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Hollay Ghadery

@hollay.bsky.social

Writes. Mothers. Neurodiverges. Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. πŸ“š: Fuse (CNF), Rebellion Box (poems), Widow Fantasies (stories). Co-host of HOWL on CIUT 89.5 FM & host at The New Books Network. www.hollayghadery.com

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I cannot wait for people to read this book! K.R.Wilson is such a phenomenal author!

29.11.2025 23:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Listen, it’s not me: the people want you to pre-order my book.

You can pre-order The Unravelling of Ou from wherever books are bought or borrowed.

More on my book here:

palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...

@palimpsestpress.bsky.social

29.11.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œLikeable and flecked with humour, his essays are also smart and well-crafted; and the politics of them are entwined with personal vignettes that are poignant as well as and immediate.”
β€”Brett Josef Grubisic, THE BRITISH COLUMBIA REVIEW

Read the full review:

thebcreview.ca/2025/11/21/2...

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β€œGhadery delivers answers in a lyrical and imaginative debut.”

β€”Lindsay Wong, Villain Hitting for Vicious Little Nobodies

Learn more about my novel!

🧦 palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...

Lindsay’s book is also available for preorder. ✨

πŸ–€ www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/677140...

28.11.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!

26.11.2025 23:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this NBN episode, I speak with Governor General Award-winning author Sadiqa de Meijer about her new essay collection, In the Field (Palimpsest Press, 2025).

Listen in:

newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-field

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26.11.2025 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Celebrate my 100th episode on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social with me and Aamir Hussain! We chop it up about his beautiful debut novel, Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn, 2025).

newbooksnetwork.com/under-the-fu...

23.11.2025 01:55 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with Patrick Grace about his poetry collection, Deviant (U Alberta Press, 2024). If you have ever asked me for a poetry recommendation chances are, I’ve recommended this book.
You can tune into the episode here:

newbooksnetwork.com/deviant

23.11.2025 00:51 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Volunteer's Life How I've lived as a "working artist."

My new column just dropped @themockler.bsky.social #SendMyLoveToAnyone

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20.11.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s #NationalAbsurdityDay β€” a perfect occasion to spotlight Hollay Ghadery’s debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, forthcoming February 15, 2026 with Palimpsest Press.

palimpsestpress.ca/books/the-un...

@hollay.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @merliterary.bsky.social

20.11.2025 14:59 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this NBN episode, I have a lovely conversation with award-winning and nationally acclaimed author Shane Peacock about his novel, A Place of Secrets (
@cormorantbooks.bsky.social, 2025).

In case you haven’t noticed, I love gothic lit. πŸ”₯

Tune in:

newbooksnetwork.com/a-place-of-s...

#gothic

19.11.2025 23:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am thrilled to be joined on my blog by the extraordinary and beloved author and publisher, Michael Mirolla, to talk about author-publisher etiquette and expectations.

Read the interview here:

www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/u58f2qx...

#writers #publishing

18.11.2025 17:32 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

🫢🏼

17.11.2025 14:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this NBN episode, I chop it up with the excellent award-winning author Bruce Hunter about his CanLit masterpiece, In the Bear’s House (Frontenac House Press, 2025).

Tune in:

newbooksnetwork.com/in-the-bears...

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#canlit

17.11.2025 00:39 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Shucks! πŸ₯°

15.11.2025 18:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Unravelling of Ou is on NetGalley, my darling dust bunnies!

This means, if you’re on NetGalley, you can snag an advance digital copy of my novel to read and review.

Read on NetGalley:

www.netgalley.com/catalog/book...

@palimpsestpress.bsky.social @netgalley.bsky.social

15.11.2025 16:21 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s #NonfictionNovember. I want to show some love for my book, Fuse, a memoir of mixed-race identity & mental health, published by @guernicaeditions.bsky.social. It won the 2023 Canadian Bookclub Award for Nonfiction/Memoir. Thankful to everyone who’s read it.
guernicaeditions.com/products/fuse

13.11.2025 16:17 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you, @junctionreads.bsky.social ✨

13.11.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In this NBN episode, I speak with author Kasia Jaronczyk about her fascinating novel, Voices in the Air (Palimpsest Press, 2025).

Listen to the episode:

newbooksnetwork.com/voices-in-th...

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12.11.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TONIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social welcomes poet Zachari Green talking about his book β€œGreen” @radiantpress.bsky.social - Also on the show @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social on her book of essays β€œIn The Field” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TONIGHT!

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Anishinaabe and Kanien’kehΓ‘:ka poet Melissa Powless Day was recently interviewed by Windspeaker’s Books Feature Writer, Shari Narine, about A Bow Forged from Ashβ€”Melissa’s new poetry published by Palimpsest Press.

Read the full piece:

windspeaker.com/news/windspe...

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10.11.2025 22:32 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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TOMORROW NIGHT! CIUT 89.5 FM 10pm - 11pm Host @hollay.bsky.social welcomes poet Zachari Green talking about his book β€œGreen” @radiantpress.bsky.social - Also on the show @sadiqademeijer.bsky.social on her book of essays β€œIn The Field” @palimpsestpress.bsky.social TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT!

10.11.2025 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ecology Paul comes to life thanks to the irrepressibly talented New Mexico artist, Catie Powe! 🧦

Head to my blog to take a peek behind the creation of the cover art for my novel, The Unravelling of Ou (@palimpsestpress.bsky.social, February 15, 2026).

www.hollayghadery.ca/blog/the-cre...

#canlit

07.11.2025 21:41 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Aisha Sasha John is all kinds of wonderful, and I’m excited to share the interview I did with her on The New Books Network about her intuitively gorgeous collection of poetry, total (McClelland and Stewart, 2025).

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Listen here:

newbooksnetwork.com/total

@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

04.11.2025 12:50 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Lucy Black is one of the very best writers of historical fiction on the planetβ€”this book is gorgeous.

01.11.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A Halloween poem from Poet Laureate of Scugog Township, @hollay.bsky.social πŸŽƒ

This excerpt is from, β€œI too live with vows”, which appears in Hollay’s chapbook, the blades of grass are dreaming, published by Anstruther Press.

www.anstrutherpress.com/new-products...

#halloween

31.10.2025 13:58 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with 2025 Governor General Literary Award finalist Farah Ghafoor about her poetry collection, Shadow Price (House of Anansi)β€” the poetry that single-handedly made me interested in economics. (I know I know.)

newbooksnetwork.com/shadow-price

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Props to Erica, the cover designer. ✨

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