From the vaults! (As we wait for me to get off my butt and edit new episodes of Re-Creative). In this episode from the first season of Re-Creative, Mark and I discuss Cat’s Cradle, by Kurt Vonnegut. #novels #satire #fiction #kurtvonnegut open.substack.com/pub/mahoneyj...

Here's three books I enjoyed last year, up on Shepherd.com, a terrific site that's doing its best to help both readers and writers discover books. 👉 shepherd.com/bboy/2025/f/... #books

I should be writing about something seasonal but… that’s not how my brain works. This is what’s on my mind right now. How the limited, sporadic (but enjoyable) martial arts training I’ve received over my 60 years all dovetails together. #karate #shotokan mahoneyj.substack.com/p/shotokan-k...

There’s a Donovan Street Press title in here! Our own @markarayner.com’s The Gates of Polished Horn! Amazing! Congrats Mark. 🤓

We welcome back writer and editor Ira Nayman to discuss the work of actor, comedian and filmmaker Buster Keaton, in particular his stunning 1924 action/comedy Sherlock Jr. #busterkeaton mahoneyj.substack.com/p/ira-nayman...

My memoir about working at CBC Radio, Adventures in the Radio Trade, is featured in Toronto Metropolitan University's Alumni Gift Guide this year. Really appreciate the support from my alma mater! #books #tmuuniversity #memoir www.torontomu.ca/alumni/news-...

Author Michael Antman joins Mark Rayner and Yours Truly to talk about the recent release of his novel Cherry Whip: Twentieth Anniversary Edition, explain his love for Japanese culture, share with us some of his favourite haiku, and more! #podcast #haiku mahoneyj.substack.com/p/michael-an...

Every now and then you meet someone who knocks you back a step. Sensei Lucien was such a man. Literally. More than once he knocked me back a step with a twist of the hips and a perfectly executed tsuki-chuudan. Remembering Sensei Lucien Pomar. mahoneyj.substack.com/p/the-tiger #karate

Season Four of Re-Creative begins! Author and critic Michael Antman joins Mark and Joe for Michael's second appearance on Re-Creative. Michael tells the lads the origin of his love for Japanese culture, including his passion for haiku. #podcast re-creative.ca/episode-68-h...

A little chat with the world.

Remembering a pillar of the Canadian speculative fiction community. mahoneyj.substack.com/p/jean-louis... #sf #sciencefiction #canadiansf #speculativefiction

The traditional publishing industry is kinda nuts. My thoughts on how, and why, and what to do about it. #traditionalpublishing #agents #publishing #writing mahoneyj.substack.com/p/the-publis...

Two days away!

On this episode of Re-Creative, Mark and I talk to emergency physician and award-winning writer Melissa Yuan-Innes. We discuss balancing day jobs with the process of creating art, fringe festivals in Canada, and “reverse catfishing.” #writing #theatre #fiction mahoneyj.substack.com/p/melissa-yu...

Join me tomorrow for the first ever Pages in the Province book fair! 11am to 5pm Sat Nov 8th at the Capital Exhibit Centre, 355 Smythe St, Fredericton. A giant celebration of books, creativity, and community! #books #bookfair #newbrunswick

Donovan Street Press Inc. author Michael Antman on the podcast Heart of the Matter, talking about his recent release Cherry Whip: the Twentieth Anniversary Edition. Always fun listening to (and reading) Michael Antman! #podcast #books sharingtheheartofthematter.com/2025/10/24/e...

Coming up soon in Shediac New Brunswick! Hey, it’s not that far from whereever you are. :-) Come to this Christmas book sale and find unique books by talented local authors and publishers that are every bit as good as you'll find anywhere!

On this episode of Re-Creative, Mark and I talk to author Robert Chazz Chute about his work, and one of his greatest influences, well-known author and screenwriter William Goldman’s The Color of Light. #podcast #robertchazzchute #williamgoldman #novels mahoneyj.substack.com/p/robert-cha...

If you're anywhere near Casper, Wyoming this coming Nov 7th and 8th you might want to check this out: (Allow me to draw your attention to the "dramatized by" credit below the title The Cold Equations...) Sure wish I could be there! Alas... #sciencefiction #tomgodwin #theatre #sf

One day it will be possible to use a kitchen implement to remove a substance from another kitchen implement without then having to remove the substance from the first kitchen implement & then having to remove it from the second kitchen implement once again over and over again until the end of time.

As a big fan of Monty Python, I got a tremendous kick out of Eric Idle publicly accusing me and my colleagues of being “freeloading bastards.” #ericidle #montypython #humor mahoneyj.substack.com/p/that-time-...

In this episode of Re-Creative Mark and I talk to Mike McCormick: wit and a musician, songwriter and metallurgist, performer and sports fan, and one of the founding members of the Arrogant Worms, Canada’s premier musical comedy trio. #podcast #music mahoneyj.substack.com/p/re-creativ...

The train was late. Forty-five minutes late. Waiting for it, standing in the freezing rain, it occurred to me that I really had to pee. mahoneyj.substack.com/p/a-capital-...

In this episode of our podcast Re-Creative, Mark A. Rayner and I have a wide-ranging and mind-bending conversation with author and editor Ira Nayman about the multiverse, theories of time travel, the nature of satire, and, of course, cannibalism. #podcast mahoneyj.substack.com/p/re-creativ...

