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Bridget Canning

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Author of The Greatest Hits of Wanda Jaynes, Some People's Children, and No One Knows about Us (Breakwater Books). Academic Communications Instructor at the College of the North Atlantic. She/Her. www.bridgetcanning.com

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Jan 31

Hey, I wrote a creepy story about an iceberg and it's published in the January/February issue of the @thewalrus.ca. You can read it here: thewalrus.ca/pack-ice-sea...

#canlit #nlauthors

Pack Ice Season | The Walrus

Once she’s close up, everything might change

thewalrus.ca

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Aug 25

Such a joy to be part of @writersatwp.bsky.social this summer! My heart is full.

Yesterday I read my story "Pack Ice Season" which was published by The Walrus back in January. Here is a link to it: Pack Ice Season | The Walrus thewalrus.ca/pack-ice-sea...

Pack Ice Season | The Walrus

Once she’s close up, everything might change

thewalrus.ca

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Jun 29

School's out and Cocaine Bear is on Netflix.

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Elle Glass @uberbabe.bsky.social · Jun 18

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · May 22

Congratulations to Michael Crummey! Love this book. Actually, love all his books. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Dublin Literary Award: The Adversary by Canadian author Michael Crummey wins €100,000 prize

Story of sibling rivalry in harsh 19th-century Newfoundland wins Dublin Literary Award, worth €100,000

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · May 15

Spotted this creature at Long Pond yesterday and managed to get the Merlin app open just as it flew off. Quite the squawk.

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · May 8

Excited for this workshop with @bookninja.bsky.social. I write fiction mostly, so I'm looking forward to exercising one of the many underused parts of my writer brain. www.google.com/url?q=https:...

Poetry Bootcamp: Building Rock Solid Poems (St. John's) - George Murray

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Apr 28

I play this now and it's hard. But I managed to kill all the right little dots in only 2 tries.

Hopple # 57 with only 2 resets!
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Hopple

A hopple a day keeps the scaries away.

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Apr 23

I do the Hopple now. I think when I first played, I had to reset it 15 times, like when Buffy was cursed in the Magic Shop.

Hopple # 52 with only 0 resets!

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Hopple

A hopple a day keeps the scaries away.

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Willow Kean @willowkean.bsky.social · Apr 10

Congrats to my friend @susieisnothere.bsky.social (who is the kindest, most generous soul, and a constant source of encouragement) and to Lisa Moore and Jack Whelan. Two devastatingly beautiful books. Thank you for waking us up, you are all an inspiration.❤️

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Mar 19

Absolutely thrilled to be part of Writers at Woody Point again this summer. The lineup is posted here: www.writersatwoodypoint.com/writers@writ...

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · Mar 12

Thanks to everyone in Keels, Bonavista and Port Union Newfoundland. We had the best time in such a beautiful place and everyone was so welcoming.

#severance

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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · Mar 12

film still #55

Patricia and crew in Bonavista, Newfoundland
April 2023.

#severance

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Mar 8

Excited to be hanging out with Write Club as part of the Women's Work Festival Performance Walk today. www.womensworkfestival.ca/2025-schedul...

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riddlefence.bsky.social @riddlefence.bsky.social · Feb 1

Our FREE submission window is nowwwww OPEN -- from now until March 31, submit your work for free to Riddle Fence. All the details at www.riddlefence.com or on our Submittable. PLUS: POETRY AND FICTION ONLY --- IT'S A THEMED CALL!

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 16

Baking puns and conflict resolution for vegetables. #shoplocal

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 10

Snow day and wikitok exploration.

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 8

A February ocean.

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Feb 5

From the pages of our January/February 2025 issue: The arrival of a peculiar iceberg thaws out a new kind of grief in a woman who lost her husband to the waters of the bay it towers over.

Read “Pack Ice Season,” a new short story from Bridget Canning: thewalrus.ca/pack-ice-season/

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 5

Yes, focusing on following news, writer stuff, and nice people. Hopefully won't leave pocket crumbs.

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 5

Ayyyyyyy!

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 3

Thanks for the shout out, @susieisnothere.bsky.social

Susie Taylor @susieisnothere.bsky.social · Feb 3

This story by @bridgetcanning.bsky.social in the most recent @thewalrus.ca is brilliant. Read it. It will make you remember why you love short stories.

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 3

Some random objects from the living room, posted just because I like a distraction from Sunday night thoughts. The Nosferatu candle was a gift to my husband from one of his friends. #stuff

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 2

No, but it was fun. Bingo and fondue night.

Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Feb 1

Saturday night when you want to go to bed at 9:30.

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Bridget Canning @bridgetcanning.bsky.social · Jan 31

Thanks! Ah, what the forgotten gutters collect.