Martha Bátiz
@mbatiz.bsky.social
Mexican-Canadian writer, professor & translator based in the Greater Toronto Area. Book, music & animal lover. Mother of three. “A Daughter’s Place,” my first novel, is now available through your favourite bookseller! Published by House of Anansi Press
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Martha Bátiz
@mbatiz.bsky.social
· Nov 26
My first #novel, based on the lives of the daughter, niece, sisters, and wife of legendary Spanish writer Miguel de #Cervantes, author of #DonQuixote, and published by the amazing #HouseOfAnansiPress, can be preordered now. Secure your copy!
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Emilia Pardo Bazán dedicó especial atención a los asesinatos de mujeres, “mujericidios”:
«El récord de la criminalidad lo baten los románticos del honor, los asesinos de mujeres, los suicidas en combinación, que primero despachan a su novia y luego se vuelan la tapa de lo que no tienen» (1902).
«El récord de la criminalidad lo baten los románticos del honor, los asesinos de mujeres, los suicidas en combinación, que primero despachan a su novia y luego se vuelan la tapa de lo que no tienen» (1902).
November 25, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Emilia Pardo Bazán dedicó especial atención a los asesinatos de mujeres, “mujericidios”:
«El récord de la criminalidad lo baten los románticos del honor, los asesinos de mujeres, los suicidas en combinación, que primero despachan a su novia y luego se vuelan la tapa de lo que no tienen» (1902).
«El récord de la criminalidad lo baten los románticos del honor, los asesinos de mujeres, los suicidas en combinación, que primero despachan a su novia y luego se vuelan la tapa de lo que no tienen» (1902).
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This poem, Gray, by C. V. Cavafy sure blew the world wide open today.
November 25, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This poem, Gray, by C. V. Cavafy sure blew the world wide open today.
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A horrific tale of newborns dead or damaged after women had no help whatsoever during birth. The nouveau-hippie Free Birth Society podcast cult led by a Canadian woman targeted idealistic women, some traumatized by previous medicalized childbirths. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
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November 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
A horrific tale of newborns dead or damaged after women had no help whatsoever during birth. The nouveau-hippie Free Birth Society podcast cult led by a Canadian woman targeted idealistic women, some traumatized by previous medicalized childbirths. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
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Aida Overton Walker (1880 -1914), US vaudeville performer, known as 'Queen of the Cake Walk', after a 1900s dance craze. The Cake Walk, originally performed by enslaved people, mocked slave owners & high society #womensart
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Aida Overton Walker (1880 -1914), US vaudeville performer, known as 'Queen of the Cake Walk', after a 1900s dance craze. The Cake Walk, originally performed by enslaved people, mocked slave owners & high society #womensart
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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Daily Peanuts!
November 21, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Daily Peanuts!
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Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio, / @knifeforkbook.bsky.social @neilsurkan.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio,
Again, this blended sequence. [ see my first post on such here ; see my second post here ; see my third post here ]. Might we see you later ...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Ongoing notes: TIFA Small Press Market/Meet the Presses’ Indie Lit Market (part four, : Neil Surkan + Beverley Daurio, / @knifeforkbook.bsky.social @neilsurkan.bsky.social @meetthepresses.bsky.social ;
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"Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."
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Star Editorial Board: Doug Ford’s latest scandal is almost too brazen to be believed
It suggests Ford has established a system where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay
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November 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
"Ford has established what amounts to a modern-day spoils system in his government, where public money is being handed out not based on need or merit but on who you know or who you pay."
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
If you’re in Markham, drop by the library tonight at 6pm! 7600 Kennedy Road 😊
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
If you’re in Markham, drop by the library tonight at 6pm! 7600 Kennedy Road 😊
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
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Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 19
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Rideau Canal, Ottawa - November 19
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
A beautiful clear early evening as commuters rush home…
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From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
The age of keeping whales and dolphins in captivity must finally come to an end
Research shows it is not possible for captive cetaceans to thrive in concrete pools
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November 19, 2025 at 12:31 AM
From Lori Marino, founder of the Whale Sanctuary Project; also of @safinacenter.bsky.social (gift link). www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/1760cd5...
Doesn’t #ADaughtersPlace look gorgeous sitting at the beautiful bar in #LaPlume at #TheWell Last night? This is where #OSLER, the prestigious law firm, held its annual women’s book club meeting, and I will forever be grateful that they picked my novel!!!
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November 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Doesn’t #ADaughtersPlace look gorgeous sitting at the beautiful bar in #LaPlume at #TheWell Last night? This is where #OSLER, the prestigious law firm, held its annual women’s book club meeting, and I will forever be grateful that they picked my novel!!!
