Good news 🐺🐺 According to a recent announcement from the FWS Red Wolf Recovery Program, 12 to 16 wild red #wolf pups have survived their first few months so far. We've been working to protect these #wolves for years. Our work will continue until their wild population is thriving ➡️ bit.ly/3TbamkU

Video: In our Meet an Editor series, @gregioannou.bsky.social advises aspiring editors to keep an open mind. Sometimes the most rewarding and engaging projects are the ones that come out of left field, broadening your horizons and giving you a much richer life.

You can still watch #FictionFest events online for a few more days. What a treat it was to be part of this celebration of Canadian books and connect with readers and writers all across the land. Thank you for making it happen, @nptwrites.bsky.social and @stevewestenra.bsky.social.

And with that final livestream, #FictionFest comes to a close. Thank you so much to all our authors for being a part of this— it couldn't have worked without you! Thank you to anyone who tuned in to watch, and thank you to @stevewestenra.bsky.social for helping to host all these sessions! 😊

Leading social media creators are sharing tips on influencing for nonhuman animals. action.animaljustice.ca/page/194575/...

If you missed any of today's livestreams, you can find the limited-time replays on our YouTube channel! And tomorrow, @stevewestenra.bsky.social will be hosting two horror-themed panels, so mark your calendars! :) #BookSky #ReaderSky www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

Late Windrush victim’s compensation to fund prize for British Caribbean playwrights

Today on #FictionFest we are starting off with a panel discussion on accuracy vs poetic license in historical fiction, starting in ten minutes at noon EDT! Catch it live at: www.youtube.com/live... Check out our full schedule at: FictionFest.ca/events#FictionFest #FictionFest #BookSky #ReaderSky ⏰📚

If you've been enjoying our #FictionFest live events and want to learn more about particular books or authors, you can find purchase links for #books in our showcase, and links to author websites and social media channels in our gallery! 😀 ➡️ FictionFest.ca #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky #reading

Day 6 of #FictionFest starts of with more of our #LiteraryFiction authors reading from their books! This one starts streaming in ten minutes on our YouTube channel and you can watch it (and all our streams) for FREE! youtube.com/live/SxZ...#FictionFest#LiteraryFiction#BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky ⏰📚

Why sometimes, you actually don't need to follow the manual.

It all starts tomorrow. A fortnight of celebrating Canadian fiction. What a fabulous way to greet the solstice. @canadafictionfest.bsky.social #CanadaFictionFest #booksky #Canadianbooks #wordarts fictionfest.ca

Missing my cat chats. 'Turner also explained the behavior of women to vocalize more frequently with their cats than men do. In return, the cats vocalize with women more often than they do with men.' – Ava Portney @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Part one of a three-part From Canada to Here podcast, all thanks to Welsh Joshua and featuring our Portsmouth Poetry, @University of Portsmouth and @4-3-2 Nomads event that took part at the end of May. Available in your favourite podcast land! #TurnstonePress podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/a...

Canada Fiction Fest is coming up on 21 June, all thanks to @nptwrites.bsky.social. I'm delighted to be taking part in a couple of events. The schedule is at: fictionfest.ca/events/ @canadafictionfest.bsky.social #TurnstonePress #RonsdalePress @radiantpress.bsky.social #CanLit #CanadaSky #BookSky

Very excited and honoured to be part of #FictionFest. Love the multi-genre approach! "Because the world needs more Canadian books." – NP Thompson #CanLit #Canada #BookSky

Massive thanks to the Touring Artist Fund for supporting my Three Pieces of Sea poetry tour in the UK and Canada. Can’t begin to describe what a difference it makes. Chichester and Portsmouth events still to come! @tourismculture.yukon.ca @turnstonepress yukon.ca/en/touring-a...

Really appreciate that the Chichester Observer newspaper family covers poetry. Can’t wait to hear @suerose share her words on 27 May and meet the #BinstedPrize winners on 23 May. #SouthDownsPoetryFestival @TurnstonePress www.sussexexpress.co.uk/community/tw...

Oh, and after the poetry workshop tomorrow morning at Barnstaple Library I’m giving a talk about my new book, Three Pieces of Sea, a portrait of my sister the late artist Rebecca Lilley. @librariesunlimited.bsky.social #GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading2026 www.ticketsource.com/librariesunl...

Beginner poetry workshop tomorrow! Love helping to show how accessible poetry is and how it can help us in these troubled times. Thank you to Barnstaple Library for hosting. #GoAllIn #NationalYearOfReading2026 @librariesunlimited.bsky.social www.ticketsource.com/librariesunl...

Such a treat to share poems with Ronna Bloom, Tom Wayman and the Planet Earth Poetry community in Victoria, BC, Canada. It takes a lot to organise such events and I’m grateful. And thank goodness for poetry in these troubled times.

Really looking forward to hearing @ronnabloom.bsky.social and Tom Wayman present their poems at #PlanetEarthPoetry in Victoria, Canada, on Friday. What a treat to get to read with such fine poets. @TurnstonePress #poetry

This Tuesday- Vancouver workshop led by Toronto poet and therapist @ronnabloom.bsky.social! May 5th at 6pm @ Upstart and Crow Books. upstartandcrow.com/event/postca...

