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āWisdom, delight, and repulsion are pervasive in this enjoyable and re-readable collection...ā
-Micheline Maylor, River Street Reviewer-in-Residence
Read Michelineās full review of Bureau of Useless Splendour (ECW Press) by Chris Banks:
riverstreetwriting.com/blog/ā¦
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Li Charmaine Anne recently reviewed my debut novel, The Unravelling of Ou, in Plentitude Magazine, and we are tickled witless.
plenitudemagazine.ca/unfurliā¦
āā¦a triumph of craft.ā
#bookreview
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Meet our new Reviewer-in-Residence, Dr. Micheline Maylor!
Our Reviewer-in-Residence (RIR) program aims to celebrate & support literary criticism in Canada by inviting seasoned and emerging critics to serve as RIR.
Reviews & interviews will be published on our blog.
#books
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#AlisonGadsby shares how she balanced raising three children while returning to school to study English, and why community plays such an important role for writers.
artsyraven.com/
@guernica_ed #speculativefiction, @riverstwriting @UBC @YorkUniversity
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Mummy sits in the corner of the room
dupatta over her head
hands in clasped obeisance
murmuring verses from the Adi Granth
āfrom āBirthrightā by Kelly Kaur, My Love is a Durian (University of Calgary Press, 2026)
Read the full excerpt:
riverstreetwriting.com/blog/ā¦
#poetry
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In what might be the understatement of the century, Brockville Recorder & Times reporter Catherine Orth called me āan extrovertā.
Hereās a link to the full article via a LinkTree link.š
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#iran #canada #litfic #brockvilleontario #books
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In this NBN episode, I speak with award-winning author Rod Carley about The Great Catsby by Hilton, published by Canadian publisher Smart House (September 1, 2026).
Listen to the conversation:
newbooksnetwork.com/the-greaā¦
@NewBooksNetwork
#yabooks #cats #youngadult
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In just a couple days Iām scheduled to pop on over to the 2026 Winnipeg Book Festival for two panels. š
šŖ»Misidentification on Sunday, October 4, 2026, from 2:00 PM ā 3:00 PM.
š In Short on Sunday, October 4, 2026, from 3:30 PM ā 4:30 PM.
plumewinnipeg.ca/
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In this NBN interview, I speak with Adriana OniČÄ about her poetry collection, DescĆ¢ntec For My Split Tongue (Palimpsest Press, 2026).
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/desc%C3%ā¦
@NewBooksNetwork
#poetry #translation #romanian
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In this NBN episode, I speak with Liz Johnston about her eagerly anticipated debut novel, The Fall-Down Effect (Book*hug, 2026).
Listen in:
newbooksnetwork.com/the-fallā¦
#canlit #climateaction #falldown #ireadcanadian #ecoliteracy
@NewBooksNetwork
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āØNo-Strings Sex With Enough Strings to Furnish a Small HarpāØ
āNetGalley review by Demetris Papadimitropoulos
Advanced readers are loving Dish by Kingstonās Dayne Ogilvie Prize award-winning author Nancy Jo Cullen!
bookstore.wolsakandwynn.ca/pā¦
#canlit #bookspotlight #romance
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We want to thank CBC Books for their excellent roundup of 24 Canadian books to read for World Mental Health Day, which includes three books weāve been celebrating.
Read the full list:
cbc.ca/books/24-canadian-booā¦
#worldmentalhealthday
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Updates for Take This for the Pain: Essays on Writing and Life, including a 10-minute podcast, a sample to read, and a short piece on why I wrote the book.
cc: @riverstwriting
boydwords.wordpress.com/2026ā¦
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Our stellar intern Aaliya Sylvia recently interviewed Sudbury-born author and attorney Elizabeth Urso about her thrilling new novel, Hail Mary (Rising Action, 2026).
You can read the full interview here:
thetemzreview.com/sylvia-ursā¦
š„ #books #spooky #readers
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M. C. JOUDREY discusses the importance of safeguarding copyright for creatives, and why both community and professionalism are essential for writers to succeed.
artsyraven.com/
@guernica_ed, @CBC , #ManitobaBookAwards, #Manitoba, @atbaypress, #canlit,@riverstwriting
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Weāre heading into the long weekend with a spread of comfort reads recommended to us by 5ļøā£ award-winning and acclaimed authors from beloved publisher, Wolsak & Wynn.
These are books to help you escape the new cycle and hone in on some solace.
riverstreetwriting.com/blog/ā¦
#books
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Seasoned physicians Dr. Wilson and Dr. Jensen appeared on TVOās The Rundown recently to talk about the shortage of family doctors and how they are using stories to encourage a future generation of family physicians.
youtu.be/Slu6QEmzqjs?si=yNwZā¦
#familydoctors #heathcare #medicine
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Life doesnāt only happen in citiesā¦
These 7ļøā£ breathtaking books were featured on a recent @booktrib column celebrating stories set in rural Canada.
Thank you to contributor Michael Schmidt for spotlighting rural fiction. š«¶š¼
Read more:
booktrib.com/2026/10/02/ruraā¦
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Acclaimed author Ed Seaward reviews The Unravelling of Ouāthe Giller Prize longlisted novel by Iranian-Canadian author Hollay Ghadery, published by Palimpsest Press.
Read the full review:šŖ»
riverstreetwriting.com/blog/ā¦
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