"The book explores female sexual desire, current heterosexual dynamics, exposes the harms of misogyny & male entitlement and critiques these patriarchal systems." @jenniferlovegrove.bsky.social goes on a coffee date with @selenamercuri.bsky.social to discuss The Tinder Sonnets. tinyurl.com/yjcrt6cc

"Approaches to narrative are more complicated than a plotter-pantser binary, but for brevity’s sake, I’ll call myself a pantser." @selenamercuri.bsky.social goes on a coffee date with @lizjohnston.bsky.social, author of The Fall-Down Effect. coffeedateswithauthors.substack.com/p/a-coffee-d...

A LITTLE FERAL by Maria Giesbrecht is heading on tour this May. A current MFA candidate in the program, Maria’s debut poetry collection traces a path through faith, family, and rupture.

Today we're highlighting a new novel! Liz Johnston's The Fall-Down Effect is an expansive and moving story about family, environmental activism, climate change, secrets, and loss, set in a small mountain town. Read an excerpt from the book here: wildroofjournal.substack.com/p/the-fall-d...

Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Muttertongue, by Lillian Allen, @garybarwin.bsky.social & @whatisapoem.bsky.social (pub. Exile), in Issue 33! From the first glimpse of the book cover, it’s clear I’m in for a lot of play ... www.thetemzreview.com/earl-muttert...

Read @amandaearl.bsky.social's review of Steffi Tad-y's Notes from the Ward (pub. Gordon Hill Press) in Issue 33! ​These minimalist poems are powerful expressions of vulnerability and intense articulations of dreams... www.thetemzreview.com/earl-tad-y-3...

“The Book of Interruptions resists continuity… what emerges is poetry that begins and breaks, self-dissects, and starts again, offering up language attuned to the ruptures we inhabit, those that insist on remaining open.” —Selena Mercuri, The Literary Review of Canada @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social

Looking for books to gift (or to read)? Writer and reviewer @selenamercuri.bsky.social has you covered with six fantastic book recommendations in this year's #ALUGiftGuide. alllitup.ca/gift-guide-w...

It was an honour to get to review @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social beautiful and evocative new book, In The Field. @palimpsestpress.bsky.social Every essay is a work of art. Thank you so much to @selenamercuri.bsky.social @thenewquarterly.bsky.social tnq.ca/under-review... 💗📚

As we prepare to open submissions for the #WarlandAward on Nov 1, we extend our deepest gratitude to #AlisonBraid for her wonderful work and wish her all the best in her next chapter. We're delighted to welcome @selenamercuri.bsky.social to the team as the new coordinator for the Warland Award.

"I listen to my circadian rhythm on repeat to drown out the laments of the harsh winds." #TodaysPoem #poetry Seasonal Affective Disorder by @SelenaMercuri.bsky.social (2023 The Innis Herald)

“Worldly Girls unfolds like a series of controlled explosions, each essay detonating just enough certainty to reveal what lies beneath...” @selenamercuri.bsky.social reviews the debut memoir from @bokchoygurltjong.bsky.social for @thenewquarterly.bsky.social tnq.ca/under-review...

Tuesday September 23, 6pm at the Caledonian! @emilyweedon.bsky.social's launches her new detective/vampire novel Hemo Sapiens. Q&A with @hvonpalleske.bsky.social. Readings by @mattcahill.bsky.social @selenamercuri.bsky.social @andrewawesome.bsky.social & Brooke Lockyer #CanLit

We're getting closer to 500 subscribers (free & paid)! Join us! www.theseaboardreview.ca

Exciting news! Our program coordinator and plenary class instructor #CanisiaLubrin is the Guest Curator for the 38th annual @writersfest.bc.ca, taking place October 20-26, 2025. See the full schedule and get your tickets here: writersfest.bc.ca/2025-festiva...

Greatl day at the Mississauga Literary Festival! I did a talk on reading poetry and helped with the launch of Issue No. 8 of the @theampersandreview.bsky.social. Great people, great venue, great sense of community, all sorely needed in these brutish times. Thank you, @mississaugalib.bsky.social !!!

There's an excerpt from Canisia Lubrin's new book, The World After Rain, in the @yalereview.bsky.social. Check it out! yalereview.org/article/cani...

Our MFA students had a lovely time reading at the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival yesterday alongside the Read at the Fringe winners!

