🖊✨Call for Papers! We are now accepting papers between 7,000-8,000 words (in either English or French) for a forthcoming special issue, "Authoritarianism, Anti-fascism, and Literary Resistance," guest-edited by Anna Branach-Kallas and Laura Moss.

My cat Tyler. Don't question his authority. #Cats

Imagine being so guilty of raping kids that you invaded your own country

Reminder what the book bans are really about- religious groups forcing their morality on kids attending public, non religious schools

😞 RIP Graham Greene ♥️

"Could the rain-carried pain be my banshee's caoineadh, soothing my homesickness in its own morbid way?" #TodaysPoem #poetry I can't reach the greengage and my tomatoes are blight-ridden. by Sarah O’Connor (@sarahocwrites.bsky.social‬) (2024 @anthro-poetry.bsky.social) tinyurl.com/yc64ha8h

Please enjoy my cartoon for Tuesday's Toronto Star

🎯⬇️ ❤️🇨🇦 #canada #canadastrong

Irish author John Boyne on writing The Elements, a four-part series examining child abuse www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

“The Conservatives aren’t as much a political party as they are a ChatGPT-based slogan-generating algorithm speaking through the mouth of eveyone’s least favourite muppet, Pierre Poilievre — who has accomplished nothing during his 20 years in Parliament.”

Kevin Barry: That’s another thing for novelists to pin above their desks now: “Write the novel that AI can’t write.” Because the AI isn’t fucked-up enough. Novels need to be horrible and messy to give a sense of real, lived life. You can’t be afraid to go nuts on the page.

Hanes: Respect is a one-way street for education minister

Notice to all travellers.

Do. Not. Obey.

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Someone should show this to Doug Ford so he can see that a real leader doesn’t cosplay as Captain Canada. A real leader makes and follows through on decisions that benefit his constituents and all Canadians.

just spent a week in Toronto and can confirm nymag.com/intelligence...

Enfin, une explication claire du cricket ! www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWpb...

I've always been a fan of Brian Eno's music and installations. It's nice to hear his thoughts about the rich and paying taxes. Enjoy. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7C...

Duranceau a toujours des solutions adaptées...

This summer look for these two great anthologies featuring Indigenous voices from across Turtle Island. I contributed a piece of writing to the one called A Steady Brightness of Being. It's a letter of love and hope to my future great-great-grandchildren ✊🏽❤️

It's not just Good Reads. Having written three books I've discovered that there's a bitter little clique of angry people who try to sabotage book review ratings ... www.thebookseller.com/news/authors...

This applies to all countries.

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1000 De La Gauchetière, Montréal. #Polaroid #Photographie #Photography

This is great: after all, nearly everyone is at least picky about something. Recommended.

Préparation d’un entretien d’une heure avec la journaliste @salomesaque.bsky.social auteure de ce petit essai, une analyse de la montée de l’extrême droite, autant qu’une invitation à lui résister. Le pouvoir des mots cet été sur @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social

Bruce Springsteen and The Prophetic Resistance of The Artists johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/bruce-spri...

We have work to do to protect people. We are facing down the consequences of the far-right taking the United States, and threatening us. With their supporters here. Our guide, 40 Ways to Fight the Far-Right, is now required reading. www.antihate.ca/40ways 2/

Rick says it best. Skip the US.

Massage. Rue Metcalfe. Montréal. #Polaroid #Photography #Photographie

"Dignity" is not just a statue, but a symbol of the strength, courage, and culture of the women of the Sioux Nation. This 50-foot-tall statue, created by artist Dale Lamphere, is installed in South Dakota, but it has not yet received the recognition it truly deserves.

"I believe that Canada and Ukraine, bordered by autocratic dictatorships, are at the forefront of the struggle for freedom." "Collective action is necessary. ... if you don't even recognize that you're in a war, you will lose." - Yale fascism expert Jason Stanley www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-p...

On doit « accueillir seulement des vrais demandeurs d’asile », a réitéré le candidat conservateur mardi.

As a Booker Prize winner with multiple shortlistings, Ian McEwan stands among the most celebrated authors in modern literary history. As he marks 50 years in print, @john-self.bsky.social has put together a guide to his best books⤵️ thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

William Roberts, Christ driving the moneychangers from the Temple, 1925

It is so sad and beautiful, So tremulously like a dream. Dylan Thomas

As I just said on radio what is most alarming about Danielle Smith tape is not the attempted collusion with a foreign government to interfere in our election it's that she said Poilievre is "in sync" with "new direction" in America which is a brutal autocracy with a crashing economy 🇨🇦 #CanadaSky

Elbows up, Canada.

Let’s be vigilant.