Melanie J. Fishbane🇨🇦
@melaniejfishbane.bsky.social
Writer. Scholar. Teacher. PhD Candidate at Western University. Author of Maud: A Novel Inspired by L.M. Montgomery. Sometimes (mostly) overachievy.
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Kindred Spirits Exhibition Launch
YouTube video by The Robertson Davies Library
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You can now watch the full Canadian Book Binders and Artist's Guild Kindred Spirits Exhibition Launch @masseycollege.bsky.social @infinitetext.bsky.social #lmmontgomery #anneofgreengables
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youtu.be/_Bn5ZxGxrwY?...
Organized by The Lucy Maud Montgomery Museum and Literary Centre and Culture Days 2025 I'll be speaking Halton Hills Public Library on 20 of September. See details:
culturedays.ca/en/events/f3...
culturedays.ca/en/events/f3...
A Lucy Lecture with Melanie Fishbane
You’re invited for a conversation about the life and work of internationally renowned author of the Canadian classic, Anne of Green Gables, L.M. Montgomery. Join bestselling author, Melanie J. Fishban...
culturedays.ca
September 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Organized by The Lucy Maud Montgomery Museum and Literary Centre and Culture Days 2025 I'll be speaking Halton Hills Public Library on 20 of September. See details:
culturedays.ca/en/events/f3...
culturedays.ca/en/events/f3...
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URGENT CALL TO ACTION: please sign and share our petition, tell the Alberta Gov’t you don’t support book bans! Censorship escalates rapidly, put pressure on the gov’t now to ensure it doesn’t take hold in Canada.
Change.org/AB-book-ban
#CAIABB #ABbookban #FreedomToRead #NoBansInCanada
Change.org/AB-book-ban
#CAIABB #ABbookban #FreedomToRead #NoBansInCanada
Sign the Petition
Tell the Alberta Government: No Book Bans
Change.org
September 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
URGENT CALL TO ACTION: please sign and share our petition, tell the Alberta Gov’t you don’t support book bans! Censorship escalates rapidly, put pressure on the gov’t now to ensure it doesn’t take hold in Canada.
Change.org/AB-book-ban
#CAIABB #ABbookban #FreedomToRead #NoBansInCanada
Change.org/AB-book-ban
#CAIABB #ABbookban #FreedomToRead #NoBansInCanada
I strongly support this organization and its efforts. I've seen what book bans do and who they target. Please see the official information below about the organization and how to get involved.
August 6, 2025 at 5:05 PM
I strongly support this organization and its efforts. I've seen what book bans do and who they target. Please see the official information below about the organization and how to get involved.
Public Service Announcement...It's that time again, so manage your communications, prepare even more diligently for travel, and don't buy any houses. But you can let go of what no longer serves you. Honour your commitments to self (and others). Happy Mercury Retrograde! :)
July 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Public Service Announcement...It's that time again, so manage your communications, prepare even more diligently for travel, and don't buy any houses. But you can let go of what no longer serves you. Honour your commitments to self (and others). Happy Mercury Retrograde! :)
I’m picking up on where I left off in my Craft,Community, and Connection series by talking about how Caroline Fraser and Elizabeth Epperly recognized the importance of discussing how Laura Ingalls Wilder’s and L.M. Montgomery’s novels reach a diverse readership. open.substack.com/pub/melanief...
Craft Community and Connection: How Writing Can Save the Humanities - Part Four
Mentor Texts; Reaching a Diverse Readership
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I’m picking up on where I left off in my Craft,Community, and Connection series by talking about how Caroline Fraser and Elizabeth Epperly recognized the importance of discussing how Laura Ingalls Wilder’s and L.M. Montgomery’s novels reach a diverse readership. open.substack.com/pub/melanief...
June 3, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Craft, Connection, and Community: How Writing Can Save the Humanities - Part Three
substack.com/@melaniefish...
substack.com/@melaniefish...
Craft, Connection, and Community: How Writing Can Save the Humanities - Part Three
Mentor Texts; Or Why We Loved Studying Literature in the First Place
substack.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Craft, Connection, and Community: How Writing Can Save the Humanities - Part Three
substack.com/@melaniefish...
substack.com/@melaniefish...
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Today, my 14th #kidlit book goes out into the world. Asha And Baz Meet Gladys West is a chapter book series about #WomenInSTEM. Modern-day GPS is based on the mathematical work of Gladys West.
Let's celebrate the number 14 with a cup of tea (or beverage of your choice). Cheers! ☕
#CanKidLit
Let's celebrate the number 14 with a cup of tea (or beverage of your choice). Cheers! ☕
#CanKidLit
May 1, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Today, my 14th #kidlit book goes out into the world. Asha And Baz Meet Gladys West is a chapter book series about #WomenInSTEM. Modern-day GPS is based on the mathematical work of Gladys West.
