We're thrilled to present the shortlist for the 2026 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction:

BREAKING: SCOTUS just handed Trump the power to fire FTC Commissioners without cause. This dramatically expands executive power, overturns nearly a century of precedent, undermines Congress’s check on presidential power, & opens the door to corruption. Our client, Rebecca Slaughter on the impact:

Thinking of my friends and family in the UK and Europe.

The end of the world is only the beginning… #TheHope, the final installment of Paul Hardisty's #TheForcingTrilogy is OUT NOW🔥 ORDER TODAY! 🔗 geni.us/g264BA

Send this to the Canadians who want 10 new nuclear reactors by 2040. #cdnpoli

The prr-granting of immunity is a good indication that they have illegal and unethical plans for Gaza that are intended to line their own pockets.

I know the list is endless but I genuinely think trashing the legitimate congressionally chartered org for celebrating the 250th to instead hijack our national assets and taxpayer funds for his personality cult grifter crap should, in and of itself, be fully sufficient to merit removal from office.

He deserves it. Promoted companion to the Order of Canada

Order are coming in ! You can pre-order your copy of CRIME FOR CHRISTMAS at reboundpress.com. If you want us to Xmas giftwrap it when we ship this fall, just mention it in the comments. We ship anywhere in Canada! Stories include those by @deonandan.bsky.social @thetomjoad.bsky.social (and me)!

No you smuggled Dotty into @WStonesStirling so you could sign a pile of Jewel Keepers for stock. That was you. 😂🐾🐾

Just added @nightowlbooks.bsky.social to my Independent Bookstore Starter Pack Part Deux! go.bsky.app/DYmY7tU Thanks for posting!

Sad to read that Gail Bowen, author of the Joanne Kilbourn mystery series has passed away.

“Helsinki hasn’t registered a single traffic-related fatality in the past year…Citing data that shows the risk of pedestrian fatality is cut in half by reducing a car’s speed from 40 to 30km/hr, city officials imposed the lower limit in most of Helsinki’s residential areas and city center in 2021.”

04:58 Jun 26 2026 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT IN EFFECT for Northern Alberta Expires: 20:58 Jun 26 2026 Heavy rain is forecast overnight tonight through Sunday with widespread totals of 40 to 70 mm possible. Rainfall warnings will be issued for some areas ... Visit https://weather.gc.ca for details

Here are the top 5 dogs of the week!

Old Phone Box, Tiree, inner Hebrides, painting by Ron Lawson, Scottish landscape artist.

Undiscovered Hemingway classic. #WritingCommunity #SkyBooks

For years Danielle Smith has been talking about Alberta's clean energy and promoting carbon capture. It turns out that carbon capture was funded by BP. Check out @themadstone.bsky.social piece on carbon capture.

Final day to get your discount!

Four years ago, SCOTUS stripped away protection of the fundamental right of women to make decisions about their own bodies in the Dobbs Decision. Since then, millions have faced barriers to care—some paying that cost with their lives.  We will continue fighting to restore these rights into law.

If you're looking forward to the end of this heat, good news – Bloody Scotland is back on in Stirling this September, where I'll be hosting Can You Solve the Murder? Live (Friday, 6.45pm)! Join in, test your sleuthing skills, and see how good a detective you really are…

Labour and business today came together – and shared a united message about this ridiculous referendum taking place in Alberta. It's bad economics, hurts business leaders and the organizations they lead, and undercuts the workers that build our communities. #ableg #UnitedForCanada #cdnlabour

"AI" is going to make medical care more efficient., they say. How's that going? Just about as you'd predict... www.seattletimes.com/business/med...

Yikes, catastrophically low turnout for Trump's "rally" last night kicking off the 250 festivities...

I've got an op-ed in the Globe today with @nicktsergas.ca. We're thinking about how Hamilton's movement towards a data centre moratorium could snowball across Canada and help reset the way data centres + cities interface in the future. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Remembering ANTHONY BOURDAIN - born 70yrs ago today.

