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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · 7d

Superbly written review of TO PLACE A RABBIT by Chris Fanning in the Picton Gazette: pictongazette.ca/post/rabbit-...

Rabbit Holes - Picton Gazette | The Picton Gazette

Madhur Anand is an environmental scientist at Guelph University. She is also a poet, and won a Governor General’s Award for a memoir, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart. Now she is also a novel...

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · 28d

In 2022 I was commissioned to write a poem in response to the 100-year anniversary of "The Waste Land" by #tseliot, along with a few other poets from Canada and the Ukraine. Now it's a chapbook.

Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters @vallummag.bsky.social · Sep 10

We are honored to share this important and powerful chapbook. The Waste Land Project by Madhur Anand, Alex Averbuch, Erin Robinsong, A. F. Moritz, Halyna Kruk, and Iryna Shuvalova is now available in print and digital formats.

Visit our website to order your copy tinyurl.com/3ydcp6zy

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · 28d

A wonderful way to kick off a few in-person events for my new novel TO PLACE A RABBIT (Knopf Canada, 2025).

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sun Sept 7 Street Festival · 10:30AM
MISSED CONNECTIONS
A luminous panel on loneliness, longing & the work of reaching across.

Featuring:
Ian Williams
Madhur Anand
Souvankham Thammavongsa

Three of the most thoughtful writers in the country, gathered for a morning of truth-telling and tenderness.

Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · 28d

Such a pleasure to be able to host these three incredible books for a School of Environmental Sciences #Collaboratory outreach event. Fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction all with unique lenses on our environmental crises. #universityofguelph @uofguelph.bsky.social @emwf.bsky.social

Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Courage to Care 💚 Guelph School of Environmental Sciences Set
Sunday, Sept 7 · Join Maria Reva , Kate Neville, and Farah Ghafoor as together, they ask: what does it mean to love a world that feels out of control, and how might that love be the thing that saves it? Hosted by Madhur Anand emwf.ca

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Vallum Society for Education in Arts & Letters @vallummag.bsky.social · Sep 10

We are honored to share this important and powerful chapbook. The Waste Land Project by Madhur Anand, Alex Averbuch, Erin Robinsong, A. F. Moritz, Halyna Kruk, and Iryna Shuvalova is now available in print and digital formats.

Visit our website to order your copy tinyurl.com/3ydcp6zy

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Courage to Care 💚 Guelph School of Environmental Sciences Set
Sunday, Sept 7 · Join Maria Reva , Kate Neville, and Farah Ghafoor as together, they ask: what does it mean to love a world that feels out of control, and how might that love be the thing that saves it? Hosted by Madhur Anand emwf.ca

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Sep 4

Pleased to have been invited to @umontpellier.bsky.social and to have spoken with one of their staff writers this summer. Here's her "portrait" after a long and lovely conversation on a patio outside on the covered market of Les Halles Laissac. www.umontpellier.fr/hall-of-fame...

Madhur Anand, écologue, modélisatrice et poète - Université de Montpellier

Professeure de l’Université de Guelph au Canada, l’écologue Madhur Anand fait dialoguer sciences et arts, jusque dans sa pratique. Modélisatrice et autrice, elle profite de son accueil montpelliérain ...

www.umontpellier.fr

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University of Guelph News @uofguelphnews.bsky.social · Sep 2

“Fiction can change our lives.”

Dr. Madhur Anand, #UofG environmental sciences prof and award-winning poet, launches her debut novel this fall — blending science, fiction and desire.

Read more:
news.uoguelph.ca/2025/09/madh...

Madhur Anand’s Debut Novel Blends Science, Desire

Dr. Madhur Anand, award-winning poet and environmental sciences professor at the University of Guelph, reflects on her debut novel To Place A Rabbit.

news.uoguelph.ca

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Eden Mills Writers' Festival @emwf.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sun Sept 7 Street Festival · 10:30AM
MISSED CONNECTIONS
A luminous panel on loneliness, longing & the work of reaching across.

