If you've missed any of our #FictionFest panels, you can still catch the replays on our YouTube channel, but only for another couple of weeks! Individual replays are all linked on our Events page, so that's a quick way to find the ones you want! #BookSky #reading ⏰📚

I'll be hosting our #FictionFest panel discussion on #fantasy world-building, starting in about 25 minutes! :) #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky ⏰📚 www.youtube.com/live/I3WQjxf...

If you've been enjoying our #FictionFest live events and want to learn more about particular books or authors, you can find purchase links for #books in our showcase, and links to author websites and social media channels in our gallery! 😀 ➡️ FictionFest.ca #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky #reading

It's Day 3 of #FictionFest and we have more FREE livestreams for you. Up today we have: - #mystery author readings - #YA author readings - a panel discussion on writer inspiration, creativity, etc Full event schedule at: FictionFest.ca/events! #BookSky #ReaderSky ⏰📚 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

TODAY IS THE DAY! 🎉🙌 #FictionFest Day 1 has FIVE live events that you can enjoy for FREE from anywhere in the world. I'll be updating our "What's On Today?" #YouTube playlist every morning for the next 2 weeks so you can easily find the day's livestreams: ⏰📚 youtube.com/playlist?lis...

#FictionFest was created because the world needs more #Canadian books! Today is DAY 1 of our two-week event & we have *so many* FREE livestreams for book lovers. Find our full schedule at FictionFest.ca/events & tune in to our author readings, panel discussions, & genre conversations on YouTube! 💙📚

Our showcase is already OPEN and browsing for #books by #Canadian authors is a great way to pass the time while you wait for our live events to start! Find yourself a new favourite read at: FictionFest.ca/showcase! 🍁📚 #BookSky #ReaderSky #CanadaSky #reading

You won't have to wait too much longer, #Canada — we're less than ONE WEEK away from #FictionFest! Our showcase is already up, so you can browse through almost 200 #books written by #Canadian authors, and next Sunday our FREE live events start! Check it all out at: FictionFest.ca #BookSky #Reading

Have you heard about #FictionFest yet? We have an exciting schedule of live events planned & you can check them all out for FREE from anywhere in the world. We also have a fantastic showcase of #Canadian #books to browse. Check it out today & find yourself a new favourite read! 🍁💙📚 ➡️ FictionFest.ca

At 8:00pm EDT on June 30th, we have more #horror with a panel discussion on "Screams, Spooks, and Supernatural Scares"! Register for this session now at FictionFest.ca/events and check out our full schedule while you're there! #ReaderSky #CanadaSky #books

Don't Look At The Mullet! open.substack.com/pub/arthursl...

Canadians! Please go sign the petition to investigate the separatists in Alberta who are undermining our democracy and united front. They need to be exposed for who they really are. www.ourcommons.ca/petitions/en...

Hello #BookSky #ReaderSky! Fiction Fest is coming this summer and we have an AWESOME schedule of author readings and panel discussions that anyone with an Internet connection can attend for FREE! Check out our event page and register for whichever ones you're interested in: fictionfest.ca/events/

what a fucked up time to be alive

malevolent fog

Now that it finally feels like spring in Saskatoon, seems like a good time to share my spring poem from the January 2026 issue of @prairiefiremag.bsky.social.

Iconic British naturalist David Attenborough, whose work has shaped science for decades, turns 100 today go.nature.com/4dbRFUB

I could happily go the rest of my life without hearing or seeing a single fucking thing about the stupid met gala.

Hey, #Canada! If you're an author, today is the LAST DAY to sign up for FictionFest.ca and join over 100 of your fellow #CanLit fiction writers from all across the country for our summer showcase event. Check out our Author FAQ for details! #writing #CanCon #CanKidLit

Sign ups for #FictionFest close THIS FRIDAY. Can we stretch our goal and get 14 more #Canadian authors to sign up before then? 🤔 #WritingCommunity #CanCon #CanLit

“Pierre Poilievre’s inner circle includes right-wing activists and lobbyists for Meta, X Corp., Enbridge, Pathways Alliance and Koch Industries. This is not a coincidence — the techno-fascists’ goal is to install Poilievre as their useful idiot in Canada.”

Only ONE WEEK LEFT to sign up for #FictionFest. If you're a #Canadian author, don't delay -- join our nationwide summer book showcase today! No cost to join, and you don't need to provide copies of your #books, just links, info, & images. Check out our #Author FAQ for more info. ➡️ FictionFest.ca

Psst... only TWO WEEKS LEFT to sign up for #FictionFest, so don't delay -- sign your books up for our all-Canadian summer showcase! Find all the details on our Author FAQ page. #Canada #WritingCommunity #author #CanLit #CanCon ➡️ FictionFest.ca

Two very different dragon books but both well worth a read. #booksky @arthurslade.bsky.social

Finally had a chance to finish The Ravenous Sky last night, & if you haven't read @kurtkirchmeier.bsky.social's Shadow Road duology, you NEED to. I'd call it a "hopeful dystopian" story, & both books are just really, really great young teen reads. Plus, there are dragons (and 2nd book has crows)!

