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alixohlinauthor.com
Espresso Books is hosting an event for chapbooks by me and poet David Lloyd today at 4 pm ET, all welcome. Zoom info:
utoronto.zoom.us/j/88272979608
27 days ago
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Vancouver Writers Fest
about 1 month ago
Saunders speaks with acclaimed author Alix Ohlin. Both authors are also revered writing instructors—Saunders at Syracuse University, and Ohlin at UBC—and this conversation will be filled with essential insights for readers and writers, and all of us living through these patently absurd times.
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Vancouver Writers Fest
about 1 month ago
📣 Just announced! Booker Prize-winning author George Saunders joins us in Vancouver with his anticipated new novel, Vigil. 🗓️ Friday, February 6 at 7:30 PM 📍 St. Andrew's Wesley United Church Tickets:
writersfest.bc.ca/event/george...
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Vancouver Writers Fest
3 months ago
On Oct 24,
@csittenfeld.bsky.social
will discuss her work to date and her dazzling latest short story collection, Show Don’t Tell, with
@alixohlin.bsky.social
writersfest.bc.ca/festival-eve...
Sittenfeld’s attendance presented thanks to the generous support of an anonymous patron.
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Stephen Rodrick
7 months ago
100 Hours in LA. Tear gas, dive bars, resilient Angelenos, and Melissa Hortman appear in my dispatch.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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Tear Gas, Human Stampedes, and ICE Raids: 100 Hours in LA
On the ground at the protests in California, as Trump's shameful military-style birthday party goes on in D.C.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/los-angeles-protests-tear-gas-stampedes-ice-raids-1235365569/
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Neil Serven
7 months ago
Grateful to
@postroadmag.bsky.social
for publishing my story WE DON’T JOKE ABOUT SUCH THINGS, which I workshopped quite a long time ago in a Bread Loaf class led by
@alixohlin.bsky.social
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Stephen Rodrick
8 months ago
Donald Trump single handedly elected a new Canadian Liberal Government that was down 25 pts in January with his endless 51st State and annexation bloviation. Last night, Canada said. "Merci and could you now please fuck off and let us run our own country." My story.
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It's the 20th anniversary of the publication of Never Let Me Go, one of my favourite novels of all time. For
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social
, I wrote about what it means to me and how, in 2025, Ishiguro's vision is--alas--more resonant than ever:
lareviewofbooks.org/article/sava...
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Savage Meritocracies | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alix Ohlin revisits Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel “Never Let Me Go” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.
https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/savage-meritocracies/
8 months ago
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CAUT/ACPPU
9 months ago
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary. Read more:
www.caut.ca/latest/2025/...
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CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.
Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encou
https://www.caut.ca/latest/2025/04/caut-advises-academics-against-non-essential-travel-us
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Mandy Len Catron
11 months ago
Vancouverites, I made a thing! Please contribute--and share!
open.substack.com/pub/mandylen...
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The loneliness of climate change, part two: the less lonely spreadsheet edition!
I made a thing! Please contribute--and share!
https://open.substack.com/pub/mandylencatron/p/the-loneliness-of-climate-change?r=hddn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
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UBC Creative Writing
11 months ago
With Valentine’s Day approaching, romance is in the air—and on the page. Screenwriter Zac Hug has built a career crafting heartwarming rom-coms. We spoke with him about his work with Hallmark and how he is helping aspiring writers shape their own love stories for the screen with a new online course.
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Zac Hug found his calling in writing Hallmark rom-coms—and so can you - Creative Writing
Screenwriter Zac Hug shares tips for writing the romantic comedy.
https://creativewriting.ubc.ca/news/zac-hug-rom-coms/
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For The Sewanee Review, I wrote about Hiroko Oyamada's The Hole as a narrative of climate change:
thesewaneereview.com/articles/mar...
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Marginalia: Hiroko Oyamada | The Sewanee Review
America's oldest continuously published literary magazine.
https://thesewaneereview.com/articles/marginalia-hiroko-oyamada
12 months ago
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Why inside my head is there an additional week of December that is infinity days long and in which all tasks can be accomplished
about 1 year ago
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Nalo Hopkinson - Jamaica Ginger and Other Concoctions
about 2 years ago
#Job
: University of British Columbia School of Creative Writing seeks a Professor in Black Speculative Writing (all genres); part of a university initiative to hire Black faculty.
creativewriting.ubc.ca/about/job-op...
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