Claire Cameron

Opinion: Could a device implanted in my brain cure my depression? I was ready to find out Over the past 14 years, I’ve often fantasized about some scan revealing the locus of my mood disorder. Now, we were as close as we’d likely ever get

I got experimental brain surgery. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

I was just looking at the fascism checklist to see how far along we are — quite far, especially if you count the car as weaponry

My family can help with this -- see you soon!

We'll be closed all day Sunday November 2nd for our semi-annual inventory count. We'll be back open for our regular hours on the 3rd.

On a totally unrelated note, on Saturday November 1st, all books will be 10% off!

(Please buy everything in the store, that way we don't have to do inventory.)

Fly agaric | The Wildlife Trusts The classic fairy tale toadstool, this red and white fungus is often found beneath birch trees in autumn.

If I am right (IF) and they are Fly agaric mushrooms, reports of deaths are rare -- but red squirrels and slugs can eat them no problem www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-exp...

I was just thinking the same in Toronto

THAT MEMORY, YOU SEE Guy Gavriel Kay   I was tired and she was beautiful. Whichever way the wind blew It brought the scent of her to me. Not a spell I knew to cast. It was hers. The leaves were green, yellow, Russ…

There's NewPoetry today from Guy Gavriel Kay (@guygavrielkay.bsky.social).

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I'm looking forward to this!

83. A Trio of Vast Ideas
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86. Closing Night Event: Susan Orlean with The Current’s Matt Galloway
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87. The Crime Scene
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We’ve arrived at the final day of #VWF2025, and today’s offerings are among the best. Tickets available for:

78. Food for Thought
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79. The Divorce Diaries
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81. Global Political Narratives
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Mushrooms 🍄

I met these beauties in Lynn Canyon Park, a great place to be a mushroom

Red Maple

Timflation: A found poem about rising coffee prices Through found phrases, Claire Cameron assembles a portrait of Tim Hortons’ Canadian spirit

Timflation — a piece I wrote using quotes from news stories, academic papers and online discussions about coffee prices and Tim Hortons in @globeandmail.com today.

[gift 🎁 link] www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/e51db13...

Maple tree, bright red leaves

This tree in Trinity Bellwoods, doing its very best

Nova Scotians to receive $10 book vouchers under provincial program The expansion of a Nova Scotia program is set to be good news for book lovers.

The expansion of a #NovaScotia program is set to be good news for book lovers.

Residents can receive $10 off books written or published by Nova Scotians starting this Friday.

A total of 4,000 vouchers will be available until Feb. 28, 2026.

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Thank you!

We are thrilled to share that 5 TNQ authors have become finalists of the 2025 Governor General’s Literary Awards. They are: @clairecameron.bsky.social

Thank you so much!

‘The Great Lakes made me,’ says Leanne Betasamosake Simpson Michi Saagiig writer and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson shares how she connects with the natural world — and what’s in her ‘emotional support backpack’

Musician, writer and artist Leanne Betasamosake Simpson has a new album out this week. She talked to us about the need to "find awe and inspiration in every piece of the natural world ... regardless of how much harm they carry from extraction, neglect and exploitation." thenarwhal.ca/moose-questi...

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario on the eve of game 7

Good morning from Lake Winnipeg.

been reading a lot of medieval English history recently and it's instructive as to why the Anglo political tradition evolved away from monarchy. every 4th king or so would turn out to be a murderous lunatic, people got sick of it

The cover of my new book WITHOUT CONSENT: A Landmark Case and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime, out November 11, 2025, which shows a dark wood bed headrest, white sheets and pillows, a green backdrop, and the title in white bold capital letters and my name in black bold letters

At long last, I’m thrilled to announce that my new book, WITHOUT CONSENT: A Landmark Case and the Decades-Long Struggle To Make Spousal Rape a Crime, will be published on November 11, 2025 and is available for pre-order wherever books are sold! www.sarahweinman.com/book/without...

The Cost of Cutting Anthropology Out of U.S. National Parks A former National Park Service anthropologist reflects on the vital role of cultural anthropology to the agency’s mission.

"What NPS anthropologists provide...is the ability to recognize the crossroads and overlaps between what the Park Service hopes to accomplish and the traditions and lifeways of communities who will be affected by their actions." Good piece @sapiens.org by Ellyn Demuynck #anthropology #nationalpark

Not far from Maria Dahvana Headley's "Bro!"

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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

Liberal government frees Canada Post to end home delivery, close some post offices | CBC News With Canada Post on track to lose $1.5 billion in 2025 and contract discussions between the union and the corporation stalled, the federal government is embarking on a modernization plan it says will ...

Seems like a good time to remind people that Canada Post will deliver any piece of mail to federal elected officials for FREE.

No stamp necessary!

Just a reminder in case you, oh I dunno, wanna send your elected officials a sternly worded letter a day for a year or something.

The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it

I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...

Study of 1m-year-old skull points to earlier origins of modern humans Skull found in China may be Homo longi, potentially revising understanding of human evolution

"This would push the split between our own ancestors, Neanderthals and Homo longi back by at least 400,000 years and...raises the possibility that our common ancestor – and potentially the first Homo sapiens – lived in western Asia rather than Africa."
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