Amazon Syren
@amazonsyren.bsky.social
Unusually Tall.
Queer, leather femme. Poet, pagan, glamazon, and kitchen witch. Not-so-secretly a sea monster. (She/Her)
https://allisonlarmstrong.wixsite.com/writer
Queer, leather femme. Poet, pagan, glamazon, and kitchen witch. Not-so-secretly a sea monster. (She/Her)
https://allisonlarmstrong.wixsite.com/writer
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The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
Futurisms Intensive Writing Residency 2027
This residency supports writers exploring potential futures, perspectives, and narratives.
banffcentre.ca
February 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced a two-week residency with Nalo Hopkinson @nalohop.bsky.social, Sheree Renee Thomas @shereereneethomas.bsky.social, and Joshua Whitehead. Yes you DO want to do this.
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
banffcentre.ca/programs/lit...
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Winnipeg!
Registration for this free poetry zine-making workshop for youth aged 15-18 closes on February 15th!
It will be a cozy and relaxed afternoon of crafting, writing, discussing poetry, and creating community :)
Free to attend, registration required:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Registration for this free poetry zine-making workshop for youth aged 15-18 closes on February 15th!
It will be a cozy and relaxed afternoon of crafting, writing, discussing poetry, and creating community :)
Free to attend, registration required:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
February 3, 2026 at 5:47 PM
Winnipeg!
Registration for this free poetry zine-making workshop for youth aged 15-18 closes on February 15th!
It will be a cozy and relaxed afternoon of crafting, writing, discussing poetry, and creating community :)
Free to attend, registration required:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
Registration for this free poetry zine-making workshop for youth aged 15-18 closes on February 15th!
It will be a cozy and relaxed afternoon of crafting, writing, discussing poetry, and creating community :)
Free to attend, registration required:
docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLS...
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Snow, ice, and gusting winds can cause power lines to fall. If you happen to spot a downed line while out and about, stay at least 10 metres away, call 911 immediately and then call Hydro Ottawa at 613 738-6400.
Learn more https://bit.ly/3MfY4EJ
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February 3, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Snow, ice, and gusting winds can cause power lines to fall. If you happen to spot a downed line while out and about, stay at least 10 metres away, call 911 immediately and then call Hydro Ottawa at 613 738-6400.
Learn more https://bit.ly/3MfY4EJ
Learn more https://bit.ly/3MfY4EJ
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I identify strongly with this adorable little eldritch horror some days.
February 3, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I identify strongly with this adorable little eldritch horror some days.
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Hello friends, submissions are now open for our April issue, deadline march 25th. We very much look forward to spending time with your work.
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February 2, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Hello friends, submissions are now open for our April issue, deadline march 25th. We very much look forward to spending time with your work.
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"Some commentators have tried to come up with a name for this kind of decentralized, leaderless organization, calling it 'neighborhoodism' or saying it doesn’t have a particular ideological structure. However… We are seeing anarchistic organizing in action…"
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Minneapolis Shows Us Anarchism at Work — Assigned
The trans community should look to Minneapolis as an example of how leaderless, bottom-up organizing can be more powerful than traditional politics in making change.
www.assignedmedia.org
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
"Some commentators have tried to come up with a name for this kind of decentralized, leaderless organization, calling it 'neighborhoodism' or saying it doesn’t have a particular ideological structure. However… We are seeing anarchistic organizing in action…"
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
There is a rose-breasted gross beak as the bird feeder. They're super-pretty!
February 3, 2026 at 2:02 PM
There is a rose-breasted gross beak as the bird feeder. They're super-pretty!
Two crows came today.
I think they're the two who lost a relative in early December. I'm not sure of the white feathers on the one's back are there or if I'm imagining them.
I saw them yesterday, in their usual neighbourhood tree, and I waved, and now they're here.
Crow card for today:
The Fool
I think they're the two who lost a relative in early December. I'm not sure of the white feathers on the one's back are there or if I'm imagining them.
I saw them yesterday, in their usual neighbourhood tree, and I waved, and now they're here.
