And even more stellar writers! @manuelaamiouny.bsky.social @lynnesargent.bsky.social @salenacasha.bsky.social @yasmeenfahmy.bsky.social Elizabeth Wanjiku @authortrsteele.bsky.social Teresa Milbrodt Thank you all for being part of The Sprawl 🪐

Go and catch a falling star, Get with child a mandrake root, Tell me where all past years are, Or who cleft the devil's foot, Teach me to hear mermaids singing, Or to keep off envy's stinging, And find What wind Serves to advance an honest mind. John Donne

Today is the day! Pick up your copy of THE CHAMOS PROJECT from the retailer of your choice! books2read.com/u/mdBDo5. #WritingCommunity #SFF

Happy Valentines Day from my sister’s morning love story by @amalelmohtar.com and @maxgladstone.bsky.social and on theme pancakes ❤️💙

Lil before-bed request to check out my fashion + space opera anthology!! Would be really grateful for folks to back it. We are 8 days away from wrrapping up and have $4k to go.

My new witchy poem is out with Penumbric today! You can go read it here: www.penumbric.com/currentissue...

Still can't quite believe that my story, Last Train from Deadwall, made the Locus Recommended Reading List, but it's there! Many thanks to @bcsmagazine.bsky.social for giving this story a home and @scott-h-andrews.bsky.social for helping to shape it into its best form. locusmag.com/2026/02/2025...

A couple of Ottawa wish lists that I've come across in the last few days, if anyone has items to spare. Highjinx needs space heaters, camping heaters, gloves, blankets, long johns. Helping with Furniture needs kitchen things (pots, utensils etc), curtains, bedding, towels, toys. Drop off info:

In THE WILDCRAFT DRONES, T.K. Rex imagines the co-evolution of AI, climate collapse and rewilding in fourteen bold stories. Preorder now from the publisher: http://www.stellifor...

URGENT: January 23 is the last day to say NO to this proposal. Text OCEANS to 43428 and voice your opposition to this offshore drilling plan that would jeopardize treasured coastlines nationwide.

Signed. You know what to do, Canada.

A miniature hand grips my bootlace and won’t let go. I bend down to pry its brass fingers open, wedging my thumb into its curled palm, but it’s no use. I’ll have to find the key. I’m not giving up a new lace for a damn spare part. The metal sparks against the pavement with each step.

I'll be at VerseFest in Ottawa this March. This is just a teaser, so please follow @versefestottawa.bsky.social to keep updated on all the festival's news and programming!

Going through my author copies this afternoon, and found that I have TWO more copies of this issue of +doc!! If you would like to read my pushcart-nominated poem you can reply or send me a message, they are 4$ each

We're a bit late with our new year's wishes. It takes time to muster up the optimism these days, but what else can we do but face the year with love and creativity and good books to support us? Resistance and transformation are hard work. May you find the stories and the courage you need this year.

Ongoing notes: the ottawa small press book fair (part three, : Mahaila Smith + Janice Colman, / @mahailasmith.ca @amandaearl.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/12/ongo...

This is gonna be EPIC like POETRY!

Tomorrow (Dec 12th) is the last day to submit your claim regarding Loblaws’ bread price-fixing scheme. You could get $50 or more. Get that “bread!” www.cbc.ca/news/busines...

some above/ground press author activity: Mahaila Smith, Laynie Browne, Julie Carr, Katie Ebbitt, Rae Armantrout, Gary Barwin + Drew McEwan, / @garybarwin.bsky.social @mahailasmith.ca @juliecarr.bsky.social ; abovegroundpress.blogspot.com/2025/12/some...

Hey Ottawa, come out to St Laurent mall this Friday after work for a book sale to raise funds for the Ottawa Food Bank. It's hard to express how much Alan and the All in a Day crew have done for reading in this city and this is just their latest impressive team effort. Say hi if you see me there!

Consider the following before adopting a Manticore for your family

What I’m wearing to the Bluesky Christmas Party

Neon Hemlock has some fantastic books on offer, and you should definitely take this opportunity if you're on a budget. Every novellas has been worth it.

