From Hurricane Katrina to Chernobyl, Stephanie Bolster's poem Long Exposure explores the aftermath of disasters through fragments and imagery. Guest host Marco Melfi speaks with Stephanie about how poetry can capture history’s long shadows. #poetry #podcast www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep...

Crystal AJ Smith's debut novel is about an Indigenous woman who loses her Sister-Cousin to the highway of tears. She journey's with her na̱xnox to find and bring to justice to the person responsible for her Sister’s disappearance. #Indigenous #fiction www.oncreativewriting.com/post/crystal...

The talented @hollay.bsky.social answers my questions for Literary Mama! @literarymama.bsky.social . Hollay explores writing her debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, and how being a poet influences her prose. Thank you, Hollay, and the Literary Mama team! Here it is! literarymama.com/articles/dep...

newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Stephanie Bolster : AFTERWORD : BIODÔME: Twentieth Anniversary Edition / @montrealprize.bsky.social @aelaq.bsky.social @canadianpoets.bsky.social ; periodicityjournal.blogspot.com/2026/04/step...

Next week - Stephanie Bolster talks with Marco Melfi about her poetry collection Long Exposure, from @palimpsestpress.bsky.social . Some of her poems explore Robert Polidori's photos, which capture human habitats and environments and history and the present in a single frame. www.robertpolidori.com

Author @therealkenwilson.bsky.social 's review of Sadiqa de Meijer's new poetry collection, Qaf's People. "The poems are brave...I can’t imagine writing poems with the syntax and line breaks displayed here. The boldness and inventiveness are remarkable." #poetry readingandwalking.ca/2026/05/05/2...

Make lesson planning a breeze with Canadian books and literacy learning resources for middle-grade students (Grades 5-7). Two full novel studies are available as PDFs for both The Ghost of Northumberland Strait and its sequel Where There's a Will. loriknutson.com/the-ghost-of...

There’s still an opportunity to see Transcendence!

Thanks for sharing this. The core of James Daunt's argument is worth knowing, though it has a lot of ifs. I can see businesses quietly using humans to ensure the "essential quality" of AI books to increase demand and profits.

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Can you write if you don't love to read? Novelist and academic Sarah Moss encounters students who want to write and not read. She says it is like skipping "the first stage of an artistic apprenticeship." Can you really write without reading? #writing www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Really happy to help celebrate the launch of Sadiqa de Meijer's new poetry collection, Qaf's People (Véhicule Press). In our new podcast interview with Sadiqa, she reads a poem from Qaf's People and explores her writing and its influences. #podcast #writing www.oncreativewriting.com/podcast-1/ep...

Jennifer LoveGrove answers OCW's Q&A! Read how form and working within constraints shaped the poems in her new collection The Tinder Sonnets - @bookhugpress.bsky.social . She also explores returning to her intuition in her writing. #poetry www.oncreativewriting.com/post/learnin...

Alex Miller’s new Journey to the End of Time explores the mysterious gift of storytelling. It’s a contemplative look at memory, mortality, and how the narratives we weave define our lives. #storytelling A must-read for fans of literary fiction and philosophy. theconversation.com/in-journey-t...

Jane Wormell The Iris Garden, Florence

ℹ️ Learn How to Build a Champion – and live life fully, whatever your circumstances! ℹ️ “A feel-good story of courage, resilience, quick wit, and joy": A great summer read! Order your copy to discover How to Build a Champion. 📖 now available in paperback and eBook at: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FX16Q4GP

Painting a peaceful summer landscape painting while patiently waiting for spring weather... youtube.com/shorts/EQWSs... #art #bskyart #supportartists

Interested in seeing my process, start-to-finish. Now you can! Here's a time lapse YouTube video featuring my painting, "Special Place". 🔔 Subscribe for more art vlogs 👍 Like if this brought you joy 💬 Comment: What’s your special place? #art #bskyart #supportartists

Leaving home as inherited condition. Displacement as engine of industrial ag. Whatever became of my great-grandmothers. What they became when they landed here. What they thought or believed, couldn’t say, couldn’t do. Our present chews holes in shared memory. This will be my fourth book.

A submission opportunity! Keep in mind the deadline is fast approaching

And what fun at the taverna afterward, lively conversation with friends (like Elsa Korneti, to my left) and intimates (like Aleka, to my right), and the pleasure of reading a Tess Gallagher poem hinting at her own intimates. #BookSky #memoir #Bookstagram #AuthorSky #Wanderlust #literary #Greece

Already certified: The Education Innovators Podcast www.youtube.com/playlist?lis... #DoneByHumans #noai #ai #ailabel

🎉 BOOK BIRTHDAY 🎉 Today is THE DAY my debut SF thriller makes its way out in the world! This is a dream I’ve held close to my heart for decades and I am so happy and grateful. With a HUGE thank you to the large village of people who have made this possible.

