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Stephen Cain
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Poet & academic in Tkaronto. Latest chapbook: Mayday. Forthcoming poetry book: Walking & Stealing.
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Toronto friends, join editors Myra Bloom and Kasia Van Schaik, along with contributors Lily Cho, Robert Zacharias, and Sophie Feng, for the launch of SHELTER IN TEXT on Nov 12.
Food! Drinks! Books for purchase!

Centre for Creativity, U of T, 5 - 7 pm ET.
Info: https://bit.ly/48JlXNT
##TorontoLitUp
October 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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CBC Books names Walking & Stealing by Stephen Cain one of 15 books about baseball to celebrate the #BlueJays in the World Series! ⚾🧢

www.cbc.ca/books/15-boo...

#wantitall #worldseries
October 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Walking & Stealing @bookhugpress.bsky.social makes the cut!: www.cbc.ca/books/15-boo...
15 books about baseball to celebrate the Blue Jays in the World Series | CBC Books
Batter up! With the Toronto Blue Jays in the World Series and an entire country cheering them on, CBC Books has put together this reading list of baseball-themed books by Canadian authors.
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October 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Ford just put every renter in Ontario into an even more precarious position. This is a clear and present danger to the 1.7 million renters in Ontario.
goldsbie.bsky.social Jonathan Goldsbie @goldsbie.bsky.social · 28d
In particular, they want leases to no longer necessarily remain in effect indefinitely, so that landlords have more options for creating tenant turnover.

Current situation in left-hand column, proposal on the right:
Left column: Under the RTA, all tenants have "security of tenure", which means that tenants have a right to remain in their rental unit as long as they follow the lease agreement and the RTA. Landlords cannot evict tenants without a legally valid reason, and after a fixed-term lease ends, the tenancy typically continues on a month-to-month basis. Right column: The government would consult on alternative options on lease agreement expiry that could allow landlords to control who occupies their units and for how long, allowing them to adjust tenancy arrangements based on market conditions, personal needs, or business strategies. This could add flexibility for some landlords in the approach to leases, potentially unlocking additional rental unit stock.
October 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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newly posted: Kate Siklosi : Four poems from household: meadow / @invisibooks.bsky.social ;
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Kate Siklosi : Four poems from household: meadow
The doorway   The outermost whorl of a flower that encloses the bud is known as a calyx. The ground was dry but the river was ev...
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October 6, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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New from me at TVO, getting quite cranky about our grocery overlords and their whining about beer and wine empties. www.tvo.org/article/anal...
TVO Today | Current Affairs Journalism, Documentaries and Podcasts
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September 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Pinhole Poetry supports unions and postal workers. Please expect delays when placing mail orders while the strike is ongoing.

Further to that …
September 26, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Every year I hope people will stop supporting this f*cking stupid, waste of time, planet-killing, soul-destroying, celebration of militarism & war, and every year...I hope people will stop supporting this f*cking stupid, waste of time, planet-killing, soul-destroying...

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Demilitarize the Toronto Air Show - World BEYOND War
The Toronto air show is blatant advertising for militarism, war, and violence, it re-traumatizes victims of war, and its ear-splitting noise disturbs residents across the city over the Labour Day long...
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August 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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It was drawn to my attention today by a CBC reporter that Sylvia Jones has apparently issued a statement claiming that there has been a 41% decrease in overdose deaths since the safe consumption sites were closed. I found this hard to believe, so I looked at the figures from the Chief Coroner.
July 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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I wish that there were some small errors in the following text so that Paul could call me up and correct me. I know I’m going to sorely miss those calls.

This is from the biography and introductory essay about his work that I wrote for his selected & new poems.