Yes, believe it or not it's that time of year already! I will be there! Hope you will too. #christmasmarket #books

Time to dust off the trailer for Matt Watts' Hope of the Wasteland! If you haven't read this "absorbing and electrifying dystopian tale" (Kirkus Reviews) then what are you waiting for? An apocalypse? youtu.be/EAplAWwHWOw #books

Cape Breton speculative fiction writer Sherry Ramsey joins Mark A. Rayner and me to talk about her work and a painting called The Traveler by an unknown artist that has long inspired her. Episode 5 of our podcast Re-Creative. #paintings open.substack.com/pub/mahoneyj...

At the Moncton Centennial Park CIBC Run for the Cure today.

Remembering my colleague Gregory J. Sinclair on what would have been his birthday, pictured here second from right in our old CBC Radio Drama studio 212. Like too many others, he left us way too young.

Marie-Josée Doucette, impersonating the captain of the Beausoleil, has failed in her mission to convince the T’Klee admiral Steelclaw to hand over its fleet. Now she must face the consequences. Chapter 43 of Captain’s Away! #spaceopera mahoneyj.substack.com/p/captains-a...

When Wildebear’s nephew is kidnapped to help fight a war halfway across the galaxy, Wildebear rolls up his sleeves & sets out to rescue the boy. But who knew there’d be time travelling, shape changing, & battling an evil Necronian named Jacques? #indiebook #SF www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/...

Don't feel bad. I didn't either.

The latest crazy marketing scams, book clubs, The Druid and the Dragon, The Cold Equations Stage Adaptation, our latest release Cherry Whip and... okay, that's about it. But surely that’s enough, isn’t it? #newsletter #marketing #books #radioplay mahoneyj.substack.com/p/marketing-...

Need I say more?

Episode 48 of Re-Creative in which Mark and I talk to author and critic Michael Antman on the occasion of Donovan Street Press having just published a special Twentieth Anniversary Edition of his terrific novel Cherry Whip. mahoneyj.substack.com/p/re-creativ... #podcast

I know I'm biased, but... Michael Antman’s prose in Cherry Whip is superb and incisive as it conveys the reader smoothly into the mind of a young Japanese jazz prodigy named Hiroshi as he visits New York city for the first time. #indiepress www.amazon.ca/Cherry-Whip-...

Michael Antman’s Cherry Whip: the 20th Anniversary Edition is now available from Donovan Street Press! Michael Antman's prose is superb and incisive, conveying the reader smoothly into the depths of young jazz prodigy Hiroshi's neurotic but charming mind. #bookrelease books2read.com/u/4DBjkO

Chapter Forty-One of Captain’s Away! “The T’Klee” Seventeen-year-old Marie-Josée Doucette, impersonating the captain of the starship Beausoleil, has been invited to join the T'Klee on their ship for dinner. (Art by Keira Mahoney: “A T’Klee”) #fiction mahoneyj.substack.com/p/captains-a...

For those just tuning in, this is part four of a casual but comprehensive look back on Donovan Street Press’s journey so far. Et voila… part four: the publication of Adventures in the Radio Trade. Definitely a few lessons learned there. #indiepublishing open.substack.com/pub/mahoneyj...

I was sorry to hear about the passing of Canadian actor Graham Greene. Loved him in everything he did, including his classic Northern Exposure appearances, and his cameo in The Last of Us recently, and so much more. He will be missed. My condolences to his family, friends and fans. #GrahamGreene

#WritingQuestions #indieauthor #amwritingfantasy #writerssociety #wip

June 28th, 1983, Summerside, PEI. Princess Diana. My Mom took this shot. My high school band had played for her earlier. Prince Charles conducted us briefly. Diana was just 21 years old here. She'd be 64 now. The world would be a better place with her still in it. #princessdiana #royalfamily

The next in a casual but comprehensive look back on Donovan Street Press Inc.'s short journey so far. Et voila… part three, in which I publish my father’s first book, The Deer Yard and Other Stories. #indiepublishing #fiction #substack mahoneyj.substack.com/p/adventures...

This is the second episode of Re-Creative from our first season in which Mark and I talk about a hidden gem of Canadian speculative fiction, The Mermaid’s Tale by D. G. Valdron. Getting ready for season 4! #podcast open.substack.com/pub/mahoneyj...

Me and Dad dropping off our books at Sassy Lassie Vintage in PEI. Thanks to Tracy for featuring our work! Dad’s 90 here. He published that book when he was 85. And it’s a good book. 😎

To all professionals (and retirees) in the journalism, film, television, theatre, entertainment, & arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession. Copy the text and post a pic on YOUR page.

A Time and a Place: A lonely, mild-mannered English teacher from Prince Edward Island gets caught up in a quest by a lonely, thousand-year-old alien to find the ancient evil responsible for killing its people. Some shots of the book out in the wild, where it belongs: #indieauthor

I can’t believe it. My dog Wendy and I found another abandoned electric scooter. I have so many of these in my garage now! What to do? I guess I’ll sell them on Marketplace.

Chapter 36 of my science fiction serialization Captain’s Away! (“Effects”) is now live on Substack (completely free to subscribe!) The Beausoleil’s shields are not working properly, threatening the sanity of every human on board the ship. mahoneyj.substack.com/p/captains-a...