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  1. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  2. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  3. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  4. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  5. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  6. I’m home recovering after a bug, post-finishing my doctorate, post-finishing-school-vacation-trip, and in that in‑between space where I’m figuring out how to bring my doctoral thesis into the world as a book while preparing to release the third ecofiction novel in my trilogy.

    I’ll share the trilogy more on Instagram soon; but of course I’ll talk about it here too.

    While I’m resting, I’ve been thinking about two things:

    1. How to share what I’ve learned from writing visionary ecofiction; not as formal tutorials, but as small, generous micro‑snippets of thought.
    2. How much I enjoy posting Three Good Things here on Mastodon.

    This led me to realize that the micro‑tutorials can become Three Good Things. A small, informal, unstructured series about what I’ve learned so far.

    Here we go.

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    Three Good Things I’ve Learned About Writing Visionary Ecofiction

    1. It brings community together; even when people disagree.
    Across all three novels, I learned so much from people with different perspectives:
    • fracking / hydraulic fracturing (Book 1)
    • medical marijuana (Book 2)
    • high‑speed rail (Book 3).
    Ecofiction is a meeting place; not a consensus.

    2. Writing is solitary; but you don’t have to be lonely in it.
    Anything that helps you contextualize yourself in your larger community is healthy;
    walks, cafés, writing groups, reading groups, sharing drafts.
    People’s commentary is subjective but sharing your work is grounding.
    Place yourself in your wider spheres; it helps.

    3. Take joy in the finishing and sharing stages.
    There’s real pleasure in thinking about the special parts of your process and how you want to share them.
    I love outlining, first drafting, sculpting, revising, hearing the text read back to me, and working with an editor and designer, but also, imagining the visual vignettes that accompany the trilogy. I’m figuring out a visual narrative to share the trilogy on Instagram.
    Finishing is its own creative act.

    Working in a genre that’s still emerging (visionary ecology or visionary ecofiction) gives me freedom to genre‑bend fearlessly.
    Book 1 is a love story (but not a romance).
    Book 2 is a mystery (but not a cozy).
    Book 3 is an adventure (but not Indiana Jones).
    The elasticity is part of the joy.

    These are my three good things today, the first in what I hope will become an informal series of micro‑tutorials on writing visionary ecofiction.

    What lights are you up? When you write, how do you define yourself within your genre?

    Keep writing and share!

    PS, the photo was taken at Giverny, Monet’s Garden in France, on my recent trip.

    #VisionaryFiction #VisionaryEcoFiction #VancouverAuthor #TransportationFiction #ThreeGoodThings #NewYorkAuthor #NewJerseyAuthor #MetaphysicalFiction #MedicalMarijuanaFiction #LiteraryFiction #IndiePublisher #IndieAuthor #FrackingFiction #EcoFiction #CreativeWriting #CanadianAuthor #CanLit #BritishColumbiaAuthor #Bookstodon #AmericanAuthor

  7. Posting this here in the hope we can reach a few #authors on #bookstodon ... We now have authors participating in Fiction Fest from every part of Canada except Newfoundland & Labrador, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. We're still accepting sign ups from all provinces/territories, but If you are a Canadian author living in any of those 3 places, we would especially love to have you join us in our summer showcase.

    This is a completely online/virtual event and it already has a really good mix of tradpub, indie and hybrid authors signed up. It comprises of a book showcase and author gallery, plus a roster of live author readings and discussion panels.

    It's free to join, you don't need to provide copies of your books, and this is a grassroots cooperative effort that has all of us working together to shout out each other's books and #CanLit in general.

    We are also accepting #Canadian illustrators of graphic novels and picture books (even if the text of the book they illustrated is not written by a Canadian).

    Check out our Author FAQ for more details! ** Submissions close on May 1st. **

    ➡️ FictionFest.ca

    #author #Newfoundland #NL #Labrador #NWT #NorthwestTerritories #NU #Nunavut #CanLit #CanKidLit #CanCon #Canada #WritingCommunity #writing #FictionFest

  8. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  9. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  10. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation. #Canada #RobertsonDavies #CanLit #Jung

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  11. A Novelist's Alter Ego

    Robertson Davies, a key figure in Canadian literature, was known for novels like 'Fifth Business.' Less known is his work's connection to Jungian psychology, exploring archetypes & the subconscious. His famous public persona, with its flowing beard and grand style, was said to mirror the wise 'magus' characters found in his fiction, blurring the line between the author & his creation.

