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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Jul 24

I dearly love Kathryn Mockler's interview with my wife, @kategies.bsky.social about shame and trauma and all the ways we find to heal
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I’d send my love to all the kids who feel like weirdos.

I've been meaning to ask Kate Gies

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Ronit Plank @ronitplank.bsky.social · Jul 10

Rewriting a Story About Medical Trauma: Kate Gies joins me on Let’s Talk Memoir.🧡

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Here’s the episode: ronitplank.com/2025/07/08/l...

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · Mar 30

We gave helium to a parrot to hear if it talked funny but it just floated to the ceiling.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Mar 24

If you have a memoir struggling to get out of you, @kategies.bsky.social shares her own experience and advice this Thursday, courtesy of the Baltimore Public Library. events.bcpl.info/event/13043765

Writers Studio

Author and educator Kate Gies discusses her experiences writing her book It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished.

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Mar 8

Very proud to see @kategies.bsky.social on Wordstock Sudbury's list to honour International Womens' Day!
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Reading List - Wordstock

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Greeneville Zoo @greenevillezoo.bsky.social · Mar 10

What a great turnout for our “Can you outrun a bear?” three-mile fun run! For the sixth consecutive year, the answer was no.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 23

Thank you CBC books for including It Must Be Beautiful on the list of 30 Canadian Books to read this winter!

Heather J. "I Should Be Writing" Wood @rollwithheather.bsky.social · Feb 22

30 Canadian books to read in winter 2025 - CBC Books #CanLit
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30 Canadian books to read in winter 2025 | CBC Books

Cozy up with a great Canadian book during the cold and dark winter season. Check out this list of 30 buzzworthy Canadian titles to read right now!

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blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Feb 13

we all have that one knee we drew a face on and that sings to us when we're sad

Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 13

I mentioned I used to make puppets with my knees as a kid, and someone just asked me how i did that. So, here you go

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mindflakes @mindflakes.bsky.social · Feb 12

Me: A sandwich is a book made of bread that tells the story of the ingredients
Bank clerk: *frantically pressing the silent alarm*

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 13

Shout out to my amazing cover designer @michelvrana.com. I couldn't have asked for a more beautiful cover <3

Michel Vrana @michelvrana.com · Feb 12

So cool to see the cover I designed for @kategies.bsky.social here! And @zoewhittall.bsky.social's No Credit River (with fantastic illustration by Ambivalently Yours www.ambivalentlyyours.com

49th Shelf @49thshelf.bsky.social · Feb 7

We all know the adage about books and covers, but @kategies.bsky.social is giving you this list of "9 Books You Can Judge by Their Cover"! 49thshelf.com/Blog/2025/02... #CanLit

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 13

I have had so many compliments on my book cover! Thank you for creating such a beautiful cover for me. It is better than anything I could have imagined <3

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 13

I mentioned I used to make puppets with my knees as a kid, and someone just asked me how i did that. So, here you go

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 13

I got to talk to the amazing @mattgalloway.bsky.social from CBC's The Current and you can listen to our conversation here.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 12

Such a great honour to be part of such an amazing festival!

The FOLD @thefoldcanada.bsky.social · Feb 12

We're thrilled to announce the FOLD's 2025 Writer-In-Residence, Kate Gies, author of IT MUST BE BEAUTIFUL TO BE FINISHED!

Join us for the FOLD's 10th anniversary, virtually from Apr 27-30 & in-person May 1-4 in Brampton.

#FOLD2025 @kategies.bsky.social @simonschusterca.bsky.social

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Charlotte Wolfe @charlottewolfe.bsky.social · Feb 12

This is brilliant from @kategies.bsky.social.
I “should” have two more major surgeries but they’re not medically necessary and I don’t want them. From my pov as a parent… I don’t 100% know what I’d do in this situation if doctors were advising the same. Confronting! thewalrus.ca/i-was-born-m...

I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix | The Walrus

Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 10

Oh wow! Yeah, totally surreal. Nice to meet you! Hope you enjoy the book!

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Longreads @longreads.com · Feb 10

"A man of good intentions, who wanted only to build me the best ear he could. A man who, despite his efforts at kindness, was still the man who sliced into me while I was asleep."

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I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix - Longreads

"Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted."

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The Walrus @thewalrus.ca · Feb 10

@kategies.bsky.social’s childhood was characterized by one familiar routine: a train ride into Toronto, a hot-fudge sundae at the Eaton Centre, a small gift from her mother, then the Hospital for Sick Children for surgery. thewalrus.ca/i-was-born-missi...

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 9

Thanks so much!

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Mattea Roach @mattearoach.bsky.social · Feb 9

This interview with @kategies.bsky.social is on the radio TODAY!! (or on your podcast platform of choice, if you prefer to listen on your own schedule)

blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Feb 8

thrilled to be at @kategies.bsky.social book launch last night! Tomorrow she'll be on CBC's Bookends talking about (among other things) the damage wrought by societal stigmas against bodily difference.
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...

How writing about her medical trauma helped Kate Gies reclaim her body | CBC Books Bookends

The Toronto author discussed her book, It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 9

Up online today from the Toronto Star - books I love, the one classic I really don't.

Author Kate Gies on her reading habits and why she considers this one classic book ‘deeply problematic’

The writer of "It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished" answers our author questionnaire.

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The Slow Scroll @theslowscroll.com · Feb 9

Highly recommend this excerpt from the new memoir by @kategies.bsky.social

“With Uncle Louie, I became two bodies: the one I experienced and the one he measured.”

I Was Born Missing an Ear. To the World, It Was a Problem to Fix | The Walrus

Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted

thewalrus.ca

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 8

Out today! My interview with @thestar.com where I talk about lots of things, including how vulnerability and variability in bodies is the very essence of humanness.

Charlie Petch @sawpoet.bsky.social · Feb 8

So cool to be leafing through The Toronto Star and find a writer I enjoy, getting acclaim! Congratulations @kategies.bsky.social !

Picture of a newspaper article with Kate's photo in the middle. The title reads : this missing piece

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 8

Thank you so much!!

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Kate Gies @kategies.bsky.social · Feb 8

Tomorrow you can listen to my interview with the brilliant @mattearoach.bsky.social on CBC Radio's Bookends With Mattea Roach.

blink-sun8tzu @suntzufuntzu.bsky.social · Feb 8

thrilled to be at @kategies.bsky.social book launch last night! Tomorrow she'll be on CBC's Bookends talking about (among other things) the damage wrought by societal stigmas against bodily difference.
www.cbc.ca/books/booken...

How writing about her medical trauma helped Kate Gies reclaim her body | CBC Books Bookends

The Toronto author discussed her book, It Must Be Beautiful to Be Finished, on Bookends with Mattea Roach.

www.cbc.ca

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