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Today on GET LIT it's Scott Neigh! The author and broadcaster joins us to talk about his newest book Listen! Knowing The World and Fighting to Change It.

1230 pm on 93.3 / cfmu.ca or anytime on podcasts and here: tinyurl.com/588wx4z3

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January 8, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Rethinking Free Speech – North American Dilemmas /w Peter Ives
Peter Ives is professor of political science at the University of Winnipeg. He is the author of Rethinking Free Speech (Fernwood, 2024). We need to rethink free speech to better address diverse goals ...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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Thanks @canadiandimension.bsky.social for this thorough review of Red Flags by David Camfield.

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Contested legacies, possible futures
Professor and activist David Camfield’s latest book, Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left, is an interesting and ambitious effort to critically evaluate the experiences and...
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January 6, 2026 at 4:02 PM
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7/12 💙📚 #BookSky #DSPBposts #SmallPress #books from @heydaybooks.com @zslong.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social @arsenalpulp.bsky.social @gooselane.bsky.social (See alt-text.)
Book cover for A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water: Exploring Vancouver's Shores by Bill Arnott, a finalist for the 2025 Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award (Arsenal Pulp): Located on Canada's West Coast, one of Vancouver's greatest and most spectacular assets is its proximity to water. In this follow-up to the 2024 BC bestseller A Perfect Day for a Walk, author Bill Arnott takes readers on another exploration of Vancouver by way of its shores. A Perfect Day for a Walk by the Water is an informative, eclectic series of excursions in, on, and under the water around Greater Vancouver, delving into cultures, histories, and narratives that make this region unique. https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/A/A-Perfect-Day-for-a-Walk-by-the-Water Book cover for Where the Jasmine Blooms by Zeina Sleiman (Fernwood Publishing). Two Palestinian cousins with very different lives meet in Lebanon and discover their family’s political secrets amid the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war. https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/where-the-jasmine-blooms Book cover for An Indian Among los Indígenas: A Native Travel Memoir by Ursula Pike (Heyday): A gripping, witty memoir about indigeneity, travel, and colonialism. https://www.heydaybooks.com/catalog/an-indian-among-los-indigenas-paperback/ Book cover for The Gift Child by Elaine McCluskey (Goose Lane Editions): A man in Pollock Passage, Nova Scotia disappears: Graham Swim, last seen driving away from a government wharf with a giant tuna head in the basket of his Schwinn delivery bicycle. When Graham’s cousin Harriett decides to investigate his disappearance, she comes up against her own family history. A news photographer now jobless and adrift, Harriett has lived most of her life in the shadow of her larger-than-life father — a once-beloved TV news anchor and borderline narcissist. When Harriett arrives in Pollock Passage, she meets a stranger who tells her he is researching the Shag Harbour UFO mystery. While this stranger helps Harriett reconnect with pieces of herself she thought long-dead, she also learns that what she knows about her father may not be true. https://gooselane.com/products/the-gift-child
December 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Check out this interview Tonya Davidson did on
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North Words: Ottawa is so much more than Canada's Capitol
A new book by a sociology professor at Carleton University examines the lush city and its vibrant spaces.
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December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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What are we reading in our downtime over the holidays?

Read more about our picks from @cormorantbooks.bsky.social, @cloudscapecomics.com, @fernpub.bsky.social, @gooselane.bsky.social & Freehand Books:

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December 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Tonight!! ✨ Hope to see you there, Calgary! #yyc #yycarts #ReadAlberta #CanLit #Poetry @newestpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social
sjonespoet.bsky.social Samantha eff Jones @sjonespoet.bsky.social · Nov 26
Calgary fam, join us on December 11 at Pages Books on Kensington (Calgary, AB) for an evening of poetry and music at Flywheel Reading Series. Excited to share from Attic Rain & I'll Get Right On It! @newestpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social #Poetry #yycarts #CanLit #ReadAlberta
Event promotional tile for Flywheel Reading Series in Calgary, Alberta. The December 11, 2025 event will include readings by Jun-long Lee and Samantha Jones, with music by Doug Waite. Location: Pages Books on Kensington, 7:00 pm.
December 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Now available from @fernpub.bsky.social and Roseway Publishing, these books challenge the status quo and imagine new ways forward toward a more socially just world. buff.ly/idwwsyy #ReadMore #SocialJustice
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December 9, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Spring 2026 is on its way and pre-orders are now open.

