, we wrote this poem together. It’s in @theglobeandmail.com today.

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In @theglobeandmail.com, I wrote about camp & outdoor education:

"I can’t shelter my children from everything that’s potentially dangerous. It won’t necessarily keep them safer...learning to recognize and manage risk is an important part of staying alive."

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

This is the best take

"In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game." ~ Anita Brookner