The best band in the world? Wolf Alice. Argue with me if you want, but I saw their concert in Toronto on September 23rd, and there's simply no arguing the fact anymore. I have a comparator band to them... controversial comparison, but there you have it. #wolfalice trentlewin.com/2025/09/27/w...

Been a while since I read something this fun: #projecthailmary trentlewin.com/2025/09/21/a...

I was just waiting for this not to hurt. Wolf Alice Says every single writer in the world at one point or another, no matter what you do or how you do it or how often you get to do it.

Bloom, baby. Bloom.

👏 Nice to see @mpaxson.bsky.social in the spotlight on the Indiosyncrasy site: indiosyncrasy.com/2025/08/20/m...

It's the day of the wolf. Wolf Alice has released their new album. They are best band in the world, and have been for a decade now. This is my take on the album after a single listening. My thoughts will evolve with multiple listenings, no doubt. trentlewin.com/2025/08/22/a...

Stunning literature. A shocking, riveting read: trentlewin.com/2025/08/15/a...

Definitely going to go back here one day, because there's nothing else quite like it that I've ever seen. A truly truly unique, almost unbelievable country: trentlewin.com/2025/08/12/a...

Still chugging around this country. A follow up post describing the east and south coasts in a few days.

I'm far from home, circling a country in a van, clockwise. Always clockwise. If you're going to go far, go in a clockwise direction, otherwise you may become lost, or be snatched by the wind. I'm no great photographer, but here's what I got. trentlewin.com/2025/08/04/b...

Hi all, a bit of writing news re: The New Ohio Review, where I'm the winner of their 2025 annual contest for fiction. Some words about the story, and a potential giveaway!, at this link: trentlewin.com/2025/07/31/w...

Saw #WolfAlice in Toronto tonight at a free concert, and it was sublime. A few thoughts and some photos (including a seemingly-random sofa, until you realize that it's not random at all): trentlewin.com/2025/07/29/w...

Today is my birthday! To celebrate, two of my books are free on Kindle for the day. Links below.⬇️

My deepest respect to South Park. Still the best. Burn that disgusting person right down.

Dear friends, want to meet up in Toronto on August 17th? I'm hosting a book launch for an amazing writer. I would be so happy to see you there: trentlewin.com/events/hosti...

The Hank Aaron tribute was fantastic. #allstargame

I’m not the best photographer but the river does all the work.

Along the Grand River, some photos as I biked in the scorching heat and nearly overheated. No new writing ideas on this trip, but that's okay. It's fine. trentlewin.com/2025/07/13/r...

Superman is worth seeing. If you can’t enjoy a movie like that, I don’t know what to say.

People call me a bot, because I like to argue with them, and they can't believe a human being would do so. Thus, I must be digital. I'm real. I'm Canadian. I drink beer and like chicken wings. Here is a short recording of me reading a story, proving my human-ness: trentlewin.com/2025/07/10/i...

Is your muffin buttered? Would you like us to assign someone to butter your muffin? Strange movie lyrics. Even stranger song lyrics. But they work... from Mean Girls to Wet Leg, the latter putting out their new album July 11th. I am looking forward to this.

That fucking post-human period when politics makes you impotent but sad movies still make you cry. I think we just need to maintain the ability to feel something. Start with art, and boil it over into real life, so that eventually we get up. We get up and resist.

Seriously, everything in my head is clickbait these days. This is no different. I am slightly ashamed but also largely amused. trentlewin.com/2025/07/06/m...

I plan stories to write. Ideas come, I jot them down, and if they endure, I create a vague outline and just go. Not this morning. This morning was random. Unexpected. A 3300-word story climbed out of bed and spiked its coffee with amaretto as Big Thief played on a speaker. Canada Day. Eh.

It's just so brilliant. I think you have to celebrate excellence in art. Looking for a new band? Try them. I included some of their outstanding videos, live and original. I'll be seeing them in Toronto in September. Cannot wait! #wolfalice trentlewin.com/2025/06/25/w...

The best band in the world is on tour and coming out with a new album. I can't let that pass without saying something about it, and what I think of what people think of my place in the writing world. I'm smarting from a comment or two, but I'll be okay. You will too. trentlewin.com/2025/06/25/w...

Let's keep supporting each other as writers, this stuff is hard. It's good to celebrate great writing: trentlewin.com/2025/06/21/a...

I find time to read... there must always be time for reading. A celebration of three short stories that I find to be excellent, inspiring, and motivating (none are mine, of. course!): trentlewin.com/2025/06/21/a...

I write in lots of places, but this one is my favourite: trentlewin.com/2025/06/14/m...

I saw 'Sinners' last night. When was the last time a non-sequel/prequel/spin-off movie this weird did this well with moviegoers? I'm curious. The movie deserves its praise and popularity. It's a shockingly different bit of cinema, and I loved it. Bravo!

I’m so far away from writing what I think will be published that I feel like a rebel about to blow up some kind of interstellar planet-destroying space station, a story I’m pretty sure has yet to be written. In this galaxy and timeline, anyway.

Thank you, @thenewquarterly.bsky.social, for publishing my creative nonfiction piece 'The Last Barrel' in your latest issue! The piece is here: tnq.ca/story/the-la... It's angry, it's hopefully a bit funny... and it's the first nonfiction piece I've ever published! That's a true story.

"You're allowed to be what you could!" A lyric from Wolf Alice's 'Blush'. Powerful and endlessly uplifting. A love story between a lesbian God and a peasant in 1400's France... the stuff I used to think about, when I was free... here's the story... trentlewin.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/a...

"I want to be me, is that not allowed?????" I congratulate Lola Young on the song of my spring thus far (I know it came out earlier in 2024). 'Messy' is anger and truth and belting out with guts, and I'm so here for that.

#writers of Bluesky: some pieces work. Some don't. Audiences range. Mileage varies. Did you ever wonder why this happens? I tried to engineer an answer. trentlewin.com/2025/05/25/m...

My ring no longer fits, it's true. trentlewin.com/2025/05/20/m...

Star Wars lives! #andorseason2

#Andorseason2... we are in the presence of greatness.

#Andor is as rewatchable as the Original Trilogy but for different reasons. That scene of Bix... utterly broke me. Dedra and her fate... Krennic and his sheer awfulness... holding back the stormtroopers as Partagaz does what was inevitable. And the Force healer's look, knowing. This is legend.

#andorseason2 is over. The show is done. And it is legend now. Unparalleled mastery of storytelling and so bloody inspirational that I don’t think I can sleep.

Give me my Andor fix please. Please! I know the show is over after this but let’s go out with a massive bang.

Springsteen’s ‘Nebraska’ playing in this lonely Monday office. What a downer of a song, but still a great story.

Hello, writers. I'm sure you all have your own process for developing ideas into stories. I have a particular one, cultivated over the years, that is essentially random and nonsensical but seems to work. This is how I do it, anyway. If you got tips, I'm listening! trentlewin.com/2025/05/10/a...

#Andor S2 episodes 7 to 9… so utterly next level that I can’t sleep. What utter miracle of storytelling is happening before our eyes? Fifty years since it began and Star Wars is giving us its greatest story. This is madness. But it’s happening. And I’m so here for it.

I have seen the truth of #starwars through #andor, and it is very good. There is a narrative running through this story. A long, eternal narrative that is the very core of Star Wars. Indulge me in explaining what it is: trentlewin.com/2025/04/26/a...

I'm not spoiling anything, but we need to come to grips with what Star Wars is actually about and why it's endured for almost fifty years. I think Andor has revealed the truth, and I'm glad of it. I've written about it here: trentlewin.com/2025/04/26/a...

No, I’d rather not wait a week for more #Andor. Now please. Bring it.

Six songs from three artists that ruled the 90s... but the songs never hit it big. #radiohead #REM #theverve trentlewin.com/2025/04/20/s...

Six songs from three artists that ruled the 90s... but the songs never hit it big. #radiohead #REM #theverve trentlewin.com/2025/04/20/s...

My first creative nonfiction, published this month in @thenewquarterly, and called 'The Last Barrel'. Guess what it's about... Why do we have a mistrust of science? How do we get to truth? Words about the story and info on how to order, found here: trentlewin.com/2025/04/13/p...