Marion Cleland Lochhead (1902–1985) was born #OTD, 19 April, in Wishaw. A founding member of @scottishpen.bsky.social, Lochhead was a versatile figure of the 20th-century Scottish literary scene. 👇“Painted Things”, by Marion Lochhead, from Painted Things & Other Poems (Gowans & Grey, 1929) #poetry

Everyone loves an uplifting post like this, showing people helping out a wild animal in distress. But unless we address the practices that are causing the death of *entire ecosystems*, it's little more than making ourselves feel good. Just sharks: about 100 million are killed by humans every year.

What a thrill to be working with @TurnstonePress again on my latest #poetry collection, Three Pieces of Sea, out this spring. It's a collection of poems inspired by the life and works of my sister, the late artist Rebecca Lilley. #amwriting #breastcancer ravenstonebooks.com/news/in-the-...

Help shape Arc’s future! 📣 This National Poetry Month, share your thoughts in our community survey. Readers, writers, contributors & collaborators—your voice matters. 10-15 min: bit.ly/ArcSurvey2026 📝 Open all April. Opt in to win a $50 indie bookstore gift card! #NationalPoetryMonth #CanLit

Applications are open for #Yukon's Story Laureate. Lots of time to prepare your application – the deadline is 2 October. You need to have lived in Yukon for five years, so best to move here sooner rather than later! More at: commissionerofyukon.ca/story-laurea...

Want to connect with hundreds of editors, writers, communication professionals and small business owners? Join us from May 21 to 23 in Halifax for Editors Canada's national conference! Learn more: editors.ca/news/registr...

Delighted by this glossary of Yorkshire terms in @JennieGodfrey's novel #TheListofSuspiciousThings. A far better idea than the criminal act of replacing British words in North American editions. @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #editing #writing #publishing

Making a husky-line for the Yukon River. This could be my snowiest spring equinox.

Eric Wagner recommends six essential books about birds by Adam Nicolson, J.A. Baker, Helen MacDonald, and more.

In March 2026, the Vegan and Animal Rights Conference will open its doors in Manchester to advocates, campaigners, and movement builders for a three-day gathering. 🌱 https://veganfta.com/articles/2026/03/04/vegan-and-animal-rights-conference-varc-2026-to-focus-on-movement-building-and-resilience/

The Yukon Magazine has started including poetry! Such a delight to have a poem featured in this fine publication. More about the magazine at: theyukonmagazine.com @turnstonepress

Very grateful to be one of 18,661 creators receiving a #publiclendingright payment for having books in Canada's wonderful public libraries. Thank you, libraries, the Canada Council for the Arts' Public Lending Right Program and everyone who reads books! #bringingtheartstolife @yukonpubliclibraries

This follows hot on the heels of Interpol's big wildlife trafficking sweep. Interpol-backed police make nearly 200 arrests in Amazon region gold mining sweep news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

The BC Foundation for Non-Animal Research (BC FNAR) is now open for applications for their 2026 non-animal research grants. #nonhumananimals #morethanhuman www.bcfnar.ca

Goodness, I'm honoured to be the judge of the 2026 South Downs Poetry Festival's Binsted Prize poetry competition. It's open to everyone, wherever you live and you have until 31 March to submit your entries. I can't wait to read them. Find all the details at www.sdpf.org.uk/competition/.

Such a phenomenal book by @trinamoyles.bsky.social. Had a sneak preview and can’t recommend it enough! #borealbears

Congratulations on the publication of Black Bear: A Story of Siblinghood and Survival by Trina Moyles - out now with Knopf Canada and Pegasus Books in the US! Read more: transatlanticagency.com/2026/01/06/c...

Delighted and excited to be helping @TrinaMoyles launch her new and very amazing book, Black Bear, in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, at 7pm on Friday 9 January at the Beringia Centre. Join us! #blackbear @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social @transatlanticagcy.bsky.social

That's exactly why the van Gogh episode of Doctor Who is my absolute favorite episode of all time and I'll never be able to get through it without bawling through the museum scene... www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubTJ...

Ice inside and out as the sun slowly rises at minus 42 on the day after the solstice. #Whitehorse #Yukon

'Don’t expect to be a genius; you get better by working hard. Don’t rip up your work in a fury if it’s going badly. Set it aside, sit in the garden, drink tea, read the Guardian for a while. Return to your desk. Try again.' – @ameliagentleman.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

The Whys, Why-Nots, and How-Tos of Writing about Trauma - my latest Substack for Day 14: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. shawandmoore.substack.com/p/day-14-16-...

“To what extent do we create these stories, and to what extent do they create us?” In Death of Persephone: A Murder, Yvonne Blomer reframes the myth of Persephone as a detective murder mystery set in a modern city. Discover this gripping mystery in verse reviewed by Kate Rogers here: buff.ly/QiIXpeJ

Emma Beddington @theguardian.com expresses so well a key cultural difference between the UK and Canada that I experience yet struggle to articulate. It feels all bound up in the class system to me as well, which I also haven't yet worked out how to express. (Oh, I live in Canada but am from the UK.)

If imposter syndrome was more contagious I feel like we’d be in a better place

The snow came late this year to Yukon. The ice formed first and waxed and waned like the moon.