Espresso Books is hosting an event for chapbooks by me and poet David Lloyd today at 4 pm ET, all welcome. Zoom info: utoronto.zoom.us/j/88272979608

Saunders speaks with acclaimed author Alix Ohlin. Both authors are also revered writing instructors—Saunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at UBC—and this conversation will be filled with essential insights for readers and writers, and all of us living through these patently absurd times.

📣 Just announced! Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders joins us in Vancouver with his anticipated new novel, Vigil.

🗓️ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM
📍 St. Andrew's Wesley United Church

Tickets:
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On Oct 24, @csittenfeld.bsky.social will discuss her work to date and her dazzling latest short story collection, Show Don’t Tell, with @alixohlin.bsky.social

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Sittenfeld’s attendance presented thanks to the generous support of an anonymous patron.

100 Hours in LA. Tear gas, dive bars, resilient Angelenos, and Melissa Hortman appear in my dispatch. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Grateful to @postroadmag.bsky.social for publishing my story WE DON’T JOKE ABOUT SUCH THINGS, which I workshopped quite a long time ago in a Bread Loaf class led by @alixohlin.bsky.social

Donald Trump single handedly elected a new Canadian Liberal Government that was down 25 pts in January with his endless 51st State and annexation bloviation. Last night, Canada said. "Merci and could you now please fuck off and let us run our own country." My story. archive.is/wqkWa

It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Never Let Me Go, one of my favourite novels of all time. For @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social , I wrote about what it means to me and how, in 2025, Ishiguro's vision is--alas--more resonant than ever: lareviewofbooks.org/article/sava...

Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.

Read more: www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...

Vancouverites, I made a thing! Please contribute--and share!

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With Valentine’s Day approaching, romance is in the air—and on the page. Screenwriter Zac Hug has built a career crafting heartwarming rom-coms. We spoke with him about his work with Hallmark and how he is helping aspiring writers shape their own love stories for the screen with a new online course.

For The Sewanee Review, I wrote about Hiroko Oyamada's The Hole as a narrative of climate change: thesewaneereview.com/articles/mar...

Why inside my head is there an additional week of December that is infinity days long and in which all tasks can be accomplished

#Job: University of British Columbia School of Creative Writing seeks a Professor in Black Speculative Writing (all genres); part of a university initiative to hire Black faculty. creativewriting.ubc.ca/about/job-op...