As writers, one of the greatest challenges is sustaining ourselves over the long journey of creation and publication. Not just perseverance, but an irreducible devotion to the act of writing itself. #breathingthepage #writingcommunity #amwri̇ti̇ng #authorcommunity #writers #betsywarland #onwriting

I’m so excited to be joining the wonderful TNQ team!

Check out these Toronto literary events happening in August! #bookevent #booklaunch #toronto #torontoevents #authorcommunity #authorgram #writers

Hi everyone! I thought I would introduce myself now that I’m planning to post on here a bit more frequently. I’m Selena, a #writer, recovering #barista, and #booklover working in the #literaryindustry. 📚

Read @selenamercuri.bsky.social's review of Myna Wallin's The Suicide Tourist (pub. Ekstasis Editions) in Issue 31! ...Rather than writing about survival as a triumph, Wallin describes it as a process that is gritty, repetitive, and nonlinear... www.thetemzreview.com/mercuri-31.h...

"Your Presence is Mandatory centres around several false narratives..." The debut review by Olga Stein is up at TSR! Graphic by @selenamercuri.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/your-prese...

Re: Wild Her is "an intimate, itinerant work of lyric poetry that blends the celestial with the sorrowful, the bodily with the political, & the personal with the planetary." @selenamercuri.bsky.social on the latest collection from Shannon Webb-Campbell for @theseaboardreview.ca. tinyurl.com/32e9vd49

All my thanks to @selenamercuri.bsky.social for this gorgeous and careful review of Myth! 🥹❤️🙏🏾 www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/myth-by-te...

WHITE by @avivarubin-author.bsky.social has been reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social for TSR. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/white-by-a... #canlit

"antibody" by Rebecca Salazar is reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social (who also designs our social media graphics). #poetry #canlit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/antibody-p...

tomorrow ✨️ feat. the first review of antibody by @selenamercuri.bsky.social in @theseaboardreview.ca , with many thanks for such a thoughtful read 💜

Review of J.M. Frey's Time and Tide by @selenamercuri.bsky.social @theseaboardreview.ca #CanLit www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/time-and-t...

Thank you @selenamercuri.bsky.social for this very fine review of Only Insistence for @theseaboardreview.ca! Flattered that the book is still getting some attention! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/only-insis...

April will mark our ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY and we have some giveaways in the making. (Hint: April will also be a great time to become a PAID supporter of TSR. More to come!) #CanLit #giveaway #poetrymonth

The four latest reviews at The Seaboard Review. Graphics by @selenamercuri.bsky.social www.theseaboardreview.ca

Congratulations to TSR contributor @selenamercuri.bsky.social for getting accepted into Guelph's Creative Writing MFA Program! This one's going places!

Grateful for this review by @selenamercuri.bsky.social

Tomorrow is a "Family Day" in Canada and a new issue is in the works, featuring a fiction reviews by @selenamercuri.bsky.social and Emily Weedon, a Michael Greenstein review, another "In Conversation" and (finally!) a review of the new novella from @lukefrancisbeirne.bsky.social. Free to subscribe!

Hi friends! I’m looking for work in the literary industry now that I’ve graduated from the University of Toronto and am close to completing my certificate in publishing. I have management experience, learn quickly, and am open to various roles. Please share and let me know if you have any leads!

I received some epic bookmail from @gooselane.bsky.social today! I will be reviewing these four titles for @theseaboardreview.ca ✨📚 #bookmail #bookreview #amreading

Just a few of the awesome authors I met/caught up with yesterday (Bluesky only lets me add four photos to a post).

My book haul from the OLA Super Conference yesterday! I’ll be reviewing many of these titles over the next few months. And yes, my desk is very pink.

Thanks to @spaikin.bsky.social for signing my copy of his latest title!

The first newsletter of 2025 is out! It has Cats & Books & Reviews, and even a dog! Also, we are happy to introduce @selenamercuri.bsky.social and her initial review of Ian William's "What I Mean to Say". #CanLit #NB #Booksky www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/tsr-newsle...

Some of my 2024 favourites brought to you by two guilty-looking clowns trying to pretend they didn’t just mess up my stack of books. #newyear #amreading #canlit #writers

I’m excited to be joining the TSR team as a review contributor!

First publication of the year! Thanks to the Trinity Review team for publishing my poem, “The Difference Between n and ñ,” in their winter journal ❄️✨

Literary cats. #books #cats #writers #amwriting #amreading

Hoping to connect with some other writers on here! #writingcommunity #writing #amwriting #amreading