Andrew Boden
andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social
Andrew Boden
@andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social
Author of the novel WHEN WE WERE ASHES published by Goose Lane Editions. Co-editor of HIDDEN LIVES: COMING OUT ON MENTAL ILLNESS published by Brindle & Glass. Vice-president and Director of BOOKS OVER BORDERS, a children's literacy NGO.
Great morning hike out to Moyie Falls!
October 30, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Larches turning golden against an autumn sky.
October 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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📚 Introducing the 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel Award shortlist: @andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social's When We Were Ashes (gooselane.bsky.social) is a haunting novel of survival, memory, and quiet resistance under the shadow of Nazi Germany’s Aktion T4. Learn more: thewalrus.ca/afna
May 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Beyond honoured to have my novel, When We Were Ashes shortlisted for the Amazon Canada First Novel Award!

And many congrats to my fellow nominees!

@gooselane.bsky.social
📚 The shortlist is here! Amazon Canada and The Walrus proudly present the finalists for the 2025 Amazon Canada First Novel Award. Learn more about the six debut novels and the writers behind them: thewalrus.ca/afna
May 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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A good read about the power of implicit meaning and metaphysical messaging in traditional stories and folklore bit.ly/3FX1Ijr from @andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“Why does Trump so faithfully and perversely serve Russia’s aims?”

An astute article with direct bearing not only on post-war Western alliances, but also here at home on Canada’s sovereignty.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Dark Alliance of Putin and Trump | The Tyee
The Kremlin has backed the president for years. The brutal outcome poses a huge risk for Canada.
thetyee.ca
March 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
On pathocracy: Trump and the Politics of Pathology. An insightful, Canadian take.

thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...

@rbreich.bsky.social @briantylercohen.bsky.social
Trump and the Politics of Pathology | The Tyee
The strongman catastrophist summons the worst in us. Why do so many heed his call?
thetyee.ca
March 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
You’re invited! Very pleased to be celebrating an upcoming online launch with the amazing Genni Gunn! Come on out and check out some fine Canadian fiction! 🇨🇦

#fiction #wwii #canada #writing #writer #books #elbowsup
@gooselane.bsky.social
March 22, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Thanks to everyone who came to the Book Warehouse to see Bob Mackay and I present from our latest novels! And thanks Anna Kuchkova for her cello magic!
March 9, 2025 at 1:46 AM
A Canadian graffiti sandwich: snow, graffiti, snow.

#canada #canadian #snowart
March 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
You’re all invited!
March 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
You’re all invited! 🙂
February 23, 2025 at 3:05 AM
My mother’s cat, Lisa, levitating as she readies to cast her next spell: peace in her time.
February 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
The icy floor of a little cave complete with babbling water…
February 20, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Moyie Falls, the winter edition. Two mine entrances are visible in the first few frames.
February 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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THIS IS TONIGHT!!

I hope you will join me and @andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social for a writerly conversation about his debut novel, WHEN WE WERE ASHES.

Head over to Instagram Live at 7:00pm ET.

@gooselane.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 3:52 PM
February 12, 2025 at 3:53 AM
New date! Hope to see you there!
NEW DATE for The First Thirty Insta Live chat with @andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social
Neat Thursday February 13!
7:00pm ET
over on our Instagram.
February 3, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Very happy to come across this review of my novel WHEN WE WERE ASHES!

www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
Humanity permeates moving wartime debut novel
B.C. author Andrew Boden’s debut novel is a heartbreaking story about a survivor of one of humanity’s lowest moments.
www.winnipegfreepress.com
February 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
You’re invited!
January 30, 2025 at 3:57 AM
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Insta Live chat next Thursday with @andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social

Grab your calendars!
January 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A beautiful subalpine stream under ice on Eagle Ridge. A great hike yesterday…
January 27, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The moody winter forest. Ghosts appear and fade away…
January 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
A magnificent sunset over Burnaby Mountain. Ecstatic almost.
January 24, 2025 at 4:28 PM