#canadianauthors — Public Fediverse posts

It’s interesting - I’ve hit backlash for self publishing so much (which was inspired by Rupi Kaur) but seemed to dodge that bullet when I self published the memoir Son of Greg Girard and launched at Massy Books back in 2024, and received acclaim. There is a screen shot of a Google Knowledge Panel that propagated specifically for the memoir. A lot of my identity when shrunk gets reduced to scholar and author - usually that means author of the memoir. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch @vancouverwritersfestival

Back in the library nook this afternoon, a tech free space to brainstorm and mind map ideas. I’ve created a system, a pencil and paper system, to build some structure into my creativity. 3 columns - thoughts, to-do, and collabs. It’s working okay. The thoughts gets most of the attention which probably means I’m light on execution, but the great thing about pencil and paper is you can quite easily go back and see what your ideas were, a literal paper trail but instead of formal evidence, it’s a mass of creative. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch @ingramspark

I’ve been super interested in how despite the economic downturn, physical activities and activities involving physical spaces seem to be filling right up. AI tells me people just don’t know how to spend their money, but I think it’s more than that. People crave physical spaces and interactions right now more than ever. Is this a fad? Your move Apple! #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch

FF I’m not a typical Vancouver local, I dont blend into the Vancouver local scene very well and tend to be a person based in Vancouver but of other places - however - I have been trying to pay my dues to the organizations that are making an effort in our little city, and one that appears to consistently do a good job is the Vancouver Writers Festival. Although I seldom participate in their events myself (apart from attending Naomi Klein speaker events when they are available) I do think they deserve a shoutout. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch @vancouverwritersfestival

FF Sitting on the hardwood floors in the library nook and putting pencil to paper is one of my recent joys. With only physical books sitting beside me (no digital) I find myself in a modality where new kinds of brainstorming happen. The ideas aren’t always the best, but moving between a library space, and a MacBook / iPhone space, and an iMac recording space allows my head to think different. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch @ingramspark

TBT Rearranging the studio with fresh book stacks and accoutrements of recent tasks so I can track progress. Angela Duckworth talks about arranging your space in a way that triggers habits automatically, good habits, so you don’t have to expend energy to force yourself into those habits. This is a bit of that. As I evolve my space evolves. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch

I’m not a typical Vancouver local, I dont blend into the Vancouver local scene very well and tend to be a person based in Vancouver but of other places - however - I have been trying to pay my dues to the organizations that are making an effort in our little city, and one that appears to consistently do a good job is the Vancouver Writers Festival. Although I seldom participate in their events myself (apart from attending Naomi Klein speaker events when they are available) I do think they deserve a shoutout. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch

Sitting on the hardwood floors in the library nook and putting pencil to paper is one of my recent joys. With only physical books sitting beside me (no digital) I find myself in a modality where new kinds of brainstorming happen. The ideas aren’t always the best, but moving between a library space, and a MacBook / iPhone space, and an iMac recording space allows my head to think different. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch

Rearranging the studio with fresh book stacks and accoutrements of recent tasks so I can track progress. Angela Duckworth talks about arranging your space in a way that triggers habits automatically, good habits, so you don’t have to expend energy to force yourself into those habits. This is a bit of that. As I evolve my space evolves. #DesignWriting #Memoir #CanadianAuthors #BookLaunch

Much gratitude for Christine Higdon and her kind words for Wendy Waring's THE HUNGER OF THOSE WHO BUILT IT. "Waring brings us a suspenseful, intelligent, and hopeful tale about climate action and who reaps its benefits. This is a book for our times.”

There's still time to get your pre-order in!

#TheHungerOfThoseWhoBuiltIt #WendyWaring #BookBlurb #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #Solarpunk #LiteraryFiction #SpeculativeFiction #CanLit #CanadianAuthors #SmallPress #Bookstodon #StelliformPress

Angry about today’s U.S. trade news? Throw another elbow. 🇨🇦🍁

Buy Canadian doesn’t stop at the grocery store.

Support a Canadian author. Buy a book. Borrow one from the library. Review one. Recommend one. Share one.

Canadian stories are Canadian-made too. 📚

#BuyCanadian #CanadianAuthors #CanadianBooks

Coming up this weekend! Authors-in-the-Park, Sunday August 23 at Victoria Park, Hamilton, 1-5 p.m. Come by to check out offerings from Hamilton's indie lit scene and meet local authors. Wendy Waring will be at the Stelliform tent with her book fresh off the printer! The festival is free to all.

#AuthorsInThePark #HamOnt #HamiltonEvents #HamiltonAuthors #HamiltonArts #SmallPress #SupportSmallPress #CanadianAuthors #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #CanadianBooks #OntarioAuthors #ReadLocal
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Coming up soon! Authors-in-the-Park, Sunday August 23 at Victoria Park, Hamilton, 1-5 p.m. Come by to check out offerings from Hamilton's indie lit scene and meet local authors. Wendy Waring will be at the Stelliform tent with her book fresh off the printer! The festival is free to all.

