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Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #232 : Ian Li
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Ian Li (he/him) is a Chinese-Canadian economist, developer, writer, and poet, who started writing in late 2023 after a lifetime of believ...

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Six Questions interview #232 : Ian Li
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Six Questions interview #232 : Ian Li

Ian Li (he/him) is a Chinese-Canadian economist, developer, writer, and poet, who started writing in late 2023 after a lifetime of believ...

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Six Questions interview #231 : Laura Hebert ; recent honourable mention for the 2025 John Newlove Award,
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Six Questions interview #231 : Laura Hebert

Laura Hebert began writing poetry to get the inside out and process the world around her. Her writing, poetic and otherwise, has appeared i...

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Six Questions interview #230 : Bohdana Sereda
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Six Questions interview #230 : Bohdana Sereda

Bohdana Sereda is a writer residing in Ottawa. Born and raised in Ukraine, she started her creative journey in middle school. Bohdana aims ...

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Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social ) #231 : Laura Hebert ; recent honourable mention for the 2025 John Newlove Award,
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Six Questions interview #231 : Laura Hebert

Laura Hebert began writing poetry to get the inside out and process the world around her. Her writing, poetic and otherwise, has appeared i...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 9d

Six Questions interview #231 : Laura Hebert ; recent honourable mention for the 2025 John Newlove Award,
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Six Questions interview #231 : Laura Hebert

Laura Hebert began writing poetry to get the inside out and process the world around her. Her writing, poetic and otherwise, has appeared i...

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Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #230 : Bohdana Sereda
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Six Questions interview #230 : Bohdana Sereda

Bohdana Sereda is a writer residing in Ottawa. Born and raised in Ukraine, she started her creative journey in middle school. Bohdana aims ...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · 19d

Six Questions interview #230 : Bohdana Sereda
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Six Questions interview #230 : Bohdana Sereda

Bohdana Sereda is a writer residing in Ottawa. Born and raised in Ukraine, she started her creative journey in middle school. Bohdana aims ...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Sep 28

Six Questions interview #229 : Carter Vance
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Six Questions interview #229 : Carter Vance

Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, currently resident in Gatineau, Quebec. His work has appeared in such pu...

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Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #229 : Carter Vance
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Six Questions interview #229 : Carter Vance

Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, currently resident in Gatineau, Quebec. His work has appeared in such pu...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Sep 28

Six Questions interview #229 : Carter Vance
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Six Questions interview #229 : Carter Vance

Carter Vance is a writer and poet originally from Cobourg, Ontario, currently resident in Gatineau, Quebec. His work has appeared in such pu...

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Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #228 : Vishesh Abeyratne
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Six Questions interview #228 : Vishesh Abeyratne

Vishesh Abeyratne is a Sri Lankan-Canadian playwright and poet. He has served as playwright-in-residence at the Great Canadian Theatre Comp...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Aug 31

Six Questions interview #228 : Vishesh Abeyratne
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Six Questions interview #228 : Vishesh Abeyratne

Vishesh Abeyratne is a Sri Lankan-Canadian playwright and poet. He has served as playwright-in-residence at the Great Canadian Theatre Comp...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Aug 24

Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #227 : Christine Kilfoil
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Six Questions interview #227 : Christine Kilfoil

Christine Kilfoil is an Ottawa criminal law lawyer and author of dystopian young adult fiction. Christine is a contributor to the Lowertown...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Aug 24

Six Questions interview #227 : Christine Kilfoil
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Six Questions interview #227 : Christine Kilfoil

Christine Kilfoil is an Ottawa criminal law lawyer and author of dystopian young adult fiction. Christine is a contributor to the Lowertown...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Aug 17

Six Questions interview #226 : Kevin Shaw / @gooselane.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #226 : Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw’s poems have appeared in The Malahat Review , CV2 , The Fiddlehead , Grain , and elsewhere. He won Arc ’s Poem of the Year award...

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Francois Lachance @lachance.bsky.social · Aug 17

On the city as a setting for writing:

I see Ottawa as a city of convergence: two rivers, two official languages (and many more), Indigenous and colonial histories, diverse neighbourhoods, urban and parkland spaces.

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Aug 17

Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #226 : Kevin Shaw / @gooselane.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #226 : Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw’s poems have appeared in The Malahat Review , CV2 , The Fiddlehead , Grain , and elsewhere. He won Arc ’s Poem of the Year award...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Aug 17

Six Questions interview #226 : Kevin Shaw / @gooselane.bsky.social @versefest-ottawa.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #226 : Kevin Shaw

Kevin Shaw’s poems have appeared in The Malahat Review , CV2 , The Fiddlehead , Grain , and elsewhere. He won Arc ’s Poem of the Year award...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Jun 8

Six Questions interview #224 : Christy Climenhage / @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #224 : Christy Climenhage

Christy Climenhage is the author of The Midnight Project (Poplar Press (Wolsak & Wynn), 2025). A member of SFWA and CSFFA, she holds a col...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Jul 6

Six Questions interview #225 : Veena Gokhale / @veenago.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #225 : Veena Gokhale

Veena Gokhale , an immigrant shape shifter, has worked as a journalist, teacher, literary curator, and in the non-profit sector. She has als...

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Jul 6

Six Questions interview (via @chaudierebooks.bsky.social) #225 : Veena Gokhale / @veenago.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #225 : Veena Gokhale

Veena Gokhale , an immigrant shape shifter, has worked as a journalist, teacher, literary curator, and in the non-profit sector. She has als...

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Robynne Limoges @robynne-limoges.bsky.social · Jul 13

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rob mclennan @robmclennan.bsky.social · Aug 4

hey everyone! ive had a couple of dozen folk telling me they're going to this event on thursday, but only 5 tickets have sold, which is prompting the venue to talk about cancelling; if you are planning to go, could you please pre-purchase your ticket? thanks!
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the above/ground press 32nd anniversary reading/launch/party! August 7 at RedBird,

celebrating THIRTY-TWO YEARS of continuous activity (and nearly fourteen hundred publications), Ottawa publisher above/ground press presents...

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Chaudiere Books @chaudierebooks.bsky.social · Jul 6

Six Questions interview #225 : Veena Gokhale / @veenago.bsky.social ;
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Six Questions interview #225 : Veena Gokhale

Veena Gokhale , an immigrant shape shifter, has worked as a journalist, teacher, literary curator, and in the non-profit sector. She has als...

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