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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 4h

Incredibly excited that I get to launch A Place For People Like Us alongside these amazing fellow @guernicaeditions.bsky.social authors Rebecca Papucaru and Michael Carin in Montreal this Sunday from 2-4pm at Paragraphe Bookstore. Montreal friends and readers we’d love to see you 🧡📚🎉

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you so so much 💗💗💗📚🧡🥹

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Open Book @openbookon.bsky.social · 14h

Acclaimed novelist Danila Botha (@danilabotha.bsky.social) invites readers into the tender, chaotic world of A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US (Guernica Editions). Check out our interview with the author right here!
#AmReading #Novel #CanLit
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Danila Botha Invites Readers Into the Tender, Chaotic World of A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US

The brand new novel from acclaimed author Danila Botha, aptly titled A Place for People Like Us (Guernica Editions), is a bold and deeply moving exploration ...

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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 2d

We LOVE your #ALUWomenAskingWomen feature @alllitupcanada.bsky.social! HUGE 🙏 for featuring these AMAZING women, including our very own Nadia Staikos.

All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 5d

Debut authors Rebecca Morris (OTHER MAPS, @llpmtl.bsky.social) and Nadia Staikos (UNTIL THEY SLEEP, @guernicaeditions.bsky.social) talk fairy tales and balancing writing with motherhood in our latest #ALUWomenAskingWomen.

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A graphic for All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women (Writers Asking Writers) series. On the top left side features Rebecca Morris, a light-skin-toned woman with curly salt-and-pepper hair wearing a black blazer and white top and smiling into the camera. On the bottom right is Nadia Staikos, a light-skin-toned woman with dark hair. She is resting her chin on her hand and looking into the camera. Text on the graphic reads: "Women Asking Women (Writers Asking Writers). Rebecca Morris and Nadia Staikos. Women’s History Month on ALU."

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 2d

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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 2d

We ❤️The Sh#t No One Tells You About Writing Podcast! We also ❤️Bianca's interview with @danilabotha.bsky.social and their discussion about Danila's new Novel A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US.

Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 5d

The Sh#t No One Tells You About Writing Podcast is an invaluable resource for the writing community and I was honoured to get to do this interview with them about A Place for People Like Us and my writing career. theshitaboutwriting.substack.com/p/win-a-book...
💗📚 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

✨Win a Books With Hooks Critique; Why Writing While Working Full Time is Actually a Good Thing; & Juggling Life and the Muse✨

Plus, in this week's Books with Hooks, CeCe explains the exact plot point elements a query letter needs.

theshitaboutwriting.substack.com

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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 3d

Tonight, Oct 5, 6:30pm @junctionreads.bsky.social at TYPE Books Junction and via livestream. #CanLit
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Catherine Bush, Caitlin Galway & Michelle Winters (Livestreaming)

Kick off Season 12 with Catherine Bush, Caitlin Galway & Michelle Winters. Register for the zoom live-stream, otherwise, pay at the door.

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 27d

The Unravelling of Ou (by me!) is forthcoming with Palimpsest Press, February 15, 2026, and is available for pre-order now. 🧦 📖

Here is the listing at one of my local bookstores!

tinyurl.com/5an25y7h

This book was made possible through the generous funding of Ontario Arts Council.

#canlit

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Sadiqa de Meijer @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social · Aug 19

Dear people, my new book of essays is here 🧡! In The Field comes out in October, but you can pre-order it from Palimpsest Press now if you like: palimpsestpress.ca/books/in-the.... You can also make a purchase request at your local library and read it that way.

A book cover with a landscape painting of a grewn foreground, yellow field, green treeline, the suggestion of a red-roofed house, blue sky. The text says: From the award-winning author of alfabet/alphabet Sadiqa de Meijer IN THE FIELD.

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 4d

So excited to read this (and to hear this interview) 💗💗

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MA|DE @madeprojects.bsky.social · 8d

Feels very appropriate for our book of animal poetry to appear on HOWL - CIUT 89.5FM! MA|DE recently chatted with @hollay.bsky.social about: what makes a ZZOO different from a zoo; writing for depth rather than clarity; what it's like to work with an editor as a two-person collaborative ...

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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 4d

The Canadian book industry definitely needs the post office. Among other things, Canada Post is usually the most cost effective way to send review copies or for independent presses to ship direct orders to readers. #CanLit

Trapdinawrpool @trapdinawrpool.bsky.social · 4d

But I thought no one needs the post office anymore
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Small business say it’s nearly impossible to survive in the face of postal workers’ strike and Trump tariffs

Canada Post workers from coast to coast walked off the job for the second time in less than a year on Sept. 25, causing disruptions for many business owners.

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 4d

Omg yes 💯🩷

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · 4d

small one at a birthday party & middle one an appointment, so moving further through Sadiqa de Meijer’s latest collection of essays, / @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 4d

Such an amazing book! One of my absolute favourites of the year. Her writing is so brilliant and luminous 😍😍

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 5d

The Sh#t No One Tells You About Writing Podcast is an invaluable resource for the writing community and I was honoured to get to do this interview with them about A Place for People Like Us and my writing career. theshitaboutwriting.substack.com/p/win-a-book...
💗📚 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

✨Win a Books With Hooks Critique; Why Writing While Working Full Time is Actually a Good Thing; & Juggling Life and the Muse✨

Plus, in this week's Books with Hooks, CeCe explains the exact plot point elements a query letter needs.

theshitaboutwriting.substack.com

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 5d

It’s been so much fun getting to do interviews to talk about A Place for People Like Us. thank you to the wonderful @jtennant.bsky.social of Get Lit for the wonderful questions, and to the wonderful JF Garrard of the Artsy Raven podcast for the wonderful conversations💗 @guernicaeditions.bsky.social

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Thirteen Bridges Review @thirteenbridges.bsky.social · 6d

New poetry up at Thirteen Bridges: www.thirteenbridgesreview.com/october-2025.... Check it out and consider submitting your work to be featured alongside great writers like K.A.! The link to our Submittable is featured in our pinned post.

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you so much 🧡🧡🧡

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 6d

Grateful to have this new short story, Orange Clouds from my upcoming collection in the new issue of @thirteenbridges.bsky.social 🧡🧡🧡☁️ thank you so much to their editor, Tyson Wilson. You can read it in full here: www.thirteenbridgesreview.com/october-2025...

Danila Botha | October 25 Fiction | Thirteen Bridges

Orange Clouds Danila Botha Fiction October

www.thirteenbridgesreview.com

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 7d

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 7d

So grateful for Michelle Schingler of Foreword Review‘s thoughtful review “A young woman is molded by a charismatic friend and lover…A woman too often enrobed in other’s worldviews comes into her own in this weighty Bildungsroman”
www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/a-pl...
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Review of A Place for People Like Us

A Place for People Like Us: A young woman is molded by a charismatic friend and a new lover in the fraught coming-of-age novel "A Place for People Like Us". Hannah is determined to succeed at her pres...

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Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you so much, Erika 💗💗💗💗

Danila Botha @danilabotha.bsky.social · 9d

Wow, thank you so much to Rabbi Deborah Miller of the Jewish Book Council for this wonderful review of A Place For People Like Us
💗🧡🫶🏻📚🎉 @jewishbookcouncil.bsky.social
@guernicaeditions.bsky.social
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A Place for People Like Us

With her new novel A Place For People Like Us, Danila Botha demonstrates her mastery in creating imperfect protagonists.

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GUERNICA EDITIONS @guernicaeditions.bsky.social · 9d

✨ Happy Publication Day ✨ to A PLACE FOR PEOPLE LIKE US by @danilabotha.bsky.social !

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