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
@houseofanansi.bsky.social
Lovely to see this finally out there. Thank you to Rina Barone and #StoriesFromThePinkHouse for this lovely interview 🙏🥰
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Martha Bátiz on reading Toni Morrison: A human experience so raw that it had me at the verge of tears
Why I Write: Q & A with Mexican-Canadian writer Martha Bátiz
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November 12, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Lovely to see this finally out there. Thank you to Rina Barone and #StoriesFromThePinkHouse for this lovely interview 🙏🥰
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📽 | Nace un rinoceronte blanco en BIOPARC Valencia, un hito en su conservación
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
📽 | Nace un rinoceronte blanco en BIOPARC Valencia, un hito en su conservación
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50 años desde que murió, 86 desde que terminó la Guerra Civil, y todavía hay 140.000 cuerpos en fosas o quién sabe dónde.
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
🇪🇸 As Spain marks the 50th anniversary of Franco's death on November 20, exhumations of 3,300 mass graves from the Spanish Civil War gather pace as relatives and authorities seek to identify more than 140,000 missing persons.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:08 PM
50 años desde que murió, 86 desde que terminó la Guerra Civil, y todavía hay 140.000 cuerpos en fosas o quién sabe dónde.
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
Siempre que pienso en esto me acuerdo de esa frase del final de Las bicicletas son para el verano: “Es que no ha llegado la paz, Luisito. Ha llegado la Victoria.”
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"Often people think about the experience of the camps and the ensuing liberation, but not as much about what it feels like to like to carry those memories through the years that followed." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Two Holocaust survivors wrote each other letters for decades. Now they're being shared with the world | CBC News
Jewish London is hosting an event Thursday, Nov. 13 featuring a Canadian woman who came across a collection of her mother's old letters. The correspondence, lasting decades, reveals the experiences of...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"Often people think about the experience of the camps and the ensuing liberation, but not as much about what it feels like to like to carry those memories through the years that followed." www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Seeing #NoStarsintheSky and #ADaughtersPlace together on #literaryfestival tables just never gets old. Thank you @houseofanansi.bsky.social for the gift of these books! And thank you #wildwriters for inviting me this weekend to be a part of your wonderful festival! It was such a treat! 🙏🎉🥰📚🇨🇦
November 9, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Seeing #NoStarsintheSky and #ADaughtersPlace together on #literaryfestival tables just never gets old. Thank you @houseofanansi.bsky.social for the gift of these books! And thank you #wildwriters for inviting me this weekend to be a part of your wonderful festival! It was such a treat! 🙏🎉🥰📚🇨🇦
¿Dónde está el gerente de este changarro? Quiero poner una queja: nos sirvieron la nieve muy temprano, demasiado pronto y en cantidad extrema. ¡Auxilio! 😩😩😩😩😭😭😭😭
November 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
¿Dónde está el gerente de este changarro? Quiero poner una queja: nos sirvieron la nieve muy temprano, demasiado pronto y en cantidad extrema. ¡Auxilio! 😩😩😩😩😭😭😭😭
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Me: We have too many books.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
November 8, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Me: We have too many books.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
My husband: We have inadequate shelf space.
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For @torontostar-rss.bsky.social I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
November 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
For @torontostar-rss.bsky.social I spoke with JOHN IRVING about being an outsider, finding the plot, his friendship with
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
@stephenking.bsky.social & much more.
(Puck spoke with him about his leash.)
His 16th novel, #QueenEsther, is out now.
#WritingLife #Writers #booksky
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Buzzing after moderating the panel, Rewriting The Past: Experimental Approaches to Historical Fiction with @mbatiz.bsky.social @kasiajaronczyk.bsky.social and @karensmythe.bsky.social at the 2025 Wild Writers Festival @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Check out their phenomenon novels!
Check out their phenomenon novels!
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Buzzing after moderating the panel, Rewriting The Past: Experimental Approaches to Historical Fiction with @mbatiz.bsky.social @kasiajaronczyk.bsky.social and @karensmythe.bsky.social at the 2025 Wild Writers Festival @thenewquarterly.bsky.social
Check out their phenomenon novels!
Check out their phenomenon novels!
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Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
November 8, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Hey!
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
Calling all Wonder Women!
We all are sisters…pulling together with one spirit.
50 years ago today the first episode of the series Wonder Woman aired.
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"A new analysis shows a continent-wide collapse in the animal 'power' that drives nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and other life-support functions in Africa. This collapse raises risks for biodiversity and the people who depend on it." 🌏 www.earth.com/news/africas...
Africa's natural wildlife 'power' has nearly collapsed
Scientists warn that losing Africa’s large animals is draining ecosystem energy and reshaping the continent’s biodiversity.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:35 AM
"A new analysis shows a continent-wide collapse in the animal 'power' that drives nutrient cycling, seed dispersal, and other life-support functions in Africa. This collapse raises risks for biodiversity and the people who depend on it." 🌏 www.earth.com/news/africas...