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robertso

  12. A reminder my publisher is having a #FlashSale thru the end of March - use code SPRING30 & save 30% off all Inanna titles including mine, which I promise will look good on your shelf AND be fun to read: inanna.ca/product/aether-and-e

    #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #bookstodon #booksale #canlit #bookish #books

  13. Yooo a reminder that my publisher is having a ⚡FLASH SALE⚡! Use code SPRING30 thru March 31 & save 30% off all Inanna titles including mine, which will look gorgeous on your shelf AND be a friggin' great read: inanna.ca/product/aether-and-e

    #bookstodon #books #flashsale #booksale #canlit #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #ExceptInSpace #bookish #steampunk

  14. Heyyooo my publisher Inanna is having a ⚡ FLASH SALE ⚡ - code SPRING30 now thru March 31 - save 30% off all Inanna titles including a pre-order of mine, which I promise you will look gorgeous on your shelf as well as being a heckin' good read: inanna.ca/product/aether-and-e

    #flashsale #booksale #books #bookstodon #canlit #PrideAndPrejudice #JaneAusten

  15. Leaving Ottawa dark & early this morning, so I can be home in Edmonton in time to serve as MC & onstage interviewer for the 20th anniversary Kreisel Lecture at the University of Alberta tonight! ualberta.ca/en/events/alumni/2 #yeg #Edmonton #ualberta #CanLit

  16. Leaving Ottawa dark & early this morning, so I can be home in Edmonton in time to serve as MC & onstage interviewer for the 20th anniversary Kreisel Lecture at the University of Alberta tonight! ualberta.ca/en/events/alumni/2 #yeg #Edmonton #ualberta #CanLit

  17. Leaving Ottawa dark & early this morning, so I can be home in Edmonton in time to serve as MC & onstage interviewer for the 20th anniversary Kreisel Lecture at the University of Alberta tonight! ualberta.ca/en/events/alumni/2 #yeg #Edmonton #ualberta #CanLit

  18. Leaving Ottawa dark & early this morning, so I can be home in Edmonton in time to serve as MC & onstage interviewer for the 20th anniversary Kreisel Lecture at the University of Alberta tonight! ualberta.ca/en/events/alumni/2 #yeg #Edmonton #ualberta #CanLit

  19. Leaving Ottawa dark & early this morning, so I can be home in Edmonton in time to serve as MC & onstage interviewer for the 20th anniversary Kreisel Lecture at the University of Alberta tonight! ualberta.ca/en/events/alumni/2 #yeg #Edmonton #ualberta #CanLit

  20. I relate to this so much; I also have the layer that I am #urban #metis and white in appearance with a #settler paternal heritage.
    #Lateralviolence needs to stop. It was #colonialism that divided our people, not #Indigenous ourselves.

    #marilyndumont #poetry #indigenouslit #canlit #identity

  21. Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!

    #BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit

  22. Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!

    #BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit

  23. Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!

    #BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit

  24. Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!

    #BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit

  25. Sharp Words Winter Book Fair is coming! We'll be there on Saturday, January 31st from 11 to 5 pm, down at Bridgeworks at 200 Caroline Street North. Come by for panels, artists, authors, and the best selection of indie books to top up your winter TBR. Check Sharpwords.ca for updates!

    #BookFair #IndieBookFair #BookMarket #SmallPress #BookEvents #OntarioEvents #HamOnt #HamOntEvents #CanadianLiterature #CanLit

  26. The City & The City posted their 2025 bestsellers and we love to see a Stelliform book on the list! Also of note: the book is on the list because it is great, yes, but also because The City & The City read and loved it and recommended it and made it a bookclub feature. Indie bookstores are THE BEST.

    #indiebooks #indiebookstores #bestseller #lynnhutchinsonlee #originsofdesireinorchidfens #bestof2025 #canadianbooks #canadianliterature #canlit #canadianauthor #books #bookstodon #booklover

  27. ICYMI: there was a lovely review of Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE in Brief Ecology, a newsletter focusing on environmental news - not just what's happening but also what we can do. It's definitely worth checking out.

    Here's a link to Brief Ecology #22, where you can find more about THE OTHER SHORE: briefecology.com/p/no-desert-d

    #rebeccacampbell #theothershore #shortstories #shortstorycollection #canlit #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #speculativefiction #sffh #bookstodon #books

  28. ICYMI, The Woodlot published a thoroughly delightful review by Pearl Pirie of Mahaila Smith's SEED BEETLE. If you still haven't picked up your copy, you truly can't miss with this debut collection.

