Peter Halasz
@canspecfic.bsky.social
Avid reader of Canadian fantastika. Retired. Occasional curmudgeon.
My Sunburst Award medallion just showed up!
November 3, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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The amazing crew at @49thshelf.bsky.social are hosting a giveaway of The Wonder Lands War, my latest Cross supernatural thriller. 🎁
Visit 49thshelf.com/Giveaways for a chance to win a copy of The Wonder Lands War.
The giveaway period ends Nov. 1, so enter now!
🔗: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways
Visit 49thshelf.com/Giveaways for a chance to win a copy of The Wonder Lands War.
The giveaway period ends Nov. 1, so enter now!
🔗: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways
October 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
The amazing crew at @49thshelf.bsky.social are hosting a giveaway of The Wonder Lands War, my latest Cross supernatural thriller. 🎁
Visit 49thshelf.com/Giveaways for a chance to win a copy of The Wonder Lands War.
The giveaway period ends Nov. 1, so enter now!
🔗: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways
Visit 49thshelf.com/Giveaways for a chance to win a copy of The Wonder Lands War.
The giveaway period ends Nov. 1, so enter now!
🔗: 49thshelf.com/Giveaways
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The World Fantasy Awards are presented next Sunday, and we're so fortunate to be recognized again in Best Antho and Special Award. And so happy for @hironennes.bsky.social for their Weird Horror story.
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
October 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
The World Fantasy Awards are presented next Sunday, and we're so fortunate to be recognized again in Best Antho and Special Award. And so happy for @hironennes.bsky.social for their Weird Horror story.
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
All the fab finalists are here: locusmag.com/2025/07/2025...
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✨🎉The Sunburst Award Society is delighted to announce that Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) by Nalo Hopkinson is the winner of the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. @nalohop.bsky.social is now a three time winner of the award. Congratulations Nalo!
September 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
✨🎉The Sunburst Award Society is delighted to announce that Blackheart Man (Simon & Schuster) by Nalo Hopkinson is the winner of the 2025 Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic. @nalohop.bsky.social is now a three time winner of the award. Congratulations Nalo!
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Such great news! Can’t wait to see it.
Guillermo del Toro’s ‘FRANKENSTEIN’ received a 15-minute ovation at the 82nd Venice Film Festival.
Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer & Christoph Waltz.
(Source: https://deadline.com/2025/08/frankenstein-guillermo-del-toro-15-ovation-venice-1236501987/)
Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer & Christoph Waltz.
(Source: https://deadline.com/2025/08/frankenstein-guillermo-del-toro-15-ovation-venice-1236501987/)
August 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Such great news! Can’t wait to see it.
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Today's Mixtape is from author Coltrane Seesequasis who found the perfect writing inspiration in atmospheric video game soundtracks.
Check out what helped shape his forthcoming YA fantasy novel THE THREADS OF TIME (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social).
alllitup.ca/mixtape-the-...
Check out what helped shape his forthcoming YA fantasy novel THE THREADS OF TIME (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social).
alllitup.ca/mixtape-the-...
August 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Today's Mixtape is from author Coltrane Seesequasis who found the perfect writing inspiration in atmospheric video game soundtracks.
Check out what helped shape his forthcoming YA fantasy novel THE THREADS OF TIME (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social).
alllitup.ca/mixtape-the-...
Check out what helped shape his forthcoming YA fantasy novel THE THREADS OF TIME (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social).
alllitup.ca/mixtape-the-...
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NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site.
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
August 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NeWest Press is excited to announce the launch of Barbour Books, our new speculative fiction imprint. Edited by award-winning author and scholar Jenna Butler. Authors looking to submit manuscripts to the imprint can do so now at our manuscript site.
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
#NeWestPress #BarbourBooks #CanadianSciFi #CanLit
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Today my novel The Tapestry of Time hits shelves in the US! (It's already available elsewhere.) It's about clairvoyants in WWII fighting Nazis for control of the Bayeux Tapestry. I wrote a Big Idea post for @scalzi.com about the real history behind the novel.
The Big Idea: Kate Heartfield
For her novel The Tapestry of Time, author Kate Heartfield took a real moment in time, involving a real object, and gave it just a little twist, threading a needle between fantasy and reality. What…
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July 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Today my novel The Tapestry of Time hits shelves in the US! (It's already available elsewhere.) It's about clairvoyants in WWII fighting Nazis for control of the Bayeux Tapestry. I wrote a Big Idea post for @scalzi.com about the real history behind the novel.
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📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024.
www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
July 21, 2025 at 6:16 PM
📣✨The Sunburst Award Society is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the five-book shortlist highlights the scope and stellar quality of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024.
www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
www.sunburstaward.org/node/144
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AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre, is a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers.
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky
July 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
AS THE EARTH DREAMS, edited by Terese Mason Pierre, is a ground-breaking anthology of haunting speculative stories by contemporary Black Canadian writers.
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky
AS THE EARTH DREAMS is out October 14th, learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/as-... #booksky #blackbooksky
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Day 4 of book tour. Miami tonight. This week I'm trying to sell books like the lady around the corner from my house used to sell quesadillas: confidently, loudly, with gusto. THE BEWITCHING is out now. Read it & feel a chill go down your spine this summer www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
July 17, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Day 4 of book tour. Miami tonight. This week I'm trying to sell books like the lady around the corner from my house used to sell quesadillas: confidently, loudly, with gusto. THE BEWITCHING is out now. Read it & feel a chill go down your spine this summer www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/760756...
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Read an excerpt from THE EXCLUSION ZONE (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), the atmospheric, mysterious new novel by Alexis von Konigslow.
