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Emily Strempler
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🏳️‍🌈✊🧡 (She/Her) Lit and lit-genre crossover author, work in Agnes and True, Broken Pencil, the BK, and many more. Editor at the Baltimore Review. Managing Editor at Li Isprii.

Banff, AB, 🇨🇦 / Treaty 7 / Homeland of the Red River Metis

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From avant-garde film festival darlings to gritty dramas, stop-motion animation to rom-coms, Red River Metis filmmakers are making movies, TV shows, and miniseries across genres and the diaspora.

#metis #indigenous #film

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
Rows of movie posters line the top and bottom of the image. In the centre, white text on an orange background reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Spotlight on Metis Filmmakers”
November 20, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Happy Hour tacos, a beer, and a good book ✨👌

#reading 📚💙
A plate of fish tacos, a pale, hazy beer, a plate of fries, and a book held open with a piece of cutlery, rest on a restaurant table. In the background, diners sit at a bar.
November 15, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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I read “The House of the Spirits” in my last year of high school and it exploded my preconceived notions about what a book could be, and do, and how it could be structured.
runwithskizzers.bsky.social Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 9d
performative reading, lack of reading skills, nobody's reading anymore -- NO!

tell me about a book that changed you

for me? the *extremely* ahistorical novel, THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY which I read at 13 and was like, "Oh, art can be *everything* to a maker, for good and bad"
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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Very excited about this! We’ve had this interview in the works since before Li Isprii even launched, and I’m so proud of how it turned out. 😊
li-isprii.bsky.social Li Isprii: Red River Metis Arts and Culture Review @li-isprii.bsky.social · 10d
Li Isprii presents: an in-depth interview with Haley Bassett, an award-winning Métis interdisciplinary artist. Bassett generously shared stories about her family, her path into the arts, the work she creates, and where she’s going next.

#metis #indigenous #art

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
White text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Conversations, Returning Spirit to a Land in Crisis: A Conversation with Métis Artist Haley Bassett” White text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “Haley is an interdisciplinary artist. Her work blends mediums, including beadwork and textiles, cratting sculptures and installations that explore themes of identity, culture, land, heritage, history, labour, and place.” Above the text is a photo of Haley Bassett. She has dark, curly, shoulder length hair, and is wearing a black long sleeve shirt, fringe earrings, and a small smile. She sits in a chair against a beige wall. The bottom edge of a painting in a gilded frame is visible at the top of the image, above her head. A quote in white text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “Beading came to me when I needed it most. They say beads have spirit, and negotiating with thousands of little spirits is incredibly challenging and immensely gratifying. - Haley Bassett”
November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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“When I imagine there having been an internet, social media, or smartphones when I was an adolescent, the future…goes hazy. It's tempting to believe…that I would have prevailed even then…but in truth I suspect I might not have survived at all.” -Girlhood by @melissafebos.bsky.social p83

#reading 📚💙
November 6, 2025 at 12:17 AM
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There are little maple leaves all over bookstores to signify Canadian authors lately (and, as with groceries, sometimes they’re missing or on the wrong items). But there’s been no easy way to tell at a glance whether or not the publisher is Canadian (trust me I‘ve tried).

I love this.

💙📚🇨🇦
thetyee.ca The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23d
It hasn’t always been obvious when buying a book meant investing in a Canadian business.

The Certified Canadian Publisher program is a bid to change that. 📚🇨🇦 #TyeePresents #Sponsored
How Certified Canadian Publishers Keep Our Stories Close to Home | The Tyee
A new national program helps readers easily spot and support Canadian-owned book publishers.
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October 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Jeremy Allard reviews Kohkom's Babushka by Lianna Makuch and Joleen Ballendine. A family-friendly theatrical adaptation of a children's book by the same name, Kohkom's Babushka takes on the challenging subject of Ukrainian-Metis reconciliation.

#metis #theatre

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
White text on a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Running Toward the Storm: A Review of Kohkom's Babushka by Lianna Makuch and Joleen Ballendine” In a white frame a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers the poster image for “Kohkom’s Babushka” appears. The cover features the colourful silhouette of a tied Babushka scarf. Inside the silhouette two girls stand on either side of a large tree. The title appears in bold purple lettering. A quote in white text on a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “Makuch and Ballendine became 'real-life best friends' after meeting in junior high in 2001, and their decades long friendship can be felt in every line of dialog. There is a realness to the girls, and their friendship, that gives the play much of its weight and strength.”
October 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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Our fall 2025 issue is live! Includes a micro section this time along with poems, short stories, and creative nonfiction. baltimorereview.org
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October 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Jeremy Allard reviews Beaver Hills Forever, a new "Poetic Novella" by Metis author Conor Kerr, published by @arsenalpulp.bsky.social. Not sure what to expect from a "poetic novella"? Wondering if it's for you? We've got answers.