    Read the whole review here: the-wood-lot.ca/2025/09/29/see

    #poetry #canlit #canadianauthor #speculativepoetry #sfpoetry #poetrycollection #debutcollection #books #bookstodon

  29. 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

  30. ICYMI, we’re thrilled to see The BC Review’s thoughtful look at Rebecca Campbell’s The Other Shore. Reviewer Dana McFarland explores how these west-coast stories of transformation and haunting reveal what it means to live on changing ground, ecologically, emotionally, and historically.

    Read the full review: thebcreview.ca/2025/10/15/2692

    #rebeccacampbell #theothershore #arboreality #shortstories #canlit #canadianauthor #thebcreview #thebritishcolumbiareivew #danamcfarland #books #bookstodon

  31. For your weekend reading pleasure, another review of Rebecca Campbell's collection, THE OTHER SHORE. Thanks to Jan Priddy for walking into this dark forest.

    "Rebecca Campbell, who labels herself “a Canadian writer of weird fiction,” sometimes leads readers gently into the hearts of troubled and lost souls, sometimes pushes us with ferocious energy into terrifying futures."

    calyxpress.org/reviews/the-oth

    #canadianauthor #canlit #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #books

  32. It's pub day for THE OTHER SHORE, Ursula K. Le Guin winner Rebecca Campbell's ARBOREALITY follow-up and debut collection. In 10 stories set in dark west coast forests and their ruins, this book is exquisite literary spec fic perfect for spooky season. It got a PW star!

    stelliform.press/index.php/pro

    #theothershore #rebeccacampbell #arboreality #ursulakleguin #ursulakleguinprize #debutcollection #shortstories #canadianauthor #canlit #sciencefiction #sffh #horror #horrorbooks #fantasybooks

  33. Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut collection is out this week!

    Three-time World Fantasy Award Winner Andy Duncan says THE OTHER SHORE is “A landmark first collection from an extraordinary writer. Like an autoharpist from the hills, Campbell makes a high lonesome sound all her own.”

    #leguinprize #ursulakleguinrprize #ursulakleguinprizeforfiction #ursulakleguin #rebeccacampbell #arboreality #theothershore #debutshortstorycollection #debutcollection #canlit #canadianauthor

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 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

  38. 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

  39. From @thecityandthecitybooks: Come join us on Monday, Sept 15th to The Hearty Hooligan to discuss ORIGINS OF DESIRE IN ORCHID FEN by Lynn Hutchinson Lee. We are staying local again as it is published by our friends at Stelliform Press located in Dundas. It is one of my favourite books I have read all year and can't wait to talk to more people about it.

    #hamont #bookevents #ontarioevents #bookclub #supportcanadian #canlit #theoriginsofdesireinorchidfens #lynnhutchinsonlee

  40. Are any of my followers writers looking for feedback or advocacy? My friend Léonicka, Canadian literary agent and brand-new lawyer, is open for consultation and contract work, and is especially interested in working with BIPOC writers. Check out her site for a list of her services: leonicka.com

    #writing #LiteraryAgent #Agenting #CreativeWork #CreativeWorkers #Artists #ContractReview #BIPOCLiterature #BIPOCWriters #DiverseCanLit #CanLit

  41. Looking for a weekend read? Rebecca Campbell's THE OTHER SHORE is now available on Netgalley. If you loved dwelling in the west coast forests of ARBOREALITY but wanted more of their dark history and their technological future, THE OTHER SHORE is a trip you shouldn't miss.

    netgalley.com/catalog/book/670

    #shortstories #arboreality #rebeccacampbell #ursulakleguinprize #leguinprize2023 #sciencefiction #horrorfiction #ecofiction #clifi #canadianfiction #canlit #canadianauthor #netgalley #theothershore

  42. We're delighted to share the cover of Ursula K Le Guin Prize winner Rebecca Campbell's debut short story collection, The Other Shore. The cover art is BC artist Kerry Pagdin's "The Death of Ostara," a perfect match for Campbell's unsettling west coast speculative fiction.

    Pre-orders are now open on our website:
    stelliform.press/index.php/pro

    #coverreveal #canadianliterature #canadianauthor #canlit #canadianartist #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #books #bookstodon

  43. Spring is in full swing - that is a clue for a cover to be revealed later today! We were thrilled to work with a new BC artist for Rebecca Campbell's west coast focused short story collection, The Other Shore.

    If you loved the Le Guin Prize winning Arboreality you will want this on your TBR!

    #covertease #coverreveal #canadianliterature #canlit #canadianauthor #shortstories #shortstorycollection #speculativefiction #sciencefiction #fantasy #horror #horrorbooks #books #bookstodon

  44. 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