FACEBOOK CONTEST! #BOOKSKY the next Tea by the Sea mystery, BUBBLE, BUBBLE, TEA & TROUBLE, comes out July 28 I'd like to give an advance reading copy to TWO lucky winners. Please go to Vicki Delany & Eva Gates on Facebook to enter. #cozymystery

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

I am concerned that Ben Henderson, the chair of the Edmonton Police Commission thought that it was acceptable to unilaterally approve Chief Warren Driechel's participation in this trip to Israel.

Full of secrets, lies, & omissions, Curtis Ippolito’s WAVES OF BURDEN is a cocktail full of family dynamics and the darkness you sometimes find there, even if that darkness has the best of intentions at heart. Misguided or not, it’s Ippolito at his best. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/waves-of-b...

Have a new piece out today at Vautrin! My review of @curtisippolito.bsky.social’s new novel, WAVES OF BURDEN (from @rhppress.bsky.social) vautrin.pub/2026/06/shad...

A secret club that involves rating and dating. 🙄

#wednesday Dietrich Kalteis >> 7criminalminds.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-... | @canadahardcover.bsky.social @sinc-cw.bsky.social @crimewriterscanada.bsky.social @sincworldwide.bsky.social @thecwa.bsky.social #WW2 @histnovsoc.bsky.social

Canada’s biggest grocery chains have quietly used property control clauses to block competitors from opening nearby, sometimes for decades. As Manitoba moves to challenge existing agreements, writer David Moscrop examines who gets to shape our markets. https://ow.ly/2FBy50ZfuyY

This 1989 #LargeFormat #softcover #book comes with multiple #warnings: "Don't try this at home!" If you're content to just #read about the stuff #spies (and #criminals) do, this might be for you. This book is on consignment, so no discounts apply. $50. #Booksky #espionage #weapons #ScaryShit

I love when I walk into an area with tons of trees and it instantly feels cooler.

"The Legal Way to Collude" While Americans battle inflation, debt, and uncertainty, the world's most powerful billionaires, politicians, and influencers quietly gather behind closed doors shaping tomorrow. Subscribe. Like. Comment. Share. therealmichaelcohen.substack.com/p/the-legal-...

Perfectly plump puffin on the Isle of May this week 🥰 #SuperSeabirdSunday

Florida Surgeon General announced ALL vaccine mandates will be ended As a polio survivor, i was joyous when a vaccine became available. No other child would endure such fear & suffering. He said "who am i to tell u what to put in your body. it's God's business". Hes a doctor! This is lunacy

That's right! #TeamOrenda will be at this years Edinburgh International Book Festival!📚️ We are so excited that BOTH @essiefox.bsky.social & @dougjohnstone.bsky.social have MULTIPLE EVENTS throughout august!🥳 Scroll for details! 🎟️TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW!🎟️ tinyurl.com/m3wuxrf6 #BookSky #BookEvent

Thixendale, Marbled Whites on Field Scabious, Summer, that left me breathless. 2016

Smith needs to call an election. Enough. It is a well understood fact that having a two tiered system will create more shortages of staff in the public system creating much longer wait times. Desperate people will use the private system & bankrupt themself for relief of pain.

omg who did this 😂

My Summer solstice eve sunrise walk was a little bit overcast sadly. Thistles brought some colour to the scene and the clouds look like they are starting to break up now. Photo taken on Glastonbury Tor.

The feeling when a Cedar Waxwing takes direct aim at you first thing in the morning! Spotted early today at Central Park's Pool. 🥰🥰🥰 #Waxwings #CentralPark #birdsinflight

🏆WINNER🏆 On the day of the publication of his newest novel #BADINFLUENCE🩷 the INCREDIBLE @willcarver.bsky.social WINS the @capitalcrime.bsky.social fingerprint award for Genre Busting Book of the YEAR for his novel #KillThemWithKindness!🙌 Thank you so much to everyone who voted!

A #FolkloreThursday visit to the dentist seems like the perfect time to share the terrifying concept of 'tooth worms'. Believed to be responsible for toothache and decay, dating back to Babylonian times. These 18th century carvings are the thing of nightmares. 😱😱

Spotted near Harrison Park.

Every day, I breathe a sigh of relief that Canadians had the good sense to elect Carney over Poilievre.