Ian LeTourneau

Congrats to my wife Sherry for her contest win!!

Prime Minister Carney is presented a jersey by the national women’s hockey team.

Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Prime Minister Carney poses for a photo, wearing a hockey jersey.

Prime Minister Carney watches the Winter Olympics.

Could not be more proud of you, Team Canada.
 
You’re coming home with 21 hard-fought Olympic medals. Though what Canadians will remember most is how you wore the Maple Leaf: with pride, with grit, and with determination.

These are the ideas NB is apparently kicking around re: higher education.

Unhinged is putting it far too kindly.

They literally suggest schools accredit… themselves???

Repurpose infrastructure for private development?

“What if we only had two public universities?”

This is profoundly unserious.

a tiny brown & tan chihuahua in a pink sweater is sitting, looking up at the camera. two white strands of hair stick out the top of her head. they’re curled into a perfect heart.

This is Lexa. She really hopes you’ll be her valentine. Wouldn’t want to waste this look on just anybody. 14/10 (IG: bambiandlexa)

So difficult — my thoughts are with you and Sam 🤗

Dakota Casey interviews @ianletourneau.bsky.social about his new @gaspereaupress.bsky.social poetry collection, "Metadata from a Changing Climate," for the Miramichi Reader:

BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors

YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)

I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free

Holocaust started with words, not camps, says UNB historian International Holocaust Remembrance Day highlights Dr. Cheryl Fury’s warning: 'We are forgetting.'

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“How can you run when you know?”

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara: "People have had enough. This is the third shooting in less than 3 weeks. The MPD went the entire year last year recovering about 900 guns from the street, arresting hundreds of violent offenders, and we didn't shoot anyone ... this is not sustainable."

New chapbook alert! Emergency Flash Mob Press (me) is happy to release into the world a new chapbook of poetry by Ross Leckie! $10 for local pickup/drop off or add $3 for shipping in Canada. DM for more details!

The Power of Poetry   with things falling apart and anarchy let loose,   it was only poetry, he found, which had any use,   so he reached for his copy   of The Complete Works of Yeats   and bludgeoned the President of the United States Brian Bilston

Here’s a short poem about the power of poetry to change the world.

The Norwegian Nobel Prize committee has been forced to make a statement, declaring that the prize cannot be transferred.
It's hard even to comprehend how stupid this has become

That whole book is 🔥

A good lunch read.

And I’m primed because I picked up a beautiful Folio Society copy in an antique shop in the summer!

GlutenbergBible (@glutenbergbible) If you’re interested in joining the Paradise Lost Slow Read but are feeling daunted, check out the schedule breakdown here! The pacing averages out to around 200 lines per week. The text is dense, I d...

Might try! Havent read since undergrad! substack.com/@glutenbergb...

Here’s the description of Dust, the first I’m reading.

Back home in Fredericton after a family Christmas in northern NB. Here’s my Christmas 2025 book haul!

Textile artwork featuring a wintery blue icy rural landscape of hills and trees under a swirling sky

'Winter Embroidery' by UK textile artist Rachel Wright, machine embroidered on calico with various fabrics #WomensArt

Celebrate traditionally published Canadian and Indigenous literature with us here at River Street! Just follow along, and if you’re interested in reviewing new and forthcoming books, drop us a line.

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We’ll tell you how to get started (it’s easy!). ♥️ 📚

Review of Ian LeTourneau's "Metadata from a Changing Climate" | FreeFall Magazine Reviewed by Kim Fahner Metadata from a Changing Climate by Ian LeTourneau Gaspereau Press (2025) Reading Ian LeTourneau’s new collection Metadata from a

And another review before the year end! Thanks @kimfahner.bsky.social and FreeFall magazine! freefallmagazine.ca/review-of-ia...

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#booksky

Feverishly working on this

Remember Ostrich Osheaga?

When a bunch of far-right convoy influencers, health nuts, antivaxxers and even RFK Jr himself waged war on the Canada Food Inspection Agency over an ostrich cull?

Well, my friends at @nationalobserver.com got some wild insider info on the impact of this harassment:

A purple graphic for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Fiction Contest. From top to bottom the graphic says: Spin the tale only you can tell. Enter our 2025 Fiction Contest. Deadline September 2, 2025! Enter via Submittable. Judged by Anuja Varghese. $2000 Prize plus publication. For more info visit thefiddlehead.ca/contest/fiction or email fiddlehd@unb.ca. In the background is a picture of loop of purple rope and in the lower right corner is a picture of Anuja Varghese.

Congratulations to our fifteen 2025 Fiction Contest finalists! Thank you to everyone who submitted! And lastly, thank you to our judge, Anuja Varghese!

The contest's winner will be announced in early January!

Visit our website to see who made the shortlist: thefiddlehead.ca/content/2025...

The deadline to enter the Writers' Union of Canada's Short Prose Competition for Emerging Writers is Feb 16, 2026. Canadian citizens/permanent Canadian residents with no more than 1 book are eligible to enter. #CanLit
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