New quip: www.patreon.com/posts/162258...

New issue of The Merit Badger with Pride month Canadian content recommendations #CanCon www.patreon.com/posts/161388...

Me with the winner of Nirvanna the Band the Show the Calgary look alike contest.

THE BOOK OF JUPITER comes out today! I am very excited about this one- my first MG novel in ten years and I can't wait for kids to read it. Thanks to everyone who is helping my book find its way into their hands! kidscanpress.com/product/the-...

Walcott: Policing the Poor – The End of the Free Fare Zone livewirecalgary.com/2026/05/11/w...

Keep the free fare zone free www.sprawlcalgary.com/calgary-tran...

Incredible lineup

Made me grateful I never have to be young again but also yearn for more summer days in Montreal. Chandler Levack blessing us with another classic Canadian coming of age story. Go see it!!

Happy National Canadian Film Day! Here are some Canadian movie recs: www.patreon.com/posts/155185...

Personally, I really enjoyed the Matrix sequels.

If you live in Canada, CBC Gem just lowered their prices from $0 to $0 a month.

Get ready for #CanFilmDay with an all-movies issue of The Merit Badger 🦡 ! www.patreon.com/posts/155185...

April 15th is National Canadian Film Day, a massive, coast-to-coast-to-coast salute to Canadian cinema! To celebrate, we’ve put together a list of Canadian films inspired by Canadian children’s books. https://kidsbooknews.ca/blogs/book-lists/canadian-childrens-book-to-film-adaptations

I had the chance to interview debut author Cheryl Isbister for kidsbooknews.ca. I wish I, a fantasy obsessed reader growing up in Alberta, had had a book like Air Heist. It's awesome for kids to have an exciting book like Air Heist set in their own backyard.

I love recommending hi-lo books! More teachers/parents/librarians need to embrace these books.

As a lifelong Toronto Tempo fan I’m excited about this roster!

One of the worst news weeks in Alberta in recent memory (and that’s really saying something).

It is impossible to remove politics and ideology from schools. Bill 25 is a 🚩

Made this flyer for #TheMeritBadger to print out and stick to community bulletin boards in my neighbourhood. Liked it enough I thought I'd share! Subscribe at themeritbadger.ca

Didn't know how much I needed Jully Black and Kardinal Offishall to cover Promiscuous #JUNOS

Tune into the Junos live on #CBCGem!

As far as flawed horror sequels go, The Black Phone 2 phone was a lot of fun 📞 ❄️

Let’s go Tempo!

📣 Huge congratulations to the teams behind the 8️⃣ (!) National Film Board of Canada productions nominated for this year's #CdnScreenAwards! 🍁🤩 #StreamCanadian #NFB www.academy.ca

You don’t have to convince me. I’m 🔒 in.

Article for Spring 2026 journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/thawing-the-...

Thank you Cillian Murphy for giving us more Thomas Shelby 🙏

I’m so thrilled to see Little Bee: The Buzz About the Party highlighted in the @spencerbmiller.bsky.social article in @cdnschoollibrary.bsky.social Journal! Thanks for highlighting Little Bee! journal.canadianschoollibraries.ca/thawing-the-...

Whatever editor decided to splice in this shot of Josh Hurcherson’s fist right before he punches his classmate across the room in Bridge to Terabithia is the goat.

Do you have a favourite cinematic depiction of a writer/literary figure? Jack Black as R.L. Stine is another one of mine.

Ranking the top English language films set in Paris, what are you putting #1?

I got the domain so you can now simply visit themeritbadger.ca to read my newsletter with Canadian content recommendations!

Harry Melling as Edgar Allen Poe, immediately one of my favourite depictions of a writer/literary figure in film.

They should give him 2 trophies 🏆🏆

Canadian storytelling getting some well deserved recognition 🥲

Everything was beautiful and nothing hurt.

Rewatched Escape from NY. Iconic. Apparently Kurt Russell showed up to set wearing the eye patch and John Carpenter decided to just roll with it.

Sinners

This is exactly how I want my alien movies—made by guys who believe in aliens.

Students and teachers deserve better. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

In March's issue of The Merit Badger 🦡, turning 32 inspires me to recommend coming-of-age Canadian content (a book, an album, and a movie) to try to feel young again. Check it out! #CanadianContent | #Canada | #CanadaSky

I make reference to the poutine scene in Humanist Vampire in tomorrow's issue of The Merit Badger. In case you haven't seen it: gem.cbc.ca/humanist-vam...

Enjoyed this discussion of a lesser known Canadian film. Thanks @hkhspod.bsky.social! podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

Never in a million years… 🤯

Big update on Alberta’s book bans. The count is up to 160 titles 😔 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Canadian icon

Me looking like a totally serious writer in the corner of the cafe while actually trying not to laugh at the fart jokes in This Book Stinks (a hilarious take on book banning).

Update: the book was returned to shelves!