2 ongoing convos are dovetailing rn:
1. a holiday shopping $ blackout aimed at big business;
2. worry over small presses closing or paring down.

Let's talk direct action: YOU CAN DO BOTH😀

IT'S VITAL TO SUPPORT indie pubs that encourage risk & diversity. Here's a 🧵 of em you can support directly:

Super Canucks features stories by yours truly, @premeemohamed.com, @melaniemarttila.bsky.social, @harkback.bsky.social, @niallspain.bsky.social, @pbarmby.bsky.social, Jim Robb, Chris O’Halloran, & Dwain Campbell. Coming March 2026! Preorder now! store.latitude46publishing.com/products/sup...

It’s still a few months away from release but I’m at @canconsffh.bsky.social in Ottawa promoting the anthology about small town Canadian superheroes called Super Canucks that Mat Del Papa and I edited together. Coming March 2026 from @latitude46pub.bsky.social I have postcards to share. #cancon2025

35 Years Ago Today: Toronto #BlueJays pitcher Dave Stieb hurls the first no-hitter in team history vs. the Cleveland Indians at Municipal Stadium! (September 2, 1990) #MLB #Baseball #History #LightsUpLetsGo

Lots of love for our new episode and for its subject, Ursula Le Guin. Many thanks to @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social for his insights and sharing his passion for Earthsea with us (and you). Andy, Una, Tess and Nicky x open.spotify.com/episode/0sc5...

This makes my brain itch in all the right ways.

next submission call in ~48 hours!
Tuesday, June 10, 10 am ET!

looking for SQUARE blocks of text.

what that means, vaguely: ~280-290 words, no linebreaks, no paragraph breaks.
what that means, specifically: 20 lines of text w/ HAD formatting:
havehashad.com/pages/wysiwyg

John Carpenter, legendary director of classic horror films such as "The Thing" and "Halloween" is a fan of Sonic the Hedgehog, most notably Sonic Unleashed in particular.

Y'all read this, or what? Shit rips. You need it. Let it in.
www.weirdpunkbooks.com or wherever you buy books.

New on the Q&Q Job Board: Writer in Residence
@ Regina Public Library • For more details: bit.ly/48CrXpc

A THOUSAND TINY AWAKENINGS (@latitude46pub.bsky.social) is an anthology that carries the hope and resilence of a new generation. Check out our interview with co-editors Lindsay Mayhew and Connor Lafortune.
#AmReading #Anthology #Fiction #CanLit
open-book.ca/News/A-Thous...

Keep the submissions coming over the weekend and next week. Let's gooooo! Thanks again for sharing.
duotrope.com/duosuma/subm...

This Saturday, April 26th is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Visit www.indiebookstores.ca/cibd/ to learn more about the indies near you and what they're up to, and make sure to stop by to pick up a book this weekend!

eat a book to gain its vocabulary

I’m so pleased to share this lovely cover reveal for my new book of poems, The Pollination Field, w/ Turnstone Press. You can pre-order at the link below. This year, as I’m dealing with a very painful hip and body, a Sudbury launch won’t happen until summer.

turnstonepress.com/books/poetry...

We're celebrating our spring season on Tuesday, May 27 at The Society Clubhouse (967 College St.)! There will be short readings starting at 7:30pm by Heather Birrell, Christian Bök, Michael Chang, Adam Haiun, Maggie Helwig, Susan Holbrook, and Andrew Kaufman.

RSVP: www.eventbrite.ca/e/coach-hous...