jjona.lai

Follow the link in our bio for more information and to sign up for the contest.

ID: 2-Day Poem Contest, April 17th-19th 2026. 48 hours. 10 words. 1 poem. Publication; accolades; swwer, sweet cash. Famously fun! Hot diggitt dog, register today!

Our annual art contest is now open for submissions. Spread the word!
#ArtContest #ArtCommunity #Painting #Sculpture #Illustration #Photography #DigitalPainting #TextileArt #LineDrawing #Printmaking #FolkArt #Collage #MixedMedia #VisualArt #Artwork #Artist #ArtMag #Magazine

Screens on Silent by Jon Lai there may never be another force that can command us to make such a great pause this is what economists call an exogenous shock, external to our existing systems that causes a reaction o…

My pandemic poem, Screens on Silent, can be read and listened to here: capitalcitypress.wordpress.com/2024/07/02/s...

The poem is part of the Edmonton Public Library's Capital City Press Anthology Volume 4.

Critics slam measles reboot as another nostalgia-fuelled cash grab CALGARY - The recent resurgence of measles across North America has drawn widespread criticism, with observers condemning the outbreak as yet another creatively-bankrupt nostalgia remake driven almost...

Critics slam measles reboot as another nostalgia-fuelled cash grab

We're not at AWP but we are reading for our summer issue! Have some poetry or prose ready for us? We're excited to read your work!

How to Think Critically About Data (Even if you're not a data nerd like me) A free 45-minute Lunch & Learn session with Robson Fletcher, Data & Storytelling Strategist. Topics include: - How statistics & data visualization can mislead -- intentionally or accidentally - Practical tips for evaluating data you are presented with - Why feelings DO matter when it comes to facts Tuesday, March 17 12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Via Google Meet (pre-registration required)

I'm no longer a data journalist but, as an independent practitoner, one of my goals is still to help people make sense of the daily deluge of data we're all swimming in.

To that end, I'm hosting this free online session on March 17.

You don't have to be a nerd to come nerd out with me... 🤓

🧵

Agree, we should stay on standard time for an earlier sunrise in winter. And with a changing climate, I don't think longer evenings in summer are preferable in the long run.

The BC time policy annoucement is certainly making waves.

Whoa, this is going to make some waves.

Photo of a wall painted with various murals and “fuck wars” in a star wars font.

East side gallery, Berlin 2018.

CJSR 50/50 Raffle Join thousands of community organizations - big and small - who raise more funds for their worthy causes with Rafflebox.

Less than 2 days left to get in on our FIRST-EVER 50/50 Raffle: www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/cjsrfm
The winner will be drawn on Sunday and takes home half of the total $$$ raised. #winwin #yegmusic #yeg #edmonton

I agree in general. I would also like to note the dismal state of the Alberta Heritage Fund that turns 50 this year. Where has all the supposed wealth of our province gone?

Canada’s largest AI data centre proposed in rural Alberta | The Narwhal Proponents of the $10-billion project plan to build an AI data centre that would consume as much power as the city of Edmonton

The data centre will consume as much electricity as the city of Edmonton. #ableg thenarwhal.ca/olds-alberta...

❄ Join us for the launch of the Winter 2026 issue! ❄

Our winter issue is special because we specifically sought out work from poets who are celebrating their first print publication- we have no fewer than nine such poets! We ❤️ to support EMERGENCE!

Just reached 3,000 days of writing on 750words.com
Under 20k words towards my two million word milestone!

Epigram the Shortest Distance
Robert Houle ~ Salteaux
1972

Good to take time off, feel better soon

WxBlast: Feb. 16 Heavy snow and gusty wind tonight and Tuesday…THEN…a deep freeze sets in.  Welcome back to winter – here’s your Monday WxBlast video:

Heavy snow and gusty wind tonight and Tuesday…THEN…a deep freeze sets in. Welcome back to winter – here’s your Monday WxBlast video: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/vid... #yegwx

Happy #WorldRadioDay. Have you seen this, have you heard about this?

