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Biblioasis @biblioasis.bsky.social · 1h

Check out the full finalists announcement on the QWF website: qwf.org/the-2025-qwf...

The 2025 QWF Literary Awards Finalists - Quebec Writers' Federation

The Quebec Writers’ Federation has announced the finalists for the 2025 QWF Literary Awards.

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 2h

No mention of the government’s demand that the CBC cut 15% of its budget.

Jason Paris @jasonparis.bsky.social · 2h

Youth, newcomers, and disenfranchised communities is exactly where CBC should begin. Expanding journalistic reach — in overlooked parts of Canada and abroad — only deepens its public mandate. This is how you put the service in public service broadcasting. www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/politics/cbc...

CBC's five-year plan leans on young people, new Canadians to build audience

OTTAWA - CBC/Radio-Canada says it wants to expand its audience by pitching itself to Canadians who "under-value" its services — or don’t watch, listen to or read its offerings at

www.thecanadianpressnews.ca

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Joshua "The Crypt" Keep(er) @jekeep.bsky.social · 2h

Yes. Just do it.

Ireland is locking down basic income for artists. Could Canada follow suit? | CBC Radio

Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's success to build momentum for guara...

www.cbc.ca

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All Lit Up @alllitupcanada.bsky.social · 4h

Heather Birrell and Meg Todd talk about writing from the inside out and what the means in their books BORN (@coachhousebooks.bsky.social) & MOST GRIEVOUS FAULT (@nightwoodeditions.bsky.social) in today's #aluwomenaskingwomen: alllitup.ca/women-asking-women-heather-birrell-meg-todd/

A graphic for All Lit Up’s Women Asking Women series. On the top left is Heather Birrell, a light-skin-toned woman with short brown hair. On the bottom right is Meg Todd, a light-skin-toned woman with short blonde hair. Text on the graphic reads: “Women Asking Women (Writers Asking Writers). Heather Birrell and Meg Todd. Women’s History Month on ALU."

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FuzzyWuzzy in Toronto🇨🇦 @fuzzywuzzyto.bsky.social · 3h

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/turtle-lake-fish-wildlife-collision-9.6938358

'Scared the heck out of me': Falling fish smashes Sask. woman's windshield | CBC News

Of all the things that could smash a car’s windshield in Saskatchewan, a fish that fell from the sky is pretty low on the list of likely suspects. But that’s what happened to Marie Ahlstrom when she w...

www.cbc.ca

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2026 Forest of Reading nominees announced. #CanLit #KidLit #YA www.cbc.ca/books/forest...

Forest of Reading reveals chosen books for 2026 — students across Canada to choose winners | CBC Books

Books by Richard Van Camp, Ashley Spires, and Kern Carter are among those nominated. The program is Canada's largest annual recreational reading initiative where children and young adults pick their f...

www.cbc.ca

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Dale Smith @journodale.bsky.social · 4h

Hits harder than any legacy media outlet.

The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 4h

“Restore merit, end DEI” says man who could only get elected in Canada’s safest Conservative stronghold

OTTAWA - Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has launched a petition to "end DEI programs and restore merit", just months after losing his own heavily-favoured seat before running in an even more hea...

www.thebeaverton.com

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Working Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 1d

#OtD 14 Oct 1976 over million workers in Canada staged a one-day strike against wage and price controls considered the worst attack on labour since the 1930s. The wage controls were eventually reversed. The PM had previously campaigned against controls stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8623...

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Heather J. "Witchy" Wood🧙‍♀️ @rollwithheather.bsky.social · 5h

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Dalek Relaxation Tape

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Cam Walker @walks30.bsky.social · 5h

Toronto women’s shelter scrambling to raise funds after water leak reveals $250K in building damages

A north Etobicoke-based emergency shelter for women, children, and gender-diverse individuals fleeing violence is scrambling to raise funds after a severe water leak revealed the building has sustaine...

www.ctvnews.ca

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Scott agrees: FREE LINK @scottdagostino.ca · 6h

When the magazines I wrote for were all killed off, I was told it was “evolution” because all writing would be online. Turns out, however, the only ones evolving are the bots 😡

Exclusive: The web is still mostly written by humans, study finds

New data shows AI-written content is plateauing — and doesn't perform well in search.

www.axios.com

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Shawn Micallef @shawnmicallef.bsky.social · 5h

"Safe Parkside" filed a Freedom of Information request to get top speeds from the ill-fated & much abused Parkside camera. The speed limit is 40km/h.

Killers, all of them, with the ear & heart of Premier Doug Ford.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 14h

No it isn’t stop complying in advance

Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social · 2d

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

Want to See Marilyn Monroe in Game of Thrones? AI Could Make It Soon

Despite early, and familiar, copyright growing pains, Sora may be the prelude to AI-generated on-demand TV and movies

www.scientificamerican.com

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 7h

The Studio
Florence Carlyle
1903

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celalibrary.bsky.social @celalibrary.bsky.social · Sep 9

Congratulations to all the authors who have been nominated to the Toronto Book Awards short list. Find the list in accessible formats in our collection. celalibrary.ca/2025Toronto_Short
www.toronto.ca/city-governm...

2025 Toronto Book Awards

Established by Toronto City Council in 1974, the Toronto Book Awards honour works of literary merit that are inspired by the city and its residents. The six finalists shortlisted for this year’s award...

www.toronto.ca

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Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social · 16h

We are pleased to share that Manahil Bandukwala's Heliotropia has been named the 2025 Archibald Lampman Award winner! This year's jury says, "With form and language that surprises and delights, Manahil Bandukwala has crafted a perfect set of love poems for our current moment." Congrats, Manahil!

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Groundwood Books @groundwoodbooks.bsky.social · 1d

✂️ Curious about how Thao Lam created her Kirkus Prize Winning picture book EVERYBELLY? 🎨 Check out Thao's #StudioTour on the Blog: houseofanansi.com/blogs/anansi...

🫧 EVERYBELLY is the winner of the 2025 Kirkus Prize for Young Readers' Literature and has received ⭐️ SIX starred reviews.

Studio Tour with Thao Lam

We're excited to bring you a very summery studio tour with author and illustrator Thao Lam! Thao's new picture book, Everybelly, is a sun-soaked celebration of an oft-maligned part of the body — the…

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Open Book @openbookon.bsky.social · 1d

Coltrane Seesequasis continues the powerful A Wolf in the Sun series with THE THREADS OF TIME (@kegedoncepress.bsky.social). Check out this Bright Young Things interview with the author of the YA series!
#AmReading #Indigenous #YA #Fiction
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Coltrane Seesequasis Continues the Powerful A Wolf in the Sun Series with THE THREADS OF TIME

In The Threads of Time (Kegedonce Press), the second novel in the A Wolf in the Sun series, the very talented Coltrane Seesequasis takes readers back ...

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Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 14h

Yes your taxes should support disabled people.

They should support homeless people.

They should support those living in poverty, children and the elderly.

This is literally the purpose of taxes, and I would far rather support those who need it than continue to enrich the elite.

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CBC Bot posting select CBC RSS Feeds @scrubfire84.bsky.social · 8h

Ireland is implementing basic income for artists. Could Canada do something similar?

Ireland has made permanent its three-year pilot program that gave monthly income payments to thousands of artists. Canadian artists are hoping to use that program's...

#cbc #cbc-top-stories #Canada