Featuring:
Ian Williams
Madhur Anand
Souvankham Thammavongsa

Three of the most thoughtful writers in the country, gathered for a morning of truth-telling and tenderness.

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Aug 26

I’m thrilled to share the news that I will be participating in a number of literary festivals and public events this coming September in southern Ontario to discuss my debut novel "To Place a Rabbit" which released this past spring. RSVP to your local event directly on their websites.

Liz Johnston @lizjohnston.bsky.social · Aug 12

“People have the wrong idea of writing and of time. Writing does not require time. Or more precisely, time is not the limiting factor.” An idea for me to ponder from Madhur Anand’s novel, To Place a Rabbit

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Aug 12

Coming up soon! Eden Mills Writers' Festival (Eden Mills, Ontario) www.haltonhillstoday.ca/local-news/h...

Here's the lineup for this year's Eden Mills Writers' Festival

Event will feature more than 45 Canadian authors sharing their recently and soon-to-be released books through panel discussions, readings and workshops

www.haltonhillstoday.ca

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jul 26

Au revoir @umontpellier.bsky.social
Thanks for hosting this collaboration with my lab @uofguelph.bsky.social at your Institute for Advanced Studies (MAK’IT)

Quill & Quire @quillandquire.bsky.social · Jan 9

Q&Q presents the fiction titles we’re most excited about this spring. This week’s instalment features forthcoming novels from award winners, bestsellers, and debut authors.
#canlit #ireadcanadian

quillandquire.com/omni/2025-sp...

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Jessica Guezen @jessicaguezen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Excited to share this research from my PhD! @globalecochange.bsky.social and I examined arthropod abundances across European agroecosystems and found that the effects of natural habitat and temperature change differed between arthropod functional groups and trait syndromes: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Combined effects of temperature change and natural habitat on the abundance of arthropod trait syndromes in agroecosystems

Land-use changes and climatic changes are two entwined stressors on ecosystems. Studies on such interactions often focus on species-level or region-specific responses, but fewer have examined differe...

doi.org

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · Jun 24

Madhur Anand has published a novel, and its protagonist is a scientist. That's unusual in literary fiction - how does it work? scientistseessquirre...

I complained there aren’t enough novels about scientists – so Madhur Anand wrote one

Almost a decade ago now (can you believe I’ve been writing this blog for that long?), I pointed out that there are remarkably few novels written about scientists. Not, I mean, novels about science,…

scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com

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Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · May 29

Absolutely thrilled to be part of this Storymakers cohort: dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025.... Grateful to kick off my sabbatical with such an inspiring group (& to follow in the footsteps of science & story role models @globalecochange.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social @elenabennett.bsky.social)

Wrigley Institute selects 2025 environmental storytelling fellows

The Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability has selected its 2025 cohort for the Storymakers program in environmental storytelling

dornsife.usc.edu

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thank you so much to scientist & writer Dr. Stephen Heard for generously reviewing my first novel TO PLACE A RABBIT, which he clarifies is not a novel about science but "the characters happen to be scientists."

Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · Jun 24

Madhur Anand has published a novel, and its protagonist is a scientist. That's unusual in literary fiction - how does it work? scientistseessquirre...

I complained there aren’t enough novels about scientists – so Madhur Anand wrote one

Almost a decade ago now (can you believe I’ve been writing this blog for that long?), I pointed out that there are remarkably few novels written about scientists. Not, I mean, novels about science,…

scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jun 11

The Montpellier Advanced Knowledge Institute on Transitions at @umontpellier.bsky.social will host a workshop I'm leading on predicting tipping points. This workshop will nourish collaborative knowledge and deepen understandings of tipping points through art & science.

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jun 10

Congratulations, Jessica. Great work, and a pleasure working with you.

