Hot off the press! Out Oct 16, featuring two new chapters, Against the Romance of Police Reform and Futures Beyond Policing. Hoping this study of anti-Black criminalization is helpful as we face the rise in fascistic authoritarian rule, and the policing used to enforce and enable it.

if you want to host a launch/ event for the new edition of Policing Black Lives HMU! Ruthie Gilmore wrote very generously: “We are so fortunate to have this new edition! Robyn Maynard’s clear, compelling book is a must read for organizations, households, and anyone who fights for social justice”

The new foreword and the introduction of my revised and expanded edition of Policing Black Lives with Duke University Press and Fernwood has been published on the Duke website bit.ly/3Tv16oQ now available for pre-order. Discount code in the US and worldwide is E26MYNRD

We cannot go back to police in schools and endanger another generation of Black, Indigenous and POC kids by criminalizing them in spaces of learning.

PROTECT BLACK & ALL STUDENTS- Rally next Thursday June 26 at queen’s park at noon, against the provincial govt motion to mandate police back into Ontario schools. Kids welcome! #NotGoingBack docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Catch a convo with the brilliant Leanne Betasamosake Simpson on her incredible new book Theory of Water, as part of the #Workshops4Sudan fundraiser for grassroots support to Sudanese folks on the ground. Sign link here: chuffed.org/project/work...

excited to announce a revised, expanded version of Policing Black Lives (@fernpub.bsky.social /Duke University Press) now available for pre-order, out October 15. ft. two new chapters, a new preface & an expanded conclusion. US version now offering 30% off with author code E26MYRD.

TORONTO- May 20 teach-in on the new bubble zone by-law, CRIMINALIZING DISSENT: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE BUBBLE ZONE BYLAW. I'll be speaking, w/ Brad Evoy of Disability Justice Network of Ontario, Dredzz B.L. & Sid Jackson from Voices for Unhoused Liberation, Irina Ceric Law Union of Ontario & Judy Rebick

I’m participating in the Authors for eSims for Gaza auction fundraiser. Bid on autographed books and prize bundles from your favourite authors! Funds go to Crips for eSims for Gaza’s mutual aid efforts 4 Palestinians in Gaza to connect w/each other and the rest of the world tinyurl.com/authors4esims

Was so lucky to attend the Toronto launch of @biidaasamose.bsky.social s new book Theory of Water. Packed house for a gorgeous evening of brilliance. Don’t sleep on grabbing yourself a copy by one of our sharpest living writers.

Stand-up Comedy Show for Sudan, a fundraiser for the Sudan Solidarity Collective, it’s packed and the crowd is 🔥🔥🔥🔥