#metis #indigenous 🌎📚💙

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
White text on a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Book Review, Beaver Hills Forever by Conor Kerr” In a white frame a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers the cover of "Beaver Hills Forever by Conor Kerr" appears. The cover has the look of an ink drawing and features a beaver swimming through a liquid dark enough to be oil with a lit match in its mouth in the foreground, and a city skyline in the background. A quote in white text on a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “As poetry, it reminded me more of the popular 'slam' style, with larger-than-life characters baring their hopes and dreams directly to the audience in a way that felt distinctly 'oral, and somehow more real than reality...” White text on a blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “Read the full review at liisprii.ca”
October 10, 2025 at 11:34 PM
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This is the third game of TELEPHONE and consists of 1,395 individual, interconnected, and original works by artists from 930 cities in 65 countries. What an amazing gift! Kudos to everyone who made this huge ekphrastic art project possible. telephonegame.art
TELEPHONE
Whispering a message among art forms. Explore the TELEPHONE interactive art exhibition featuring diverse artists and creative expressions.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Solo dinner and a book ✨👌

Ramen from Ramen Arashi. #currentlyreading Queers at the Table: An Illustrated Guide to Queer Food, edited by Alex D Ketchum and Megan J Elias.

#books #reading 🌈📚💙
Foreground, in focus, a bowl of tantan ramen topped with greens, green onion, fried garlic, and two pieces of karaage chicken. In the background, a half-empty glass of water and an open book rest on a dark wood table.
October 10, 2025 at 12:41 AM
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It’s newsletter time again! This month the emergent themes are travel, exploration, grief, transformation, and escape. Featuring great 🇨🇦 book recommendations you likely won’t find elsewhere.

Sign up to receive it in your inbox, bright and early on the 10th!

#books 🌎📚💙🌈📚✒️

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October 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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One of these days I should write a compact list of like Book Industry Stuff That Readers Should Actually Know That Isn't Arcane And Boring I Promise. One of those things might be: Amazon is just as awful as you think, and perhaps worse, to which, TODAY IS FREE SHIPPING @bookshop.org and this is COOL
aaronburch.bsky.social Aaron Burch @aaronburch.bsky.social · Oct 8
Free shipping on @bookshop.org today!

I'd recommend picking up anything you've had yours eyes on, but here's some specific, recent indie press story collections I've loved:
October 8, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Bookish in the Banff area? Join me at Banff Pride's first ever book event! Bring a book to swap, sign up to share a personal favourite with the group, socialize, and enjoy a little something tasty from the cafe. All books, and book-lovers, welcome.

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Grey text on a crinkly paper background reads "Spill the Tea, Oct 07, 6pm-8pm, Wild Flour Bakery." A grainy picture of a book sits open amind the text. Grey text on a crinkled paper background reads, "Hosted by local author, Emily Strempler, this event invites you to spill the tea by sharing your favourite read and enjoy delicious selections from Wild Flour Bakery."
October 4, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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The October/November edition of Metis Reads is here! Featuring books by Brittany Penner, Emily Grafton, and other titles of interest. Jump in and find a few great books available for pre-order!

#Metis #Indigenous 🌎📚💙

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
Rows of book covers line the top and bottom of the image. In the centre, white text on a light blue background reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Metis Reads, October/November 2025”
October 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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A small roundup of indigenous-owned shops selling orange shirts for Orange Shirt Day, and a few thoughts on a hard day.

#indigenous #metis

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
White text surrounded by white dot painted flowers on an orange background reads “[Li Isprii stylized logo] 5 Indigenous-Owned Options for Orange Shirt Day.”
September 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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Spent a lovely afternoon/evening reading Palm Meridian by Grace Flavie in a local Banff restaurant with walls open to the warm autumn breeze. Good beer, a good book, delicious snacks. What more can you ask for? ✨

#reading #booksky 🌈📚💙
On a restaurant table in the foreground, a hand rests on an open book next to a hazy golden beer. Through the open wall, patio tables can be seen, and beyond them a mountain view.
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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“The threat of games is not in telling us who we are, but in telling us how the systems around us operate, revealing their hypocrisies, our own complicities, and how we are in fact produced through that system.”
- Of Floating Isles by Kawika Guillermo (p156)

#booksky 🌎📚💙🌈📚💡
A hand holds a paperback book. The cover fills most of the frame. The image shows stylized video game worlds as floating islands against a blue sky filled with soft clouds. Black text reads, “Of Floating Isles: On Growing Pains and Video Games.”
September 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Very sick, but still at work, finishing up my newsletter. Some great recommendations in this one: a Palestinian novel and nonfiction about the US-Mexico border, plus a relaxing puzzle game, because we all deserve a break. Subscribe today to get it tomorrow!