Let's celebrate the number 14 with a cup of tea (or beverage of your choice). Cheers! ☕
#CanKidLit
Let's celebrate the number 14 with a cup of tea (or beverage of your choice). Cheers! ☕
#CanKidLit
My latest publication took me outside my comfort zone but working with Jessica made me feel like I could contribute my perspective. The work that everyone is doing in preserving & reclaiming lost aspects of Yiddish literature is commendable. I'm honoured to be part of it.
Melanie J. Fishbane reviews Yermiyahu Ahron Taub's translation of Dineh: An Autobiographical Novel by Ida Maze, offering her perspective from Girlhood Studies.
ingeveb.org/articles/din...
ingeveb.org/articles/din...
May 1, 2025 at 4:55 PM
My latest publication took me outside my comfort zone but working with Jessica made me feel like I could contribute my perspective. The work that everyone is doing in preserving & reclaiming lost aspects of Yiddish literature is commendable. I'm honoured to be part of it.
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Three days left to submit! 🦚
You have *ONE WEEK* to send your submissions on science fiction in Yiddish:
— Blog (reviews, short essays, interviews, etc.)
— Pedagogy (teaching guides)
— Texts & Translations, including miniyaturn (100-250 word narratives in Yiddish, with English translations).
ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
— Blog (reviews, short essays, interviews, etc.)
— Pedagogy (teaching guides)
— Texts & Translations, including miniyaturn (100-250 word narratives in Yiddish, with English translations).
ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
April 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Three days left to submit! 🦚
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calling all would-be Yiddish influencers…!
There are lots of ways to support @ingeveb.bsky.social. You could donate to their 10th anniversary fundraising campaign. You could also make yourself an extremely nerdy office reading nook for your imaginary second career as a Yiddish influencer. donorbox.org/tsen-yor
ingeveb.org/blog/get-you...
ingeveb.org/blog/get-you...
April 28, 2025 at 10:22 PM
calling all would-be Yiddish influencers…!
Happy 10th Anniversary @ingeveb.bsky.social. I was quite surprised when Jessica asked me to write a review as Yiddish Studies. I've also used the journal for my research. I was also paid for my writing, which is I know is part of their fundraising efforts: ingeveb.org/blog/in-geve.... Mazel Tov!
In geveb is turning t(s)en! | In geveb
Put on your birthday hats and hang your streamers because In geveb: A Journal of Yiddish Studies is turning ten this year!
ingeveb.org
May 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Happy 10th Anniversary @ingeveb.bsky.social. I was quite surprised when Jessica asked me to write a review as Yiddish Studies. I've also used the journal for my research. I was also paid for my writing, which is I know is part of their fundraising efforts: ingeveb.org/blog/in-geve.... Mazel Tov!
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We have extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue on "Yiddish Science Fiction" to Monday, May 5th. We seek submissions for our blog, pedagogy, and translation sections, as well as a special section of minyaturn.
More information: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
More information: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
April 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We have extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue on "Yiddish Science Fiction" to Monday, May 5th. We seek submissions for our blog, pedagogy, and translation sections, as well as a special section of minyaturn.
More information: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
More information: ingeveb.org/blog/call-fo...
This week on Substack I continue to discuss some of the theoretical approaches to writing and how it can be applied to scholarly writing. open.substack.com/pub/melanief...
Craft, Connection, and Community: Part Two
Creating an Emotional Connection; or Challenging the Binaries
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April 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
This week on Substack I continue to discuss some of the theoretical approaches to writing and how it can be applied to scholarly writing. open.substack.com/pub/melanief...
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“We, a diverse coalition of Jews at Columbia and Barnard, wholeheartedly reject the invocation of Jewish safety as a pretense to persecute, detain, and deport fellow students and community members without due process of law.”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
Sh’ma Koleinu: A joint message from Jews of Columbia across the ideological spectrum
We, a diverse coalition of Jews at Columbia and Barnard, wholeheartedly reject the invocation of <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/01/additional-measures-to-combat-anti-sem...
www.columbiaspectator.com
April 30, 2025 at 2:04 PM
“We, a diverse coalition of Jews at Columbia and Barnard, wholeheartedly reject the invocation of Jewish safety as a pretense to persecute, detain, and deport fellow students and community members without due process of law.”
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
www.columbiaspectator.com/opinion/2025...
I loved this show.
I endorse this message. Pls everyone watch this show bc I NEED SEASON 2! More Neevee now!
(Also more Tanya Tagaq in the bathtub. And more Cyndi Lauper covers in Inuktitut.)
(Also more Tanya Tagaq in the bathtub. And more Cyndi Lauper covers in Inuktitut.)
North By North on Netflix (by way of CBC & Aboriginal Peoples Television Network) is absolutely delightful and also has a kickass soundtrack.
Support Indigenous creators / get great TV!
Support Indigenous creators / get great TV!
April 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I loved this show.
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Kate's great thread is in response to the (underdiscussed) phenomenon of voters who jumped from the NDP to the Conservatives this election.
