4 Years but this didn’t start in 2022. 1654 Moscow seizes control.
1764 Catherine erases autonomy.
1863 & 1876 Language banned.
1932–33 Holodomor. Millions starve.
2013–14 Euromaidan.
2014 Crimea stolen.
2022 Full-scale invasion. But Ukraine still stands #fuckrussia

A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world

The president should be impeached and convicted, as should everyone responsible for these outrages. ICE should be disbanded. So should the Department of Homeland Security. And the people who have killed should be investigated and brought before judges and juries.

Proud to have this State as our neighbour

SPREAD THE WORD: General Strike & Economic Blackout FRI: Jan 23rd Faith leaders & union reps are calling for a Day of Truth & Freedom — urging all Minnesotans not to go to work, school, or shop Jan 23rd in protest of Operation Metro Surge! JaNaé Bates Imari gives an impassioned call-to-action! 👇🏼🙌🏻

⚡️European leaders react to Russia's Palm Sunday attack on Sumy that killed dozens. European leaders condemned Russia's missile attack on Ukraine's northeastern city of Sumy that killed at least 32 people, including two children, and injured at least 99.

⚡️Russia should not be trusted, continues genocide, Ukrainian official says. Russia cannot be trusted and must be held accountable for its war crimes and ongoing genocide, Deputy Foreign Minister Mariana Betsa said in a wide-ranging interview with The Sun, published on March 29.

For Canadians wishing to donate to Ukraine, may I suggest here (there are several initiatives to choose from, but I usually go for Ukraine Humanitarian Appeal): www.cufoundation.ca

“This is going to be great television,” says the Russian asset as his fascist masters carry out a genocidal war. Disgraceful.

Trump’s disgusting behavior in our Oval Office in the company of a genuine hero and defender of democracy like Volodymyr Zelensky may be the most disgraceful public behavior by any president in our history.

Today marks three years of Ruzzia’s full scale invasion of Ukraine and I’m reminded of the Ukrainian toast “budmo” - “let us be.” It’s said to have originated from the times of the Cossacks - leave us alone. Stop trying to take over our land and kill our people. #fuckrussia #russiaisaterroriststate

Excited to announce that @merkanaut.bsky.social @justinallec807.bsky.social and I have received funding for our graphic novel about Silver Islet from the Ontario Arts Council. We are grateful for the opportunity and support to Northern Artists. Thanks as well to local MPP @lisevaugeois.bsky.social

🎄Our ambassador Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social recorded a #Christmas message for UNITED24 donors❤️ We, too, want to take a moment to thank all of you, who have supported🇺🇦all this time. Thank you and Merry Christmas!

Thrilled that Five Stalks of Grain has been translated into Ukrainian 🇺🇦!

Ukrainians are experiencing the loss of limbs both in their courageous defense of their homeland and due to Russian missile attacks. 😭 👇

Honoured that our graphic novel about the #Holodomor Five Stalks of Grain has been shortlisted for the #KobzarBookAward and honoured to be in such great company 🇺🇦🇨🇦 quillandquire.com/omni/six-tit...

Looking forward to being part of this event!

Slowly sinking in that I have a story coming out in this @crystallake.bsky.social antho. Get ready for some bitter spouses and northern Ontario weirdness.

A piece I wrote a year and a half ago and I still feel the main gist of it stands. Outside of the reality that it is no longer "Putin's War," the importance of history and avoiding the instrumentalization of certain history only has become more and more important. activehistory.ca/blog/2022/03...

What happens when Ukraine loses its "merchandising potential" in Europe and the US? My review of Andrey Kurkov's DIARY OF AN INVASION, one of the most difficult books I've ever read: currentpub.com/2023/10/04/r...

#SupportUkraine

A sex scene, the characters based on my grandparents. Arguably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to write.

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait. Be quiet, still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet." -Kafka

For Whom the Bell Tolls Gravity’s Rainbow Blood Meridian

5 Stalks of Grain is a harrowing read and a small piece of the brutality of the Holodomor. And my writing wouldn't be improving if it wasn't for Adrian's critical eye.

Hi! Allow me to introduce myself. I write historical fiction. Five Stalks of Grain, a graphic novel I wrote (illustrated by the incredibly talented Ivanka Galadza) about the Holodomor, the terror-famine that claimed millions of lives in Soviet Ukraine was published by University of Calgary Press.