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HAD @havehashad.com · 16d

sometimes a teeny tiny micro hits me jussssst right, and today's from Tania Ravaei is exactly that. hope it hits a bunch of you just right too.

https://www.havehashad.com/994qo

A screenshot of a tweet displaying a graphic of a black and white cat sitting on a wooden surface with a plant in the background. The tweet has a humorous caption about the cat's behavior.

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 16d

Following his involvement in Tai Shani's The Spell or The Dream at Somerset House, Mo'min Swaitat of the Palestinian Sound Archive tells Rob Corsini about how the project is preserving #Palestine’s musical and cultural history

Mo’min Swaitat interviewed

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Mo'min Swaitat, photo courtesy of Mo'Min Swaitat

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you, @stelliform.press

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · 27d

Orchid and I will be with @stelliform.press at dReadCon in Burlington, this Saturday the 13th at 4:15 p.m. to talk about haunted Canada, and 7 p.m. at the Reading Tent, Hamilton Supercrawl. If you’re in the area, do drop by….Orchid would love to see you! supercrawl.ca/2025/08/supe...

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · 27d

This just arrived from @pressassembly.bsky.social - - Very much looking forward to reading Susanna Crossman's The Orange Notebooks, "a fiercely-observed novel of shimmering beauty and loss...."

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · Aug 25

Congratulations to all the stellar Through the Portal authors!

Nina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · Aug 25

Just found out that "Through the Portal" edited by Lynn Hutchinson Lee and I won the BC Authors Contest Award 2025 for fiction! WOOHOO! #bookaward #books #ecofiction #awards @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social

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Fusion Fragment @fusionfragment.bsky.social · Jul 28

From the FF Vault: "Morpho" by @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social in FF#19

If you're in the mood for:
-butterflies
-billionaires getting their comeuppance
-underground bunkers
-stolen children
-poking robots in the eye

www.fusionfragment.com/issue-19/

"Morpho" by Lynn Hutchinson Lee

At sunrise the new mother awoke to the trilling and whooping of birds, and then a new sound: the crash of a tree to the forest floor. Then another. The faint shouts of men, distant grind of machinery. A silhouette appeared from the place of these voices, and she sickened. The butterflies, though, were unaware, and fluttered hungrily from tree to tree.

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Nina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · Jul 21

WOOHOO! "Through the Portal" edited by @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social and me is shortlisted for the BC Sunshine Coast Writers Book Award for 2025! #BookAward #ThroughThePortal www.scwes.ca

SCWES

Not An Island Winter 2025

www.scwes.ca

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Nina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · Jul 21

"Through the Portal" edited by @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social and Nina Munteanu is shortlisted for the 2025 BC Shunshine Coast Writers Award for #fiction #wriringaward

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · Jul 23

Thanks for posting this, @aliennextdoor.bsky.social

Nina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · Jul 22

Co-creating a new narrative through hopeful dystopia #hopefuldystopia @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social #ecofiction climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/through-th...

‘Through the Portal’ Anthology: Co-Creating a New Narrative through Hopeful Dystopia

By Lynn Hutchinson Lee and Nina Munteanu

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · Jun 25

Orchid is on the Hamilton Review of Books Independently Published Bestsellers List - thanks, Hamilton Review of Books and the always wonderful @stelliform.press

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · Jun 22

This from dear @aliennextdoor.bsky.social....we had a blast! It was a treat to read @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social alongside @rebeccacampbell.bsky.social and Mahaila Smith. Many thanks, as always, to lovely @stelliform.press.

Nina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · Jun 20

I recently had the pleasure of hearing @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social reading from her recent book "Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens" at Little Ghosts Bookstore in #Toronto ... #AuthorReading #readings #books #booklaunch #ecofiction ninamunteanu.me/2025/06/19/e...

Eco-Fiction Readings at Little Ghosts Bookstore

Lynn Hutchinson Lee reads from her novel at Little Ghosts Bookstore, overseen by a 12-foot skeleton (photo by Nina Munteanu) . A short time ago, my good friend Lynn Hutchinson Lee was launching her…

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · Jun 2

Late spring chaotic garden

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · Jun 1

I've started reading, and it's gorgeous.

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · May 29

A sumptuous, extraordinary review of Orchid Fens here:
strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens by Lynn Hutchinson Lee

Of all the elements of narrative, Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens lays special emphasis on setting.

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · May 26

Great launch at @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social, my new favourite indie bookstore....it was like a gorgeous afternoon salon. Lovely to meet @rebeccacampbell.bsky.social and @mahaila.bsky.social - very much looking forward to reading their books. Many thanks, as always, to @stelliform.press.

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · May 22

Toronto and GTA friends, @littleghostsbooks.bsky.social is having a @stelliform.press party this coming Sunday, May 25th. Come for a beautiful, eerie afternoon. I'm reading with @rebeccacampbell.bsky.social and @mahaila.bsky.social.

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · May 18

So looking forward to this! Drop by to hear some brand new and not yet released spooky stuff. We'll be doing a giveaway - pick up a copy of @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social's Orchid Fens and/or @mahaila.bsky.social's Seed Beetle for a chance to win Rebecca Campbell's The Other Shore, not out till Oct!

Mahaila Smith (they/them) @mahailasmith.ca · May 18

Hey Toronto friends! I will be reading with @stelliform.press authors @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social and Rebecca Campbell at Little Ghosts Bookstore next Sunday at 1 pm. Hope to see you there 🪲

Poster for a reading and book signing at Little Ghosts Bookstore featuring Stelliform Press authors Lynn Hutchinson Lee author of Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens, Mahaila Smith author of Seed Beetle and Rebecca Campbell author of The Other Shore. Location: 930 Dundas St W Toronto, Ontario. Sunday, May 25 1-3 PM

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · May 17

Thanks to Linda Raedisch and the New Providence Memorial Library in New Providence, New Jersey, for bringing Orchid to the library bookshelves and to the Roma Words, Roma Worlds Book Club. @stelliform.press @romanistanpodcast.bsky.social #orchidfens #riverspirts #Romany #ecohorror #ecofiction

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · May 12

From The City & The City bookstore: Way Out East Series is happening in just 2 days! Rest up as it will be an exciting one! We have Greg Rhyno and his newest book, WHO BY WATER and Lynn Hutchinson Lee with ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS. Come on out to Jordan's Homeside Pub 7-9!

Way Out East Reading Series, Hamilton Launch. Greg Rhyno and his newest book, WHO BY WATER and Lynn Hutchinson Lee with ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS. Come on out to Jordan's Homeside Pub 7-9!

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Nina Munteanu @aliennextdoor.bsky.social · May 12

Gonna head to this wonderful book launch this Wednesday ... Gonna listen to some cool readings ... Gonna buy me some books ... #BookLaunch #authorreading #ecofiction #books @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social @stelliform.press

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Lynn Hutchinson Lee @lynnhutchinsonlee.bsky.social · May 10

If you're in Hamilton this coming Wednesday....

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David William @nrvscrcts.bsky.social · May 5

"Those that want to leave are free to do so but all the lands, waters, and resources are First Nations, and were negotiated in the various treaties across Turtle Island...Our treaties were and are still here long before the so-called western provinces became provinces." #abpoli #cdnpoli

'Separatist rhetoric' in Alberta is 'harmful and divisive for all': FSIN | CBC News

A U of Regina professor and treaty rights expert says if a secession referendum came up in Saskatchewan, First Nations would take a strong stand against it, in the same way Indigenous people did durin...

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Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · Apr 28

ICYMI, Foreword Reviews has published an excellent review of Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.

"The prose is sensuous and lyrical, saturated with earthy, evocative enchantment."

www.forewordreviews....

Screenshot from the Foreword Review of Lynn Hutchinson Lee's ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS

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Frances Roberts Reilly @francespoesis.bsky.social · May 1

Thank you Stelliform Press. Always happy to blurb and support a fellow Romany writer that furthers the reach of Romany literature, cos nothing about us without us.

Stelliform Press @stelliform.press · May 1

We are grateful for words from Romany poet & storyteller Frances Roberts Reilly, who describes the deep historical storytelling roots in Lynn Hutchinson Lee's novella.

It's been wonderful to see members of the Romany literary community embrace this book & our thanks goes out especially to Frances!

Blurb From Frances Roberts Reilly

Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens is written from our Romani ancestral folk reperiben – memory - in the mode of the Olde Romani storytellers who rokka paramishus – tell our story. This is our instinctual, blood memory or native intelligence. Lee invites the reader into a ritual of remembering who we are, crucial to our heritage and Romani identity: especially imperative in light of subsequent rewriting of history that has judged us invisible.

Lee says that without the folk memory of our fowki, we are bee paniako - without water. Our natya - nature - is our disposition as human beings. Our language and rituals flow like water, intergenerationally from grandmother to mother to daughter. The contemporary conversation about water conservation of our wetlands – treating water respectfully and with gratitude – reflects our Romani heritage and identity, a Bakhteriben - blessing - much like discovering the origins of desire.

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