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Matt Cahill

@mattcahill.bsky.social

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Novelist (Radioland, The Society of Experience) / short fiction / essays. Agent: Kelvin Kong, K2 Literary https://k2literary.com/ Former film/TV post supervisor, currently Registered Psychotherapist in private practice

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · Feb 23

I don't promote my writing very often (ironically because I'm usually busy writing in my spare time), but I'd like to feature my two novels today, THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE and most recently RADIOLAND.

Both are mind-bendy urban literary fiction with generous doses of dark spec blended in.

My two novels laying on nicely art-directed industrial flooring.

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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 2h

New horror movie somehow not a metaphor for trauma

BRANDON, MB - Scary movie enthusiasts are stunned after discovering that a recent popular horror film is in no way an allegory for grief, PTSD, or intergenerational trauma.

www.thebeaverton.com

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1h

October's moving fast, so before I forget I wanted to recognize this month as the 10th anniversary of my first novel, THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE, being published (via @wolsakandwynn.bsky.social). It's been a wild ride and I look forward to the future as my third novel is out on submission.

A copy of THE SOCIETY OF EXPERIENCE resting on a woven textile backdrop.

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Jenn Woodall @funeralbeat.bsky.social · 2h

Poster for ZINEDUMP, a new Toronto zine fair! I'm one of the organizers for the event, and we are having our inaugural event on November 9th! We hope to see you there!
For updates, please check our website or follow our instagram at zinedump.fyi

A poster for Zinedump, a new Toronto zine fair. The poster features a woman levitating above a star drawn on the earth in chalk. She is wearing a goat skull and holding a zine, which is emitting orange smoke. 3 small Toronto associated animals are gathered around in worship - A raccoon, a rat and a skunk. The information on the poster is as follows:
November 9th, 12pm to 5pm
Cecil Community Centre, 58 Cecil Street
12 - 1pm - Masks mandatory
1pm - 5pm - Masks encouraged
60+ vendors and programming
More updates coming!

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 4h

Biking through Niagara wine region is awesome.

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Coach House Books @coachhousebooks.bsky.social · 18h

Maggie Helwig's ENCAMPMENT has won the Toronto Book Awards!

The city has also just given notice that the encampment beside her church (St. Stephen-in-the-Fields) is to be cleared TOMORROW MORNING (Thurs., Oct. 16). If you're in Toronto, support the encampment and its residents at 103 Bellevue Ave.!

A photograph of Maggie Helwig alongside friends, encampment residents, and readers.

A photograph of the notice given to clear the encampment with less than 24 hours notice.

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Maggie Helwig @maggiehelwig.bsky.social · 1d

We have just been informed that the encampment at St Stephen's will be cleared TOMORROW (Thursday). If you can be here in support of the residents, please come. We anticipate that things will start around 9 am and probably go on for some time.

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 1d

Today is the centenary of the birth of the great Tony Hart who opened the eyes of generations to visual art and who is forever associated with this, the shimmering Gallery theme from Vision On – which was also pretty much everyone’s introduction to the vibraphone. youtu.be/-ZNkJXKV7_w

Vision On - The Gallery Tune - BBC1 1960/70s

YouTube video by Lost 1960s TV and Radio

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1d

There's a Sylvain Charlebois for everything, it seems.

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Stalk Talk with Braiden Palumbo

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1d

Yup

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1d

That header font is an assault. Mind you so is the wallpaper.

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1d

Fiction-wise, I'm doing satire these days...and there are, like, two? publications available to submit to? It's rough.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 2d

“But it was all right, everything was all right, the struggle was finished. He had won the victory over himself. He loved Big Brother.”

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Cinephilia & Beyond @cinephiliabeyond.org · 2d

Movie poster legend Drew Struzan has passed away at 78. RIP.

www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

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Patrick Tarr @patrickt.bsky.social · 2d

Back when I was playing bass in bands, I took a few lessons to up my game. After the last lesson, the teacher told me to pick up D'Angelo's Voodoo album and said, "Honestly, everything you need to know is on this record." He was right. RIP.

D’Angelo, Groundbreaking R&B Artist, Dies at 51

From his 1995 debut Brown Sugar to his 2014 comeback Black Messiah, he helped define the neo-soul movement

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 1d

Philip Glass should've scored more horror flicks.

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Michael Shallcross @michaelshallcross.bsky.social · 2d

An unhinged literary opinion needs to be like Muriel Spark believing T.S. Eliot was sending her coded messages through his plays, not 'hear me out, I don't like Dickens'. That is simply a literary opinion. The hinges are very much intact.

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 3d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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laura olin @lauraolin.bsky.social · 3d

A friend ran the Chicago marathon today and said he couldn’t count the number of FUCK ICE signs along the way.

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 4d

Wished I were able to see this match! I was excited to see Kluivert in the lineup, and it looked like the choice paid off.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 5d

There are so many Diane Keaton performances to remember, but a lot of people haven't seen Reds, and A) my God, see it, it is a masterpiece and B) her performance as Louise Bryant is one of the bravest, toughest, least sympathy-courting pieces of work by an American actress in the last 50 years.

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Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 5d

Editor to anyone listening on street: "Did you see our head-line? Get it? Head-line?"

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 6d

I went to the launch. It sounds really good.

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 6d

Hoping Kluivert adds something.

Matt Cahill @mattcahill.bsky.social · 7d

I'm an analog runner. I don't even listen to music, let alone use tracking devices. The whole "if it's not on Strava it didn't happen" has always felt cringy to me (obvs being over 50 I'm not exactly looking to step on a podium anytime soon).
#runTO

What happens when your watch and fitness app don't get along? Many runners are about to find out | CBC News

With fall race reason at its peak, some athletes are stressing over news that fitness-tracking app Strava is suing device-maker Garmin in a U.S. lawsuit alleging patent infringement and breach of cond...