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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · 1d

I’ll be chatting with Joelle Kidd about her new book Jesusland at McNally Robinson this Friday evening. Such a great book! Hope to see you there.
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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · 10d

The Mennonite relationship with government. #Mennonite #history

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · 13d

It was fun to chat with Heather Hiscox this morning. Thanks!

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · 17d

Never trust AI. Here are some famous Mennonite politicians it came up with. It made up Victor Martens out of thin air. Totally fake.

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Sep 6

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s nice to see the Miriam Toews plaque gets a shout out in the Guardian www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...

A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews review – a searingly intimate memoir

One of Canada’s most admired writers delivers a triumphant meditation on loss, literature and the unspoken

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 29

Hey, if that’s the worst they’re saying about me on the West Reserve, that’s not too bad. 😂 I’m honoured to be immortalized in the poem “Secret Sayings of the West Reserve” (page 172) in Shaun Friesen’s new volume Towards The Light.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 27

Housebarns we visited this week near Swift Current. Preservation of historic buildings, such as these Mennonite housebarns, is a major theme of my novel Once Removed, so it was great to see several examples still in existence in Saskatchewan.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 26

MacAndrew Unger? What is going on in Swift Current?

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 5

Brittany Penner’s new memoir is out now. I’m looking forward to the McNally Robinson book launch on Sept. 5!

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 5

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Author Andrew Unger shares why Mennonite family books still matter

In many Mennonite households, family history isn't just passed down in stories — it's printed and bound in detailed genealogy books, documenting generations of relatives and tracing back to the commun...

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 4

Not that I know of.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Aug 3

I can’t believe I just discovered this now. A very interesting essay by Rob Zacharias on intertextuality in Mennonite literature (April 2023, Mennonite Quarterly Review). My novel Once Removed is discussed at length.

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Jul 30

No way!

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Jun 30

Miriam Toews was just awarded the Order of Canada! A well-deserved honour for an inspiring writer and treasure of Canadian literature.

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Jun 13

Great book selection at the Mennonite/s Writing conference.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · May 13

"I still remember the look on the woman’s face when my mom and I showed up at our local Dairy Queen to commission a birthday cake emblazoned with the Reform Party logo."

A Lesson from Quebec on Western Alienation

I still remember the look on the woman’s face when my mom and I showed up at our local Dairy Queen to commission a birthday cake emblazoned with the Reform Party logo. She smiled, I recall, then turne...

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Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · May 4

Head in the clouds.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · May 1

Some must read poetry from Abigail Carl-Klassen.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Apr 7

I'm excited to hear that Marshall McLuhan's childhood home in Winnipeg has just been purchased by a nonprofit who intend to renovate the building and turn it into a museum. A welcome addition! Read about it in the Winnipeg Free Press.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Apr 2

At the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal today, I learned about House Europe, an organization trying to prevent the demolition of historic building and encourage renovation instead. This aligns a lot with some of the themes I explore in my novel Once Removed.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Mar 20

I can relate. 🤣 I'm working on 2 new books, by the way. Don't ask me about a timeline, though.

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Mar 14

Poetry tonight in Steinbach!

Andrew Unger @realandrewunger.bsky.social · Mar 10

Erin says of the jazz album I’m listening to: “It sounds like a duck got into a fight with a piano.”