Aviva Rubin - Author

📻🎙 Tonight! On @howl895fm.bsky.social with @hollay.bsky.social.

What Did I Expect? A few thoughts one year in

WHITE turned 1. Taking stock of my first year as a published fiction author. On #Substack:
"What Did I Expect? A few thoughts one year in".
🔗 open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#WHITEtheNovel
#AvivaRubin
#BookstagramOnBluesky
#LitCommunity

Confusing Solidarity with Orthodoxy “Don’t confuse solidarity with orthodoxy.” That’s what guest Dr.

Confusing Solidarity with Orthodoxy on #Substack: open.substack.com/pub/avivarub... @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social #rachaelbedard #ezrakleinshow #solidarity #orthodoxy

A Place For People Like Us by Danila Botha Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

A Place For People Like Us by Danila Botha www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/a-place-fo... @danilabotha.bsky.social

Event poster: ‘Rooting Out Hate at Home.’ Aviva Rubin in conversation with Phillip Dwight Morgan. Monday, September 15, 2025, 6:30 PM. Toronto Reference Library, Beeton Hall, 789 Yonge Street. Photos of Aviva Rubin and Phillip Dwight Morgan and the cover of WHITE.

#Toronto friends!
Mon, Sept 15 · 6:30 PM I’ll be at Toronto Reference Library (Beeton Hall, 789 Yonge St) in conversation with Phillip Dwight Morgan. Would love to see you there!
🔗 www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/detail.jsp?E...

#TorontoPublicLibrary #TorontoEvents #AvivaRubin #PhillipDwightMorgan

Should we stop yelling at Mark Carney? The risks in moderation

Should we stop yelling at Mark Carney? open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

#CdnPoli #OntarioPolitics #CanadianPolitics #Canada

🎙️ Such an honour and a bit of a trip to be interviewed by @nathanwhitlock.bsky.social for @thewalrus.ca podcast, What Happens Next!!

🔗https://shows.acast.com/67f6cc8f0c09f66202906ee8/6896343df9482328d018aa8a

My father and Victoria Mboko: A decade-long tennis dream comes true Contributed by Aviva Rubin to Opinion, The Globe and Mail.

My father and Victoria Mboko: A decade-long tennis dream comes true
open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

Opinion: My father and Victoria Mboko: A decade-long tennis dream comes true Before she conquered the field at the National Bank Open, the Canadian tennis star won my father Murray Rubin’s under-10 tournament at the age of 7. The rest is history

OPINION: My father and Victoria Mboko: A decade-long tennis dream comes true
Aviva Rubin
Contributed to @theglobeandmail.com
www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

This Is Me Standing Up Can I talk to the Jews for a minute please?

This Is Me Standing Up #Substack open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

No Off-Ramp Are boundaries and balance really all they’re cracked up to be?

No Off-Ramp
Are boundaries and balance really all they’re cracked up to be?
open.substack.com/pub/avivarub... #Substack

Braced for hate Trigger warning – this piece contains vile antisemitic language and threats of violence.

Braced for hate 🚨 Trigger warning – this piece contains vile antisemitic language and threats of violence.

Finally, some of the hate I braced for.

open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

#Substack #Antisemitism #OnlineHate #WhiteSupremacy #JewishVoices #JewishWriter #WritingCommunity #CounteringHate

Leah Eichler and Aviva Rubin in conversation about WHITE, Rubin's debut novel We don't talk about the rise of white supremacy in Canada enough. Rubin's WHITE sparks that conversation.

Leah Eichler and Aviva Rubin in conversation about WHITE, Rubin's debut novel
www.esotericamag.com/p/leah-eichl...

I'm So Itchy I’m so itchy.Thanks for reading Aviva's Substack!

"I’m so itchy...So what’s the deal with the bug appeal?"

➡️ Read the post on Substack!

🔗 avivarubinauthor.substack.com/p/im-so-itchy

#SubstackWriters #PersonalEssay #CottageLife #GeorgianBay #CanadianHumour #AuthorLife #WritingLife #SummerStories #TherapyThoughts #BugSeason

A fresh opportunity to “grow up” Here I am.

"Here I am. Growing up. Again. Learning to navigate, master and matter. Again.

And what to wear?"

'A Fresh Opportunity to "Grow Up"' is now live on Substack:

avivarubinauthor.substack.com/p/a-fresh-op...

