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Innu poet Joséphine Bacon cannot recall the first time she wrote a poem.

But she tells Face to Face how words scribbled on cigarette wrappers led to the powerful work that made her a celebrated poet: youtu.be/v58u_1aYyiQ

How disappointing and sad. I hope there are other opportunities ahead of you, that simply aren't visible from where you're sitting right now.

Cancer Haunts Neighbors of Canada’s Oil Sands Wastelands

“I don’t care how many times they treat that contaminated water — it’s going to end up here,” said Alice Martin, a #Mikisew #Cree #elder with feathery gray bangs who was pleading with others to help make a plan to fight the #oilcompanies.
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/h...

The Decline and Fall of Big Brother: How Orwell Hinted at Tyranny’s Inevitable End

"We have always been at war with Eastasia.” #Tyrannies may try to poison our minds with #Orwellian #lies and #propaganda, but in the #novel 1984, #GeorgeOrwell himself insinuated that the #tyranny of #BigBrother wouldn’t last forever. doncurren.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

Our second Meet in the Middle open mic and gathering in Lacombe Alberta is coming up next month! This event is a collaboration between the Alexandra Writers' Centre Society and the WGA.

April 12, 2026
12:00 PM – 3:00 PM MT
Blindman Brewing
3413 53rd Ave
Lacombe

writersguild.ca/meet-in-the-...

Memory, land, and language: Sitting down with Joséphine Bacon Innu poet Joséphine Bacon reflects on how her working life began as an interpreter and translator for Elders.

Through her poetry, Joséphine Bacon carries the voices of her elders and the stories of the land.

She joins Kim Sullivan to talk all about it on this week's new episode of Face to Face.

George Seferis

A talismanic, life-changing poet for me, even in translation. Auden wrote that we can get the *sensibilities* of a poet in a good translation. That feels deeply true. #worldbookday

Opinion: When Canada and Australia team up, nobody can stop us The two middle powers could have a powerful combined influence when working together, Scott Stirrett writes

When Canada and Australia team up, nobody can stop us

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Aide Wearily Begins 5th Explanation Of Why Trump Can’t Pardon Prince Andrew WASHINGTON—Exhausted from repeated efforts to explain the most basic aspect of political power, an aide to President Trump nevertheless began wearily explaining for the fifth time Friday why he couldn...

“I know Andrew is a good man who’s been treated terribly, but you remember when we learned a few minutes ago that England and the United States are two different countries?” said Senior Advisor Gerald Donovan

Instructor Copy - Broadview Press Please note: The request form below is for Canadian and American instructors only. Instructors in other regions should contact Gazelle Book Services. Shipping of print instructor copies typically…

Sidney Dobrin's introduction to AI and writing is now in its 2nd edition🤖

The new edition offers wide-ranging updates, more classroom activities and exercises, and expanded coverage of prompt engineering, career readiness, and platform bias.

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Winding Up the Week #461 In this celebratory St David’s Day special, I explore the literary landscape with a distinctly Welsh twist, revisit books read and reviewed, uncover some of the finest writing about literature acro…

So many good #bookish links from @bookjotter.bsky.social this week, you know you can't resist her charms:
bookjotter.com/2026/02/28/w...

March is Reading Ireland! #readingirelandmonth26 #begorrathon26 Reading Ireland Month (or The #Begorrathon as it is affectionately known) will return for the 12th year during March 2026, although this will only be the 6th year I have participated. It is hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books. Cathy is a supporter of everything Irish and a promoter of Irish culture. Check out her page for suggestions of what to read and listen to some wonderful Irish music from her spotify list.

March is Reading Ireland! #readingirelandmonth26 #begorrathon26

Reading Ireland Month (or The #Begorrathon as it is affectionately known) will return for the 12th year during March 2026, although this will only be the 6th year I have participated. It is hosted by Cathy @ 746 Books. Cathy is a…

What's Pete Bock Reading? - The New Quarterly Learn why Pete Bock keeps C.D. Wright’s poetry collections nearby and which collection is the best entry point to her poetry.

What’s Pete Bock #Reading?
Via @thenewquarterly.bsky.social

"Critic Stephanie Burt recommended Steal Away (selected and new poems, Copper Canyon Press 2002) as a good entry point to her poetry... I seem to keep diving further and further into her #poems and #essays."

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Announcing the 2026 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prizewinners by The Paris Review March 3, 2026 – We are thrilled to announce that Renny Gong will receive this year’s George Plimpton Prize and that Bud Smith will receive the Susannah Hunnewell Prize.

Announcing the 2026 George Plimpton and Susannah Hunnewell Prizewinners #reading
Via @parisreview.bsky.social

www.theparisreview.org/blog/2026/03...

Revisions for Your Hopelessly Optimistic Dystopian YA Novel Dear Sir/Madam, While we are always on the lookout for the Next Big Thing, the editors regret to inform you that your manuscript, in its current fo...

"The prison is too well-organized. Have you considered a warehouse surrounded by alligators?"

Mexico bill would ban octopus farming With the backing of animal welfare NGOs, a Mexico lawmaker has introduced legislation that would ban octopus farming in Mexico.

Mexico bill would ban octopus farming
Kudos to Mexico
Shame on Spain and EU who are pushing forward with one of the biggest factory farming of Octopus ever
www.seafoodsource.com/news/aquacul...

A book entitled 'Every One Still Here' by Liadan Ní Chuinn, with a cover photo depicting pink smoke on a heath.

‘A properly exciting writer… one of the most powerful things I’ve read in recent years’ - Max Porter

‘Astonishing... It feels genuinely new’ - Sunday Times

Every One Still Here is out today!

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HEROES BY MICHAEL CHANG NOW AVAILABLE FROM TEMZ REVIEW 845 PRESS

😱😱😱 My new chap HEROES is now available from Temz Review / 845 Press • cover art by the amazing Jean Jullien 🐳🐳🐳 — www.thetemzreview.com/store/p50/HE...

DHS confirms ICE agent fatally shot US citizen in 2025 Ruben Ray Martinez was shot through his driver's-side window in South Padre Island, Texas.

DHS Confirms It Murdered Third US Citizen After Newsweek Investigation

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Anna, Angus Gaunt what does it say about the many, many Anna’s of this world making their way on foot from impossible situations to slightly less impossible situations?

An endless (European) forest, an internment camp, the end of the war, a young woman and a young man, internee and guard, left behind, begin a long walk out. Winner of Australia's "20/40" Prize for 2025
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Winding Up the Week #460 This week I look at books read and reviewed, discover some of the best writing about literature on the blogosphere, keep up with a variety of literary anniversaries (including International Book Gi…

More #bookish links coming your way as Paula @bookjotter.bsky.social is Winding Up the Week with #460 in her series:

bookjotter.com/2026/02/14/w...

#ReadIndies Review Catch-Up: Chevillard, Hopkins & Bateman, McGrath, Richardson Quick thoughts on some more review catch-up books, most of them from 2025. It’s a miscellaneous selection today: absurdist flash fiction by a prolific French author, a self-help graphic novel about…

I always love to see what @bookishbeck.bsky.social is reading, but was particularly tickled today, to see she's been into Wendy McGrath's #poetry (via @newestpress.bsky.social) alongside photo's by Danny Miles. Such a favourite!

bookishbeck.com/2026/02/26/r...

Today on GET LIT! We talk with Marcello Di Cintio about his book, Precarious: The Lives of Migrant Workers.

1230pm on 93.3 / cfmu dot ca or on pods or here: tinyurl.com/3kj4xk2t

@marcellodicintio.bsky.social @biblioasis.bsky.social

Báyò Akómoláfé : Selah | Milkweed Editions If we were to take seriously that we, as humans, aren’t the sole authors of our world, that there are other intelligences at play, that we are only one of many agents of change and transformation, and...

Don't miss today's episode with Báyò Akómoláfé, and our deep dive into philosophy and language, words and worlds, both.
Audio📻🔥: milkweed.org/between-the-...
@ayinpress.bsky.social

My Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 Wish List - A Life in Books Book reviews, snippets of book news, and alerts about books outside the glare of the publicity spotlight.

My Women's Prize for Fiction 2026 Wish List alifeinbooks.co.uk/2026/02/my-w... #WomensPrizeForFiction

Barbara Newman · Kin-Slaying: Origin Legends The origin legend was a widespread medieval genre used to account not only for peoples and nations, but also for the...

‘It is hardly possible to unravel this tangled web, let alone find consistency among the tales, but one thing is clear: all the insular peoples knew their ancestors were refugees.’

Barbara Newman on Britain’s origin myths.

www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Canada promises to send $8 million in food aid to Cuba OTTAWA – The federal government says it is sending $8 million in food aid to Cuba, where a U.S. oil blockade has triggered a humanitarian crisis.

OTTAWA – The federal government says it is sending $8 million in food aid to Cuba, where a U.S. oil blockade has triggered a humanitarian crisis.

Would you read "The Grimoire of Kensington Market" by Lauren B. Davis?

Order now through the Wolsak and Wynn online store!

#Reading #HamOnt #HamOntArts #BookRecommendations #IndiePublishing

I loved the bookshop in this novel (and the novel itself). I still think back to those characters, even years later.

What an intriguing list: I would happily read straight through. Where will you begin? I assume planning is a looooong process as it's sometimes the funnest part.