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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 16h

It would be wonderful if you came to Toronto. Looking forward to reading your new book.

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 1d

I think Dolly has said the Rhinestone soundtrack is some of her best work. This is one of my favourite songs:

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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 1d

Come hear new work by #writers, novelists, filmmakers and journalists who live in exile in Canada.

🗓️ Wednesday, November 12, 2025
⏰ 7:00 (Doors open at 6:30)
📍 Beeton Hall, Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge Street)
🎟️ Free tickets available on Eventbrite:

www.eventbrite.ca/e/voices-of-...

Voices of Freedom reading at Toronto Reference Library

www.eventbrite.ca

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 2d

What would your Closet Picks be?
criterion.com

Cillian Murphy’s Closet Picks

YouTube video by CRITERION

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 3d

J’étais flâneuse.

Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 3d

Randomly opened The Arcades Project. Still reading Benjamin in translation, of course, but studying German to prepare for "Ich packe meine Bibliothek aus".

Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Sunday: teddy bear sunflowers, coffee, and weekend papers

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 5d

October crafts: a cross-stitched bag and candy corn scarf

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PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 8d

Tonight our webinar series kicks off with our first session, featuring Roger Reeves, Georgio Russell and Esi Edugyan.

Register here: buff.ly/iqXuj0w

PEN Canada @pencanada.bsky.social · 15d

We have a webinar series for writers!

Tune in throughout October to explore what draws you to the page. Through conversations between emerging #writers and their #mentors, collaborators or award-winning peers:

Drawn to the Page: a webinar series - PEN Canada

A three-part webinar series for young writers, to develop your craft and purpose as an author. Registration is required. All are welcome.

pencanada.ca

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 8d

"Are you going to sing it all the way through?"

www.criterionchannel.com/videos/grey-...

GREY GARDENS Turns 50

www.criterionchannel.com

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 8d

Oxford comma ♥️

The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 8d

On the case of the Maine milk-truck drivers who, for want of a comma, won an appeal against their employer, Oakhurst Dairy.

A Few Words About That Ten-Million-Dollar Serial Comma

On the case of the Maine milk-truck drivers who, for want of a comma, won an appeal against their employer, Oakhurst Dairy.

www.newyorker.com

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 9d

I just signed up to be a member of @pencanada.bsky.social.

pencanada.ca

Home - PEN Canada

We defend freedom of expression, aid writers in peril, and celebrate the power of the written word. Become a member.

pencanada.ca

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 9d

I loved that Diana...

Alison Saar, Fall

Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 9d

Ordered my pass for TIFA.

festivalofauthors.ca/festival-2025/

TIFA 2025 - TIFA

Join us to celebrate stories from Toronto and around the world! Whether you love fiction or non-fiction, sci-fi or romance, picture books or YA, there’s a story for you!

festivalofauthors.ca

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 10d

Blue Jays clinch division crown after 13-4 win over Rays

Toronto punches its ticket to next weekend’s division series with a first-round playoff bye

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 10d

A stop at the @spacing.bsky.social store

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · 10d

All a girl wants is to have some previously unknown relative die and bequeath her a haunted mansion.

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 10d

I finally finished this scarf.

Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 11d

This was supposed to be a bear, but I think it looks more like a dog. Oh well...

Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 11d

An afternoon at The Word on the Street:

toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca
www.annickpress.com
@anotherstoryto.bsky.social
@houseofanansi.bsky.social

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 12d

The first book that came to mind is The Argonauts by Maggie Nelson.

The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · 12d

What's your favourite book that you recommend to others?

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Albert Koehl @albertkoehl.bsky.social · 12d

In NYC, proposed 3-pronged plan for e-bikes in bike lane: "Regulate delivery app comps so their incentive structures don’t punish workers... widen bike infra to include passing lanes ...ban sale of e-bikes that go above 32 km/h" -- good pts, Tammy Thorne! www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Toronto is failing bike riders in the city but I have a plan

Toronto’s recent micro-mobility campaign doesn’t meet the mark, because it has no aim.

www.thestar.com

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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 13d

Watch a replay of our panel discussion: Urgent ideas for defending press freedom in Gaza

With:

@trevortimm.bsky.social
@lailaalarian.bsky.social
@dropsitenews.com’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Former @hrw.org’s ED Ken Roth
@pressfreedom.bsky.social’s @jodieginsberg.bsky.social
@azmatzahra.bsky.social

Urgent Ideas for Defending Press Freedom in Gaza

YouTube video by Columbia Journalism School

www.youtube.com

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 13d

Back from the library:

We Will Not Cancel Us, @adriennemareebrown.bsky.social
Fierce Vulnerability, Kazu Haga
How We Win, George Lakey
This Is An Uprising, @markengler.bsky.social and Paul Engler

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Jennifer O'Connor @jennifer-oconnor.bsky.social · 14d

Kensington Market

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