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Toronto Prose Reading Series

November 23 virtual with Shani Mootoo
November 27 Instagram Live John Cullen
December 7 TYPE Books Junction


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JUNCTION READS @junctionreads.bsky.social · Aug 16
Registration is open for ALL our events in Season 12!

Grab your free ticket, or pay what you can to support our authors.

Reserve space for us in your calendars. We'd be so grateful!

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Upcoming Events
Junction Reads in-person events take place at TYPE Books in the Junction (a physically accessible space). We livestream our events through Zoom. Our online events take place once per month via Zoom…
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If you missed the reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo on Sunday, you can catch it here.

@bookhugpress.bsky.social

Please like and subscribe while you're there.

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November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Thursday!
7:00pm ET
4:00pm PT
Instagram Live chat with
@johncullen.bsky.social about being a gifted nerd who chooses curling (chess on ice) as his preferred sport and now he’s writing about it and it’s super funny!

Hope you’ll join us!
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November 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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I wrote a book about curling that is out this fall. I’m very proud of it and it’s designed to be enjoyed by anyone from the most staunch curling hater to the person who just goes to the curling club on a Friday night to “hang out”. You may pre-order it now and I’d be thrilled if you did
cullenoncurling.bsky.social John Cullen @cullenoncurling.bsky.social · Jun 16
EXCITING NEWS! I have written a book about curling, designed to be enjoyed by curlers and non-curlers alike, out on Douglas and McIntyre on October 14. Pre-orders available now:

www.indiebookstores.ca/book/9781771...
June 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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"A novel of remembering, of the times in our lives we carry around like a precious and hefty rock in our back pocket. A novel about learning to be—for ourselves—who we want to be."
@junctionreads.bsky.social reviews celebrated writer Shani Mootoo's Starry Starry Night. tinyurl.com/mru8vept
Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. STARRY STARRY NIGHT by Shani Mootoo, from Book*hug Press. What does a reader want from a novel that you know is connected in man…
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November 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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TONIGHT!!!
Shani Mootoo
STARRY STARRY NIGHT.

Novel, a personal story, a memory, a time, a body, love, politics, Trinidad, family.

@bookhugpress.bsky.social
@rollwithheather.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Shani Mootoo
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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Ditto!
rollwithheather.bsky.social Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 5d
Universal pharmacare, dentalcare, mental healthcare, eye care. Free public transit, bike lanes everywhere, nationalized high speed rail. Free post secondary education. Nationalized telecoms, grocery stores, postal and banking services. UBI, mixed member proportional representation. No billionaires.
mdruker.app Michael Druker @mdruker.app · 5d
I want to hear your uncomfortably big ideas for Canada!
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio, / @knifeforkbook.bsky.social @neilsurkan.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio,
Again, this blended sequence. [ see my first post on such here ; see my second post here ; see my third post here ]. Might we see you later ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Tomorrow!
I am beyond thrilled that I get to sit and chat with Shani Mootoo about her incredible personal novel, STARRY, STARRY NIGHT!!

@bookhugpress.bsky.social @rollwithheather.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Shani Mootoo
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Review of Shani Mootoo’s epic and glorious, STARRY STARRY NIGHT from @bookhugpress.bsky.social

Yes, you should read it! And join us on Sunday November 23 for a reading and conversation. Find the link to the event on our website.

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Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. STARRY STARRY NIGHT by Shani Mootoo, from Book*hug Press. What does a reader want from a novel that you know is connected in man…
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November 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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Sunday November 23
6:00pm ET
A virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT from @bookhugpress.bsky.social

@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Shani Mootoo
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Yes!! I want to put down my phone and get more subscription s.
alexanderchee.bsky.social Alexander Chee @alexanderchee.bsky.social · 11d
I do love my magazines.
kristadb1.bsky.social Krista D. Ball: Canada's Snarky Potato @kristadb1.bsky.social · 11d
I got out of the habit of reading magazines bc of the social pressure of writers reading what's trendy/popular or frankly expected of you.

This year, I've dedicated myself back to reading magazines and I'm truly having the time of my life.
November 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Excellent opportunity to build your own #wriingcommunity #canlit

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Connected Studio | Vancouver Manuscript Intensive
For a few years we have offered six monthly drop-in Zoom sessions expressly for the writers enrolled in the Six-Month Intensive. These meetings create community, provide structure to writers, and are ...
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November 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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I'm thrilled for the winners of the @writerstrust.bsky.social awards!

