Kim Fahner

I can’t believe I have to say this, but historically, masked men who kidnap families in the middle of the night are usually not the good guys.

Back ‘Nation-Building, Not Nation-Burning’ Projects, 250 City Leaders Urge Carney A coalition of more than 250 mayors and city councillors from across Canada is calling on the federal government to keep #ElbowsUp with nation-building projects that respond to the climate emergency, ...

After a summer of wildfires, heat & toxic air, 250+ city leaders urge Ottawa to fund “nation-building, not nation-burning” projects.

Elbows Up For Climate says a clean grid, housing, & transit could strengthen economic independence, lower emissions & reduce reliance on fossil fuels.

Here we go: federal government rolls out its first AI 'flagship project' - Halifax Examiner AI translation is not better than human translation. But it provides an excuse for attacking labour under the guise of progress.

For the @halifaxexaminer.ca, I wrote about the federal government launching its own AI translation service, our credulous minister for AI, and how we are deskilling and undervaluing labour in the name of progress (with a nod to @techwontsave.us).

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What will it take for regular people to understand that if they refuse to stand up against fascism they will not be spared? Fascism is a serial killer with no restrictions on who it targets.

Halifax friends—don’t miss seeing Zilla Jones when she visits your town on Friday, October 24th!

If you’re a fan of stories about WWII, Angela Antle’s The Saltbox Olive is a brilliant story of the history of Newfoundland and Italy, and how lives intertwined when soldiers from Canada went across the Atlantic to help fight fascists. Published by the brilliant @breakwaterbooks.bsky.social 📚❤️📚

This. ❤️

Artwork depicting a wheel of the year where every month is a pumpkin in various stages of development. October is at the top. Art by Sam Pugh

October is a state of mind

Happy to have my review of Rebecca Salazar’s antibody up at periodicities this month! Such a great collection of work! Thanks to @periodicities.bsky.social and
@robmclennan.bsky.social
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Thanks, Ariel!❤️

My next reads! First up is @kimfahner.bsky.social’s latest, The Pollination Field (w/Turnstone Press). I don’t know how to say it except: Kim is the best - so thoughtful and generous, thinking and feeling - and I can’t wait to spend some time with this bee-book!

34 works of Canadian poetry coming out in fall 2025 | CBC Books Here are the Canadian poetry collections we are excited about this fall!

Have a few of these titles on order (Joseph Dandurand, Randy Lundy) and one to pick up: if: prey, then: huntress by @christinashah.bsky.social. Congratulations!

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Books I’ve read, loved deeply, and learned from…for today and everyday. Grateful for the writer friends and colleagues (here and away) on this list.

Given what’s happening in Alberta with book censorship, it was timely for me to read On Book Banning by Ira Wells. It’s part of Biblioasis’s Field Notes series of books. You can order it through their Windsor bookshop!
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Oh! This was a really lovely thing to find out about today! Honoured to have my essay, “Searching for Maud,” shortlisted for The Fiddlehead’s 2025 Creative Nonfiction Contest, and lovely to be in such fine writerly company! Thanks to Nicole Breit for her time in reading all of our pieces!

So the news is out: I will be the Writer in Residence at the Winnipeg Public Library, from October 1 to April 30th. Being WiR has always been a dream of mine, so I am honoured to have been selected for this role!

TWUC members—check out this new program!

If you haven’t read it yet, Heather O’Neill’s new novel, Valentine in Montreal, is stunning. It also features lovely drawings by Arizona O’Neill. Thanks to @gsplibrary.bsky.social for having such a great collection of books!

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Can’t remember if I signed up for the Loblaws bread thing whenever it happened. Maybe I’ll get a coupon or something…

library window sign reads: post apocalyptic fiction has been moved to current affairs

City of Winnipeg Library (Henderson Branch)

via /r/winnipeg

'President Michael D. Higgins this afternoon received the newly appointed Laureate for Irish Fiction 2025 – 2028, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, at Áras an Uachtaráin.' #SpeirGorm @president.ie

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Writers ages 16-19! We have a workshop for you!

Learn how to go deeper in your writing! Facilitated by Carrie Hatland with Ben Paulic.

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I strongly recommend new authors join a well-run book club, when possible. Not only does it encourage analysis of storytelling from different perspectives, the range of “loved it—>hated it—>meh 🤷” in the room is a great reminder to write the book that speaks to you and let it find your audience.

Celebrate story collections by reading the opening lines of two books included in our latest #PageOne installment: Small Scale Sinners by Mahreen Sohail and The Dilemmas of Working Women by the late Fumio Yamamoto, translated from the Japanese by Brian Bergstrom. at.pw.org/PageOne2025x5

It's a quintessential right of passage for small press poetry books to be reviewed by @robmclennan.bsky.social and we're ever so grateful to him for bringing MA|DE's debut collaborative collection into the fold. Rob calls ZZOO "layered, and sharp” and remarks on its “smart and engaged language."

Brenda Fricker: ‘It was real violence, and I needed protection. Where was my father? There was blood all over me’ Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir

Brenda Fricker- Parental abuse, sexual violence and mental health struggles: the Oscar-winner has endured more than most. She explains why she decided to write a memoir

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David Letterman is right: you can't appease a tyrant.

YouTube video by Grievous Angels HEARTBREAK TOWN - GRIEVOUS ANGELS

The Grievous Angels return to mining country with a special one night performance at the Cobalt Classic Theatre Saturday Oct. 18. Book your tickets here:
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I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.