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Hollay Ghadery
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Writes. Mothers. Neurodiverges.
Poet Laureate of Scugog Township.
📚: Fuse (CNF), Rebellion Box (poems), Widow Fantasies (stories).
Co-host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM & host at The New Books Network.
www.hollayghadery.com
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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · Sep 11
The Unravelling of Ou (by me!) is forthcoming with Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026, and is available for pre-order now. 🧦 📖

Here is the listing at one of my local bookstores!

tinyurl.com/5an25y7h

This book was made possible through the generous funding of Ontario Arts Council.

#canlit
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In this NBN episode, I speak with Governor General Award-winning author Sadiqa de Meijer about her new essay collection, In the Field (Palimpsest Press, 2025).

Listen in:

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November 26, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025).

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November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with Patrick Grace about his poetry collection, Deviant (U Alberta Press, 2024). If you have ever asked me for a poetry recommendation chances are, I’ve recommended this book.
You can tune into the episode here:

newbooksnetwork.com/deviant
November 23, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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My new column just dropped @themockler.bsky.social #SendMyLoveToAnyone

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A Volunteer's Life
How I've lived as a "working artist."
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November 20, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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It’s #NationalAbsurdityDay — a perfect occasion to spotlight Hollay Ghadery’s debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, forthcoming February 15, 2026 with Palimpsest Press.

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November 20, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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In this NBN episode, I have a lovely conversation with award-winning and nationally acclaimed author Shane Peacock about his novel, A Place of Secrets (
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025).

In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. 🔥

Tune in:

newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s...

#gothic
November 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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I am thrilled to be joined on my blog by the extraordinary and beloved author and publisher, Michael Mirolla, to talk about author-publisher etiquette and expectations.

Read the interview here:

www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx...

#writers #publishing
November 18, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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In this NBN episode, I chop it up with the excellent award-winning author Bruce Hunter about his CanLit masterpiece, In the Bear’s House (Frontenac House Press, 2025).

Tune in:

newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears...

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November 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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The Unravelling of Ou is on NetGalley, my darling dust bunnies!

This means, if you’re on NetGalley, you can snag an advance digital copy of my novel to read and review.

Read on NetGalley:

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

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November 15, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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It’s #NonfictionNovember. I want to show some love for my book, Fuse, a memoir of mixed-race identity & mental health, published by @guernicaeditions.bsky.social. It won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Thankful to everyone who’s read it.
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November 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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Thank you, @junctionreads.bsky.social ✨
November 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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In this NBN episode, I speak with author Kasia Jaronczyk about her fascinating novel, Voices in the Air (Palimpsest Press, 2025).

Listen to the episode:

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November 12, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social welcomes poet Zachari Green talking about his book “Green” @radiantpress.bsky.social - Also on the show @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social on her book of essays “In The Field” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TONIGHT!
November 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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Anishinaabe and Kanien’kehá:ka poet Melissa Powless Day was recently interviewed by Windspeaker’s Books Feature Writer, Shari Narine, about A Bow Forged from Ash—Melissa’s new poetry published by Palimpsest Press.

Read the full piece:

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November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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TOMORROW NIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social welcomes poet Zachari Green talking about his book “Green” @radiantpress.bsky.social - Also on the show @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social on her book of essays “In The Field” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!
November 10, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Ecology Paul comes to life thanks to the irrepressibly talented New Mexico artist, Catie Powe! 🧦

Head to my blog to take a peek behind the creation of the cover art for my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, February 15, 2026).

www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/the-cre...

#canlit
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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Aisha Sasha John is all kinds of wonderful, and I’m excited to share the interview I did with her on The New Books Network about her intuitively gorgeous collection of poetry, total (McClelland and Stewart, 2025).

✨

Listen here:

newbooksnetwork.com/total

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November 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Lucy Black is one of the very best writers of historical fiction on the planet—this book is gorgeous.
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“The novel is a stitching together of memories of unspeakable events. Black takes us on an exciting journey through rural Ontario in the late 1800s.”
—WAHEED RABBANI, Historical Novel Society

Read the review of Lucy E.M. Black’s, A Quilting of Scars:

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A Quilting of Scars - Historical Novel Society
In 1911, in Cemetery Hill, Ontario, fifty-one-year-old bachelor Larkin is successfully raising stallions on his farm. He is striving hard to save enough money to buy a “horseless carriage.” One day, h...
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November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A Halloween poem from Poet Laureate of Scugog Township, @hollay.bsky.social 🎃

This excerpt is from, “I too live with vows”, which appears in Hollay’s chapbook, the blades of grass are dreaming, published by Anstruther Press.

www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products...

#halloween
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with 2025 Governor General Literary Award finalist Farah Ghafoor about her poetry collection, Shadow Price (House of Anansi)— the poetry that single-handedly made me interested in economics. (I know I know.)

newbooksnetwork.com/shadow-price
October 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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You can now order a copy of my chapbook, the blades of grass are dreaming, directly from Anstruther Press:

www.anstrutherpress.com#/the-blades-...

This is a wee collection of occasional verse.

Thank you to Jim Johnstone for this picture, & everyone at Anstruther Press.

#poetry #chapbook
October 30, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with Zilla Jones about her novel, The World So Wide (Cormorant Books, 2025). We talk mixed-race identity, Zilla’s path to writing this remarkable debut, and the most controversial element of this story.

newbooksnetwork.com/the-world-so...
October 28, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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the blades of grass are dreaming (Anstruther Press, 2025) is my debut chapbook is almost out!

If you’d like a signed copy, drop me a DM or contact me HollayGhadery.ca.

Thanks to Anstruther Press, The Canada Council of the Arts, The Ontario Arts Council, and The Government of Ontario.
October 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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Durham region people and poets! Join me for our third Meta 4 Open Mic Poetry Night & Workshop

When: Wednesday, October 29 7pm

Hosted by me—Scugog Poet Laureate!

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Where:

META4 Contemporary Craft Gallery
200 Queen Street, Port Perry
905-985-1534
meta4gallery.ca
October 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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It was a thrill for me to speak w/ Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu about her exquisite novel, The Creation of Half Broken People, on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social.

We talk intertextuality & how Siphiwe’s novel plays into the tradition of gothic lit & also, subverts it.

newbooksnetwork.com/the-creation...
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM