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I've just finished reading Voices in Time by Canadian author Hugh MacLennan. (Book cover image below) A synthesis of speculative and historical fiction published in 1980 and set in 2030 - after the destruction of Western civilization.
His story of the middle and late 20th century resonates eerily with events occurring today.
His characters are all too human.(edit to remove redundant hashtags)
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Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
#meetthepresses #indielitmarket #bookfair #bookmarket #toronto #torontobooks #torontobookevents #tifa #canlit #canadianauthors #smallpress #indiepress #books #bookstodon
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Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
#meetthepresses #indielitmarket #bookfair #bookmarket #toronto #torontobooks #torontobookevents #tifa #canlit #canadianauthors #smallpress #indiepress #books #bookstodon
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Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
#meetthepresses #indielitmarket #bookfair #bookmarket #toronto #torontobooks #torontobookevents #tifa #canlit #canadianauthors #smallpress #indiepress #books #bookstodon
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Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
#meetthepresses #indielitmarket #bookfair #bookmarket #toronto #torontobooks #torontobookevents #tifa #canlit #canadianauthors #smallpress #indiepress #books #bookstodon
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Toronto! Come to the Cecil Centre Sunday Nov 2 for an amazing gathering of small presses! If you're passionate about supporting independent artists and publishers, this is a great opportunity to pick up some quality hard to find literature!
Plus there's a raffle to win a basket of indie books!
#meetthepresses #indielitmarket #bookfair #bookmarket #toronto #torontobooks #torontobookevents #tifa #canlit #canadianauthors #smallpress #indiepress #books #bookstodon
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At CanCon this weekend? Find us in the vendor room throughout the con, as well as at the Friday night publisher party, pitch sessions, and the "Publisher Red Flags" panel on Saturday.
Don't miss Stelliform authors Geoffrey W. Cole, Mahaila Smith, and Lynn Hutchinson Lee on panels all weekend.
#cancon #cancon2025 #canadiansf #canadianfantasy #canadianhorror #canadianauthors #canlit #canadianliterature #sffh #bookmarket #bookfair #ottawa #ottawaevents
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DReadCon is coming up next weekend - tickets only $5 at the door.
I've been lucky enough to hear Lynn Hutchinson Lee tell some creepy northern Ontario stories in person - stories like the one at the heart of her novella ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.
Come to the "Haunting Canada" panel at 4:15 in the Red Quill Room! HOLIDAY INN BURLINGTON 3063 South Service Rd.#dreadcon #dreadcon2025 #ontarioevents #gtaevents #bookevents #bookfair #spookyseason #horror #darkfantasy #canlit #canadianauthors
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DReadCon is coming up next weekend - tickets only $5 at the door.
I've been lucky enough to hear Lynn Hutchinson Lee tell some creepy northern Ontario stories in person - stories like the one at the heart of her novella ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.
Come to the "Haunting Canada" panel at 4:15 in the Red Quill Room! HOLIDAY INN BURLINGTON 3063 South Service Rd.#dreadcon #dreadcon2025 #ontarioevents #gtaevents #bookevents #bookfair #spookyseason #horror #darkfantasy #canlit #canadianauthors
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DReadCon is coming up next weekend - tickets only $5 at the door.
I've been lucky enough to hear Lynn Hutchinson Lee tell some creepy northern Ontario stories in person - stories like the one at the heart of her novella ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.
Come to the "Haunting Canada" panel at 4:15 in the Red Quill Room! HOLIDAY INN BURLINGTON 3063 South Service Rd.#dreadcon #dreadcon2025 #ontarioevents #gtaevents #bookevents #bookfair #spookyseason #horror #darkfantasy #canlit #canadianauthors
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DReadCon is coming up next weekend - tickets only $5 at the door.
I've been lucky enough to hear Lynn Hutchinson Lee tell some creepy northern Ontario stories in person - stories like the one at the heart of her novella ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.
Come to the "Haunting Canada" panel at 4:15 in the Red Quill Room! HOLIDAY INN BURLINGTON 3063 South Service Rd.#dreadcon #dreadcon2025 #ontarioevents #gtaevents #bookevents #bookfair #spookyseason #horror #darkfantasy #canlit #canadianauthors
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DReadCon is coming up next weekend - tickets only $5 at the door.
I've been lucky enough to hear Lynn Hutchinson Lee tell some creepy northern Ontario stories in person - stories like the one at the heart of her novella ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FENS.
Come to the "Haunting Canada" panel at 4:15 in the Red Quill Room! HOLIDAY INN BURLINGTON 3063 South Service Rd.#dreadcon #dreadcon2025 #ontarioevents #gtaevents #bookevents #bookfair #spookyseason #horror #darkfantasy #canlit #canadianauthors
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From Sir Thomas Browne to Seamus Heaney, the quincunx has been both a device and a structure in the English literary tradition. More than this, it has mathematical, agricultural, and mystical meanings from which, I believe, the literary use sprang.
Andre Alexis' use of the quincunx in his series of the same name seems to encompass all this in a challenging non-trivial way. Having read only the first and second books, Pastorale and Fifteen Dogs, I'm intrigued to explore further into the depth of the series.
If only the Ottawa Public Library offered digital copies, I'd be doing that now.
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If you're an Ontario horror/dark fantasy writer looking for a home for your work, sign up to pitch at DReadCon!
We want unique dark ecofiction - check out our horror titles to see what we like. We'd love to see subs from BIPOC and/or LGBTQ2S writers.
Sign up here: https://www.dreadconcan.com/
#canadianwriters #canadianauthors #canlit #canadianhorror #ecofiction #ecohorror #pitchsessions
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Coming up at 6pm on June 27 at L’Eugélionne the Feminist Bookstore: Seed Beetle + Fire Cider Rain Poetry reading! Come to 1426 Beaudry, in Montréal for a beautiful and thought-provoking evening with poets Mahaila Smith and Rhiannon Ng Cheng Hin.
#poetry #canadianpoetry #canadianpoet #canlit #canadianliterature #speculativepoetry #sciencefictionpoetry #narrativepoetry #canadianbooks #canadianauthors #books #smallpress #bookstodon
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Books & Brews July will have THE MOST publishers and vendors EVER! Don’t miss it! Get locally brewed beverages from a great brewery and browse books from so many Canadian small presses and indie vendors.
This will be the last Books & Brews until the fall. Hey, don't be sad, we're giving you a chance to burn through your TBR before stocking up again in September.
See you in Stratford!
#popup #booksandbrews #travellingbookfair #shopcanadian #canadianauthors #canadianbooks #canlit #stratford
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We're delighted to share that two stories from Geoffrey W. Cole's ZEBRA MERIDIAN AND OTHER STORIES have been nominated for an Aurora Award on a slate packed with Canadian SFFH goodness.
Check out the full ballot here: https://www.csffa.ca/awards-information/current-ballot/
Congratulations to all the nominees! 🎉
#canlit #canadianauthors #csffa #sciencefiction #fantasybooks #HorrorBooks #books #bookstodon
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This holiday Monday, come to our double book launch & celebrate Earth Day Eve with dinner, drinks, & some stunning eco-fiction!
We're launching Through the Portal and Origins of Desire in Orchid Fens at 6:30pm at Free Times Cafe, 320 College St., Toronto.
Enjoy readings from Nina Munteanu, E. Martin Nolan, Lynne Sargeant, Ursula Pflug, Bruce Meyer, & Lynn Hutchinson Lee.
#canadianauthors #canlit #canadianbooks #canadiansmallpress #toronto #torontoevents #books #bookstodon
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Another great book from Canadian author Adam Shoaltz. In his newest book “where the falcon flies” he canoed and hiked from Lake Erie to the Artic (North of Labrador)
All his books are quite good if you’re into adventure stories and all his trips are within Canada which makes it even more amazing.
#canadianlit #canadianliterature #canadianbooks #canadianbook #canadianauthors
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COMING UP! on Earth Day Eve, April 21:
Enjoy stories and poems for a hopeful dystopia for the launch of the THROUGH THE PORTAL anthology, then stick around for Lynn Hutchinson Lee's haunted fens and vengeful water spirits. A bit of a mixed vibe but Earth needs everything we can give her right now.#canadianbooks #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthors #toronto #torontoevents #bookevents #smallpress #books #bookstodon
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My wife loves Louise Penny’s books. She’ll love this statement from Penny as well:
“With that in mind, I am so sorry to say that until things change, I cannot do in-person events in the United States. Which means, for the first time in 20 years, not touring the USA. Please understand this decision is not meant to punish Americans. This is about standing shoulder-to-shoulder with my fellow Canadians.”
Edit to add: she loves it.
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Picked up a free copy of this wonderful book from a fellow local free library that's a few blocks from my home. It's in mint condition. One of several #books on my reading wishlist.
Theory of Crows by David A. Robinson.
[David A. Robertson is an author and graphic novelist based in Winnipeg. The multi-talented writer of Swampy Cree heritage has published several books across a variety of genres, including picture books On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, graphic novel Breakdown, and his memoir Black Water, which won two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards.
Robertson is the winner of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. He was also the host of the CBC Edmonton podcast Kiwew.
Robertson curated a reading list about residential schools on Twitter, then adapted the list for CBC Books.]
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-theory-of-crows-1.6429791
#BookLovers #TheLoveOfReading #BookReaders #paperback #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks #CreeAuthors #IndigenousWriters #IndigenousBooks
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Picked up a free copy of this wonderful book from a fellow local free library that's a few blocks from my home. It's in mint condition. One of several #books on my reading wishlist.
Theory of Crows by David A. Robinson.
[David A. Robertson is an author and graphic novelist based in Winnipeg. The multi-talented writer of Swampy Cree heritage has published several books across a variety of genres, including picture books On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, graphic novel Breakdown, and his memoir Black Water, which won two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards.
Robertson is the winner of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. He was also the host of the CBC Edmonton podcast Kiwew.
Robertson curated a reading list about residential schools on Twitter, then adapted the list for CBC Books.]
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-theory-of-crows-1.6429791
#BookLovers #TheLoveOfReading #BookReaders #paperback #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks #CreeAuthors #IndigenousWriters #IndigenousBooks
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Picked up a free copy of this wonderful book from a fellow local free library that's a few blocks from my home. It's in mint condition. One of several #books on my reading wishlist.
Theory of Crows by David A. Robinson.
[David A. Robertson is an author and graphic novelist based in Winnipeg. The multi-talented writer of Swampy Cree heritage has published several books across a variety of genres, including picture books On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, graphic novel Breakdown, and his memoir Black Water, which won two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards.
Robertson is the winner of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. He was also the host of the CBC Edmonton podcast Kiwew.
Robertson curated a reading list about residential schools on Twitter, then adapted the list for CBC Books.]
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-theory-of-crows-1.6429791
#BookLovers #TheLoveOfReading #BookReaders #paperback #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks #CreeAuthors #IndigenousWriters #IndigenousBooks
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Picked up a free copy of this wonderful book from a fellow local free library that's a few blocks from my home. It's in mint condition. One of several #books on my reading wishlist.
Theory of Crows by David A. Robinson.
[David A. Robertson is an author and graphic novelist based in Winnipeg. The multi-talented writer of Swampy Cree heritage has published several books across a variety of genres, including picture books On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, graphic novel Breakdown, and his memoir Black Water, which won two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards.
Robertson is the winner of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. He was also the host of the CBC Edmonton podcast Kiwew.
Robertson curated a reading list about residential schools on Twitter, then adapted the list for CBC Books.]
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-theory-of-crows-1.6429791
#BookLovers #TheLoveOfReading #BookReaders #paperback #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks #CreeAuthors #IndigenousWriters #IndigenousBooks
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Picked up a free copy of this wonderful book from a fellow local free library that's a few blocks from my home. It's in mint condition. One of several #books on my reading wishlist.
Theory of Crows by David A. Robinson.
[David A. Robertson is an author and graphic novelist based in Winnipeg. The multi-talented writer of Swampy Cree heritage has published several books across a variety of genres, including picture books On the Trapline and When We Were Alone, graphic novel Breakdown, and his memoir Black Water, which won two 2021 Manitoba Book Awards.
Robertson is the winner of the 2021 Freedom to Read Award. He was also the host of the CBC Edmonton podcast Kiwew.
Robertson curated a reading list about residential schools on Twitter, then adapted the list for CBC Books.]
https://www.cbc.ca/books/the-theory-of-crows-1.6429791
#BookLovers #TheLoveOfReading #BookReaders #paperback #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks #CreeAuthors #IndigenousWriters #IndigenousBooks
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So You Want to Write a Memoir? (1/4)
I presented at #WordVancouver on Saturday with fellow CAA authors Rosemary Keevil and Patrick McLaren. Our panel was ‘So You Want to Write a Memoir,’ and the audience was full of would-be memoirists. (I got a strong show of hands when I asked.)
The presentation went beautifully with readings from Patrick McLaren and Rosemary Keevil.
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WORD ON THE STREET is coming up soon! The biggest book event of the year, we're always thrilled to gather with other Canadian indies, bookstores, and authors. Attending WOTS is a great way to learn all about how vibrant and healthy Canadian writing and publishing is! Join us!
Check out the full schedule: https://toronto.thewordonthestreet.ca/event-directory/annual-festival/2024-festival/
#bookstodon #books #bookfair #canlit #canadianauthors #toronto #torontoevents #ontario #sciencefiction #fantasybooks #horrorbooks #ecofiction #clifi #climatefiction
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Writer in Residence: Toronto Public Library
"Are you a Canadian romance writer looking to advance your craft while engaging with the community? Our residency at North York Central Library might be a perfect fit! The application deadline is April 26."
https://www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/writer-in-residence/#apply
#toronto #ontario #librarydon #bookstodon #CanadianAuthors #romancelandia #romanceauthor -
Ottawa friends: I’m visiting the city next week. I’ll be part of this author conversation hosted by Octopus Books.
I hope you’ll be able to drop by to listen in on our conversation and maybe do a little bit of holiday book shopping.
Please remember to wear a mask so we can keep ourselves and other people safe.
WHERE: Octopus Books, 116 Third Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
WHEN: Thursday, November 23, 2023 - 7 pmFind out more at AuthorsUnbound.ca
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Some resources in Canada for self-publishing on an e-platform:
I like Kobo's "Writing Life" platform:
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/p/writinglife
You can get a copyright with Copyright Canada. There's a small fee, but you get a certificate!
https://www.canada.ca/en/services/business/ip/copyright.html
You can register and get a free ISBN (or eISBN) with Library and Archives Canada:
https://library-archives.canada.ca/eng/services/publishers/isbn/pages/isbn.aspx
#WritersOfMastodon #WritingCommunity #IndieAuthor #canada #CanadianAuthors
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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Last week I had the absolute pleasure and honor to be able to document the Ottawa launch of the book 'The Letters: Postmarked Prejudice in Black and White'
Author Sheila White delivers a detailed presentation about struggles faced by her parents, a biracial couple from Nova Scotia during the 1940s
Her book is a captivating novel about their life and adventures as they moved throughout their life from the maritimes to Toronto. Her father William 'Billy' White, a talented musician and activist, eventually receiving the order of Canada in the 1970s.
A poignant discussion history of racism and prejudice in Canada.
#BookLaunch #AuthorEvent #FamilyStory #HistoricalNarrative #CulturalHeritage #CanadianAuthors #SocialIssues #InspiringReads #RacialHistory #CanadianLiterature #DiverseVoices #BookLovers #InspirationalStories #RacialJustice #LiteraryEvent #BlackHistory #AfroMetis
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The Audible Indigenous Writers’ Circle is a six-month mentorship and workshop program for emerging First Nations, Inuit and Métis writers in Canada looking to elevate their stories.
The 2023 program will launch this summer. https://www.audible.ca/ep/IWC #Indigenous @indigenousauthors #WritingCommunity #FirstNations #Metis #Inuit #mentorship #CanadianAuthors #IndigenousAuthors
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Readers are loving Rebecca Campbell's THE TALOSITE. "Darkly poetic." "Made my skin crawl."
This is a sumptuous and rich evocation of alternate history science and bodily horrors. Pairs well with HELPMEET.
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Today on #BogiReads (Dec 10): Helpmeet by Naben Ruthnum, published by Undertow @Undertow May 2022.
A novella for the weekend! #Historical + #BodyHorror (I mean it! a lot of it!). Also both about healthcare and caregiving & their overlaps. The point of view really made me believe everything, had that tone exactly right.
@shortsff @bookstodon #Novella #CanadianAuthors #MauritianAuthors #CanLit #Horror
(Purchase links in next post)
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@TheAuthorGuy I’m currently reading Laughing with that Trickster by Tomson Highway. I’ve thought about you twice. Once (obviously) about Coyote Blue. Next: Lamb. In comparing North American indigenous myths to others in the world he opines that for everything you can say positive about Jesus, Highway has never heard evidence that he laughed (unlike his parallel Trickster). Thought about suggesting he read Lamb. #CanadianAuthors
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Some other things I'm interested in:
#books
#CanLit
#BCBooks
#VancouverHistory
#BCHistory
#IndigenousRights
#LandBack
#geography
#socialgeography
#backpacking
#BCParks
#geomorphology
#geology
#mountains
#waterfalls
#nature
#outdoorphotography
#naturephotography
#CanadianAuthors
#BCAuthors
#authors
#MetroVancouver
#SalishSea
#wildlife
#BCpoli
#journalism
#outdoorrecreation
#PacificNorthwest