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Excerpts
open-book.ca/News/Read-an...
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Excerpts
open-book.ca/News/Read-an...
Read an Excerpt from The Exclusion Zone the Atmospheric, Mysterious New Novel by Alexis von Konigslow
Almost exactly a decade after the publication of her exceptional debut novel, Alexis von Konigslow returns with a genre-bending, atmospheric work that ...
open-book.ca
July 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Read an excerpt from THE EXCLUSION ZONE (@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social), the atmospheric, mysterious new novel by Alexis von Konigslow.
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Excerpts
open-book.ca/News/Read-an...
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit #Excerpts
open-book.ca/News/Read-an...
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Have you checked out our July reading list yet? There's still time to catch up this month! Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list with titles from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit
Our July Summer Reading List · Blog Post · 49th Shelf
Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list.
49thshelf.com
July 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Have you checked out our July reading list yet? There's still time to catch up this month! Get your summer reading started with this terrific fiction list with titles from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit
49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/06... #CanLit
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Happy Juneteenth and Happy #LocusAwards2025 Day 2! We continue with our series of author readings at 5PM, check out the full schedule of events and get tickets at locusmag.com/2025-lo... (link in bio)
Please welcome #SuzanPalumbo and #PHLee
Please welcome #SuzanPalumbo and #PHLee
June 19, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Happy Juneteenth and Happy #LocusAwards2025 Day 2! We continue with our series of author readings at 5PM, check out the full schedule of events and get tickets at locusmag.com/2025-lo... (link in bio)
Please welcome #SuzanPalumbo and #PHLee
Please welcome #SuzanPalumbo and #PHLee
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Happy Juneteenth and Happy Day 2 of #LocusAwards2025 ! We will wrap up with a reading at 6PM, see the full schedule and buy tickets locusmag.com/2025-lo...
Please welcome #AngelaLiu and #PremeeMohamed
Please welcome #AngelaLiu and #PremeeMohamed
June 20, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Happy Juneteenth and Happy Day 2 of #LocusAwards2025 ! We will wrap up with a reading at 6PM, see the full schedule and buy tickets locusmag.com/2025-lo...
Please welcome #AngelaLiu and #PremeeMohamed
Please welcome #AngelaLiu and #PremeeMohamed
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The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is back! Read the longlist for the 2025 award! Then read the books! Big congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com, and the rest of the nominees!
💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
✨The Sunburst Society is pleased to announce the longlist for the 2025 Award. We are delighted that the longlist highlights the diversity, quality, and scope of contemporary Canadian literature of the fantastic published in 2024. www.sunburstaward.org
June 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Sunburst Award for Canadian Literature of the Fantastic is back! Read the longlist for the 2025 award! Then read the books! Big congrats to @nalohop.bsky.social, @robertjsawyer.com, and the rest of the nominees!
💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
💙📚 #booksky #sunburstaward #canlit
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YAY!!!
August 8, 2024 at 8:05 PM
YAY!!!
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LINGHUN is officially a Bram Stoker Award nominee 😭🤍 A big thank you to everyone who read and voted for and supported the smol thing, and to my publisher and editors (Dark Matter INK, Rob Carroll, Anna Madden) for helping me bring the book to life,
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February 21, 2024 at 10:54 PM
LINGHUN is officially a Bram Stoker Award nominee 😭🤍 A big thank you to everyone who read and voted for and supported the smol thing, and to my publisher and editors (Dark Matter INK, Rob Carroll, Anna Madden) for helping me bring the book to life,
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My first laugh of the day.
Too soon! (So to speak.)
For all y'all new Bluesky folks! Friendly little tip:
People here will try to tell you posts here are called "skeets." They're lying. That's an in-joke and Bluesky's leadership team has tried to get away from the term, because, well, obviously.
They're officially called "ejaculeets."
People here will try to tell you posts here are called "skeets." They're lying. That's an in-joke and Bluesky's leadership team has tried to get away from the term, because, well, obviously.
They're officially called "ejaculeets."
February 7, 2024 at 2:42 AM
My first laugh of the day.
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On Spec has a page where we post selected reviews of Canadian SFF books. The latest review is for "The Butcher of the Forest", an upcoming book by the utterly fabulous @premeemohamed.com . Take a look! onspec.ca/book-reviews...
February 6, 2024 at 7:22 PM
On Spec has a page where we post selected reviews of Canadian SFF books. The latest review is for "The Butcher of the Forest", an upcoming book by the utterly fabulous @premeemohamed.com . Take a look! onspec.ca/book-reviews...
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Something I've learnt from the bird site: the more you talk about the Controversial Opinions™ held by (insert the name of problematic celebrity here), the more air time you give to them, their supporters, and their controversial opinions. Amplify those who deserve it. Social media will thank you.
November 15, 2023 at 5:17 PM
Something I've learnt from the bird site: the more you talk about the Controversial Opinions™ held by (insert the name of problematic celebrity here), the more air time you give to them, their supporters, and their controversial opinions. Amplify those who deserve it. Social media will thank you.
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IBM said Thursday it will stop advertising on X, formerly Twitter, after a report from a media watchdog organization found that its ads had appeared on the Elon Musk-owned social media site alongside pro-Nazi tweets.
IBM pulls ads from X as Musk amplifies antisemitism
The billionaire’s latest controversial tweets come amid reports of major brands’ ads appearing next to pro-Nazi content.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 17, 2023 at 2:13 AM
IBM said Thursday it will stop advertising on X, formerly Twitter, after a report from a media watchdog organization found that its ads had appeared on the Elon Musk-owned social media site alongside pro-Nazi tweets.