Crow card for today:
The Fool
February 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Two crows came today.
I think they're the two who lost a relative in early December. I'm not sure of the white feathers on the one's back are there or if I'm imagining them.
I saw them yesterday, in their usual neighbourhood tree, and I waved, and now they're here.
Crow card for today:
The Fool
I think they're the two who lost a relative in early December. I'm not sure of the white feathers on the one's back are there or if I'm imagining them.
I saw them yesterday, in their usual neighbourhood tree, and I waved, and now they're here.
Crow card for today:
The Fool
Gatineau police ask for help in search for missing 24-year-old ottawacitizen.com/news/gatinea...
February 3, 2026 at 12:36 PM
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"Striking... weaving illuminating natural history into sparkling descriptions of what the Earth was like millions of years ago. This is another triumph from Black."
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
bookshop.org
January 31, 2026 at 10:56 PM
"Striking... weaving illuminating natural history into sparkling descriptions of what the Earth was like millions of years ago. This is another triumph from Black."
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
—Publishers Weekly, starred
When the Earth Was Green, out now in hardback, ebook, and audiobook.
Paperback blooms May 5, 2026. 🌱
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Horror Peeps - somehow we slept on this incredible little Canadian supernatural comedy, and that needs to change! Decent acting, satisfying character arcs, body positive, sex positive, etc. So fun. Come for the low-budget cheese, stay for the earnest enjoyment.
February 2, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Horror Peeps - somehow we slept on this incredible little Canadian supernatural comedy, and that needs to change! Decent acting, satisfying character arcs, body positive, sex positive, etc. So fun. Come for the low-budget cheese, stay for the earnest enjoyment.
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Poetry "Reclaimed Redwood" by Marty Shambles (Writer-in-Residence)
“…each ring is epiphany / forgotten, / like new years resolutions / and their inevitable decay.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
“…each ring is epiphany / forgotten, / like new years resolutions / and their inevitable decay.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
reclaimed redwood — Blood+Honey
by Marty Shambles “…each ring is epiphany / forgotten, / like new years resolutions / and their inevitable decay.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com
February 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Poetry "Reclaimed Redwood" by Marty Shambles (Writer-in-Residence)
“…each ring is epiphany / forgotten, / like new years resolutions / and their inevitable decay.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
“…each ring is epiphany / forgotten, / like new years resolutions / and their inevitable decay.”
www.bloodhoneylit.com/marty-shambl...
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dig if you will this picture
February 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
dig if you will this picture
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Happy world fermentation day to all who celebrate!
A history of civilization is a history of pickles, and fermentation! Or how the lactobacillales domesticated humankind...
Without fermentation we wouldn't have beer, wine, cheese, miso, kimchi etc.
shows.acast.com/the-deliciou...
A history of civilization is a history of pickles, and fermentation! Or how the lactobacillales domesticated humankind...
Without fermentation we wouldn't have beer, wine, cheese, miso, kimchi etc.
shows.acast.com/the-deliciou...
A Short History of Pickles, Vinegar and Fermentation | The Delicious Legacy
What have bacteria and fungi have ever done for us?
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February 1, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Happy world fermentation day to all who celebrate!
A history of civilization is a history of pickles, and fermentation! Or how the lactobacillales domesticated humankind...
Without fermentation we wouldn't have beer, wine, cheese, miso, kimchi etc.
shows.acast.com/the-deliciou...
A history of civilization is a history of pickles, and fermentation! Or how the lactobacillales domesticated humankind...
Without fermentation we wouldn't have beer, wine, cheese, miso, kimchi etc.
shows.acast.com/the-deliciou...
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Well I'M delighted to be in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library!
Latest book from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library had an unexpected awesome surprise, a familiar face in the Table of Contents @jayhulmepoet.bsky.social !!
February 1, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Well I'M delighted to be in Dolly Parton's Imagination Library!
