In August, I attended the When Words Collide Festival in Calgary with funding from the Ontario Arts Council. I’m so grateful for the support. @maritstilesndp.bsky.social #ontarioartscouncil

This August, I'll be at the When Words Collide Festival in Calgary for a panel discussion about writing with empathy (sched.co/26WzA) and a workshop about writing about difficult memories (sched.co/26X2e) Hope to see you there!

I was so thrilled to learn that Rough Magic won a silver Nautilus Book Award www.nautilusbookawards.com/2025-winners...

My beautiful friend wrote a beautiful (and harrowing) piece about her time in ICE custody

“United Nations report says Canada should repeal MAID for people with non-terminal illness” www.ctvnews.ca/health/artic...

Sask. family looking for answers on daughter's suicide via @ctvnewsregina.bsky.social www.ctvnews.ca/regina/video...

Miranda Newman just casually dropping this anecdote in a section about social mimicry in her memoir Rough Magic is sending me

Tonight!!

So excited for this!

Just received my very first #PLR payment! Authors, sign up!

So humbled to see Rough Magic on this list 💫

I had the pleasure of attending a preview of this show—stupendous! Like a really great CNF essay

Big shout out to all the writers and activists who made this happen! 👏 👏👏

“'I was told regularly that I was manipulative and attention-seeking and that I had no reason to be suicidal.’” www.bbc.com/news/article...

Map has been updated with 2 ER closures in #Ontario in 1 week Everyday we scan the internet to track what Doug Ford won’t Pls take this info to your family,friends,co-workers - someone you know and love will be profoundly affected by this malfeasance www.google.com/mymaps/viewe...

Treatment should focus on the underlying causes of borderline personality disorder – trauma – rather stigmatise the person.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 20/20 - Rough Magic: Living with Borderline Personality Disorder by Miranda Newman #BookSky #20bookchallenge #TwentyBooks #20books

“In BPD limerence, early attachment wounds create what psychologists call fright without solution—a psychic paradox in which the person of deepest desire simultaneously becomes the source of greatest fear” www.vice.com/en/article/t...

Thanks to @broadviewmedia.bsky.social for letting me write about the importance of destigmatizing borderline personality disorder broadview.org/breaking-the...

It was a great year for raising awareness about BPD. But it wasn’t such a great year for my mental health. In my year end newsletter, I wrote about how mental health symptoms can emerge even when things seem to be going well lifeasalunatic.substack.com/p/a-year-in-...

Thanks to @uoft.bsky.social's Centre for the Advancing Collaborative Healthcare & Education for letting me write about Rough Magic and the importance of interprofessional collaboration issuu.com/cache_uoftuh...

Thrilled to see that the APA has updated its practice guidelines for treating BPD, particularly the focus on short-term medication, psycho education, and comprehensive person-centred treatment www.psychiatry.org/News-room/Ne...

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