Some voters are drawn to the party they see as most anti-establishment. Poilievre has successfully rebranded the freaking CONSERVATIVES as anti-establishment.
Some voters are drawn to the party they see as most anti-establishment. Poilievre has successfully rebranded the freaking CONSERVATIVES as anti-establishment.
A lot of Ontarians think this is weird, but where I grew up in the West, orange/blue has always been a common way for ridings to flip. For very good historical reasons! It's not for nothing that the 1930s saw both the rise of fascism (including in Canada) *and* the rise of Canadian social democracy.
What happened in SW Ontario is *not* progressive vote splitting. Rather it's lost NDP votes breaking 2:1 to the Conservatives. There's a lot of blue-orange "anyone but Liberal" switchers.
Windsor West: Conservative +16, Liberal +3, NDP -20
Windsor West: Conservative +16, Liberal +3, NDP -20
April 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Kate's great thread is in response to the (underdiscussed) phenomenon of voters who jumped from the NDP to the Conservatives this election.
Some voters are drawn to the party they see as most anti-establishment. Poilievre has successfully rebranded the freaking CONSERVATIVES as anti-establishment.
Some voters are drawn to the party they see as most anti-establishment. Poilievre has successfully rebranded the freaking CONSERVATIVES as anti-establishment.
Office reorg part one: in which I find alll the pens!
April 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Office reorg part one: in which I find alll the pens!
In which I begin to talk about creating "Craft, Connection, and Community" through writing in the humanities. open.substack.com/pub/melanief...
Craft, Connection, and Community:
How Writing Can Save the Humanities (Part One)
open.substack.com
April 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
In which I begin to talk about creating "Craft, Connection, and Community" through writing in the humanities. open.substack.com/pub/melanief...
A New "Chapter" in My Blogging--do we even call it that now?-- Journey
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A New "Chapter" in My Blogging--do we even call it that now?-- Journey
How can I add to an already busy conversation on writing.
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April 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
A New "Chapter" in My Blogging--do we even call it that now?-- Journey
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“Oh, I don’t mean just the tree; of course it’s lovely...but I meant everything, the garden and the orchard and the brook and the woods, the whole big dear world.
Don’t you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
#EarthDay
LM Montgomery
🎨 Kaoru Yamada
Don’t you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
#EarthDay
LM Montgomery
🎨 Kaoru Yamada
April 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
“Oh, I don’t mean just the tree; of course it’s lovely...but I meant everything, the garden and the orchard and the brook and the woods, the whole big dear world.
Don’t you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
#EarthDay
LM Montgomery
🎨 Kaoru Yamada
Don’t you feel as if you just loved the world on a morning like this?
ANNE OF GREEN GABLES
#EarthDay
LM Montgomery
🎨 Kaoru Yamada
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May be a bit before it's truly green, but @friedawishinsky.bsky.social's message in her upcoming #MG #NF book KEEP OUR WORLD GREEN: WHY HUMANS NEED GARDENS, PARKS AND PUBLIC GREEN SPACES from @orcabook.bsky.social is important all year round. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/04/keep...
Keep Our World Green: Why Humans Need Gardens, Parks and Public Green Spaces
Promoting children's and YA books by Canadian authors and illustrators
canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com
April 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
May be a bit before it's truly green, but @friedawishinsky.bsky.social's message in her upcoming #MG #NF book KEEP OUR WORLD GREEN: WHY HUMANS NEED GARDENS, PARKS AND PUBLIC GREEN SPACES from @orcabook.bsky.social is important all year round. canlitforlittlecanadians.blogspot.com/2025/04/keep...
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For Switcheroo Month, the Gutter's own @thecritterlab.bsky.social has a swell article up about story first games! culturalgutter.com/2025/04/17/s...
Story First Games: Southern Gothic to Steampunk
The first article I ever wrote for the Gutter was about an innovative video game called The Indigo Prophecy (Quantic Dream, 2005). It was described as “a breakthrough in interactive narrative”, whi…
culturalgutter.com
April 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM
For Switcheroo Month, the Gutter's own @thecritterlab.bsky.social has a swell article up about story first games! culturalgutter.com/2025/04/17/s...
You can now watch the full Canadian Book Binders and Artist's Guild Kindred Spirits Exhibition Launch @masseycollege.bsky.social @infinitetext.bsky.social #lmmontgomery #anneofgreengables
youtu.be/_Bn5ZxGxrwY?...
youtu.be/_Bn5ZxGxrwY?...
Kindred Spirits Exhibition Launch
YouTube video by The Robertson Davies Library
youtu.be
April 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
You can now watch the full Canadian Book Binders and Artist's Guild Kindred Spirits Exhibition Launch @masseycollege.bsky.social @infinitetext.bsky.social #lmmontgomery #anneofgreengables
youtu.be/_Bn5ZxGxrwY?...
youtu.be/_Bn5ZxGxrwY?...