At any moment, the United States could invade Canada. In new fiction from Rod Moody-Corbett, two young creative writing students are swept up into the absurd preparations.

thebaffler.com/fiction/prox... Very excited to have a new story up @thebaffler.com

Reviewed Michael Eddy's Koh-i-Noor for @reviewcanada.bsky.social reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

"The novel's not dead. It's not even seriously injured." Don DeLillo, Paris Review's Writers at Work interview

@greggerkesocrates.bsky.social on Yasujirō Ozu in Liberties. "...practice for the real thing with a work that is true." libertiesjournal.com/online-artic...

The fantastic meets realism in Hollie Adams’ soon-to-be-released short story collection, DEAR HUMANS (@newestpress.bsky.social). Read an exclusive sneak peek from the collection at alllitup.ca/excerpted-de..., and look out for it on shelves or online on June 1.

Another excellent issue from @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social: socratesonthebeach.com

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If you liked Tyler Hellard's SEARCHING FOR TERRY PUNCHOUT, try Rod Moody-Corbett's screamingly funny and heartbreakingly sad novel, HIDES.

A starred Kirkus Review for Mark Anthony Jarman's forthcoming short story collection SMASH & GRAB! ⭐ Continuing to chronicle the lives of the wayward and unlucky, SMASH & GRAB confirms its author as one of the most adventurous guides to the absurdity of twenty-first century existence.

Reviewed the new Bergen for @reviewcanada.bsky.social reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202...

still looking for #submissions to for chapbooks for this spring!!! each of our editors want slightly different things but I'm still really hoping to publish some #sff from #canadian writers. Do hashtags work anymore even lmao it's been years you can reach out on here or at [email protected]

Really impressive story here from the first.

Draught is now live! www.draughtjournal.com Issue 1.1.1 with contributions by Glenn Adamson, Jen Calleja, Don Mee Choi, Mark Cousins, Daisy Lafarge, Mark Manders, Rosalind Nashashibi, Lisa Robertson, Christina Tudor-Sideri and Francesca Wade

Excellent piece from @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social

Really incredible episode here.

Woohoo! Congrats Tamas!

Went off about book recs again. open.substack.com/pub/christia...

Congrats to Tamas Dobozy and @fiddlehd.bsky.social on the NMA Fiction nomination. nmafpublic.s3.amazonaws.com/files/2021/7...

Hey Calgary folks, @rodmoo.bsky.social is cooking up a reading May 1 at Pages with myself and Mark Anthony Jarman, a writer I’ve long admired. Come say hi! @biblioasis.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social

New on The Bibliophile: An excerpt from Don Gillmor's ON OIL, which publishes this Tuesday. Plus, an opportunity to join Biblioasis as our sales coordinator! digitalbibliophile.substack.com/p/the-ghost-...

Issue 11 is live. Thank you to all who helped and the great writers and the translator featured. socratesonthebeach.com

Calling all poets! 📢 Our poetry manuscript submission period will open on Thursday May 1, and will remain open until Saturday May 31, or we reach two hundred submissions—whichever comes first. Check out our submission guidelines for more details: www.biblioasis.com/biblioasis-2...

Launch day! @rodmoo.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social

Also be sure to check out our previous episode, Character Case Files, Consecution, & the Acoustics of Language w/ @rodmoo.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/CWS01E15

Hey Calgary! Please join Rod Moody-Corbett and me for the launch of my new novel THE CRANE on Thursday March 20 at 7 pm at the legendary Plaza Theatre. Music by The Kennedy Brothers. Pages Books will be on hand to sell books. Cash bar and popcorn! @rodmoo.bsky.social @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social

THE PASSENGER SEAT by Vijay Khurana is out today! A searing examination of male friendship and masculinity in an age of toxic loneliness, the NYT called it "unsettling and powerful" and the Literary Review of Canada said it "will both mesmerize and refuse comforting resolution."

Really wonderful review of my first novel here.

For @nplusonemag.com, me on 17 Oscar-nominated movies and David Lynch: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

...we’re experimenting with a tremendous number of new things, some will survive, others won’t, and whereas the Industrial Revolution led to a wasteful lifestyle, the Digital Revolution will prevent wastefulness by penalizing it... Excellent new Krasznahorkai story in @yalereview.bsky.social

An ability to describe things in the world is a basic creative writing skill you can isolate to learn much as an artist learns by, say, sketching a bench or trees in a park. It requires sustained practice and it's easy to tell who hasn't done it.

I've seen and responded to many "best of the decade" film prompts. Here's something a little different: some of my favorite books from this young decade (one per author, organized by authors' names). @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @kkoja.bsky.social @rodmoo.bsky.social @pollyschattel.bsky.social

It’s my book’s birthday tomorrow! 😳 @breakwaterbooksltd.bsky.social #canlit #buycanadian #literaryfiction

The first small press book review is up at Socrates. It's on Rod Moody-Corbett's great novel, Hides, by James Butler-Gruett. @rodmoo.bsky.social socratesonthebeach.com/review-of-ro...

I recommend these two recent novels: @fparker.bsky.social's Hi, It's Me & @rodmoo.bsky.social's Hides, both expertly written studies of grief and anxiety. Both books are deliberate in their tonal dissonance: equally funny and devastating master-classes in prose style and voice.

Yes! One of the best of year last year.

See What I See is a remarkable collection, inquisitive and nimble. @greggerkesocrates.bsky.social on Gass (alone) more than warrants the price of admission.

Socrates now has an email list! Sign up to get updates... socratesonthebeach.com Like this one:

Our podcast is getting broadcast! Local friends, tune into CHSR 97.9 FM every Wednesday @ 10 pm AST to hear our show. Online friends, you can hear the live broadcast at the link below. Tonight: an excerpt of our chat with @rodmoo.bsky.social. @bondosucks.bsky.social chsrfm.ca/blog/listen-...

Next to each other in my commonplace book: “I don't think it was pain that made [Van Gogh] great. I think his painting brought him whatever happiness he had.” —David Lynch "Tarantino is interested in watching a man's ear get cut off. David Lynch is interested in the ear.” —David Foster Wallace

Listen to episode 15! We chatted with @rodmoo.bsky.social about tonal dissonance, sponging up influences, writing from memory, and more. tinyurl.com/3zmrd5x5 @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social

On the best films of the year (and making lists: www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/...

Listen to episode 9: Eavesdropping, Travel Writing, & Glasgow Kisses w/ Mark Anthony Jarman! @gooselane.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social tinyurl.com/CWS01E09

New Paris Review is stacked. Fascinating conversation with Gerald Murnane here: www.theparisreview.org/interviews/8...

The top five read pieces this year on Socrates (Lutz, Tudor-Sideri, Valery, Cărtărescu): socratesonthebeach.com/garielle-lut... socratesonthebeach.com/christina-tu... socratesonthebeach.com/paul-valery-... socratesonthebeach.com/christina-tu... socratesonthebeach.com/mircea-crtre...

www.3ammagazine.com/3am/qa-rod-m... I had a great time chatting with @danieldaviswood.bsky.social earlier this year

Dylan, new fiction, Ashbery, more Dylan, big shrimp, new playlist

Thrilled to see Hides on this list!

Happy to see Mark on the Globe and Mail 100. Long overdue. Great review in NY Times by @thelincoln.bsky.social here: www.nytimes.com/2024/01/14/b... I interviewed Mark for @biblioasis.bsky.social earlier this year: www.biblioasis.com/wp-content/u...