📣 Breaking news! Previously sold out event 11. Linden MacIntyre: An Accidental Villain has been moved to a larger venue, and tickets are available now! MacIntyre speaks with @marshalederman.bsky.social at the Granville Island Stage, Oct 21. writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...

Bananas

Damn

In today's @theglobeandmail.com I wrote about publishing a book about the Israel-Gaza war as it still rages - killing thousands of Palestinians, hostages still in captivity, Gaza in pieces, and Israelis marching in the street calling for an end to it. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/article...

My book October 7th: Searching for the Humanitarian Middle is out on August 19th (tomorrow). www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/786425...

I once had tea with Ozzy Osborne in Victoria, BC. He was lovely. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/i...

How on earth is Playland not open today? (Very specific Vancouver parenting with disappointed kids in tow post.)

Somewhere this weekend, MacKenzie Scott (formerly Bezos) is doing yoga, having a deep-tissue massage, and giving away oodles of money to worthy causes.

What a joy to contribute to this @theglobeandmail.com 101 Canadian albums feature, even if I am slightly gutted that some of my picks didn't make it (eg. Tom Cochrane's Mad Mad World). Have a listen to some great Canadian music. We could all use it these days. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/a...

It is killing me that in this economy, I have to pay the @cityofvancouver.bsky.social $250 for forgetting to tell them on time (I was a few days late) that I live in my (tiny, heavily mortgaged) home and that it is not indeed empty. My bad, but come on!

Guess we’re free to make Friday night plans.

BREAKING: Vance Boelter, the suspect accused of killing a Minnesota state representative and attempting to kill another, is in custody, according to the Associated Press

Damn

Uuuugh

What. A. Game.

This series. Man.

😩

Watching this game is bad for my health.

I don’t like hearing this Edmonton crowd booing the Florida players. But Go Oilers!

Absolutely shocked and saddened to hear about Marc Garneau. I interviewed him in November during his book tour. He was smart and kind and such a mensch. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Go Oilers.

The feeling of disappointment is too familiar to hurt this much every single year. And yet. Oh Leafs.

Oh God.

Happy Mother's Day, especially to the single moms who have to do the hard work on their own, today and every day. I see you. And so do your kids.

So embarrassing: JD Vance sitting there, giggling like a schoolgirl (with apologies to schoolgirls).

JETS

Vancouver: Today @riotheatre.bsky.social please join me to watch The Spoils, an excellent/enraging film about restitution and Nazi-looted art, followed by a Q&A about the issue. riotheatre.ca/movie/the-sp...

LEAFS

Oh God the Leafs are Leafing

Somebody refill Jagmeet's water glass!

Jagmeet Singh stepping down as NDP leader. He makes the announcement in an emotional, heartfelt speech.

If I barf tonight, @davidwcochrane.bsky.social zooming in and out of his magic map on CBC will be the culprit.

The acclaimed Canadian play The Runner opens tonight in Toronto. This play was cancelled by Vancouver's @pushfestival.bsky.social and Victoria's Belfry Theatre last year, bowing to pressure by protesters - a cowardly move by the arts organizations. Go see it! hgjewishtheatre.com/2024-2025-Th...

This is terrifying.

For The Globe and Mail, I travelled to the birthplace of Liberal leader (and current Prime Minister) Mark Carney - Fort Smith, Northwest Territories. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...

Not a single Canadian on the Griffin Poetry Prize shortlist. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books/a...

Breaking News: The executive producer of “60 Minutes” said that he would resign from the long-running program because he had lost his journalistic independence.

There's a lot of testosterone on that debate stage.

The cat and I prepping for tonight’s leaders’ debate. Hey there’s Bob Fife. Please check out @theglobeandmail.com live blog throughout the debate and for analysis afterward. www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/art...

Green Party > Rebel News

How did the post-debate media question-period turn into a platform for speechifying by far-right outlets?

I would like to rephrase this. This is not okay. And the hour I spent was a lot less than others experienced.

One hour in line to vote in Vancouver’s byelection. Great turnout! And nice day to chill in line at Trout Lake.

Was honoured to participate in this very important White Lotus journalism. www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/televis...

I really enjoyed this conversation.

Join Kelly Nestruck @nestruck.bsky.social, Dr. Jillian Roberts and me for a discussion about the excellent/terrifying @netflix.com series Adolescence at noon Eastern/9 am Pacific today. www.theglobeandmail.com/life/article...

The rambling, on top of everything …

80 years ago today, my mother was liberated by US soldiers while on a death march from a satellite camp of Buchenwald, where she was sent from Auschwitz. I tell her story & explore intergenerational trauma in Kiss the Red Stairs: The Holocaust, Once Removed www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/624459...