While awards for art is an emotional shitstorm for artists, audiences around the world base consumption on these random (objective, ha!) lists and I wish they wouldn't.

Read beyond the lists!

www.writerstrust.com/awards
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November 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Sunday November 23
6:00pm ET
A virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT from @bookhugpress.bsky.social

@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

www.eventbrite.ca/e/1592394718...
Junction Reads with Shani Mootoo
Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Shani Mootoo, author of STARRY STARRY NIGHT.
www.eventbrite.ca
November 14, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Congratulations to Sheree Fitch, winner of the $40,000 #MattCohen Award: In Celebration of a Writing Life. #WTAwards #canlit Thank you to Lorraine Greey for her continuous support of this prize.
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 AM
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Leanne Betasamosake Simpson @biidaasamose.bsky.social wins the $75K #HilaryWeston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction for Theory of Water: Nishnaabe Maps to the Times Ahead, published by Alchemy by Knopf Canada. The prize is supported by The Hilary and Galen Weston Foundation. #WTAwards #canlit
November 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
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Chapbook reviews.
Three fantastic poetry books from ANSTRUTHER BOOKS @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

@bookhugpress.bsky.social (Jay MillAr)
@hollay.bsky.social
@inkstainedwreck.ca

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November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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How are we going back in time?

“The misogynistic views harboured and perpetuated by the manosphere, channeled through social media and podcasts geared towards men, are entering young boys’ minds as “fact,” Carolo says.”
thelocal.to The Local Magazine @thelocal.to · 17d
In the backlash to the Me Too movement, some undergrads are now entering university with fundamental beliefs “that blame women and the women’s movement…for the challenges that young men are experiencing in today’s society,” one violence prevention advocate warns.
What Happened to the Campus Me Too Movement? | The Local
Without enough brothers to fill their houses, some fraternities have begun renting rooms to non-students desperate for cheap rent. The results have been messy.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Madeleine Thien, Cassandra Calin, Gillian Sze among the winners of the 2025 Quebec Writers' Federation Awards
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Madeleine Thien, Cassandra Calin, Gillian Sze among winners of 2025 QWF Literary Awards - Quill and Quire
The winners of six book awards, the Ian Ferrier Spoken Word Prize, the carte blanche Prize, and QWF College Writers Award were announced at the Quebec Writers’ Federation Awards Gala, on Nov. 10, in M...
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November 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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We are open for short fiction submissions of all genres. Simultaneous and multiple submissions accepted. Previously published submissions accepted. No submission fee. Tell a friend.
#WritingCommunity #AmWriting #LitMag
#5amWritingClub #WritersLift
November 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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New book reviews up. @sydhegele.bsky.social and @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social

I only write reviews for books that I love so don't judge me for my gushy five stars! I'll give 'em out all day if I want to!!!

@invisibooks.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social

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Book Reviews
For reviews of Junction Reads’ titles, check out the Homepage. When the beauty of the entire world exists inside the writing we share, the books we read, and that to write, and to read, we ca…
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November 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Why are we still okay pinning bits of single use plastic to our lapels?
The UK uses paper.
There are plenty of reusable options.
If the Canadian Legion doesn’t update their poppies we need to stop purchasing.
November 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Teachers and school people!

Do you know about @thefoldcanada.bsky.social Kids Fest?
There are so many incredible and fun bookish things for you to bring into the classroom.

Starts tomorrow.

Please share with teacher pals!

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Registration and Passes - The FOLD
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November 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Did you miss our event last night?

Readings and a Q and A with @terivlass.bsky.social @heatherbirrell.bsky.social and @sokhan.bsky.social

@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
@riverstreetwriting.bsky.social

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Junction Reads with Teri Vlassopoulos, Heather Birrell and Saad Omar Khan
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November 3, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Sunday November 2
It’s a bookish weekend in Toronto and we hope you’ll come!
6:30pm
TYPE Books Junction
2887 Dundas Street W
Doors open all day!
Heather Birrell
Teri Vlassopoulos
Saad Omar Khan
@wolsakandwynn.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @invisibooks.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 1:32 PM