Mahaila Smith (they/them)

May I submit Many Moons by Janelle Monáe to this list m.youtube.com/watch?v=EZyy...

Thank you Susan! 🥰

So thrilled to share that Water-Kin has won second prize in the Elgin Chapbook award! Congrats to all the nominees and my fellow chapbook authors, Katherine Quevedo and @bugthewriter.bsky.social! You can read Water-Kin for free online here: metatron.press/digipub/wate...

Brit Griffin and I have obsessed about the landscape and history of Cobalt for 30 plus years. We have walked its scarred hills, researched its wild history, written its dark stories.
It's all in her new book The Haunting of Modesto O'Brien.
Join us for a conversation.
Oct. 9
Perfect Books Ottawa.

Purple prose ;)

Ya and last time i was there they had removed the vending machines too D:

Ottawan here! Ya lol. As ppl have said, the train station used to be downtown but that‘s now the Senate. The VIA station is on the LRT line which you could use to go downtown

This is perfect, thank you :’)

Guys!!! I made it!!

Eeep!! Thank you friend :’)

Ladies and gentles, animals and machines, and everyone in-between . . . . we are ONE WEEK away from the launch of NMLCT! I'd love it if you could join me to celebrate!
Wed, Sept 24, 2025
at The Piston
937 Bloor Street West,
from 7 to 10pm
[festivities included]

A purple background with a light yellow textbook in front of it. The text box reads: how to enter, 1. Post your microfic to your public Instagram or Bluesky account 2. Use hashtag #AugurMicros2025 3. Tag us: @augursociety 4. Follow us: @augursociety, Enter by September 30, 2025 to be selected as one of three microfiction winners. All winners will receive $75 and be published on the issue page for the next released issue of Augur Magazine." A purple text box in the middle of the image reads "Read more @ link in bio"

TO ENTER:
☑️ Post a piece up to 50-100 words to your feed on a public Instagram OR Bluesky account
☑️ Use the hashtag #AugurMicros2025
☑️ Tag @augursociety
☑️ Follow Augur Society on Bluesky and/or Instagram

Read the content policies laid out by the platform and in Augur’s subs guidelines -🔗in bio! 👀
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So happy that the folks in Seattle got to see this excellent poem! Read The New Knights here or in our inaugural issue 🗡️🗡️🗡️

I’m very grateful to have a story in this anthology and among such talented conpany!

This is your chance to see @mahaila.bsky.social in #HamOnt!!

Come celebrate!

the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! August 7 at RedBird, celebrating THIRTY-TWO YEARS of continuous activity (and nearly fourteen hundred publications), Ottawa publisher above/ground press presents...

TONIGHT! the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! tickets still available! (and might there even be a new Stuart Ross chapbook on-hand? / @mreid.bsky.social @razovsky.bsky.social @jasonchristie.bsky.social @linarvitvideopoet.bsky.social ;
robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-...

Thanks so much for sharing! It’s so nice to see Seed Beetle in the wild 💚

“It’s high-concept science fiction, but it all feels painfully relevant to today. Easily one of my favorite books of the year. (I enjoyed the electronic review copy so much I bought it in hard copy.)”

Thank you so much @johnrplatt.bsky.social! I’m so happy you enjoyed Seed Beetle

Thanks for the shout out :’)

New to me! And I’m excited to read. A story by Tomas Landolfi inspired Winter, but unfortunately I did not get the title.

Yes! It was a lovely evening. He had many recommendations I need to read, including the short story, Dinner at Countess Pavahokes by Witold Gombrowicz which inspired his story The Bridle Path

I met André Alexis tonight at the All in a Day book club, and truly want to recommend this book! There are so many layers of literary excellence. Stories on parents, childhood, Trinidadian culture, and all slightly uncanny which, he said, was intended to put the reader in the mind of the immigrant.

Thank you @yukondawn.bsky.social for taking the time to read a review Seed Beetle, I truly appreciate it!

My first ever audio-produced story is out today! You can listen to it wherever you get your podcasts :)

Days 3 and 4 of the June leg of our 'ZZOO' tour were spent in Ottawa: first at the Ottawa Small Press Book Fair's very well attended pre-reading on Friday evening as part of Factory Reading Series ft. MA|DE, Mahaila Smith @mahaila.bsky.social, Manahil Bandukwala @manahil.bsky.social...

READING ALERT: Friday, June 27 | 6 PM

Mahaila Smith & Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin at L'Euguélionne (1426, rue Beaudry)!

Thanks for sharing! ☺️

2 more sleeps!

Hey Montreal! I can’t wait to check out your feminist bookstore. See you Friday : )