Check out our all Spring 2026 titles at fernwoodpublishing.ca/books/catalo...

Use code SP26 on our website for 15% all spring orders.
December 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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The Inclusive Narrative: Equity in Writing Forum
Highlighting diverse voices, supports literary talent, and encourages participants to consider how narratives influence equity in community.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:15 PM
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Calgary fam, join us on December 11 at Pages Books on Kensington (Calgary, AB) for an evening of poetry and music at Flywheel Reading Series. Excited to share from Attic Rain & I'll Get Right On It! @newestpress.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social #Poetry #yycarts #CanLit #ReadAlberta
Event promotional tile for Flywheel Reading Series in Calgary, Alberta. The December 11, 2025 event will include readings by Jun-long Lee and Samantha Jones, with music by Doug Waite. Location: Pages Books on Kensington, 7:00 pm.
November 26, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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Shop big savings! Cyber Monday sale is here! 70% off select books + all others 50% off. Deal ends at midnight ET. @agendapub.bsky.social @columbiabusiness.bsky.social @fernpub.bsky.social @transcript-verlag.bsky.social @barbarabudrich.bsky.social @columbiagsapp.bsky.social @Columbia
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2025 Cyber Monday Sale The sale begins on December 1, 2025, at 12:00 AM EST and ends at 11:59 PM EST, December 1, 2025. Discounts will be automatically applied at checkout. Sale prices cannot be combined...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Thanks to @newint.bsky.social for this fascinating interview with @lunavives.bsky.social about The Gates of the Sea. In a world where hope is hard to find this book provides an instructive example of what workers can do to fight border imperialism.

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December 4, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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New from @progintl.bsky.social: In-depth interview with Lia Pinheiro Barbosa and Peter Rosset on their new book, Lessons from the Zapatistas.

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November 13, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Communism, Abolition, and the Future of the Left

Join authors David Camfield and brian bean as they discuss a historical approach to how our side can build a genuinely liberatory alternative to capitalism. W/
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Communism, Abolition, States, and the Future of the Left
Join authors David Camfield and brian bean as they discuss a historical approach to abolition, the state, and how our side can build a genuinely liberatory alternative to…
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November 10, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Ahead of the upcoming book launch for Ottawology Willemijn Bunskoek has written a glowing review of the book for Apt613.

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Tonya Davidson’s Ottawology invites readers to look at Ottawa through the lens of sociology in an accessible way
I had the opportunity to review some of Tonya Davidson's new book, Ottawology, got together with her to talk about this new book: how the research came to life, what makes Ottawa unique, and, perhaps ...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Online! Will be chatting about the @fernpub.bsky.social book project that was released earlier this year, Dispatches from the Threshold: Tenant Power in Times of Crisis!
November 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Red Flags by David Camfield continues to garner a lot of interest. Check out this review of it in the latest issue of Tempest Magazine.

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“Actually existing socialism” and the communist transition
A review of David Camfield’s new book Red Flags: A Reckoning with Communism for the Future of the Left by David Camfield.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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David Camfield was recently interviewed on the From Alpha to Omega Podcast about his book Red Flags. Check it out here:
#223 Red Flags w/ David Camfield
Podcast Episode · From Alpha To Omega · 2025-10-25 · 1h 4m
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October 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Congratulations to the 2026 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award nominees, including LPG members @coachhousebooks.bsky.social, @ecwpress.bsky.social, @fernpub.bsky.social!
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October 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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@policingblack.bsky.social was recently interviewed by 1919 Radio on the expanded and revised edition of Policing Black Lives.
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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The books in #SocialWork from our distributed presses, Bielefeld University Press, @fernpub.bsky.social, and @barbarabudrich.bsky.social, explore childcare, structural oppression, and an array of topics current international social work. buff.ly/EGPKAif #CSWE20 @transcript-verlag.bsky.socia
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October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Nov 8th at Massy! Born Sacred: Poems for Palestine with Smokii Sumac and Maral Aguilera-Moradipour @fernpub.bsky.social

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October 17, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Join us for the Ottawa launch of Lawless: Abortion under Complete Decriminalization, featuring author Martha Paynter in convo with Sabrina Lee, OBGYN, & frederique chabot of Action Canada for Sexual Health & Rights.
Fri Oct 24 @7pm RSVP: octopusbooks.ca/events/37463...
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Poster for the book launch of Lawless by Martha Paynter at Octopus Books in Ottawa on October 24, 2025.
October 23, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM