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Amanda Leduc
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Disabled writer, dreamer, dog mom. Space enthusiast. Lover of chocolate and stories, student of wonder and grief. New novel, WILD LIFE, out now.

Might say things here…might not. To be continued!

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rollwithheather.bsky.social
It's #BannedBooksWeek in the US. Canadian Freedom to Read Week is in February but we should all be vigilant about the threats to reading and access to information today and everyday.❤️📚
October 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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disabilitystor1.bsky.social
Since 2020, disabled people have been pointing out the rising ease with ableist rhetoric/language, the comfort with which so many people used the r word, the number of people willing to abandon disabled people for some notion of the "normal."
All of it mattered/matters to understand fascism today.
October 3, 2025 at 7:47 PM
amandaleduc.bsky.social
Disabled friends! I am thrilled to be overseeing @fiddlehd.bsky.social's Summer 2026 issue--DISABILITY: THE REVOLUTION.

Our theme is REVOLUTION and you can interpret that as widely as you like. If you identify as disabled and want to answer this call, please submit!

thefiddlehead.ca/revolution
[Image description: White text against a purple background: The Fiddlehead, Atlantic Canada's Literary Journal. Disability: The Revolution. The Fiddlehead's Summer 2026 Special Issue. Call for Submissions from Disabled Writers: Deadline November 30, 2025.]
September 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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tajjaisen.bsky.social
I spent the summer reporting this essay on why it seems harder than ever to sell a book right now—especially if it isn't a debut and comes with the dreaded "sales track." I'm grateful to the writers, agents, editors, publishers & experts who spoke to me for this piece: thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
The Publishing Industry Has a Gambling Problem | The Walrus
Companies keep betting on the next bestseller. Literature is poorer for it
thewalrus.ca
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
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robmclennan.bsky.social
hey @mark-carney.bsky.social ; Canada Post should be deemed essential service; every strike affects businesses across the country who rely on it to run smoothly; some of us lose business every time a strike, a shut-down, a delay; im already losing due to US tariff nonsense, we dont need this worse,
September 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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msemilyedwards.bsky.social
Acetaminophen doesn't cause autism AND pregnant people should have access to safe pain/fever relief AND autistic people should exist

I can't believe we have to say things like this in 2025
September 23, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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lebassett.bsky.social
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
www.miamiherald.com
September 23, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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measuredandslow.bsky.social
Hey a thing I really don’t want to get lost here is that while Tylenol doesn’t cause autism, IT’S FINE TO BE AUTISTIC. Let’s not grant them the premise that autism should be eradicated in our way to correct the science, okay? Okay.
September 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
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cupidsmolotov.bsky.social
This is unironically a lot worse than Jimmy Kimmel but you won't see 1/1000 of the outrage
September 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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clairewillett.bsky.social
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
One thing that has become really clear since yesterday is that we live in at least two different realities. Talking to a friend who only knew Charlie as a Christian motivational speaker because that's all that ever came across her feed. Showed me videos I've never seen before of him saying perfectly reasonable and empowering things. I showed her videos she'd never seen before of his racism, misogyny, homophobia, advocating for violence against specific groups of people. She was horrified by his remarks about Pelosi's husband's attacker being bailed out and celebrated for his violent act. She was horrified by a number of things that he said, but she had never seen or heard them before, the same as I had never seen or heard the generalized clips of him sounding like a perfectly nice loving man and father. Neither of us had a whole picture of this man. I mentioned he was a known white supremacist and she thought I was joking. She talked about him giving a speech about finding your purpose and doing good in the world and I thought she was joking. I saw why this friend was mourning the loss of a person she thought was a good person. My friend, bless her, saw why I feel the way I do about him. We understood each other better. In spite of a multi-billion dollar internet machine specifically focused on keeping us apart. Because we talked to each other with the desire to listen and to learn rather than the desire to change someone else's mind or to be "right". None of those motivational things he said change my opinion about him because they don't erase the negativity, the subtle calls for violence, the belittling and denigrating of other races religions genders etc. His negative and blaming comments about homeless people, the poor, and victims of domestic violence. His comments about rounding up people who didn't think like him and putting them in camps where their behavior could be corrected. That time he said empathy was a made-up word he didnt believe in. That other time he said the Civil Rights Act was a mistake. The time he said most people are afraid when they get on a plane and see that there's a black pilot. His anti-vaccination rhetoric and his active campaigning against people being allowed to wear masks for their own health. His open support of fascism and white supremacy. To me, all of those are fully unchristian sentiments. Those are undeniable and just one of them would be a deal-breaker for me. All of them together are a picture of a man who was polarizing, enraged a lot of people and rightly so, but even with all of that I would never wish upon him or especially his children the end that he got. Oh, and my friend had never heard, and God help me I don't know how she escaped the news, but she had never heard of the Minnesota legislators who were shot in June. The husband and wife and dog who were killed, one after throwing themselves over their child to protect the child. The other couple who somehow survived. Politically motivated attacks specifically because they were democrats. She learned about those shootings that happened months ago because I showed her Charlie Kirk's comments about them. The kidnapping plot against a female Midwestern Democratic governor. The assassination attempt against Pennsylvania's democratic governor. All things Charlie had plenty to say about while supporting the Second Amendment and bashing the Democratic party. She didn't know about any of it because we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story.
September 13, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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toddedillard.bsky.social
my issue of Threepenny is here! here’s my poem “Present Tense,” I would love for you to give it a read!