Ending today on a high note of $852 -- wow! If we can raise $130 a day for the next five days, GULA will make it, and I am so pleased to be even coming close. Thanks so much to all the people who have been helping me boost and get eyes on this!

This #thanksgiving, snap up 3 of Solaris' Indigenous Fantasy Books from @rebeccaroanhorse.bsky.social Caskey Russell & @karinlow.bsky.social for just 0.99 each, (website exclusive) geni.us/Solarissale#thanksgiving, And they're all series starters, so there's a lot more indigenous fantasy in your future! 1/2

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen Janelle Monáe for my 24th bday and the best show i have ever seen FKA Twigs Beach Bunny Leith Ross Fanclubwallet

hey look! it’s baby’s first pushcart nom!! 🥳

So thrilled to share that I have a new poem out in Strange Horizons!!!

Mortifying and completely preventable. www.cbc.ca/news/health/...

I got to hear a sneak peek of this audiobook at @canconsffh.bsky.social this year and am so looking forward to the full novel! You can go support it on Kickstarter: www.kickstarter.com/projects/sie...

8K GIVEAWAY! Win books from @csecooney.bsky.social @voidcricket.bsky.social @emmanewman.bsky.social @natania.bsky.social an early ARC from @authortrmoore.bsky.social & more! Like, follow, repost and drop a book 📙 in the comments to enter! Ends 23:59 GMT on 13/10/25. Open to UK & IE, CAN & US only.

Policing Black Lives (2nd ed) - Book launch with Robyn Maynard Time and Place: October 29 at 7:00 pm. SAW Centre, 67 Nicholas Email: [email protected] Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present

So thrilled to share that Water-Kin has won second prize in the Elgin Chapbook award! Congrats to all the nominees and my fellow chapbook authors, Katherine Quevedo and @bugthewriter.bsky.social! You can read Water-Kin for free online here: metatron.press/digipub/wate...

Brit Griffin and I have obsessed about the landscape and history of Cobalt for 30 plus years. We have walked its scarred hills, researched its wild history, written its dark stories. It's all in her new book The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien. Join us for a conversation. Oct. 9 Perfect Books Ottawa.

Purple prose ;)

Guys!!! I made it!!

Ladies and gentles, animals and machines, and everyone in-between . . . . we are ONE WEEK away from the launch of NMLCT! I'd love it if you could join me to celebrate! Wed, Sept 24, 2025 at The Piston 937 Bloor Street West, from 7 to 10pm [festivities included]

TO ENTER: ☑️ Post a piece up to 50-100 words to your feed on a public Instagram OR Bluesky account ☑️ Use the hashtag #AugurMicros2025 ☑️ Tag @augursociety ☑️ Follow Augur Society on Bluesky and/or Instagram Read the content policies laid out by the platform and in Augur’s subs guidelines -🔗in bio! 👀 🧵

So happy that the folks in Seattle got to see this excellent poem! Read The New Knights here or in our inaugural issue 🗡️🗡️🗡️

I’m very grateful to have a story in this anthology and among such talented conpany!

This is your chance to see @mahaila.bsky.social in #HamOnt!!

Come celebrate!

TONIGHT! the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! tickets still available! (and might there even be a new Stuart Ross chapbook on-hand? / @mreid.bsky.social @razovsky.bsky.social @jasonchristie.bsky.social @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Thanks so much for sharing! It’s so nice to see Seed Beetle in the wild 💚

“It’s high-concept science fiction, but it all feels painfully relevant to today. Easily one of my favorite books of the year. (I enjoyed the electronic review copy so much I bought it in hard copy.)” Thank you so much @johnrplatt.bsky.social! I’m so happy you enjoyed Seed Beetle

Thanks for the shout out :’)

I met André Alexis tonight at the All in a Day book club, and truly want to recommend this book! There are so many layers of literary excellence. Stories on parents, childhood, Trinidadian culture, and all slightly uncanny which, he said, was intended to put the reader in the mind of the immigrant.

Thank you @yukondawn.bsky.social for taking the time to read a review Seed Beetle, I truly appreciate it!