#AuthorsInThePark #HamOnt #HamiltonEvents #HamiltonAuthors #HamiltonArts #SmallPress #SupportSmallPress #CanadianAuthors #CanadianLiterature #CanLit #CanadianBooks #OntarioAuthors #BookEvent #ReadLocal

ICYMI: we sent out a rare newsletter the other day. T. K. Rex's THE WILDCRAFT DRONES is out in the world, with some amazing buzz + books on Netgalley and upcoming events. If you're in Toronto, check out our Pride bookfair this weekend!
https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/2026/06/26/stelliform-summer-june-newsletter/

#Toronto #TorontoEvents #Bookfair #BooksandBrews #Brewerybookfair #CanadianPublishers #CanadianAuthors #CanLit #SmallPress #IndiePress #SmallBusiness #Bookstodon

ICYMI: we sent out a rare newsletter the other day. T. K. Rex's THE WILDCRAFT DRONES is out in the world, with some amazing buzz + books on Netgalley and upcoming events. If you're in Toronto, check out our Pride bookfair this weekend!
https://www.stelliform.press/index.php/2026/06/26/stelliform-summer-june-newsletter/

#Toronto #TorontoEvents #Bookfair #BooksandBrews #Brewerybookfair #CanadianPublishers #CanadianAuthors #CanLit #SmallPress #IndiePress #SmallBusiness #Bookstodon

Good Morning #Canada
I came across this CBC feature last week and thought it was perfect for today's post. An exploration of family relationships, both fiction and non-fiction, by Canadian authors. I hope 1 or 2 are interesting enough to make it onto your reading list.

#CanadaIsAwesome #CanadianAuthors #FathersDay

12 Canadian books that explore family and fatherhood for Father's Day | CBC Books
https://www.cbc.ca/books/books-for-father-s-day-2026-9.7199239

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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.

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#canlit #canadianbooks #canadianauthors #AntiFascist

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💛 Happy Family Day

A day to celebrate togetherness, laughter, and the little moments that make family life so special. RODD AND TODD© stories bring families closer with gentle lessons, warm illustrations, and adventures perfect for sharing with the ones you love most. #love #RoddAndTodd #FamilyDay #KidsBooksCanada #EarlyLearning #FamilyReading #StorytimeMagic #CanadianAuthors #BooksThatWarmTheHeart

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❤️ Happy Valentine’s Day

A day for kindness, connection, and sharing love with the little ones who brighten our world. RODD AND TODD© stories make Valentine’s Day even sweeter, offering gentle lessons and heartwarming moments perfect for families and early learners. #love #RoddAndTodd #KidsBooksCanada #EarlyLearning #FamilyReading #StorytimeMagic #CanadianAuthors #BooksThatWarmTheHeart #FaithFamilyFun

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So excited to see Kobo as one of the first listings for the audiobook of Children of the Rogue. 🎧

Canadians boosting Canadians. 🇨🇦 (Yes, I know they probably don’t know I’m Canadian—let me have this.)

#Audiobook #SFF #ScienceFiction #CanadianAuthors #Kobo

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

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

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

Vancouver-based author J.B. MacKinnon has filed four proposed class action lawsuits against major technology companies, alleging they illegally used copyrighted works by Canadian writers to train artificial intelligence systems
https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/international/international-book-news/article/98333-canadian-author-sues-four-ai-companies-for-copyright-infringement.html
#ClassAction #AILitigation #AI #Copyright #CopyrightInfringement #Canada #CanadianAuthors

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.

#andrealexis #quincunx #canadianbooks #canadianauthors

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

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

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

Rose Lemay has given Canadian indigenous allies a place to start when we ask the question "What can I do?". After working with allies in both the civil service and the private sector, she has a unique, insightful perspective on the issues and ways forward.

#canadaindigenousstrong #canadastrong #canadianbooks #canadianauthors #truthandreconciliation #writers

https://www.raincoastgroup.com/item/9781774585771

Garry Gottfriedsen and Victoria Handford are Canadian heroes in the search for genuine truth and reconciliation. Their book Dangling in the Glimmer of Hope is already a Canadian classic. Buy the book, read it, and pass it on. Even better, buy more than one and share widely.

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#bookstodon #writers #canadianbooks #canadianauthors #truthandreconciliation #canadastrong

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

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

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

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

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.

#Literature #CanadianAuthors #LouisPenny

http://www.louisepenny.com/events.htm

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

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.
#CanadianAuthors

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

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 pm

Find out more at AuthorsUnbound.ca

#Ottawa #CanadianAuthors #CanadianLiterature

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