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Paul Dutton: Biography and Introdution to his Work
from his Sonosyntactics: Selected and New Poetry of Paul Dutton
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May 28, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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newly posted at @periodicities.bsky.social : Eric Schmaltz: on Judith Copithorne (1939-2025) / @talonbooks.bsky.social
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Eric Schmaltz: on Judith Copithorne (1939-2025)
When I first encountered the visual texts of the spirited “intermedia worker” Judith Copithorne, my understanding of what poetry a...
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May 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Some years ago, I had the honour of writing about and speaking with Judith Copithorne about her work

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Squaring the vowels | Jacket2
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May 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Congrats to Pope Leo: El Elope!
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May 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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some above/ground press author activity: Gary Barwin @garybarwin.bsky.social , Lillian Nećakov, Stephen Cain, rob mclennan, Mahaila Smith @mahaila.bsky.social + Jordan Davis @jordandavis.bsky.social ,
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some author activity: Barwin, Nećakov, Cain, mclennan, Smith + Davis,
Gary Barwin and Lillian Nećakov have some collaborative work up in the Tuesday poem series ; Book*hug Press features Stephen Cain as part of...
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May 3, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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We’re back with the final feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. We are closing things out with Stephen Cain!

Without further ado, please enjoy “Christie Pits (2017/05/12)” from Walking and Stealing.

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National Poetry Month Spotlight: Stephen Cain | Book*hug Press
We’re back with the final feature in our National Poetry Month Poet Spotlight series. We are closing things out with Stephen Cain! Stephen is one our oldest friends in the literary community, having ...
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April 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Canadian Poets Series #3 : Kate Siklosi / @invisibooks.bsky.social @timglaseteditions.bsky.social ;
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Canadian Poets Series #3 : Kate Siklosi
Kate Siklosi lives in Tkaronto / Dish With One Spoon Territory. Her work includes Selvage (Invisible Publishing, 2023) [ see my review of ...
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April 21, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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rob mclennan and Andy Weaver connect with a 2025 VERSeFest interview at periodicities.

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April 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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The Convoy has always tried to portray itself as a spontaneous group of patriotic Canadians. In truth, while not a fine tuned operation, it has always been the result of a network of far-right grifters and influences that tried multiple times to get an operation like the ‘22 event off the ground.
amaramarasingam.bsky.social Amarnath Amarasingam @amaramarasingam.bsky.social · Apr 4
New by @lukelebrun.ca

Andrew Lawton, current PC candidate, was "a member of a secret group chat used by Freedom Convoy leaders and their lawyers to coordinate messages on social media with right-wing alternative media personalities and social media influencers" pressprogress.ca/conservative...
Conservative Candidate Used a Secret Signal Group Chat With Freedom Convoy Leaders, Right-Wing Media and Far-Right Influencers
Andrew Lawton was a member of the “clandestine” group chat used to coordinate convoy messaging on social media
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April 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Poilievre keeps saying he's going to cut to "bring down inflation," but inflation has been at the target for over six months. It's currently below two percent.
Nobody ever mentions this. #PnPCBC
February 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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Guess he’s right.

Imitation is the highest form of flattery. 🥴
February 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Saving the CBC isn't just about protecting your favourite program or personality. It's about preserving national unity -- and preventing Canada from being subject to a hostile foreign takeover. www.nationalobserver.com/2024/11/19/o...
Saving the CBC is really about saving Canada
Pierre Poilievre reportedly has plans to slash the CBC's budget. That would be a disaster for national unity.
www.nationalobserver.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:24 PM
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CFP Special Issue of Canada Literature: Suburb Nation. "This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods." Deadline Aug 15! canlit.ca/call-for-pap...
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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“There are countless examples of Ford making bad calls, but two recent cases illustrate this, let’s say, lack of discernment, better than any other could: his support for Donald Trump and his Starlink deal with Elon Musk.”

@davidmoscrop.com writes www.nationalobserver.com/2025/02/05/o...
Doug Ford's love affair with Trump and Musk shows he can't be trusted
Let’s skip the delicate language and ask the question any sensible person must be thinking: How stupid do you have to be to support a man who’s threatening to destroy your country? What kind of judgme...
www.nationalobserver.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Book*hug Press is proud to be an independently owned & operated Canadian company. We're also proud to be part of Canada's vital indie publishing community. Like our indie publishing colleagues, we champion Canadian voices & stories and produce & print our books in Canada. 🇨🇦
February 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Congratulations to Andrea Davis & Leslie Sanders on the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature. An excellent volume!
February 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM