Susan Swan

And that includes the wonderful Cece Scott, from Creating Aging Books & Ideas, too!

Thank God for podcasters at a time when book coverage has shrunk in North America. They’re starting to do the job that newspaper reviews once did. And as writers with published books can attest, that means a lot. So, my personal thanks to these podcasters for putting their finger in the dike.

The great adventure of making your own YouTube TV pilot began yesterday when broadcaster Gill Deacon (almost 60) and journalist Cathrin’s Bradbury (70) and yours truly (over 80) had fun with show runner Anne Marie Jackson blowing up some stereotypes about aging. Stay tuned for the launch.

Author Richard Stursberg says Canadian books occupy only 5% of the Canadian book market and Canadians should do something about it. Read his interview on Lean Out, the substack with Tara Henley. The podcast version is free for anyone to listen: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/l...

That’s fine dude. I’m not mad at you are the last words of Renee Nicole Good before her killer shot her in the face. #reneegood #america #americanhero

For years, I made new years resolutions until I realized it was a foolhardy practice. I ended up breaking them and feeling badly about myself. So I’ve been making new year’s aspirations successfully for over three decades now. Why not be like writers and artists who dwell in possibility?🥂

Why we should be more like writers and artists who aspire instead of making up New Year’s resolutions for ourselves: I’ll explain January 1, 2026. The beautiful painting is by @sharonokun.bsky.social #newyearsresolutions #happyholidays #holidays

Wishing you and all your furry loved ones a very Merry Christmas! Love, Susan & Alice 🐾

Thank you to my old stomping grounds McGill University, for highlighting Big Girls Don’t Cry on your holiday reading list! Congratulations to fellow alumni who published books in 2025, Grace Flahive, Alex Hutchinson, & Brendan Kelly.

Read the full review here: mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/holiday-read...

I’m on the list and can’t wait to start reading the others!! @beaconpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social

The fearless Tara Henley interviews me about vigilante sex, hating the opposite gender, secret Seventies diaries and more on her podcast Lean Out tarahenley.substack.com @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social

Hi everyone, I’m spending most of my time these days on Instagram. Check me out under biggestmodernwriter. Here’s an early holiday greeting with my cat Alice who doesn’t think much of photo sessions & thanks for your support.

@newyorktimeshaiku.bsky.social let America down today by relegating coverage of @nokingspls.bsky.social to page 22 of Sunday edition. WTF? Are they scared of Trump too?

This is absolute fantasy! And fantasy is where Trump seems to live these days. Dump Trump, America.

On Blondes Why we need to stop bleaching and/or dyeing our hair ... and should grow out our "spiritual antenna".

This smart natural blonde lays out being blonde no dummy her! ://open.substack.com/pub/thecassandracomplex/p/on-blondes?r=33gce

The US government has turned into a dictatorship. Canadians like me are watching in disbelief and horror. Can this be the America we knew and loved?

Thank you, Brian!

@b-hmn.bsky.social September 18 my husband Patrick Crean & I received Orders of Canada, his for editing, and me for my contribution to Canadian writing and cofounding the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction. Its motto says: they desire a better country @beaconpress.bsky.social @gayleking.bsky.social

Celebrated screen writer Susan Coyne is shopping around her TV pilot of my memoir Big Girls Don’t Cry @beaconpress.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @authorsguild.org

Reviews are getting harder & harder to get but here’s a link with no pay wall to a good one for Big Girls Don’t Cry reviewcanada.ca/magazine/202... @beaconpress.bsky.social

Reviews are harder & harder for authors to get especially in Canada but here’s a good one for Big Girls Don’t Cry from Toronto:https://reviewcanada.ca/magazine/20 @beaconpress.bsky.social

Are they scared of Trump? Why don’t they do their job?

Pritzker is a hero. Hats off to his courage! From the true north strong and free! @jbpritzker.bsky.social

The Nineteenth Amendment Yesterday, I intended to write about the Nineteenth Amendment prohibiting states from denying women the right to vote because today is the anniversary of the amendment’s certification in 1920.

open.substack.com/pub/heatherc... Honouring The Brave American Feminists today who fought for women over 100 years ago. White women got the vote in 1919. Black women had to wait 45 more years. 🙁 @beaconpress.bsky.social @msnbc.com @msmagazine.com

People are reading my memoir as far away as Kazakhstan. Here’s Joseph Hafner, York U’s Dean of libraries reading it out loud as part of a flash mob during an international conference. What crazy fun!

Thanks for the plug. I’m with Dutch critic Conny Steenman Marcusse (the one in the hat)who gave it a thumbs up. NB. We’re staying out of the sun!

It’s all healed. That was in January!

Americans love a conman? Look at P.T. Barnum. Everybody knew his exhibits like the Fiji Mermaid were a hoax, but the American public wanted to see if he could get away with it.

Before Trump, America’s great gift to the world was appreciating what made an individual unique no matter where they came from.