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Claire Cameron

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Author of How to Survive a Bear Attack — a finalist for Governor General’s Literary Award | I write about wild things, I run & I read https://www.claire-cameron.com

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · Mar 25

I am extremely proud to say, my new book, HOW TO SURVIVE A BEAR ATTACK, is published today.

A memoir, an investigation, nature writing, plus a dash of fiction, it's a blend because I started writing with a question -- if I'm attacked by a bear, will I survive?

#booksky #naturewriting #bearsky

How to survive a bear attack, the new book by Claire Cameron sitting on a pile of books with a proud looking model bear on top.

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 1d

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

Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Bakka Phoenix Books @bakkaphoenix.bsky.social · 2d

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.)

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 3d

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...

Fly agaric | The Wildlife Trusts

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

www.wildlifetrusts.org

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 4d

I was just thinking the same in Toronto

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George Murray @bookninja.bsky.social · 4d

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

newpoetry.ca/2025/10/27/t...

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…

newpoetry.ca

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 5d

I'm looking forward to this!

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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 5d

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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Vancouver Writers Fest @writersfest.bc.ca · 5d

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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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 6d

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

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 6d

Red Maple

Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 6d

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...

Timflation: A found poem about rising coffee prices

Through found phrases, Claire Cameron assembles a portrait of Tim Hortons’ Canadian spirit

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 7d

This tree in Trinity Bellwoods, doing its very best

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Cheryl in Nova Scotia 🇨🇦🍁🍁 @minibubbly.bsky.social · 8d

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.

www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/nov...

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.

www.ctvnews.ca

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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The New Quarterly @thenewquarterly.bsky.social · 10d

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

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you so much!

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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 10d

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...

‘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’

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 11d

Lake Ontario on the eve of game 7

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Dr. Heather Hinam 🍁 🇨🇦 @secondnaturemb.bsky.social · 13d

Good morning from Lake Winnipeg.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 11d

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

Matt @tiredgenerally.bsky.social · 11d

it is kind of interesting how not only do they openly yearn for monarchy, but they also want a system of monarchy more absolute than almost any of the historical reference points where the president can tax, spend, declare war, even suspend habeas corpus at will

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 11d

Johnson blames the No Kings protests. Says “it is quite ironic.” Johnson says “if President Trump was a king” the government would be open.

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.com · Feb 25

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 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

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Barbara J. King @bjking.bsky.social · 14d

"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

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.

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Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 20d

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

Claire Cameron @clairecameron.bsky.social · 23d