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Michael DeForge
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oh damn!! was and remains my favourite thing to do for the show
November 24, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Episode 5: The Butterfly And The River
November 24, 2025 at 5:19 AM
And if you are a Canadian author or bookworker, you can still join the boycott here:

canlitresponds.ca
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Tonight, boycotting authors - over 450+ strong - will be holding its own counter-broadcast:

twitch.tv/deltahead_

There will be panels and reading, and funds will be raised for Palestinian writers Yahya Al Harmana, Shahd Alnaami and Heba Elnaami, and their families in Gaza.
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 PM
- Will they account for repeatedly lying to the press, including denying they lobbied police into charging 2023 protesters (confirmed by reporting in The Walrus,) and calling Prize winner Sarah Bernstein a liar in Toronto Life after they told her not to speak about Gaza in a promotional broadcast?
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
- Will it account for its leadership harassing pro-Palestinian authors publicly and privately?
November 17, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Questions it needs to answer:

- Who are its "anonymous funders?"

- Will the Giller finally end its partnership the Azrieli Foundation, set to renew this year?

- Will it confirm whether it has terminated its Indigo sponsorship?
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Giller, which earlier this year made a public plea to the federal government for a $5 million cash injection, continues to evade a basic questions around accountability and transparency.
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Sources close to the Prize have been telling authors otherwise - that the prize pool for at least this year is *still* being drawn from Scotia funds, but that both parties wanted to avoid the bad publicity that pressure campaigns have put the bank
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 PM
This year, the Giller announced it’d be ceasing its partnership with Scotiabank. When asked how it would pay for its $100k prize purse, a gala, and whatever it is Rick Mercer charges to MC his own public humiliation ritual, their ED said “anonymous donors” were stepping in
November 17, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Episode 4 title card: The Cat Who Tipped The Box

very "my cat"-coded

bsky.app/profile/mrmu...
November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Episode 3 title card: The Lion of Embers
November 6, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Season 2, episode 2 title card for Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake: "The Crocodile Who Bit A Log"
October 31, 2025 at 3:15 PM