Jessica Guezen @jessicaguezen.bsky.social · Jun 9

Excited to share this research from my PhD! @globalecochange.bsky.social and I examined arthropod abundances across European agroecosystems and found that the effects of natural habitat and temperature change differed between arthropod functional groups and trait syndromes: doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Combined effects of temperature change and natural habitat on the abundance of arthropod trait syndromes in agroecosystems

Land-use changes and climatic changes are two entwined stressors on ecosystems. Studies on such interactions often focus on species-level or region-specific responses, but fewer have examined differe...

doi.org

Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jun 5

“Rendered in immersive prose that is as slippery as memory itself, To Place a Rabbit is a compelling portrait of a person who, undone by desire and inspiration, obsessively analyzes — and tampers with — the evidence of her past.”

--Literary Review of Canada

reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

Writers after Dark: Madhur Anand’s debut novel

Alex Trnka reviews “To Place a Rabbit,” an experimental debut novel which follows one scientist’s quest to translate a French novella.

reviewcanada.ca

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jun 5

Wonderful memory of my time as a USC Wrigley Storymakers fellow in 2023. Thanks for posting Carly and I can't wait to hear about your adventures.

Carly Ziter @carlyziter.bsky.social · May 29

Absolutely thrilled to be part of this Storymakers cohort: dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/2025.... Grateful to kick off my sabbatical with such an inspiring group (& to follow in the footsteps of science & story role models @globalecochange.bsky.social @queenofpeat.bsky.social @elenabennett.bsky.social)

Wrigley Institute selects 2025 environmental storytelling fellows

The Wrigley Institute for Environment & Sustainability has selected its 2025 cohort for the Storymakers program in environmental storytelling

dornsife.usc.edu

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Jun 5

How wonderful Carly! You are meant to be there.

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Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social · May 26

Lovely piece on @globalecochange.bsky.social and TO PLACE A RABBIT in Guelph Today!

www.guelphtoday.com/columns/on-t...

Guelph author and professor ventures into fiction

'Madhur Anand has again created a work of elegance and exploration'

www.guelphtoday.com

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Laurie D. Graham @lauriedgraham.bsky.social · May 23

Really glad to have a piece in the newest issue of @thenewquarterly.bsky.social, with @globalecochange.bsky.social, @ronnabloom.bsky.social, and many others. Thank you to Pamela Mulloy for inviting me to contribute. Thanks also to the juvenile squirrel for coming to pose for a photo.

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Westwood Creative Artists @westwoodcreative.bsky.social · May 13

Happy publication day to @globalecochange.bsky.social's TO PLACE A RABBIT! 🤩

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · May 3

Grateful to see "To Place a Rabbit" included in CBC Books’ list of “36 Canadian books you should be reading in May.”
Thank you @cbcbooks for the feature — it’s an honour to be in such wonderful company. Out May 13. 🐇

#ToPlaceARabbit #CBCBooks #CanadianBooks #DebutNovel

www.cbc.ca/books/to-pla...

To Place a Rabbit by Madhur Anand | CBC Books

A scientist is consumed by memories of love and loss as she translates a French novella.

www.cbc.ca

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Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Mar 20

Thanks to the @theglobeandmail.com for placing "To Place a Rabbit" on their Spring 2025 reading list and for calling it "Borgesian."

www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...

Thirty-seven new books you need to read this spring

Looking to buy more Canadian books? Our spring preview offers plenty of exciting new titles to choose from

www.theglobeandmail.com

Madhur Anand @globalecochange.bsky.social · Mar 14

Bridging the Social and Natural Sciences: Workshop with Prof. Madhur Anand - Care Climate
www.care-climate.com/bridging-the...

Bridging the Social and Natural Sciences: Workshop with Prof. Madhur Anand - Care Climate

As part of the second part of Prof. Dr. Madhur Anand’s CARE Visiting Fellowship, Sciences Po recently had the pleasure of hosting a workshop exploring the integration of social and natural sciences in...

www.care-climate.com