Wendy Coburn: How has it been ten years? June 15, 2015

Wendy Coburn: How has it been ten years? #memorial #friendship #grief #remembrance #loss #tribute #anniversary #inmemoram #healing #wendycoburn #writing
open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

More in a life of homecomings As I begin to write this, my dad Murray is in the Wheel Trans taxi heading home from his latest stint in rehab.

More in a life of homecomings on #Substack open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#SubstackWriter #PersonalEssay #AgingParents #CaregivingJourney #FamilyDynamics #WritingCommunity #VulnerableWriting #AuthorLife #FatherDaughter #CanadianWriter #WritersofBluesky #AvivaRubin #TorontoAuthor #TorontoWriter

storytelling is a performance

"Our newest episode of Totally Biased Reviews featured Aviva Rubin - Author talking about her book, WHITE, with Asha Dore.
...grab a copy of this thrilling, important book!" 20 min interview: www.parleylit.com/review-aviva...
#totallybiasedreviews #literarypodcast #bookreview #bookpodcast #canlit

And now for something a little lighter – I have pneumonia I believe this is the second Substack piece that could be categorized as, you know the world is fucked when…

And now for something a little lighter – I have pneumonia open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

#SubstackWriter #PersonalEssay #WritingCommunity #DarkHumor #AuthorLife #VulnerableWriting #BookLaunch #Storytelling #CanadianWriter #WriterLife #humour #humor #Pneumonia

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – by Omar El Akkad A review and a plea

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This – by Omar El Akkad open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#BookReview #Books #Palestine #Israel #PoliticalBooks #BookClub #JewishVoices #CanLit #BookCommunity #MustRead #DifficultBooks #SocialJustice #omarelakkad #avivarubin

May It Have a Happy Ending: A Memoir of Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers by Minelle Mahtani Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

“May It Have a Happy Ending: A Memoir of Finding My Voice as My Mother Lost Hers” by Minelle Mahtani

The Seaboard Review of Books
Review of the Week: May 12, 2025

www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/may-it-hav...

You can’t plan for relief. But it sure feels good. I’m so worried.

You can’t plan for relief. But it sure feels good.

avivarubinauthor.substack.com/p/you-cant-p...

#PersonalEssay #CanadianPolitics #FamilyDynamics
#AgingParents #JewishPerspective #Anxiety
#ElectionThoughts #IntergenerationalConversations
#TorontoPolitics #PoliticalDifferences #Substack

#Writing #Writers #CreativeProcess #LiteraryLife
#Substack #AmWriting #WritingCommunity
#AuthorLife #Envy #Regret
#Books #Creativity #PersonalEssay #CanLit

Envy 2.0 - The stuff grows back It’s distressing, comforting and flattering that my last post hit home with all sorts of people.

Envy 2.0 - The stuff grows back
open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

Imagining Imagining: Essays on Language, Identity and Infinity by Gary Barwin Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

My review of "Imagining Imagining: Essays on Language, Identity and Infinity" by Gary Barwin on @theseaboardreview.ca www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/imagining-... #bookreview #booksky #writingcommunity #canlit #cdnBooks #CanadianAuthors #CanadaReads

Winter Light: The Memoir of a Child of Holocaust Survivors by Grace Feuerverger Reviewed by Aviva Rubin

My review of "Winter Light: The Memoir of a Child of Holocaust Survivors" by Grace Feuerverger (Amsterdam Publishers) is up on @theseaboardreview.ca #BookReview
#Holocaust #Memoir #SecondGeneration #Literature #writerscommunity
www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/winter-lig...

On Envy, Regret and Just Plain Wanting I’ve been thinking about envy.

On Envy, Regret and Just Plain Wanting. My new post on #Substack #Envy #Regret #writerscommunity #writers open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...

Is no news ever good news? I don’t know whether I’m shockingly impressed, envious, disappointed or disgusted when people tell me they’ve stopped consuming news or are doing their best not to.

Is no news ever good news? open.substack.com/pub/avivarub...
#NewsFatigue #WriterLife #NoNewsIsBadNews #CultureCritique #DemocracyWatch #StayInformed
#MediaOverload #ThinkOutLoud #CanadianWriter #shockinglyimpressed #envious #disappointed #disgusted

Events

Join us Tuesday April 15th at 7 PM for Aviva Rubin's book launch with Kira Vermond @bookshelfnews.bsky.social ! www.guelphtoday.com/events#/deta... @uguelphcwmfa.bsky.social #newrelease #booklaunch #guelph #guelphon

WHITE by @avivarubin-author.bsky.social has been reviewed by @selenamercuri.bsky.social for TSR. www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/white-by-a... #canlit