#Booksky 🌎📚💙
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September 9, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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I originally wrote "Godsend" for CLOVES Literary, an online-only arm of Reservoir Road. Their niche was fiction and CNF under 500 words dealing with trauma, nostalgia, and difficult memories.

"Godsend" handles church misconduct and abuse through the blinkered perspective of a teenage victim.
A plate of sugary donuts on a plate are drawn with a chalk-like brush on a black background. Above them, in block white text is the title "GODSEND."
September 9, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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Thank you for giving “Godsend” a second chance at life!

Finally available online again after several years in the dark, “Godsend” is an under 500 word micro fiction about a church misconduct investigation. Read it today in Bulb Culture Collective.
bulbculture.bsky.social Bulb Culture Collective @bulbculture.bsky.social · Sep 9
The light is on for Emily Strempler! @estrempler.bsky.social💡

“Godsend” is an incredibly powerful, sucker-punch of a story centering on the victim of an insidious and choking abuse of power.

Check out Emily’s stunning writing over at the site!
Godsend - Emily Strempler — Bulb Culture Collective
Is it because she isn’t the first? 
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September 9, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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A little bit of outdoor chaos fluttering through a crowded coffee shop, perching on chairs and tables, feels like an oddly fitting intrusion into the final chapters of “All the Little Monsters,” @davidarobertson.bsky.social’s excellent memoir of mental health.

🌎💙📚
In the foreground a blurry copy of “All the Little Monsters” by David A Robertson rests on a light wood cafe table. In focus in the background, a tiny brown sparrow meanders between the legs of occupied tables.
September 4, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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We'll have a table at the Baltimore Book Festival next weekend. Copies of Baltimore Review 2025 and print compilations from years past, games to play, and friendly BR editors who love to chat with readers and writers. If you're there, stop by and say hello! baltimorebookfest.com
Baltimore Book Festival
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September 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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We’re open for submissions! Seeking arts and culture writing on a wide range of subjects, by Red River Metis writers of all experience levels.

Full guidelines at: www.liisprii.ca/submission-guidelines

#metis #michif #indigenous #writingcommunity
White text on a pale blue gradient with a faint purple tint reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Call for Submissions” White text on a pale blue gradient with a faint purple tint reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Are you a new, emerging, or established Red River Metis writer? Li Isprii wants to hear from you! Tell us about the art that has shaped you. Review a Metis show, book, movie, or album. Interview a Metis artist. Compare multiple pieces of media. Explore trends in Metis media and representation. We're interested in all of this, and more! All we need from you is a bio explaining your relationship to Red River, and a pitch. Details at: liisprii.ca/submission-guidelines”
September 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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In the grand tradition of introductions, we inaugurate Li Isprii with an interview with the interviewer, Li Isprii Creative Director Jeremy Allard. A deep and wide ranging conversation touching on editorial intent, beadwork, fashion, photojournalism, and mixology.

www.liisprii.ca/magazine/202...
White text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “[Stylized Li Isprii Logo], Conversations, Gleeful Mischief and the Metis Aesthetic: A Conversation with Li Isprii Creative Director Jeremy Allard” White text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “Jeremy Allard is the head editorial decision maker, majority owner, and Creative Director of Li Isprii. He is a beadwork artist, works as a bar manager in Banff, Alberta, and designs cocktails for menus and competitions.” Above the text is a photo of Jeremy Allard looking over a colourful art gallery atrium exhibit in Saskatoon. He is wearing a dark jean jacket; the back panel is decorated with traditional Metis flower beadwork. A quote in white text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “There's been a lot of really exciting stuff happening in the Metis arts scene. The thing we're lacking is not great art or great artists, it's the space to have a conversation about it that is informed by our own specific culture and geography - Jeremy Allard” White text on a dark blue-green background decorated with small, white, dot-painted flowers reads, “Read the full interview at liisprii.ca”
September 1, 2025 at 11:33 PM