John Zada
@johnzada.bsky.social
Writer and journalist | Co-founder of The Conciliators Guild | Author of 'The Patchwork Cloak of Kamal Bey' and 'In the Valleys of the Noble Beyond'. johnzada.com
Went into the Taurus Mountains of Turkey last week to the ancient city of Termessos—an unexcavated and little-known Greco-Roman era site obscured by the Mediterranean’s other archaeological wonders. bit.ly/49A1o6U
November 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Went into the Taurus Mountains of Turkey last week to the ancient city of Termessos—an unexcavated and little-known Greco-Roman era site obscured by the Mediterranean’s other archaeological wonders. bit.ly/49A1o6U
Can we move beyond the common human tendency to think in largely dualistic terms? The wellbeing of our societies, and even their survival, may in part, depend on it. bit.ly/3RZneWK
October 13, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Can we move beyond the common human tendency to think in largely dualistic terms? The wellbeing of our societies, and even their survival, may in part, depend on it. bit.ly/3RZneWK
Happy to share that a new book I’ve been working on, ‘The Patchwork Cloak of Kamal Bey: An East-West Memoir’, a work of narrative nonfiction set in the Middle East, is out in the world today. Many thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council for their support. bit.ly/4o84UdH
September 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Happy to share that a new book I’ve been working on, ‘The Patchwork Cloak of Kamal Bey: An East-West Memoir’, a work of narrative nonfiction set in the Middle East, is out in the world today. Many thanks to the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council for their support. bit.ly/4o84UdH
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn. But in a rapidly changing world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to question our assumptions, rethink our beliefs, and change our minds. bit.ly/46K1CFJ
September 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Intelligence is usually seen as the ability to think and learn. But in a rapidly changing world, there’s another set of cognitive skills that might matter more: the ability to question our assumptions, rethink our beliefs, and change our minds. bit.ly/46K1CFJ
Excited to share that ‘The Patchwork Cloak of Kamal Bey: An East-West Memoir’, a work of narrative nonfiction set in the Middle East, will be released this September. Cover art by @michelvrana.com. Many thanks to Canada Council for the Arts + Ontario Arts Council for their support. bit.ly/4o84UdH
July 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Excited to share that ‘The Patchwork Cloak of Kamal Bey: An East-West Memoir’, a work of narrative nonfiction set in the Middle East, will be released this September. Cover art by @michelvrana.com. Many thanks to Canada Council for the Arts + Ontario Arts Council for their support. bit.ly/4o84UdH
Brazilian documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado passed away today at 81. No one used the medium better, I think, to capture both the difficulties of the human condition and the sheer magic of life. If you're not familiar with him, I urge you to find and explore his work in print form.
May 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Brazilian documentary photographer Sebastião Salgado passed away today at 81. No one used the medium better, I think, to capture both the difficulties of the human condition and the sheer magic of life. If you're not familiar with him, I urge you to find and explore his work in print form.
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
A good read about the power of implicit meaning and metaphysical messaging in traditional stories and folklore bit.ly/3FX1Ijr from @andrewbodenwrites.bsky.social
A talented and award-winning author friend with 15 great books to his name, Robert Twigger, is giving a 3-day creative writing course in #Wigtown, Scotland next month—along with authors Jessica Fox, and Shaun Bythell. Check it out. bit.ly/4ks7LMu
March 6, 2025 at 9:12 PM
A talented and award-winning author friend with 15 great books to his name, Robert Twigger, is giving a 3-day creative writing course in #Wigtown, Scotland next month—along with authors Jessica Fox, and Shaun Bythell. Check it out. bit.ly/4ks7LMu
El Cerro Tronador, "The Thunderer", an extinct volcano above the town of Bariloche, in the Patagonian Andes of Argentina.
March 2, 2025 at 12:17 AM
El Cerro Tronador, "The Thunderer", an extinct volcano above the town of Bariloche, in the Patagonian Andes of Argentina.
I wrote a piece for @theglobeandmail.com about the enforced darkening of airplane cabins on some Air Canada day flights, and our preference for screens over the magical, big-picture window views of air travel. bit.ly/3ZLpXXX
December 23, 2024 at 8:51 PM
I wrote a piece for @theglobeandmail.com about the enforced darkening of airplane cabins on some Air Canada day flights, and our preference for screens over the magical, big-picture window views of air travel. bit.ly/3ZLpXXX