All I want to do is share the incredible joy Ashley Bryan's work is bringing to my life. Sheer joy and colour: ashleybryancenter.org/books.html

Years ago a friend gave me a print out of an extensive list of creative non-fiction titles that an author (whom I don't know) had compiled and shared on their website. Found it again, still online, much expanded. From the website of Sue William Silverman: www.suewilliamsilverman.com/click_here_t...

This excellent book is a reminder that for some reason we talk about language tensions in a political way in Canada, and yet we tend to forget books written that explore that tension in personal way. Anyway I strongly recommend.

And here it is--fascinating interview on Polish reportage. So interesting and this interview/discussion tackles so many interesting translation questions

Very cool blog alert. Just listening to a recording on Polish reportage and then found this gem!

🇨🇦 La fin du Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ) risque de pousser de nombreux travailleurs étrangers à quitter le pays. Et pourvoir les postes vacants va être difficile, explique Bloomberg.

A Ukrainian refugee with no home to return to, now living on the Magdalen Islands will have to leave because of the PEQ cancellation. @lqcna.bsky.social cfim.ca/choosing-the...

C'est une catastrophe! Même pour des nationalistes ça ne fait aucun sens! 1000 enseignant.e.s et d'employé.e.s de soutien d'écoles sont menacé.e.s d’un départ forcé hors à cause de la fin du PEQ!

M. Roberge? Vous n'entendez même pas le patron de la caisse Desjardins? Le conseil de patronat est également du même avis. Qui vous appuie?

Moi aussi, j'ai honte!

"83% des répondants se disent favorables à ce que «les personnes immigrantes qui occupent déjà un emploi et sont bien établies au Québec» puissent demeurer dans la province. Seulement 8% des répondants sont contre" Une clause de droits acquis est demandée par 83% des gens! La CAQ doit écouter!

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Another PEQ hero. Set to leave, supporting others. Those are Quebec values: www.facebook.com/reel/1987401...

CAQ is breaking civil society. These people are heroes. Sign the petition ⬇️ www.facebook.com/reel/1558783...

Could not be more proud of you, Team Canada.   You’re coming home with 21 hard-fought Olympic medals. Though what Canadians will remember most is how you wore the Maple Leaf: with pride, with grit, and with determination.

This is also true here in Canada I am sure. @lqcna.bsky.social The paper is here. L'immigration est-elle bonne pour la santé? La réponse est: oui. www.nber.org/papers/w34791

Many of us are the children of immigrants. Please inform yourself about the abolishment of the PEQ program. You'll understand why you must sign this petition to support people who have given up so much to come here, and were recruited by the very government threatening to make them leave. #PEQ

Please sign this official petition to reopen the PEQ and provide a grandfather clause for those dedicated, tax-paying workers whose lives are being destroyed by the sudden abolishment of a programme that was promised to them.

Signons pour la réouverture immédiate du PEQ ou minimalement un clause de roit acquis!

Pétition: Mise en place d'une clause de droit acquis dans le cadre du Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ) Vous croyez vous aussi que ça prend une clause grand-père pour les orphelins du PEQ? Signez la pétition sur le site de l'Assemblée nationale du Québec! 👇 www.assnat.qc.ca/fr/exprimez-...

#Women&GirlsinScienceDay Academic & particle physicist Anne Kernan was a huge advocate for women in science, on one occasion funding a trip to CERN for an undergrad she had never met, meeting her at the airport and paying for her accommodation until funding came through. www.dib.ie/biography/ke...

A tale of two billionaires. Jeff Bezos was at fashion week in Europe while he pulled a let-them-eat-cake firing of 30% of Washington Post journalists. Jimmy Lai stood by his newsroom and he will now likely die in a Hong Kong prison. Tell everyone you know about Jimmy Lai.

Please see my statement on the sentencing of Jimmy Lai:

This is quite funny. Unless I am mistaken, the first newspaper to declare US Declaration of Independence was a German-language journal in Pennsylvania... www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ger...

Fascinating life, fascinating obituary. To imagine that Georges Borchardt had trouble convincing publishers to purchase the rights to Elie Wiesel's Night...

I usually hesitate to post obituaries but this one, of my literary agent, Georges Borchardt, born in 1928, is so unusual that it deserves to be widely shared. An incredible 20th century life www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/o...

Meanwhile in Canada

Here’s a podcast that does a good job of laying out what’s at stake, and why all of us need to get off the sidelines to demand change.

Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions: statement on the killing of nurse Alex Pretti nursesunions.ca/statement-on...

Thank you for your resilience, your persistent brilliance...it transformed how the world navigates & understands our planet. Your work touches nearly every modern device & journey and more people should know your name. Goodnight and godspeed, Gladys West.🕯️ thezebra.org/2026/01/18/d... #WomenInSTEM

So there it is.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

Given the grok horrors of the past few weeks and the crisis of impunity we’ve got on our hands, today’s pod is with the excellent @sophiegilbert.bsky.social on the ways that misogyny has been coded into these platforms and shaped our culture

One of the most disturbing articles (in French only) about the Quebec government's cruel volte face toward immigrants: the PEQ. In this heartbreaking essay, a social worker describes how she was *recruited abroad* by the government and now must leave: www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/tem...

Submissions are open for the WLT Student Translation Prize. If you’re a student enrolled in a translation studies program, send your prose and poems in by 1/10/26. We want to read your translations! All the details are here in the link: worldliteraturetoday.org/translation-...

May this song, the lyrics, and its history be useful and meaningful to you: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl6y...

Support Bill 694. Support Jessica's family. Save lives. www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/art...

Yulia's Dream math.mit.edu/research/hig...

“The Polytechnique massacre deeply marked Montreal and serves as a reminder of what unchecked misogyny can lead to.” Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Gender-based violence starts with minimizing misogyny | @mtltoula.bsky.social

For those wondering what fling-flang is and how to spell it (hint, there are a few ways): www.reddit.com/r/Quebec/com...

Gift article! I loved reading Chris Jackson's article in Lithub and also in What Editors Do (published a while ago, but a newer discovery for me).

I absolutely loved this essay by Chris Jackson in the book (Peter Ginna, ed.) called What Editors Do. It feels very relevant now and perhaps always, to aspiring writers and editors. It's priceless, invaluable advice and encouragement: lithub.com/diversity-in...

"Things happen"

Marni Jackson was faculty at the Banff Literary Journalism program I attended (as a complete newbie to writing) many years ago. What a wonderful, kind mentor, and indeed what an eye-opening piece. A must-read.

Contrary to popular belief, the real name of this painting is "Elbows Up".