The coldest days bring the bluest skies. Have to get up from my desk and go out once in a while.

Just a bit of snow fell in Toronto. 😁

The beauty of the dining room table is I can spread out whilst writing in longhand.

You want to read a realistic presentation of what happens after the end of the world as it’s currently being drawn up? I wrote a pretty good one. You can get it most places, on e-book too, and Hoopla has it now. store.latitude46publishing.com/products/bir...

Make a Bond film casual. DR. WELL... PERHAPS... LET'S THINK ABOUT IT

This little publishing house project of mine is coming along nicely. One title down, two to go to finish the proof-of-concept. I've also read a couple of great stories by writer friends that I may want to add to the upcoming first year of my publishing program.

Whether I'm at home or in a neighbourhood café, there always reading, writing, and editing on the table. @glreview.bsky.social

Took seven years to place this little bugger. Glad that it finally found a fab home.

Bugs was, literally, my first drag queen. Still the champ!

It's Krampusnacht, y'all. Remember to be good or Krampus will swat your wicked bottom!

Now that November's Drunk Fiction event is over, there is still a stack of my debut chapbook available: signed, numbered test print editions which will go out of print when they're gone. DM me if you'd like one. $10 all in, mailed within Canada, $15 outside. (Why more? It's the postage, dear!)

This Tuesday. Come join us, eh?

Introducing October Park Editions. Test print run of the "Tsunami" chapbook for my new micropress came in this week. This project is the culmination of years of learning, observing, experiencing, experimenting, risking, and navigating steep learning curves. Launching three titles in February '26.

Mamdani is going to implement Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings Law. It'll last for 100 days and 100 nights.

Drunk Fiction is a delight and I'm pumped for the November 25 event at The Caledonian, where I'll join literary luminaries Russell Smith, Danila Botha, and Andrew Daley for some chilly-eve reads. Kudos to Emily Weedon, Matron of the Macabre, for creating and hosting this fab monthly reading series.

Yesterday was colour check day for a little side project of mine. I'm publishing a chapbook of a sort-of-old short story to use as a test run for a micropublishing project I'm looking at starting up. This will be available when I read at November's Drunk Fiction event in Toronto.

A witchy story for spooky season.

It was a process for me. Started at age 17 in 1985 (came out to my prom date: easy) and ended at age 21 in 1988 (came out to my parents: difficult). I'm now 58.

Sure, Jan.

Post you from a different era. (SGK, your photo reminds me of someone I used to know when I was an undergrad in the 80s.)

Less than a month away, this one. Rosanna will also be at @wordstocksudbury.bsky.social on Saturday, October 25, if you're in Sudbury, Ontario that weekend.

St. Lawrence Writers' Festival swag. All the participants got a commemorative mug with their name highlighted! Great touch... here's to getting involved for 2026. 📚

Counting down to the inaugural St. Lawrence Writers' Festival in picturesque Brockville, Ontario. September 5 – 7 . . . just go, eh? It's going to be a blast. Tickets here: visit.brockvilletourism.com/checkout/104...

Less than two weeks from the literary event of the summer: join Giles Blunt and company on August 6 at Noonan's Pub, 141 Danforth Ave, for the launch of Giles's new novel, Bad Juliet, published by Dundurn Press. @gilesbluntbooks.bsky.social @dundurnpress.bsky.social

I worked on two of these lovely books ("The Upending of Wendall Forbes" and "Product of Italy, Made in Canada") and will definitely grab the Brit Griffin title. If you're looking for great small press books to read this fall, this little stack from @latitude46pub.bsky.social won't steer you wrong.

I'll be at Jobsite Brewing in Stratford, ON, this coming Saturday with some @latitude46pub.bsky.social books on the table. Come down and mingle; buy a book (or two) (or more). Jobsite Brewing 45 Cambria Street Stratford ON N5A 1G8

Apply that construction rate to the Ontario Line and we'd be looking at an opening date of September 1, 2290 (or thereabouts) for that one.

I wrote a piece for The Guardian about the spike in political violence. The question: When do we start calling this what it is? www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Read the Excerpt from Birch and Jay by Allister Thompson @latitude46pub.bsky.social quillandquire.com/omni/excerpt...

Got an acceptance on an essay submission yesterday — sure, it was solicited for a collection, but a solicit doesn't mean automatic acceptance, so that's a win.

Here’s a public service announcement from me about ‘Birch and Jay’ and why you (and your teens) should read it. #booksky #postapocalyptic #youngadult #climatechange

Symbols aren’t hollow tokens - they have meaning. I can’t imagine living in a world where I don’t have to think about my safety every time I leave the house. This video shows the power of symbols dismissed as ‘DEI’.

The hidden path taken.

It's a sunny, bright day (for a change) so the light was perfect for such things.

Do not cite the Deep Magic to me, Witch! I was there when it was written.

Remove a letter, ruin a movie. Star Was

Would you like some mustard?

I think the Crocs are the chef's kiss on this brilliance.

As always, Marche nails it down. Essential reading for these times.

I think many of us are asking, "Why didn't Bukele wear a suit to the White House?" and "Why isn't Vance berating him for not being thankful enough?" (Also, is there enough distracting gold schlock in the room or do we need more?)

When you're editing/revising your own work and run out of space on the page, it's perfectly acceptable to flip over the manuscript and continue on the available blank surface until that, too, is filled with your barely readable scratching.

From my "tools of the trade" collection. It's a tad outdated (well, maybe more than a tad, given it's from 1982) but still a solid read.

Manufactured issues have caused Canadians to forget climate stuff (i.e. human survival) as a crucial priority during the election. After whatever do-nothing party takes power on April 28, you can read my novel to get inspired for real change. store.latitude46publishing.com/collections/...

🧵 The stakes are high this federal election. Canadian creators and publishers are vital contributors to Canada’s cultural sovereignty. They tell our stories, are essential to a healthy democracy, and build shared experience among Canadians.

New indie bookstore opening in Toronto's Parkdale neighbourhood www.torontotoday.ca/local/busine...

With this very nice hardcover of "Nemesis," my Rosamond Smith shelf is complete. @joycecaroloates.bsky.social

It's another rainy, gloomy, sunless day in southern Ontario, so I got to digging through some photo archives and found this nice shot of Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, taken during the summer of 2023 on a trip to the east coast. I've always loved the area—its photography potential is endless.

Two books from Northern Ontario’s amazing publisher, Latitude 46, are now available on NetGalley. 📚 📕: A Thousand Tiny Awakenings (April 5, 2025) edited by Connor Lafortune & writer Lindsay Mayhew 📕: Birch and Jay (May 24 2025) by Allister Thompson. @latitude46pub.bsky.social

Well, if not now, then when is a better time to read Canadian? I think now. Pre-order "Birch and Jay," first volume in the new Knowledge Seekers series by North Bay author @allistert.bsky.social, out this spring from @latitude46pub.bsky.social. A great story well told!

So, with the threat of tariffs hitting Canada again, this time on March 4, will US alcohol be pulled from the LCBO shelves, like DoFo promised he'd do back in February when the threat was first made? Not a peep from Hizhighness this time around.