MP Lisa Hepfner, giving opening remarks at the reception on©️and AI for the Canadian book industry, talking about ⁦Anuja Varghese, Author of CHRYSALIS⁩ 's powerful book and the power of creators and #cdnbooks ⁦ACP⁩ ⁦Lisa Hepfner⁩ ⁦Literary Press Group⁩ ⁦Access Copyright⁩ ++

The Keffiyeh ban in the Ontario legislature is a violation of human rights protected under parliamentary privilege. 1000s of workers/student face what MPP Sarah Jama is here. The difference being, it is a straight up violation of human rights in most other workplaces.

HUGE CONGRATS to Lisa Alward Paola Ferrante Rebecca Hirsch Garcia Kathryn Mockler & Idman Nur Omar on making the TWUC #DanutaGleed shortlist! 💃🏾💃🏾💃🏾 These are all AMAZING #shortstory collections - add ‘em to your #TBR pile NOW! #WritingCommunity #CanLit #ShortFiction

It’s a good time to support the excellent humans at LittleGhosts

SPEAKING FICTION TO POWER - a superstar gritLIT Festival panel:

“I know inherently that the power of words is to shape discourse and shape our world.”- Alicia Elliott - AND THEN SHE FELL out now!

“What fiction can do is show us how a better kinder more equitable world is possible.” - Jessica Westhead

What a day!! 🥲 Thank you Governor General of Canada & Canada Council for the Arts for celebrating 4 YEARS of #GGBooks winners today. 🇨🇦📚🇨🇦 #WritingCommmunity #CanLit

I think this is good advice for books too. A lot of authors really concerned with “trends.” Who cares? By the time your book ACTUALLY comes out, trends change. Write the story that’s the most fun and meaningful for you. #WritingCommunity

Come have a drink with us next Sunday at gritLIT Festival 🍻🎤📖🍻 My WIP is 🧝🏾‍♀️+🌶️+🗡️ and I’m excited to give y’all a sneak peek! 👀

Huge congrats to the 5 incredible authors on the The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction shortlist, especially the brilliant Janika Oza whose beautiful book will break and mend your heart at once. ❤️📖❤️
#BookPrize #CanLit #DiverseBooks #WritingCommmunity

Hey, that’s me! 👋🏾👋🏾👋🏾

Still can’t believe my stories about weird, queer, dangerous, magical, powerful, messy, sexy brown girls are on this incredible The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlist. 🥲 #WritingCommmunity #WriterDreams

Today on #TransgenderDayofVisibility , the Tegan and Sara Foundation announces an Open Letter: Artists Against Anti-Trans Legislation in Canada, signed by more than 400 artists living in or hailing from Canada.
teganandsarafoundation.org/open-letter

Honestly this is the content I married ‘em for.

Thank you for giving my story a home, The Ex-Puritan and Anuja Varghese, Author of CHRYSALIS
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Time to raise the dead: ex-puritan.ca/necromantic

AHHHHHHH!!!!!! So honored to see Chrysalis on the The Carol Shields Prize for Fiction longlist with so many other FABULOUS books!! What better way to celebrate #InternationalWomensDay than to read them all?! #WritingCommmunity #WomenAuthors #BookPrize #CanLit

Half the people at the #HamOnt airport today are going to Cancun and half are going to Calgary and man, there are 2 VERY different vibes happening

Such a fun night in #HamOnt ! I love hosting the #LitLive reading series at The Staircase every month b/c we get to feature so many AMAZING authors! It’s such an important part of our city’s arts programming and I’m glad to be a part of it. 😊

I talked to The Globe and Mail about whether you can make art while working full time (spoiler alert: YOU CAN!)

Check out my #WomenAndWork chat here:
theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

#findingbalance #workingwomen #workingartists

Okay so everyone needs to run to Hazlitt and read HER EX WRITES A NOVEL by Shashi Bhat right now - funny and scathing and a reminder of how powerful a #shortstory can be.

hazlitt.net/longreads/her-…