#HamiltonCityMagazine: New #photography book by MarkZelinski.com celebrates Niagara #Escarpment hamiltoncitymagazine.ca/new-photogra... #MarkZelinski has been taking iconic images for close to 50 years. He will launch his latest book #NiagaraEscarpment #LandBetweenWaters on April 29 #TourismHamilton

Author Joe Dunthorne reveals the novel that made him want to write, the many books that have influenced him since, and why he has an allergy to Dylan Thomas. #authorinterview #writing www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...

With cover artwork by @ochoamix.bsky.social

Paul Celan passed away on this day in 1970. Here's the wonderful 'Sprachgitter' and its translation as 'Language Mesh' by Michael Hamburger. #poetry

@talking-time.bsky.social Hello! I am using this account for On Creative Writing now! Thanks!

APRIL 22 is #EarthDay 2026 Photos from the book #NiagaraEscarpment #LandBetweenWaters MarkZelinski.com/photography-books #TourismHamilton WORLD BOOK LAUNCH w Photographer/Publisher #MarkZelinski, & #Indigenous/Conservation leaders APRIL 29 6:30-9pm Tourism Hamilton 28 James St N. #HamONT

@markzelinski-photo.bsky.social Hi Mark, I am using this account for On Creative writing now. Thanks!

@nancyfjorde.bsky.social Hi Nancy, I am using this account for On Creative Writing now. Thanks!

Buying books at an independent bookstore on Saturday? Then you'll want to know about this books giftcard contest! #books #reading @indiebookstores.ca www.indiebookstores.ca/cibd-contest/

TREATIES ARE FOREVER ALBERTA IS CANADA Peaceful Gathering DATE: APRIL 25 TIME: 12PM PLACE: CALGARY CITY HALL UNITED WE STAND

See me at The Blue Met Festival in Montreal! 🌈 You can catch me on Thursday, April 23, 2026 at 9:30 pm the Chosen Ties event at Hotel Dix. 🪻You can also see me on Saturday, April 25, 2026 at 10 am on the THE POWER OF POINT OF VIEW IN DIVISIVE TIMES panel. bluemetropolis.org/2026festival...

Mikisew Cree First Nation Billy-Joe Tuccaro spoke about the impact that toxic chemicals leaching and spilling from the oil sands is having on his people. Every Canadian should listen to what he has to say. #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli

If you want to voice your concern about this new Alberta provincial bill that includes censoring public library materials and impacts your right to privacy, you can do so easily with the form at this link. #abpoli

Forgot to post this when I got my December issue! Big thank you to @albertaviews.bsky.social for publishing my poem 'Disturbing the Peace' from my debut poetry collection Confirm Humanity (details here: wildskiespress.com/our-books/#c...)

New poem! "The Truth About Wolves" by Marissa Lingen! buff.ly/BfHjySK

My local branch @lpl.ca has a great display of works by Canadian poets, including Billy-Ray Belcourt, bill bissett, James Reaney, George Elliott Clarke, and @margaretatwood.bsky.social. And you can make your own blackout poem! #LdnOnt #NationalPoetryMonth

A Canada-wide book club is live thanks to Mississauga Library and its partnership with One eRead Canada. Unlimited audiobook and ebook access for the award-winning novel What I Know About You by Éric Chacour, translated from French by Pablo Strauss. #reading www.mississauga.ca/city-of-miss...

The Monday, April 20th issue has dropped! www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/the-seaboa... #canlit #independentbookstoreday #interview @consumedbyink.bsky.social @thehappyduckbooks.bsky.social

Hear nonfiction author Ken Wilson On The Road To Nowhere, this Wednesday, April 22!

Our Publisher Spotlight series showcases Canadian independent presses doing standout work in the literary and academic world! We're so excited to share Portage & Main Press! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/04... #CanLit

"A compelling look at the comforts and controls of religious devotion." Kirkus Reviews Bravo @danilabotha.bsky.social 🤩😍👏

Writing need not be solitary. Poet Maria Giesbrecht on the importance of community and connection and how her community, Gather, helps writers feel less alone in their craft. www.oncreativewriting.com/post/poet-ma... #writingcommunity #poetry #poets

@anncavlovic.bsky.social 's novel Count On Me is important, and receiving excellent reviews! Few writers explore family fractures that occur when parents are frail. Fewer take on the devastating subject of elder abuse. Podcast coming soon. #elderabuse #books #reading www.anncavlovic.com

New author interview - The geography of memory is rarely a straight line. Poet Jun-Long Lee discusses his new collection, Abode, and explores how poetry maps the intersections of heritage, landscape, and time. @aupress.ca www.oncreativewriting.com/post/poet-ju... #poetry #writingommunity #canlit

Reading is a solitary act, and it's also becoming a social hobby! From Silent Book Clubs to high-energy genre communities, a new era of book clubs is reshaping how we connect. It’s about books AND finding community in a digital world. #reading theconversation.com/is-reading-y...

Why does history matter? You've heard it before - understand the past and you can can control the future. Scholar Jason Stanley on why reexamining all history is the way to build a fascist-free future. PEN America. #history #freedom pen.org/jason-stanle...

What is the CBC books team looking forward to this spring? Here is their second list of the fiction titles they're excited to read. #reading www.cbc.ca/books/new-ca...