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Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author @leefodi.bsky.social · 3d

The quote of the week for the teens in my creative writing classes comes from Jeong Kwan:

“All art is a work in progress.”

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🦋 Alie of the Woods 🦋 @humanbyweight.bsky.social · 10h

DIGITAL ILLUSTRATORS: Please wear a brace while you work, even if it doesn't hurt yet. Otherwise you will end up with repetitive stress injuries like me, the girl with Painted One Thousand Bugs Disease

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Jami Gigot @jamigigot.bsky.social · 18h

Getting close to final on my first early reader graphic novel! Can’t wait to bring this to young readers next year! Mac & Croc with @kidscanpress.bsky.social

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Scot Ritchie @ritchiescot.bsky.social · 12h

The Emperor's new clones. Leavitt, Noem and Bondi. Ugh.

Trump's Barbie doll clones (Leavitt, Noem and Bondi) getting angry at somebody or something or everything.

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Big Meadow Search @bigmeadowsearch.bsky.social · 1d

Bramble associated species: Bee Beetle, Trichius fasciatus. Adults approx. 1cm. Females lay eggs in dead wood. Larvae feed on dead wood for up to two years. Adults live up to 8 weeks and feed on pollen and nectar

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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 3d

Doom Time. www.patreon.com/posts/doom-t...

Chicken wearing sign: "The End of the World Is Near"
Later...
Chicken wearing new sign: "Told You So"

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darlenefoster.bsky.social @darlenefoster.bsky.social · 2d

Transylvanian Witches: from Popular Healers to Hunted Outcasts alluringcreations.co.za/wp/transylva...

Transylvanian Witches: from Popular Healers to Hunted Outcasts

In 15th-century Transylvania, a woman could heal by day and burn by night, revered as a savior, condemned as a witch with a single whisper.

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Karen Krossing @karenkrossing.com · 2d

Hey writing friends: Here's a free online seminar on grant writing for Canadian writers (including the recent Canada Council for the Arts funding portal update) with author, grant writer, and educator Lindsay Zier-Vogel. Friday, November 7, 2025, 11 am to 12:20 pm. #CANkidlit

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Kathleen Gros @kagcomix.bsky.social · 3d

i did pick up some extremely cute fabric. it's going in a little stack of fabrics i'm slowly accumulating for a future quilt 😈

photo of a hand holding a stack of 4 fabrics. the top is red with white stars, the next is black with pink and red caterpillars and purple mushrooms, the next is a yellow-green floral with pink/red/orange/white accents, and the last is a blue with trans flag coloured hearts.

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CWILL BC @cwillbc.bsky.social · 3d

'Tis the season for a scary book launch! Thanks to #lindademeulemeester for brrr!-ing this to our attention! @orcabook.bsky.social

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Melanie Jackson @mljackson.bsky.social · 3d

As important now as ever: Partisans, fighting for freedom. I was delighted to have the chance to read and review the compelling, inspiring new comic book about Partisans for @theseaboardreview.ca @btlbooks.com www.theseaboardreview.ca/p/partisans-...

Partisans: A Graphic History of Anti-Fascist Resistance, Edited by Raymond Tyler and Paul Buhle

Vivid and timely, this comic book tells Partisans' harrowing stories

www.theseaboardreview.ca

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CWILL BC @cwillbc.bsky.social · 3d

Register for the #vancouverchildrensliteratureroundtable Fall Tea event, 1 pm, Nov. 15, the University Golf Club: www.eventbrite.ca/.../sheila-b.... Join in celebrating the 2025 Sheila Barry Best Canadian Picturebook of the Year Award & paying tribute to our late, beloved colleague #NormaCharles.

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 11d

Submissions are OPEN for Year's Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume Four (the best of 2025). Send me your SFF published in 2025, you crazy Canucks! Details on my site at the link below. DON'T SELF REJECT! You can't win if you don't play ;) Subs close Feb 28, 2026. Pls share WIDELY.

Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction | Stephen Kotowych

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 4d

Good piece here by Hugh Stephens - well worth a read. hughstephensblog.net/2025/10/13/c...

Why a Wide TDM Exception Could Harm Copyright Protection

Explore the clash between copyright laws and AI training in Canada, and why a wide TDM exception could harm the creative sector's interests.

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darlenefoster.bsky.social @darlenefoster.bsky.social · 4d

A Visit With Jacqui Murray

Today, Amanda and I are visiting Jacqui Murray on her blog, Word Dreams, the next stop in the blog tour. She discusses things she learned while reading Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog, including some Irish dishes. Jacqui also includes her wonderful review of the…

A Visit With Jacqui Murray

Today, Amanda and I are visiting Jacqui Murray on her blog, Word Dreams, the next stop in the blog tour. She discusses things she learned while reading Amanda in Ireland: The Body in the Bog, including some Irish dishes. Jacqui also includes her wonderful review of the book. Please check it out and leave her a comment. Thank you so much, Jacqui!

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Angela Ahn @writeahn.bsky.social · 4d

Happy to report that the Forest of Reading 2026 nominated lists are up today and THE BIG SPLASH is a Silver Birch Express nominee this year! Check out all the other nominated books this year and get reading!

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Doug Savage @savagechickens.bsky.social · 5d

Visitor from the Future. www.patreon.com/posts/visito...

A chicken talks to a time traveling chicken. The time traveler says: "The future? Well, it's a lot like the present, except with more water. And somehow also more fires."

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Access Copyright @accesscopyright.bsky.social · 4d

Congratulations to AC affiliate Thao Lam!

Groundwood Books @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social · 10d

🏆 EVERYBELLY by Thao Lam is the winner of the KIRKUS PRIZE for Young Readers' Literature! 🎉

Huge congratulations to the incredible Thao Lam! 🎊

Learn more about EVERYBELLY here: houseofanansi.com/products/eve...

A yellow graphic reads, “Everybelly winner of the KIRKUS PRIZE.” Illustrated confetti appears around the cover of the book EVERYBELLY. The cover features a girl swimming underwater beside bodies in the water with bubbles floating above her.

Thao Lam stands at the podium accepting the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Everybelly.

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Debbie Ridpath Ohi @debbieohi.com · 5d

Thanks to my pal @maureenmcgowan.bsky.social (fellow author) for introducing me to the SECRET MOVIE CLUB at TIFF Lightbox w/ @karenkrossing.com. Last night: The Mastermind, heist film by Kelly Reichardt, starring Josh O'Connor (The Crown).

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#Toronto #TIFF

Secret Movie Club

<p>Be the first to see some of the year’s most exciting new films! On select Tuesday evenings, Secret Movie Club showcases a wide range of titles, from festival favourites and crowd-pleasers to small-...

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Lee Edward Födi 🇨🇦 kidlit author @leefodi.bsky.social · 4d

Led a project called “The Ugliest Doll Ever,” in my most recent creative writing project. Loved the result! Some dolls were cute, other ugly—some TERRIFYING! But one thing they all have in common? They have led to fantastic stories . . .

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Forest of Reading @forestofreading.bsky.social · 4d

Without further ado, we are pleased to announce the Canadian books chosen for the 2026 #ForestofReading program. 🎉 There are so many incredible stories to dive into and we can’t wait for you to discover them all! Visit bit.ly/ForestNomine...