Live! In 5 minutes from Sidney! A special BC Today to talk all about Orcas

@gregorcraigie.bsky.social oh ya my uncle Neil in Powell River also had a smoker made out of an old fridge! They worked really great because of the insulation, it allowed for excellent heat retention & a long, even smoke They're kind of a dying BC coast tradition but you still see them now & then

🧵This morning, I joined @gregorcraigie.bsky.social for CBC On the Island from the dock at Banfield Park. What a beautiful day to broadcast outside! The dock, installed in 2022 by @victoria.ca, was expanded in 2024 with a new floating swim platform and more water safety features, including

Radio road trip to Saanich Commonwealth Place for a live poolside broadcast from the Canadian Swimming Trials... 🍁🏊

Saturday cycling on Saturna Island.

Here's our crew of launching authors! Monique Gray Smith, Jess Willows andJohnny Aitken @franbwrites.bsky.social Mark Leiren-Young, Gabrielle Prendergast, @gregorcraigie.bsky.social and me! Fly high, little books! (Thanks for the photo, @orcabook.bsky.social)

Big thanks to @orcabook.bsky.social, Munro Books, the other writers, and everyone else who came to tonight's group book launch! Saving Wolfgang is now available in fine bookstores and libraries near you. 📖🏒🥅

What a privilege to talk about my new book on the Calgary Eyeopener with my friend @lorenmcginnis.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

I'm honoured that Our Crumbling Foundation will receive this year's George Ryga Award for Social Awareness. Thanks to the judges and everyone who has read this book! bcbooklook.com/craigie-gets...

Gregor Craigie was shortlisted for the Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize awarded to the author of the best original non-fiction literary work:

A very nice starred review of Saving Wolfgang, in the School Library Journal. Thank you Carol Youssif!

#OTD in 2024, I spoke with @gregorcraigie.bsky.social about his book, Our Crumbling Foundation: How We Solve Canada’s Housing Crisis. #NewsRadioBookshelf ⁦‪https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/04/06/citynews-bookshelf-our-crumbling-foundation/

For our first session We’ll be joined by an amazing group of journalists for a panel on “Framing the Crisis: Media, Ethics and the Housing Conversation.” They include @michaeljohnlo.bsky.social @robshaw.bsky.social @fabulavancouver.bsky.social @gregorcraigie.bsky.social & Michael Vonn CEO PHS

Thank you @spacing.bsky.social and Glenn Miller for this fine book review.

Former Canadian intelligence officials say Canada should watch for campaigns aimed at destabilizing the country amid Donald Trump's escalating 51st state threats - likely on social media, such as X - fomenting or financing pro-annexationist groups within Canada. www.cbc.ca/news/politic...

Stop the ride I want to get off...

Timely advice after today's earthquake in Victoria.

Felt & heard that in Sidney…

Whoa! An early morning #earthquake in Victoria #yyj.

Oh Canada!!! 🇨🇦🍁

I'm still buying Canadian.

MFer I grew up before NAFTA. I didn't have an avocado until I was 15 years old. I ate lunch in a Zellers cafeteria. I thought Robin Hood was just a guy who made flour. I was made for this moment.

Fake CBC ads have flooded X with sketchy headlines. We looked for the source. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Toronto friends: you can now listen to my audiobook reading of Radio Jet Lag, for free, thanks to the Toronto Public Library. toronto.overdrive.com/media/100847...

A new year, and a new book from me. Saving Wolfgang is my first novel for young readers. Set in the 1980s, it tells the story of a young boy trying to come to terms with the death of his dad, and finding solace in a new friend, family, and hockey. Published by @orcabook.bsky.social this April.

Thanks to the Hill Times for naming Our Crumbling Foundation one of 2024's best books!

Attention Christmas shoppers.... Where else are you going to find a Christmas present for 99 cents? Radio Jet Lag is narrated by yours truly, and even includes a Christmas theme. (No wrapping, plastic clam shell packaging, or trips to the mall required.)

Thank you once again to our listeners for making CBC Radio One the most-listened-to station in Victoria, and On The Island #1 in the morning. (Numeris fall ratings 2024)

I'm thrilled to make the Globe 100 this year!

I never was an early adopter.