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For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
February 1, 2026 at 2:12 PM
For the uninitiated, these are Irish Throwing Stars, an ancient weapon wielded by St. Brigid during the 1916 Rising, striking fear into the hearts of the British, and responsible for the eventual smiting of both Cromwell and Thatcher.
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Full Moon in Leo: I'm talking about me-me-me and doing something of a progress report around magical plans and various up-coming and on-going Projects.
#WitchSky #PaganSky
#WitchSky #PaganSky
Full Moon – Snow Moon / Birch Moon Crests
The garlic in my kitchen has started to sprout. It must be Imbolg. I'll be doing ritual with Lake of Oaks Grove today, and with the Women's Inclusive Pagan Circle tomorrow, and I'll probably do some kind of a write-up about both in the next week or so. At the moment though, as this full moon is in Leo, I wanna talk about me-me-me.
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February 1, 2026 at 2:36 PM
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I'll second all of those and add:
THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY by Amelina Berube
DIRECT DESCENDANT by Tanya Huff
EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline
MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW by Waubgeshig Rice
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY by Amelina Berube
DIRECT DESCENDANT by Tanya Huff
EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline
MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW by Waubgeshig Rice
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I'll second RED X and add:
A RIP THROUGH TIME by Kelley Armstrong
THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN by Guy Gavriel Kay
A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files
WHEN WE LOST OUR HEADS by Heather O'Neill
WITCHMARK by C.L. Polk
A RIP THROUGH TIME by Kelley Armstrong
THE LIONS OF AL-RASSAN by Guy Gavriel Kay
A BOOK OF TONGUES by Gemma Files
WHEN WE LOST OUR HEADS by Heather O'Neill
WITCHMARK by C.L. Polk
Quote tweet with a Canadian book that would absolutely kill as a TV series.
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
I'll start:
RED X by David Demchuk
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
I'll second all of those and add:
THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY by Amelina Berube
DIRECT DESCENDANT by Tanya Huff
EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline
MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW by Waubgeshig Rice
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
THE ONES WHO COME BACK HUNGRY by Amelina Berube
DIRECT DESCENDANT by Tanya Huff
EMPIRE OF WILD by Cherie Dimaline
MOON OF THE CRUSTED SNOW by Waubgeshig Rice
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The garlic in my kitchen is sprouting.
Right on time. ;-)
Also, the chonky bunny who lives under our porch was quite startled to see me this morning (refilling the bird feeder).
Alas, my moochy crows have not been back.
Right on time. ;-)
Also, the chonky bunny who lives under our porch was quite startled to see me this morning (refilling the bird feeder).
Alas, my moochy crows have not been back.
January 30, 2026 at 1:31 PM
The garlic in my kitchen is sprouting.
Right on time. ;-)
Also, the chonky bunny who lives under our porch was quite startled to see me this morning (refilling the bird feeder).
Alas, my moochy crows have not been back.
Right on time. ;-)
Also, the chonky bunny who lives under our porch was quite startled to see me this morning (refilling the bird feeder).
Alas, my moochy crows have not been back.
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Just finished @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's A GAME IN YELLOW & the thing about weird fiction I love is that you're basically microdosing madness. You get to disconnect from reality & go just a teeny bit mad for as many pages as you can handle. Then you look at the world sideways for a few days.
a man stands in a field looking at a flock of birds
ALT: a man stands in a field looking at a flock of birds
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January 30, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Just finished @haileypiperfights.bsky.social's A GAME IN YELLOW & the thing about weird fiction I love is that you're basically microdosing madness. You get to disconnect from reality & go just a teeny bit mad for as many pages as you can handle. Then you look at the world sideways for a few days.
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A wriggling infestation of Bronze Age lurs for #FindsFriday (not fair the #carnyx gets all the glamour…) all found in bogs in Denmark, c.1200-700BC.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
January 30, 2026 at 10:22 AM
A wriggling infestation of Bronze Age lurs for #FindsFriday (not fair the #carnyx gets all the glamour…) all found in bogs in Denmark, c.1200-700BC.
National Museum, Copenhagen.
National Museum, Copenhagen.