Learn about Leona Theis' hermit-crab essay, as well as her writing process, below 🦀: tnq.ca/finding-the-... Author: @leonajoan.bsky.social #TheNewQuarterly #CanLit #CanadianWriters #HermitCrabs

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity. Do listen. I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...

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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.

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The great migration of Sandhill Cranes are standing tall and flying high through our part of the world. #birds #AB

Of the Empire by Mary Oliver

Good info & easy to remember.

Since A Simple Carpenter by Dave Margoshes appeared on scene a little over a year ago, I’ve been telling anyone who will listen about how extraordinary it is—and I’m thrilled to get to share it with listeners at The New Books Network. newbooksnetwork.com/a-carpenter @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Everything about this is a tragedy, every level, from cheated freelancers to authors obscured to readers who don’t get served either.

Canadian Independent Bookstore Day is Saturday, April 26 and there's a contest to win gift certificates for independent bookshops. You need to buy a book from a Canadian indie bookstore on the 26th in order to enter. #CIBD2025 #CIBD www.indiebookstores.ca/cibd-contest/

Imagine you were dealing with a person who would report that there was two and there was also this other two but didn't want to add them up to get to four, because getting all the way to four felt like making a statement and they didn't want to alarm anybody or be accused of making an accusation.

What does it mean for a book to be fully Canadian-made? LPG publishers are committed to keeping Canadian stories, talent, and production close to home, checking all the boxes.

You have to see this. PoliticsGirl and her husband teamed up with the brilliant Timothy Snyder (author of On Tyranny) and the legendary John Lithgow to create something truly powerful. It’s important, it’s urgent—and it needs to be shared far and wide.

“In Finland, the number of homeless people has fallen sharply. Those affected receive a small apartment & counselling with no preconditions. 4 out of 5 people affected make their way back into a stable life. And all this is CHEAPER than accepting homelessness.”