“I know this so loudly I don’t
hear, at first, my father’s silence.”
Present Tense by Todd Dillard My father’s telling me about his dog, how it fell into a well when they were walking down a wooded path. His dog ran across some rotted planks, the planks splintered, “And whoosh!” my father says. “No more dog.” I look at the clock and remind my father it’s three A.M. “I’m not finished,” he says. He tells me about the rope he bought, the bucket, how he knotted the rope to the bucket, lowered it down, and yelled for the dog to get in. “But all I pulled up was more barking.” “Dad,” I say. “This never happened.” He says he can’t remember how long he tried to get the dog to shimmy into the bucket. Just that at some point when the sky turned tawny—“Dad—“ as a pitcher of sweet tea—“Dad—“ he decided to give up. “Dad,” I say. “It’s late. I’m tired. And you’re dead.” “Dammit, son,” my father says. “Let me finish!” My father tells me about filling the bucket with dirt and pouring the dirt into the well. And I know what he’s getting at, I know he’s going to tell me bucket by bucket he filled the well and the dog jumped out. He’s going to say something about how the dog led him home through the dark. I know this so loudly I don’t hear, at first, my father’s silence. “Dad?” I say. “Dad, are you there?” I keep lowering the bucket but all I ever pull up are leaves. Red leaves. Lately, some gold.
September 2, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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nptwrites.bsky.social
Pay attention, Canada. If Alberta is successful in this book banning, this will spread. Look around you, b/c this is how it starts. We're on the same ledge the US was on. And we either start fighting this right-wing rise now, or we follow the Americans over the edge.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The Handmaid's Tale among more than 200 books to be pulled at Edmonton public schools | CBC News
A list confirmed by CBC News shows titles like The Handmaid's Tale and Brave New World are among books to be pulled. The development comes after a policy from Alberta's education minister outlines new...
www.cbc.ca
August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
amandaleduc.bsky.social
WHAT. 😭😭😭
August 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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kingsbookstore.bsky.social
support the humanities
a DRIVE THUR typo of drive thru
August 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
amandaleduc.bsky.social
Happy #NationalDogDay from yours truly and the Dog of Doom!
Husky with a white face and big black nose resting her head on her human’s lap. Black and white husky stretching out on a wooden deck in the sunshine. Black and white husky lies snuggled up on the couch, looking adoringly up at her human.
August 26, 2025 at 9:12 PM
amandaleduc.bsky.social
Help a Software Engineer in Gaza Return to Work with Solar Power chuffed.org/project/1372...
Help a Software Engineer in Gaza Return to Work with Solar Power
Imagine being ready to work — a computer, a skill, experience… everything is set, but there’s been no electricity for months to power any of it.
chuffed.org
August 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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karenho.bsky.social
Plainly, the people mad about the work required to write well and make great art who are justifying various artificial intelligence tools as shortcuts to that creative process don't value the labor inherent to it.
August 18, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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junctionreads.bsky.social
Again not a fan of sharing this website as a link, but if it means just one of you picking up this book (from your local indie bookseller) it’s worth it. Such an incredible book and a magical reading experience.
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Alison Gadsby's review of Wild Life
5/5: Amanda Leduc’s WILD LIFE is a novel that will be experienced differently by every reader. We're traveling on this planet together, but we’re not walking the same path. we each have views about gr...
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August 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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julieslalonde.bsky.social
Every day, I am reminded that I live in a society that will believe absolutely anything about a woman to ignore the obvious about men.
July 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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garethlpowell.bsky.social
Does anyone else find it crazy that you can walk into a bookshop and be charged £9.99 for a paperback novel that took the author a year to complete, but £17.99 for a completely blank notebook?
July 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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mayacpopa.bsky.social
Friends, I wrote a piece on poet Laura Gilpin, who died of glioblastoma in 2006.

She is best known for “The Two-Headed Calf.”

With gratitude to the Poetry Foundation for allowing me to try to restore this remarkable healthcare practitioner/poet’s legacy.

www.poetryfoundation.org/articles/170...
July 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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jamellebouie.net
my view is that everyone should be able to earn a living wage doing whatever it is they like. if you love working in a bookshop, you should be able to live a comfortable life doing so. if you loving being a barista, the same. and if you want to do more traditional blue collar work, that’s cool too!
jamellebouie.net jamelle @jamellebouie.net · Jul 8
the other thing is that no one who fetishizes manual labor actually cares to improve life for people who are in those circumstances! no support for unionization or a generous welfare state! no interest in policies that make life easier for people who work their hands or afford them more autonomy!
July 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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antifapatriot.bsky.social
If you put googly eyes on the Pillars of Creation you get muppets 😄😄
July 7, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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adampottle.bsky.social
For Disability Pride Month, consider picking up my prairie gothic horror novel APPARITIONS. It features two young Deaf men who try to fight back against ableism however they can. It’s as heartbreaking and dread-soaked as it is beautiful.
Adam’s novel APPARITIONS stands against a black and white photo of a wheat field.
July 6, 2025 at 9:36 PM