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Grey tabby cat lounging with one paw folded over the other

Please enjoy these serious paws on post-baseball sadness day #catsofbluesky

Grey tabby napping and looking very cozy

Cat is too incredibly content for the start of this stressful baseball game #bluejays

Wearing my hobbit costume to go watch the World Series, as god intended

I would post a photo of my cat in a tiny baseball hat but she refused to cooperate.

Happy baseball-ween! 🎃⚾️
#BlueJays

Now to emotionally prepare myself for more baseball #bluejays

Spent 6 1/2 hours watching baseball yesterday and my dreams were riddled with a cycle of never ending pop ups and ground outs. #bluejays

I saw Trey Yesavage pitch a few months ago for the Vancouver Canadians (a high A team). Now he’s pitching in the World Series. What a baseball story. #bluejays

The Assumption of the Virgin, by Guido Reni, 1597, 📸 via @RoysEnergy

On Spec has long deserved recognition for best semiprozine at the Hugo Awards, but has never even made the ballot because it's Canadian and most Hugo voters are U.S.-based.

2026 will be your final opportunity to nominate an institution that has been an incubator for so much talent.

Sad news! But wishing you a happy retirement

On Spec Issue #133 Preview Here’s a peek at what we’re offering in this issue: We’re happy to bring back some writers you’ve seen on our pages before. And equally happy to introduce new voices at the start of the…

I have a new SFF poem “When I dated a planet architect” in the latest issue of @onspecmag.bsky.social. Check out the full issue here! #SFF #poetry

onspec.ca/2025/09/19/o...

What does your novel smell like?

Mine is the sweet fried scent of a glazed donut. It just feels right.

Open to donut sponsorship if anyone is interested.

Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial — COPE Vancouver The following are remarks made Oct. 4, 2025 by COPE City Councillor Sean Orr at a rally in solidarity with Gaza in Vancouver - part of a global day of action that saw millions demand an end to w...

Solidarity with the people of Gaza is not controversial.

Read City Councillor @seanorr.bsky.social's speech from today: www.votecope.ca/news/solidar...

#vanpoli

Book cover: Collage with text over top. OFF THE MAP: VANCOUVER WRITERS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE OF MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, edited by Betsy Warland, Seema Shah, and Kate Bird

Saturday | 10:50 PT A conversation with Seema Shah and Pari Mokradi on Off the Map, an anthology featuring writers from Vancouver with lived experience of mental health issues. @bellpressbooks.bsky.social

Paperback copy of The Fellowship of the Ring with a cat paw poking out on the right side of the frame

Cozy fall re-reading (cat approved) #catsofbluesky #tolkien

Photo of Bell Press table at Word Vancouver. Books on table include Off the Map, an anthology of Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues.

Photo of Bell Press table at Word Vancouver, looking up the stairs toward the Vancouver Art Gallery.

All set up for @bellpressbooks.bsky.social at @wordvancouver.bsky.social and the day looks promising!

@a-devon.bsky.social the offtobedbots!

Breaking!

City of Burnaby just became first city in Canada to join arms embargo movement against Israel AND the first Apartheid-Free City, breaking ties with Israeli apartheid and settler colonialism.

We've been organizing for months towards this precedent in colonial Canada.

Update: My hobbit garden continues to thrive while my irl community garden struggles to find life

New Book Post from Bell Press A look at a new science fiction short story collection from publisher Bell Press!

New (belated) #bookpost from @bellpressbooks.bsky.social

Thank you for a copy of #Stasis a #shortstory #scifi anthology!
Look out for a review coming soon (and sorry for the delay in sharing)!

buff.ly/RGEbZLP

#bookblogger #books #bookhaul #bookmail

I’ve been playing the hobbit game and now my house feels entirely too square

Reporter: How did the Israelis treat you, we saw them giving sandwiches? Greta Thunberg: They probably have posted lots of PR stunts, they did an illegal act by kidnapping us in international waters but that’s not the real story here. The real story is the genocide in Gaza and systematic starvation. Reporter: Are you worried about the others? Greta: Yes…I’m calling for everyone who can to mobilize to demand their immediate release and, of course, to demand not only humanitarian aid being let into Gaza but also a ceasefire and most importantly an end to the occupation, an end to the systemic oppression and violence that Palestinians are facing on an everyday basis. Reporter: “Why do you think so many countries and governments around the world are just ignoring what’s happening in Gaza?” Greta Thunberg: “Because of racism.”

This is how.

Greta Thunberg spits fire and gives you the only media training you may ever need.

It’s been a joy to help bring this book to life! ❤️📚

I talked to Seema Shah, one of the editors of Off the Map: Vancouver Writers with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues, about the collection and more. Here's the audio: thecommentary.ca/ontheline/23...

Update: the bookworm-in-a-wall has upgraded to cozy bath time

Photo of shelf at Cross and Crows bookstore in Vancouver, BC. On display is Off the Map, an anthology of Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues, along with Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar and The Rise of Indigenous Economic Power by Carol Anne Hilton.

#booksky
Off the Map, an anthology of Vancouver writers with lived experience of mental health issues, is out on shelves, and if you’re in #yvr, today would be a great day to stop by @crossandcrowsbooks.bsky.social to get it!
(You should probably also get Martyr! while there. It’s very good.)

Off the Map: Vancouver Writers with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues Review by Bryn Robinson

“…[the anthology] reminds the reader: that, buried under the weight of the grey, is hunger and light in each of us…you will find a satisfying and eye-opening foray into others’ truths that will nurture your humanity.”

My latest @theseaboardreview.ca

#MentalHealth @bellpressbooks.bsky.social

Off the Map Anthology Launch and Reading Off the Map: Vancouver Writers with Lived Experience of Mental Health Issues aims to bring diverse and distinctive voices to the literary landscape. Edited by Betsy Warland, Seema Shah, and Kate Bird ...

Book launch and reading for OFF THE MAP is June 7 at the VPL Central Branch. Full detail here! #yvr #booklaunch

vpl.bibliocommons.com/events/68094...

Eowyn from Lord of the Rings saying “so few. So few of you have returned.”

Live from the east van NDP stronghold