Piranha Plant Floral
Blake Angeconeb ~ Anishinaabe
c. 2024

Claire E. Aubin | Imagining Evil: Immigrant Holocaust Perpetrators in American Media

Hey friends, I’m giving a talk later this month and you can watch online!

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 8, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ FICTION 1. Smeg - Diane Wishart (Rising Action) *Alberta Author 2. Cantaloupe and HoneyDo Take the Bus - Mike Boldt (Dial Books) *Alberta Author 3. Common Goal - Rachel Reid (Carina Press) 4. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) - Solvej Balle, trans. Barbara J. Haveland (New Directions) 5. Autobiography of Cotton - Cristina Rivera Garza, trans. Christina MacSweeney (Graywolf Press) 6. Pick a Colour - Souvankham Thammavongsa (Knopf Canada) 7. Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die - Greer Stothers (Titan Books) 8. Vigil - George Saunders (Random House) 9. Persona - Aoife Josie Clements (LittlePuss Press) 10. Beaver Hills Forever - Conor Kerr (Arsenal Pulp Press) *Alberta Author

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 8, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ NON-FICTION 1. kiskisomitok ᑭᐢᑭᓱᒥᑐᐠ - reuben quinn (Talonbooks) *Alberta Author 2. Women Thriving in Leadership - Dr. Kathy Toogood (self-published) *Alberta Author 3. Strong Ground - Brene Brown (Random House) 4. On Wholeness - Quill Christie-Peters (House of Anansi Press) 5. Black Bear - Trina Moyles (Knopf Canada) *Alberta Author 6. The Certainty Illusion - Timothy Caulfield (Penguin Canada) *Alberta Author 7. Sourdough Infinity - Emily Hoven (Anstruther x Hedon) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 8. Sharing the Light - Monique Gray Smith (House of Anansi Press) 9. The Work of Our Hands - Adrian Sutherland (Viking) 10. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This - Omar El Akkad (McClelland & Stewart)

Edmonton Bestseller List for the week ending February 8, 2025. A PDF of the list can be found on our website through the following URL: http://bookpublishers.ab.ca/programs/edmonton-bestseller-list/ POETRY 1. What Kind of Daughter? - Rayanne Haines (Frontenac House) *Alberta Author and Publisher 2. Devotions - Mary Oliver (Penguin) 3. Stock - Jennifer Bowering Delisle (Coach House Books) *Alberta Author 4. Routine Maintenance - Marco Melfi (Gaspereau Press) *Alberta Author 5. Waiting in the Land of the Living - Medgine Mathurin (Polyglot) *Alberta Author and Publisher 6. Crohnic - Jason Purcell (Arsenal Pulp Press) *Alberta Author 7. Loves of Our Lives - Josie Balka (Simon & Schuster) *Alberta Author 8. Sincerely, Sincerely, - Rayanne Haines and Carolyne Van Der Meer (Agatha Press) *Alberta Author +Alberta Publisher 9. Closer to Closure - Drew Walker (Wild Skies Press) *Alberta Author and Publisher 10. A Fate Worse Than Death - Nisha Patel (Arsenal Pulp Press) *Alberta Author

Edmonton’s Bestselling Books for the week ending February 8, 2025! #ABbooks @audreysbooksyeg.bsky.social @magpiebooks.bsky.social

Never easy in the division.

Here's yesterday's AM on @cjsw.bsky.social, in case you overslept and missed it or otherwise overlooked it. Ambient, psychedelic, harp jazz, four-track soul, imaginary soundtracks, and other spirit-soothing sounds await.

Listening links and track list: theam.ca/post/8082219...

Dawson City
Ted Harrison
1989

Really inspiring messaging to us in the Americas, for both the global north and south.

A no doubter on that one!

More than 20 record highs were set in Alberta on Wednesday

It wasn't just Edmonton that had a record-setting day on Wednesday - over 20 new record highs were posted. Here's the list: www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/art... #yegwx

Pretty upsetting to see how far the bar was lowered to trigger a referendum. Destabilizing democracy was always part of the playbook.