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Ellen Chang-Richardson
@ehjchang.bsky.social
~ author of Blood Belies (Wolsak & Wynn)
~ Through the Eyes of Another (Spring 2027)
https://ehjchang.com // https://riverbedreads.ca
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if the lake is big enough to have waves like the sea maybe you should leave it alone
November 11, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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Please my beloveds. Dose yourselves with jazz & stews. Fight the gloom.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 PM
[enjoying a brief period of fallow]
November 5, 2025 at 9:40 PM
[incoherent quacking]
November 5, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Celebrating the work of our trans and queer contributors today and every day! Check out a few pieces from our archive we hope stay with you beyond the blog. buff.ly/554vznz
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Ok folks, let’s take a few lessons from Asia: when on a train platform, please stand to the sides of the doors to allow passengers to disembark first. Thanks, from your slightly grouchy older sibling.
October 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Me with my pa and my spiritual icon
October 19, 2025 at 3:03 AM
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Stardew Valley concert was so damn good. I don’t even play and the music was wonderful.
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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“Her latest work, The Unravelling of Ou, fuses them all—a novel that grips the reader like a hand around the throat of a secret.”
—Wayne Ng, Ottawa Review of Books

www.ottawareviewofbooks.com/single-post/...

The Unravelling of Ou (Palimpsest Press, 2/15/26) is available for preorder.
October 15, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Aaaaand a good % of my social skills have gone entirely kaput since 2020 🤦🏻
October 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
i wish i had enough money to buy up vacant lots and turn them into mini forests/parks. it would make this late capitalist hellscape a little more bearable.
October 8, 2025 at 12:07 PM
You know what I love? The ephemerality of poetry chapbooks. On that note: paperbillpress.wordpress.com
paperbillpress.ca
Chapbooks for the Wild
paperbillpress.wordpress.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Been eating way too many butter croissants.
September 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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We are thrilled to announce the finalists for the 2025 Lampman Award, recognizing outstanding poetry from brilliant Ottawa-based poets: Emily Austin's “Gay Girl Prayers,” Manahil Bandukwala's “Heliotropia,” and AJ Dolman's “Crazy/Mad.” Stay tuned for details about the winner announcement this fall!
August 25, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I eat better when hubs is around.
Elly made osso bucco over the weekend while I was away and the leftovers were still here. They pureed the broth, I made osso bucco grilled cheese
September 23, 2025 at 2:06 AM
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Public service announcement:

ONTARIO SFF WRITERS PLEASE REMEMBER TO APPLY FOR THE OAC RECOMMENDER GRANT

AUGUR IS A RECOMMENDER

WE WANT TO RECOMMEND SFF WRITERS GET GRANTS

/end
September 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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September 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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so many dead canaries and we just keep on mining
September 17, 2025 at 11:10 PM
The in laws built a shed with hubby today. I finalized and issued a decision, took care of the pup, wrote/sent a ton of emails, and made food. ✌️
September 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
😏
September 11, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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What if, for one week, you experienced your daily life without relying on a car? How might it change your perspective on the way our community moves?

Join the challenge Sept 29-Oct 5. Experience life without driving. Share your stories.👇 #WeekWithoutDriving #OttCity

bikeottawa.ca/2025/09/04/j...
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Well said.
September 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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CanLit Cards, coming to a vending machine near you*

*Ottawa's east end
August 16, 2025 at 7:55 PM
It’s me.
August 17, 2025 at 12:17 AM