See our post in Teen Librarian Toolbox detailing the titles in our First Annual Young Teen Lit Top Ten! teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2026/01/30/y... #youngteenlit #itstimeforyoungteenlit #tlsky #skybrarians #mglit #yalit

So happy to see THE SHADOW ROAD on this list! Thank you @youngteenlit.bsky.social for all you do to find and promote books for younger teens!

Canadians and others around the world can see the truth clearly. Ice is a far-right terrorist group. www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Today's the day! The title of book 4 of The Arcanium is CHALICE OF CALADRIAI, and here is the gorgeous cover the fine folks over at miblArt created for it! #CoverReveal #KidLit #BookSky #MiddleGrade ➡️ Pre-order: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7Y7F8R

I'm very late to the party, but I was absolutely floored by season one of The Bear.

Birds are dinosaurs who shrugged off a couple apocalypses. Some eat bone marrow. Some drink nectar. They outswim fish in the sea. They smile politely at gravity’s demands. ‬ ‪I am grateful to see them. I am grateful to feed them. I am grateful to know them.‬

(Some of) my favourite shows to binge.

@overbooked.bsky.social and I share how we started the Young Teen Lit movement in this podcast episode with @slupodcast.bsky.social. Tune in to learn how you can find #youngteenlit books and how you can support our movement. #itstimeforyoungteenlit #skybrarians #tlsky #skybrarian #mglit #yalit

Happy bookday to SPARK! Thankful to everyone who made this book real and in the world! A love letter to our environment, wildlife, and the people who care for our world- most of all to anyone- especially the young and young at heart who find hope after trauma & turn into action!

Currently reading 1984 for the first time, and it's even more bleak than I expected it to be.

Superman, Star Wars, Star Trek, X-Men. If you are upset because you think your favorite characters are woke or the stories are progressive, then I’m sorry to say but you never understood the characters or the stories. Comics are political. Sci-Fi is political.

I'm honored and thrilled that NEAR AND DEER is in the final round of voting for SCBWI's Crystal Kite Award! If you're a member, please consider voting for my book: www.scbwi.org/crystal-kite

A moving page turner #MG story set during the 80s in Canada about two courageous kids finding family. #HowToBeAGoldfisg by @janebairdwarren.bsky.social #kidlit #cankidlit 📚👍🏻

✨🗝️ COVER REVEAL! 🗝️✨ So grateful for another gorgeous cover by @nummy.illustrator! 😍 A shocking crime, a house full of suspects, and a clever young detective collide in my new MG mystery. THE CASE OF THE SCARLET SNAKEBITE comes out February 2026. 🐍 Preorder now: bit.ly/thecaseofthe....

There's less than a week left in June and I would really like to sell 3 books this month. So far, I've only sold one. If you could help by sharing, would appreciate! 💖 #BookSky ➡️ nptwrites.itchi.io ➡️ shop.nptwrites.com ➡️ books2read.com/nptwrites

Tech leaders ready launch of Canadian social-media platform Gander to buck U.S. dominance #GanderSocial A new social-media platform built by Canadians, for Canadians, & operated in #Canada, will publicly launch in #October with support from some of the /1🧵 www.theglobeandmail.com/business/eco...

It is really really sinking in for me the degree to which LLMs are the ultimate expression of right wing anti-intellectualism. Its proponents are literally mocking the idea that anyone would ever want to learn anything, know anything, develop any actual skill, or have a thought of their own.

It's a really bad time for people who are good at extrapolating.

Super happy to share that The Canadian Children's Book Centre has chosen THE SHADOW ROAD as a best book for teens in the grade 9-10 category! Huzzah! #kidlit #CanYALit

So happy to see THE SHADOW ROAD mentioned as one of five must-read favorites in this wonderful article about the need for more books aimed at younger teen readers! Thank you, @youngteenlit.bsky.social! #kidlit #CanYALit

Super happy to share that The Canadian Children's Book Centre has chosen THE SHADOW ROAD as a best book for teens in the grade 9-10 category! Huzzah! #kidlit #CanYALit

Just finished reading an ARC of SEED to close out the DARK WALKER series by @shellycampbell.bsky.social. What a wild and tension-filled ride! If you’re a fan of sci-fi horror with high stakes and deep characterization, don’t miss this trilogy! #horrorfiction